Leading Scottish fabrication and engineering company Isleburn has secured North Sea contracts totaling nearly £5million with BP for two projects which will be assembled in its new facility at Invergordon. Isleburn, which is part of the Global Energy Group, will fabricate a 120 metre long caisson for
Cianbro team members are making progress as they work around the clock to replace three thrusters in need of maintenance aboard the drilling vessel, Stena Forth. “Weather is an important factor in this project,” said Project Manager Brian Rancourt. “We have a Cianbro crane set up on a flexi-float sy
Otto Marine Limited, a leading offshore marine Group which specializes in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offer specialized offshore services had expanded to the US market with Otto Marine’s wholly owned subsidiary, Surf Subsea Pte Ltd taking a 19.2% stake in the US ba
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control and Containment Two systems continue to collect oil and gas flowing from the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blow-out preventer (BOP) and transport them to vessels on th
A 2 billion US$ vessels new building program to renew the old and obsolete continental offshore fleet and meet demand in deepwater “With this plan covering 2011 to 2015, BOURBON wants to achieve leadership under the flag of excellence” ” says Jacques de Chateauvieux, Chairman & Chief Executive Offic
Total announces that its subsidiary, Total Exploration & Production Nigeria Ltd, in association with Conoil Producing Limited, has discovered hydrocarbons in the central portion of the Oil Mining Lease OML 136, offshore Western Nigeria. The Agge-3B.T1 well aimed at exploring an undrilled compartment
Statoil has sold a 10% interest in the Gro licence (PL 326) to PGNiG Norway. Statoil keeps a 30% interest in the licence. The Gro licence is located in the Vøring Basin in the Norwegian Sea. Natural gas was confirmed in the licence by an exploration well in June 2009.A new well is currently being [&
Sevan Driller commenced operation as from yesterday and the rig is thereby on full day rate. Sevan Driller arrived at its drilling location in the Campos Basin on Wednesday June 16 at 6 am local time. The advanced ultra deepwater drilling rig is capable of drilling at water-depths down to 10,000 ft.
Noble Corporation announced that it has reached an agreement with one of its customers regarding the situation created by the restrictions imposed on deepwater drilling in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico by the U.S. Department of the Interior. This compromise with Noble Energy, Inc. defines an interim agree
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to use the facilities on the Morvin field in the Norwegian Sea. The consent also covers new process equipment on the Åsgard B facility. Morvin is located in block 6506/11 in the Norwegian Sea, 20 km north of the Kristin field an
Portugal’s first and only private ROV operation has launched with a new Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV. Head of the company, Nelson Santo says he chose the Falcon for its proven performance in the oil and gas industry, along with its wide range of operational capabilities and low entry cost. His subsea serv
AWE Limited reports that at 0600 hours today (Indonesian time) the Liyun-1 well was carrying out minor rig repairs after reaching a measured depth of 491 metres. Progress for the week was 405 metres. Liyun-1 is an exploration well in the Bulu Production Sharing Contract, which is located in the East
ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC a Houston-based International Drilling Contractor, announced that the ATWOOD BEACON (owned and operated by our wholly-owned subsidiary, Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited) has been awarded a contract by a group of companies for work offshore Suriname and Guyana. The operator group
A pump accident at a Maersk oil rig is causing oil to leak out in the North Sea water of Denmark. [mappress] Source: Xinhua, June 24, 2010;
