Nexen Inc.’s appraisal drilling at its Appomattox discovery in the Gulf of Mexico has been put on hold as a result of the BP disaster… [mappress] Source: The GlobeandMail, June 15, 2010;
Petrobras has recently awarded contracts for two Platform Supply Vessels from K Line Offshore AS. Both vessels have been chartered for a firm period of four years. The gross value of the firm period is approximately MNOK 500. The new building KL Brevikfjord of STX 06 CD design and the UT 755 KL Aren
On 14 June Statoil’s chief researcher Lasse Amundsen received the prestigious Conrad Schlumberger Award 2010 for outstanding petroleum geophysics research. The award was presented by the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) during the organisation’s conference in Barcelona, Spain
Hallin’s CEO John Giddens: ‘The SOV Windermere will allow Hallin to remain competitive in the most challenging market conditions that have existed for many years.’ Hallin has named its new subsea operations vessel Windermere at a glittering ceremony in Singapore attended by clients, staff and suppli
Ukraine is working to engage Exxon Mobil Corp., Texaco and Chevron Corp. (all based in the U.S.) to development of the Black Sea shelf… [mappress] Source: kyivpost, June 15, 2010;
Northern Offshore, Ltd.today announced that the company has repaid in full the US$100 million Bond Loan, which matured today. The company drew down US$80 million of its US$120 million Secured Revolving Credit Facility (“the Facility”), which together with cash on hand, was used to retire the debt, a
AWE Limited advises that wireline logging has been completed at the Tui SW-2 exploration well. Wireline evaluation of the previously reported oil shows in the top of the F Sand has established that an economic accumulation of oil is not present at the Tui SW-2 location. Wireline logging operations h
Sevan Driller has left Macae, heading for the drilling location. The advanced deepwater drilling unit is the world’s first cylindrical rig and will be operating in the pre-salt area under a six year drilling contract with Petrobras. Sevan Driller is contracted to Petrobras S.A on a six year contract
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 Edison International S.p.A. (Ivory Coast Branch) (“EDISON”) to drill one well
State-owned ONGC on Monday said it would re-invite tenders for charter hire of a multipurpose support vessel (MSV) within a month after… [mappress] Source: financialexpress, June 15, 2010;
Dana Petroleum plc announced that the Company (through its subsidiary Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited) has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Petro Canada Netherlands BV from Petro Canada (International) Holdings B.V, a wholly owned subsidiary of Suncor Energy Inc.
TGS announced another season of acquisition of long offset data on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) in cooperation with Fugro. The data to be collected (shown on the attached map) include approximately 15,000 km for the North Sea Renaissance (NSR) survey in Holland, Norway and UK, approximately
PNOC-EXPLORATION CORP. has earmarked P6.2 billion (Approximately $133 M)this year to further intensify the exploration and development… [mappress] Source: Philippines Daily Inquirer, June 14, 2010:
Some 800 Gulf oil response workers aboard 120 vessels were recalled to shore after dozens aboard a supply boat were hospitalised from… [mappress] Source: Star, June 14, 2010:
