Shallow water rigs must meet new, stronger safety requirements in order to get approval, the U.S. Department of the Interior said June 8… [mappress] Source: Snl, June 11, 2010:
Spring Energy has agreed to sell its 10 % working interest in the PL 341 license to GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS. Drilling of the Stirby exploration well in PL 341 is expected to start within early to mid July this year with the Songa Delta drilling rig. The sale is an integrated part of […]
The Petrobras Board of Directors has resolved to charter four of Siem Offshore’s AHTS vessels for a firm period of four years. Petrobras has an option to extend the charters for four additional years, upon terms to be mutually agreed. The contract value for the firm period is approximately USD 285 m
Chevron Corp.’s blowout preventer – “the last line of defence” against a massive oil spill off Newfoundland – has shortcomings that could… [mappress] Source: theglobeandmail, June 11, 2010:
Britain will continue plans to open up new deepwater oil drilling operations off Shetland, despite the unfolding disaster caused by the… [mappress] Source:TheScotsman, June 11, 2010:
The drilling of ABX-2 exploration well on promising Absheron structure will end in April-May 2011. [mappress] Source: Newsaz, June 10, 2010:
Keppel takes another stride towards a zero-incident workplace with the opening of its new integrated safety training facility, the Keppel Safety Training Centre. Located at Keppel Shipyard in Tuas, the Centre offers a complete range of safety training and certification courses in both trade-specific
A TUG built at the Humber area’s last shipbuilding yard is about to be launched – its ultimate destination the oil-rich Caspian sea. [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, June 10, 2010:
Fugro N.V., the Netherlands, and Tebma Shipyards Limited, India, have signed a ship building contract for new Geotechnical Research Vessels. The vessels are DP2, approximately 82.9 meters long, 19.8 meters wide and have a dead weight of approximately 2500 tons. The contract is for two firm orders pl
Lebanese parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday urged his government to begin exploring offshore natural gas reserves, warning… [mappress] Source:France24, June 10, 2010:
Bengal moved aggressively in fiscal 2010 to establish a platform for significant international growth. Within the past two years, the Company has now increased its undeveloped land position by 250% to 2.3 million net acres, 87% of which is operated by Bengal. Recent highlights: – Through rigorous ge
The lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap, installed on June 3, continues to collect oil and gas flowing from the MC252 well and transport them to the Discoverer Enterprise drillship on the surface. In the first 12 hours of June 9 (midnight to noon), approximately 7,920 barrels of oil we
AWE Limited advises that at 0600 hours today, the Tui SW-2 well has been drilled to total measured depth of 3,749 meters. Progress for the week was 2,176 metres. Oil shows were encountered as prognosed over 10 metres in the top of the objective F Sands. The significance of these shows will be evalua
Myanmar has started sending natural gas from the Yadana natural gas field in the Mottama offshore area to Yangon through a newly-laid… [mappress] Source:Xinhua , June 10, 2010:
