Chevron Corp. announced that the Perdido deepwater project, located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, has started crude oil and natural gas production. According to a release, production from the Great White, Silvertip and Tobago fields utilizing the Perdido hub is expected to reach full capacity of 130,0
Saudi-based Shoaibi Group, a leading provider of oil and gas technology products and services, has appointed David Malone, a former Schlumberger executive, as its new chief technology officer. Malone, who has spent over 25 years at Schlumberger, will lead Shoaibi Group investment activities in oil a
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Ensco plc announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has sold ENSCO 57, a F&G L-780 MOD II-C design jackup drilling rig built in the early 1980s. The sale price was approximately $47 million. As of 31 March 2010, the net book value for ENSCO 57 was approximately $30 million. The rig will be [&
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed a multi-year frame agreement with BG Norge, a subsidiary of BG Group, to provide subsea systems for offshore projects. The five-year contract includes provisions for two additional five-year extensions. The agreement also includes an immediat
Deep Down, Inc. an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, today announced that it has completed the design and has begun construction of a 3,200 metric ton Carousel System, which is scheduled for completion
Nexans has completed a 3 million Euro contract for SBM Offshore (Single Buoy Moorings) to manufacture and supply the specialized offshore power, control and instrumentation cables for the conversion of the Espirito Santo FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) vessel serving the BC-10 deep
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has confirmed that its Offshore Engineering & Operations business has secured a new contract with Britannia Operator Limited (BOL). The deal, worth $54 million over five years with a further five year extension option, will see Petro
Subsea 7 Inc , one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, announced today that it has been awarded a contract in the UK sector of the North Sea valued in excess of US $75 million. The Subsea 7 work scope is to engineer, fabricate, install and commission a pipeline bund
An oil leak of 1,000 barrels a day is entering the water about a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig Thursday. The wreck of the burned out rig was located Saturday capsized on the sea floor about 1,500 feet northwest of the well [&helli
Officials at state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, can do little more than watch from the sidelines as oil majors break deep-drilling records on the U.S. side of the Gulf of Mexico. The recent startup of the massive Perdido offshore drilling hub — a joint-venture of Royal Dutch Shell Plc
Centrica Energy has received consent to conduct exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the West Alpha semisub. The consent relates to the drilling of exploration well 6407/12-3, which is part of production license 470. The well is located about 126 kilometers north of Kristiansund and ten k
Harvey Bisso Subsea has completed its first subsea project performing saturation diving work in 105 metres of water at ATP Oil & Gas Corporation’s deepwater platform in Grand Isle block 115. Harvey Bisso Subsea used the ‘Harvey Discovery’, a DP2 certified multi-purpose support vessel outfitted with
France-based Technip has been awarded a three-year framework contract for the design, fabrication and supply of flexible pipe products for projects in Norway by Statoil. The framework contract will be executed by the group’s operating centre in Oslo, Norway. It covers the supply of flexible risers,
