Mojix® Inc today announced Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), C Logistics Division, is deploying the Mojix STAR™ system in a large scale RFID initiative to bring a new level of visibility, precision and operational efficiency to the oil and gas industry at their Port Fourchon, Louisiana facility, a larg
Dana Petroleum has said that it has made a ‘significant gas discovery’ at the Platypus prospect in the UK Southern North Sea. The Dana operated 48/1a-5 well was drilled in a water depth of approximately 142ft to a total measured depth of 11,048ft, targeting a high quality Rotliegend age, Lower Leman
“Limitless” is a new 28.7m catamaran offshore support boat built for Offshore Unlimited in Hobart, Tasmania. The design is based on Incat Crowther’s recent successes in catamaran workboat design, utilising their high carrying capacity hullforms and capitalising on their experience to develop durable
Smith International, Inc.announced today that M-I SWACO has been awarded a substantial multi services contract inclusive of drilling and completion fluids, drilling waste management, filtration, wellbore clean up tools, vessel cleaning and related services by Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited, a subs
EnQuest is the combination of Petrofac’s UK North Sea fields with those of Swiss group Lundin Petroleum. It contains assets such… [mappress] Source: Telegraph,April 7,2010
The government has promised to conclude the review of its purchase of Heritage assets in eight weeks. “Heritage has received a letter from the Government stating that it supports Heritage’s sale and transfer of the Disposed Assets and that it will conclude its review of the transaction within eight
Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said Wednesday it had halted 100,000 barrels per day of output at Nigeria’s EA offshore field in order… [mappress] Source:Hellonews352,April 14,2010;
Polarcus’ seismic vessel Polarcus Naila has started work on her maiden job, a 3D shoot off Cameroon. Oslo-listed Polarcus said the survey will be carried out for Noble Energy. The survey is being acquired with a 10 streamer seismic array, each streamer being 6000 metres long and with 100 metres sepa
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary, Navegantes Maritime Construction and Services, has entered into an agreement with Brazil’s TWB Group to acquire the Estaleiro TWB shipyard in Navegantes, Santa Catarina. This acquisition is subject to the fulfi
Colombo Dockyard Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard, a listed ship builder, said that it is getting ready to deliver the first of a series of four Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessels for a Singaporean client. The yard which is majority owned by Japan’s Onomichi Dockyard said that it is building four 78 m
Cameroon says its oil production is falling, in part, because of piracy. Our correspondent looks at the economic impact of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and how it differs from piracy off the coast of Somalia. Cameroon’s National Hydrocarbons Corporation says crude oil production is averaging just ov
Gulf of Mexico Apache Corp. said Monday it plans to buy Devon Energy Corp.’ s shallow-water oil and gas assets on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Shelf for $1.05 billion US to extend its reach in that area. The deal with Apache would net Devon about $840 million after taxes, bringing the company to the [&he
GENOA-based classification society RINA has published a new set of rules covering offshore units including FPSOs, FSRUs and MODUs. The new rules are based on experience in helping develop the world’s first offshore LNG terminals, both fixed and floating. The Rules for the Classification of Floating
The Coast Guard conducted a medevac of a man from an oil rig supply vessel 27 miles offshore of Corpus Christi, Friday afternoon. A watch stander at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a call at 3:05 p.m. from the Sandra Sino, requesting assistance for a man who was working alongside of the o
