Black Marlin Energy Holdings Limited announces that Black Marlin Energy Ltd., a subsidiary of the Corporation, East Africa Exploration, a subsidiary of the Corporation and the Operator, and the majority partner of the Kenya offshore concessions L17 and L18, have commenced mobilization of their shall
Topaz Energy and Marine yesterday said it has taken delivery of the Caspian Protector vessel to be deployed in Azerbaijan in support of a 10-year $ 225 million ( Dh826m) BP contract. SUPPLIED Caspian Protector is designed for emergency recovery and response, standby duties and fire fighting Another
Nordic Maritime has launched its newest crew boat, the 60-man Nordic Grace. The Nordic Grace was built in Malaysia at the NGV Tech ear and was delivered this past March, the company says. She will sail under the Panama flag and has a full sailing speed of 25 knots. Nordic Maritime Pte Ltd (“Nordic”)
NaKika BP has awarded Subsea 7 Inc. an installation contract for Gulf of Mexico Galapagos and Nakika Phase III developments. Engineering is to begin immediately at Subsea 7’s Houston office and installation is scheduled late this year using theSkandi Neptune. The Galapagos area and Nakika Phase III
HOUSTON, Apr. 7 — Georgina Basin Energy Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of Australia Energy Corp., took a farmout from Baraka Petroleum Ltd. on the EP 127 and EP 128 permits in the Georgina basin in Australia’s Northern Territory. GBE will fund Baraka’s exploration obligations up to completion of a well on
Veripos has extended its range of services with the introduction of Apex, a new high-accuracy positioning solution. It is designed to meet all offshore and navigation requirements, including those for seismic exploration, drilling, survey and construction support activities. Complementing the compan
A group led by Eni’s Angolan unit has reported two deepwater oil discoveries in Block 15/06 about 350 km northwest of Luanda, Angola. Nzanza-1 and Cinguvu-1 found Lower Miocene oil pay with good reservoir characteristics in 1,400 m of water. Total depths are 3,008 m and 3,023 m, respectively. Nzanza
PORT STANLEY — Desire Petroleum has delayed terminating Liz 14/19-1, its first exploration well in the North Falklands basin, where wireline operations are continuing. Interpretation of logs received to date suggests that the deepest play type remains un-drilled. Desire intends therefore to deepen t
Dockwise Ltd. today announces seven near-term contract wins for the transportation of four jack-up rigs, jack-up construction vessels… [mappress] Source: Dockwise,April 8,2010;
Schlumberger has acquired IGEOSS, a developer of structural geology software. IGEOSS provides geomechanical solutions for subsurface modeling, 2D and 3D structural restoration, and fracture characterization of complex geologic structures. IGEOSS programs are to be embedded in the Petrel software to
Dominion has received its drilling permit for the Ngaji-1 well on Exploration Area Block 4B (EA4B), Dominion’s first exploration… [mappress] Source: Dominionpetroleum,April 12,2010
Off the coast of Broome, research is taking place to gather data on internal waves, which are thought to surge hundreds of metres below… [mappress] Source: news,April 7,2010;
Dresser-Rand Group will deliver advanced turbomachinery for offshore oil drilling to three different clients, following recent contracts… [mappress] Source: americanmachinist,April 7,2010
ABB has been awarded $110m (£72m) by Eni Norway to build a power link between a new oil and gas platform in the Barents Sea… [mappress] Source: The Engineer,April 7,2010
