The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has given StatoilHydro the go-ahead to drill well 15/5-7 A with the Transocean Winnersemisub. The well will be spudded when the rig has completed work on the 15/5-7 appraisal well in production licence 048 and it will be a sidetrack to the exisint well. StatoilHyd
PA Resources is farming out a 72.5 percent interest in the exploration licence Marine XIV offshore the Republic of Congo. Under the deal, the Norwegian listed oil and gas group will sell 29.4 percent working interest in Marine XIV to SOCO Exploration and Production Congo (SOCO EPC). It is also selli
Pål Engebretsen has been appointed as executive vice president of the Bergen Group, which has just announced a clutch of new contracts. The Bergen Group said in a statement that Engebretsen will act as CEO when CEO Roger Simmenes is not present and that he has been appointed to bolster top managemen
Key location at the Port of Veracruz to form base for planned expansion throughout Mexico Lloyd’s Register Central and South America Ltd recently celebrated the grand opening of its new Veracruz office with more than 100 clients, employees and local government officials in attendance. After 16 years
News – September 9, 2008 Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Hamburg (WSD) [the Hamburg Water and Navigation Office], the two project developers involved, have applied to the planning authorities for a reconsideration of their revised plans for the deepening of the Elbe chan
News – September 9, 2008 IHC Merwede has announced details of a major expansion of its capacity, and says it can look back on an excellent first half year in 2008. Recent highlights include: • Revenue for first half of 2008 of Euros 512 million, which is 54 per cent up on first six months […]
Contracts & Tenders – September 9, 2008 MCJ Ref No: 651/E/43 Tender Ref No: 2008-226996 Project Stage: Tenders Invited Area: Fredericia, Denmark Project Period: 19 months from date of contract award Promoter: ADP – Fredericia Havn A/S, Vesthavnsvej 33, Attn: Søren Møller Petersen, DK-7000 Fredericia
Contracts & Tenders – September 8, 2008 MCJ Ref No: 651/E/37 Tender Ref No: 2008-225039 Project Stage: Tenders Invited Area: Georgetown, Guyana Value: 1,150,000 EUR Project Start: March 2009 Project Period: 35 months from date of contract award Promoter: The Cooperative Republic of Guyana, represent
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will be exhibiting at the PSP Southampton Boat Show between 18 and 21 September. Hull & Humber will be on display and visitors will have the chance to get onboard and look round one of the ten 68-foot ocean racing yachts that have now completed two circumnaviga
Rotterdam, 8 September 2008 – Van Oord commissioned the construction of a large self-propelled cutter suction dredger. The new vessel will be one of the largest cutter suction dredgers in the world. The vessel will be built at IHC Dredgers in Kinderdijk and delivery is scheduled for the autumn of 20
The UK Chestnut field in the central North Sea could get a significant boost in reserves, according to one of the companies involved in the development. Atlantic Petroleum says it has spudded the 22/2a-16 South Chestnut appraisal well on UK Licence P354, operated by Venture Production. “This well co
Italy’s ENI has emerged as the buyer of First Calgary Petroleum which holds assets in Algeria in a Can. $923 m deal. First Calgary (FCP) said Eni has agreed to acquire all the common shares of the company and shareholders will receive Can. $3.60 per share, valuing FCP at Can. $923 m The deal is [&he
Norwegian listed group DDI Holding says it has signed a deal to deploy its new build jack-up rig Deep Driller 7 offshore Thailand. DDI did not say who the contract with signed with. The group says the deal is for 3 months, extendable up to 6 months. The estimated revenue from the contract is $18 [&h
The Bergen Group has won a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Transocean to carry out upgrade work on three rigs and for the possible modification of a fourth. Bergen will be responsible for upgrade and classification work on the Transocean Searcher, Polar Pioneer and Transocean Arctic, as well as holding
