Ezra Holdings Limited, a leading contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, announced that its shareholders have approved the resolution on the proposed consolidation of its offshore support services division, EMAS Marine, with its associated company,
Wood Group, an international energy services company with over $7bn sales, released its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. The Group has two reporting segments – Wood Group Engineering and Wood Group PSN – providing a range of engineering, production support and turbine service
Salamander announces that first oil has been received in the tanks of the newly converted Suksan Salamander Floating Storage and Offtake Vessel (“FSO”) at the Bualuang field in the Gulf of Thailand. This is the culmination of the planned upgrade to the field’s facilities which targets a reduction in
McDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to provide construction and decommissioning support services on the Red Hawk project. McDermott will supply its Derrick Barge 50 (“DB50”), for decommissioning suppor
Atkins has been appointed by Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc to act as the client’s engineer for its Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project in Wales, UK, the first renewable energy scheme of its type in the world. Under the contract, Atkins will provide specialist design and engineering support acting on beh
Petrex announces that it has successfully managed Causeway subsea water injection project for Ithaca Energy. The Causeway and Fionn field has been developed as a tie-back to TAQA’s North Cormorant (NC) platform comprising two ESP driven production wells (Causeway & Fionn) and a single water injectio
Rosneft together with Norwegian company Statoil Petroleum AS started exploration operations at the Pingvin License PL713 prospect in the Norwegian section of the Barents Sea. The first exploration well Pingvin-1 will be drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen rig. The water depth is 422 meters and the
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a contract by Atlantis Resources Limited to provide the onshore grid connection for Phase I of the MeyGen tidal stream project in Scotland’s Pentland Firth. The MeyGen tidal stream project is at the forefront of world marine en
HARKAND has been awarded a contract to support Apache with inspection, repair and maintenance work (IRM) as well as light construction (LC) across their assets in the North Sea, following completion of a competitive tender exercise. The award includes the provision of vessels, ROV and diving service
Salamander Energy plc announces that drilling operations on the North Kendang-2 exploration well (“NK-2”) in its operated South East Sangatta PSC have now been concluded. The well reached a total depth of 2,569 meters true vertical depth subsea and encountered two hydrocarbon bearing intervals, one
DOF Subsea has been awarded multiple contracts, with a total value of approx. NOK 830 million. In the Asia Pacific region, DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts including project management and engineering, IMR services and subsea installation work. The contract awards will secure utilizatio
Providence Resources P.l.c. announces that 2D seismic surveying operations have now commenced over Frontier Exploration Licence (“FEL”) 6/14 (“Newgrange”). The Newgrange prospect area lies in c. 1,000 metre water depth in the Goban Spur Basin and is located c. 260 km off the south west coast of Irel
Apache Corporation announced an oil discovery at the Phoenix South-1 well – the company’s first discovery in Australia’s offshore Canning Basin. Wireline and formation pressure tools have confirmed at least four discrete oil columns ranging in thickness between 85 and 151 feet (26 to 46 meters) in t
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