Eni has made an important new exploration discovery in the Marine XII Block located approximately 17 kilometers offshore Congo. The exploration well, Nene Marine 3, which led to the important result, was drilled in a water depth of 28 meters and has encountered a significant wet gas and light oil ac
Offshore Marine Management’s Guard Vessels business has reported a strong performance in 2013 with 4,728 vessel management days recorded and a number of key industry relationships forged. The company, which has been working closely with its vessel partner has provided guard vessels for a number of h
Aker Solutions delivered its best quarter results of 2013 as an increased focus on execution, delivery of key projects and major contract wins boosted earnings. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) amounted to NOK 1.06 billion in the quarter, compared with NOK 1.09 b
Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) awards Technip with a contract for project management consultancy services for the engineering, procurement and construction phases of the Zakum Oil Lines Replacement Project-Phase 1. ADMA-OPCO’s objective is to replace aged oil pipelines in the Zakum f
Statoil and the partners in the Johan Sverdrup field have decided on a concept for the first development phase. The partners have agreed on a field centre consisting of four installations and power from shore. Johan Sverdrup is among the largest oil fields on the Norwegian shelf, and will at peak co
Anadarko Petroleum Company began drilling operations of Caravel-1 exploration well on 10 February 2014. The well is located in PEP 38264 of Canterbury Basin offshore New Zealand. The drillship Noble Bob Douglas is expected to take about 40 days for this drilling operation, which will reach an expect
On January 9, delegates from BP’s Challenger programme visited GE Oil & Gas’ Newcastle (Wellstream Flexibles) and Cramlington (PII Pipeline Solutions) facilities to learn more about local pipeline solutions delivered to global customers. The “Challengers”—Robert Watts, Louis Doyle, Darius Kermani an
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that the exploration well on the Handcross prospect (204/18b-2A) has been drilled to a total measured depth of 10,120 feet into the Tertiary, Vaila Formation. No hydrocarbons were encountered in the target T36 or T35AA sands. The well is in the process of being plugged a
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has secured a further significant nomination from one of their key accounts to support their operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Building on other recent successes in the region, ISS last month commenced an offshore logistics and support contract for Norwegian-based Pe
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. entered into agreements with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) to provide well intervention services offshore Brazil. Helix will be providing the services with two newbuild chartered monohull vessels, which will be built at the Flensburger shipyard in Germany fo
Plexus Holdings PLC, an owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering has been awarded a first time contract with Maersk Oil’s Danish business unit to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an exploration well in the Danish Sea. The initial value
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee held a meeting dedicated to the South Stream and Southern Corridor projects. It was pointed out that the new route of Russian gas supply meant to increase the reliability of supply to European consumers and mitigate transit risks was being
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has announced that it has won a contract to support CT Offshore in the installation of 63 of the 161 inter-array cables at the 576MW Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm off the North Wales coast. CWind’s role involves sending a team to
Irish wave energy developer, CWE Ireland, a 100% subsidiary of Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, welcomes the Irish Government’s commitment of €26.3 million through to 2016 to develop its wave and tidal resource released by Irish Minister for Energy Pat Rabbitte in Dublin on Friday. The Offshore Renewab
