SeaBird Exploration Plc (“SeaBird”) has partnered with Searcher Seismic Pty Ltd (“Searcher Seismic”) on the multi-client 12,000 km Snøspurv 2D high resolution seismic survey covering the Bjarmeland Platform in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The survey is scheduled to commence in Q2 2013 and is estimated
TAP has agreed with the Italian Ministry of Environment to extend the suspension of its Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) application in Italy for an additional nine months – until September 2013. As part of its commitment to an open and transparent ESIA disclosure process, TAP launche
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production South Africa Limited, will soon begin exploration activities offshore South Africa. The ExxonMobil affiliate signed an agreement with Impact Africa Limited (Impact), a subsidiary of Impact Oil & Gas Lim
Technip was awarded by the Discovery System a lump sum pipeline installation contract for Discovery’s South Timbalier Block 283 Junction Platform project. The pipelines will be installed between existing facilities in South Timbalier 280 and Ewing Bank 873 and the new platform in Block 283, at water
The power cable Cobra between Denmark and the Netherlands is to be delayed by one year, Energinet.dk announced. Energinet and its Dutch partner TenneT Holding BV planned to complete the cable by 2016, but the plans are delayed until 2017, Bloomberg reports. Danish Energy Association chief consultant
Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation announced that they have recently completed a fast track project for A/S Norske Shell on the Ormen Lange Mid North Development. From the initial seabed preparation contract, the company was awarded significant additional work on the project which lasted six months t
Centrica Energi has received consent to use the facilities on the Vale field beyond the original planned lifetime. Vale is a gas condensate field located in block 25/4 in the central part of the North Sea, approx. 16 km north of Heimdal, at a depth of 115 metres. The field was developed with a subse
BP announced that, as part of its decision to market its stakes in non-operated North Sea assets, it has agreed to sell its interest in the Sean gas field in the UK North Sea to SSE plc for $288 million in cash. The sale comprises BP’s non-operated 50 per cent stake in Sean. Completion of […]
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has approved the Western Isles project which will develop two discovered oil fields called Harris and Barra in the Northern North Sea, 160km east of the Shetlands and 12km west of the Tern field. The nine-well Western Isles development is expected to produ
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) will start acquisition of 15,550 km² of GeoStreamer® data in four blocks in Uruguay in mid-December, 2012. The seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard will undertake this MultiClient survey, one of the largest ever in the region, which has received strong industry support. For b
Stork Technical Services Subsea, the subsea division of the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors, today announces the opening of a dedicated operational hub at Stork’s UK headquarters in Aberdeen. Stork Subsea
Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited announces that it has agreed terms in respect of a major financing package totalling £8.84m which includes £1.24m in public funding from the Scottish Government as well as £7.6m in private investment from a trio of multinational backers. The deal will see both of S
TGS commences a 3D multi-client survey covering 7,000 km2 in the Central Gulf of Mexico. The survey, Amerigo 3D, is located in the eastern side of the Central Gulf of Mexico through the Lloyd Ridge, Desoto Canyon and Atwater Valley areas. “We are pleased to extend our 3D coverage in the Central Gulf
India’s Science, Technology and Earth Sciences Minister S. Jaipal Reddy announced that the country has identified the First Generation Mine Site in the Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB), Mining Weekly informs. The CIOB area contains 380-million tons of polymetallic nodule resource potential, includi
