Rosneft has begun exploration work at the East Prinovozemelsky 1 and 2 license blocks in the Kara Sea. Geological surveying has been started one year ahead of the license schedule. Work will run through October 2012. The surveying programme was devised together with ExxonMobil, Rosneft’s strategic p
SeaBird Exploration PLC announced an expansion of the existing Frame Agreement with Spectrum ASA (“SPU”) for the acquisition of 2D seismic data. The previous agreement was that SPU committed to acquire 2D data for a minimum value of USD 23 million over a period of 36 months with commencement 20 May
Rosneft has begun offshore exploration at the South Russky license block in the Pechora Sea. A 3D CDP seismic survey covering 1,200 square kilometres is being carried out by three field exploration parties from Yuzhmorgeologiya. Yuzhmorgeologiya, Iskatel 5, Vyborgsky and Petrogradsky research vessel
The vessel Artemis Atlantic has resumed acquisition of 2D seismic data as planned in the north-eastern part of the Barents Sea. A total of approx. 14 300 kilometres (about 40 lines) of seismic will be acquired in this area, and according to the plan, the work will continue until mid-October. The fis
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a Letter of Award for a contract worth approximately USD 20 million from a major international oil company to acquire 3D electromagnetic (EM) data offshore Brunei. Data acquisition will be performed from the vessel EM Leader with start-up in the fo
Dalby Offshore Renewables purchased Boat 12 from Alicat Workboats of Great Yarmouth, after it bought two crew transfer vessels from the Great Yarmouth’s company earlier this year. Prior to purchasing the two crew transfer vessels, Dalby put the Alicat through its paces with various sea trials and an
The Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention has approved Shell UK’s plans to remove oil contained in the Gannet pipeline. The operation will recover the majority of the oil remaining in the carrier pipe, at a water depth of 91m (300ft), following an oil leak from th
VNPT and Viettel announce co-operation with Facebook and other Asian telecommunication providers to invest in Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE), which will run from Malaysia to the Republic of Korea. China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom (China), Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan), KT and LG (the RoK),
The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo returns home to the HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, today (16 August) after a 19 month deployment. The ship has been away for 593 days with 421 actually at sea and has sailed about 74,000 miles – 2.5 times around the equator. The ship made 24 stops in [&hellip
Worthington Energy, Inc., an energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and drilling of oil and natural gas properties, reports that the Company continues to make significant progress on the I-1 Well project. Over the past week the I-1 crew completed the pipeline installatio
IEV Malaysia Sdn Bhd, an associate of IEV Group Sdn Bhd in association with FoundOcean Limited has successfully completed the grouting operations for the installation of jackets under a subcontract with TLO for Petrofac in Cendor Field. The scope of work consists of pile sleeve grouting for two (2)
Ennsub to focus on the design and provision of specialised products and equipment and bespoke engineering services to the subsea-sector of the offshore oil and gas industry. In response to continuing high-levels of activity in the subsea industry, a group of senior professionals with extensive track
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of an EPIC SURF contract valued at approximately $600 million from Chevron Overseas Congo Ltd for the development of the Lianzi field offshore Congo and Angola. The technical specifications include a 12” wet insulated production flow-line with direct electrical heat
TGS has commenced expansion of a 2D multi-client survey covering 3,000 km in Northeast Greenland in partnership with Fugro. The survey, NEG12, will enable customers to prepare for the announced Greenland Licensing Round in 2012/2013 and will be a significant addition to a data set that TGS and Fugro
