TNK Vietnam held a press conference in Hanoi, where the company outlined a development strategy for its Vietnam operations and underscored its commitment to make a positive impact in Vietnam. The development strategy for the Vietnam assets will involve safe and efficient operations of offshore gas p
Qatar-based Gulf Bridge International (GBI) is completing the final stages of a submarine cable network that will give Iraq fast, reliable … By Georgina Prodhan (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, November 29, 2011; Image: GBI
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has recently been awarded a significant contract by engineering project management company SPD on behalf of its client Valiant Causeway Limited. The contract involves the supply of subsea landing string services for monitoring of electronic subme
ION Geophysical Corporation today named Gregory J. Heinlein as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Heinlein will assume the CFO position previously held by R. Brian Hanson, ION’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining ION, Mr. Heinlein served as the Chief Oper
India’s Das Offshore Petroleum has entered into a partnership with the Abu Dhabi-based Majestic General Trading Company to set up a $25 … (emirates247) [mappress] Source: emirates247 , November 28, 2011;
On 25th September 2011, Jumbo Shipping brought the J-lay tower back home from Port Gentil, Gabon to the port of Flushing, the Netherlands. Jumbo lifted the almost 1800t weighing pipeline production facility from Subsea 7’s Pipe Laying barge Acergy Polaris onto its J-type Fairpartner. The tower will
A Bowtech camera system has been successfully deployed to observe decommissioning operations on the L13FH well which is operated by Shell in the Dutch Sector of the Southern North Sea. They were requested by Shell UK to supply a camera system to be fitted to the L13FH well. Bowtech engineers, workin
Bangladesh will have to invest USD 60 million to link up to a second submarine cable to ensure uninterrupted internet connectivity with … (telecompaper) [mappress] Source: telecompaper, November 28, 2011; Image: SEA-ME-WE
Cove Energy plc, the AIM quoted upstream oil and gas company, together with the operator Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, provide an update of the results of the Barquentine-3 appraisal well and consequent gas resource range upgrade in the Rovuma Basin Area 1 block, Offshore Mozambique. Highlights •
Brazil’s government has been quick to vilify Chevron Corp for an offshore oil spill, but the biggest victim of the accident could turn out… By Stuart Grudgings and Bob Burgdorfer (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters , November 28, 2011; Image:
A full-size prototype of the floating LIDAR offshore resource assessment system, known as FLIDAR™, has been successfully tested 15km off the Belgian coast. It has been located next to a stationary LIDAR (WINDCUBE®v2 LIDAR from Leosphere) on a fixed communication mast for the month of October, in ord
Punj Lloyd Group, a leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) conglomerate, today announced receiving an offshore project in Bombay High, Mumbai from ONGC. The project, worth Rs. 469 crores (USD 97.3 million), is scheduled for commissioning in May, 2013. Commenting on this development,
Saipem SpA (SPM), Europe’s largest oil contractor by market value, signed a letter of intent with Inpex Corp. (1605) to build a gas pipeline for Australia’s Ichthys field, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The value of the contract is about $1.7 billion, the people said, declining to be
A successful exploration drilling campaign conducted at Nautilus Minerals’ tenements in the Bismarck Sea of Papua New Guinea has enabled the company to increase the resource estimate at its Solwara 1 project, and to declare a maiden Inferred Resource at the nearby Solwara 12 deposit. The key feature
