ShawCor Ltd. announced its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a second contract from Chevron Australia Pry. Ltd. to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services for the flowlines 0n the Wheatstone Project. This contract is in addition to the previously announced contract
Chevron Corporation reports that its subsidiary, Chevron Brasil Upstream Frade Ltda., has issued an estimate of total oil volume from ocean floor seep lines in the vicinity of its Frade Field. Chevron believes that approximately 2,400 barrels of oil have been emitted to date since seeps were first d
ShawCor Ltd. announced that its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a letter of intent from Mitsui & Co., Ltd. to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services for the gas export pipeline on the Ichthys Gas Field Development Project. The letter of intent is conditional on
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that its wholly owned Norwegian subsidiary, Oceaneering AS, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AGR Field Operations (AGR FO) from AGR Group ASA and FieldCo Invest AS. AGR FO, headquartered in Bergen, Norway, is a provider of inspection, maint
The giant Pazflor development, which lies 150 kilometres offshore Luanda in Angola, was inaugurated today at a ceremony attended by José Botelho de Vasconcelos, Angola’s Minister of Petroleum, Manuel Vicente, Chairman and CEO of Sonangol, Christophe de Margerie, Chairman and CEO of Total, Yves-Louis
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has achieved the Shell Goal Zero award for 1,980 days without any recordable incidents as of July 31, 2011 for its Malaysian operations. The award is given to the contractor at every 180-day cycle when the period is achieved without any recordabl
With a Vancouver-based company now licensed to open the world’s first undersea mine off the coast of Papua New Guinea, a new Canadian-led… By Randy Boswell (vancouversun) [mappress] Source: vancouversun, November 22, 2011; Image: Nautilus Minerals
Octanex N.L. advises that the acquisition phase of the new Kingfisher 2D seismic survey has been completed. The Kingfisher survey, located in the WA- 421-P permit, is the first of six 2D and 3D seismic surveys being acquired within six of the Company’s eight Southern Bonaparte Basin permits offshore
Brazil’s government slapped Chevron with a $28 million fine on Monday for causing an offshore oil spill, and the penalty could rise as the… (Reuters ) [mappress] Source: Reuters , November 22, 2011; Image: Chevron
Bluestream Offshore has formed a joint venture with German-based maritime service provider Baltic Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH (Baltic Taucher) to provide offshore wind operators in German waters with a comprehensive range of fully-integrated subsea services. The newly-formed JV – to
BP confirmed today that it has been awarded two oil and gas production sharing contracts (PSCs) by the Government of Indonesia. The company has been awarded 100 per cent interests in the offshore West Aru I and II PSCs in the Arafura Sea, Indonesia. The West Aru I and II PSCs are located approximate
Statoil has been awarded the operatorship and a substantial working interest in a large offshore exploration licence in eastern Indonesia. The Halmahera II block is located in a frontier basin with no wells drilled nearby. Statoil will operate the licence with an 80% working interest. Niko Resources
STATS Group has strengthened its management team with the appointment of former Sparrows Offshore executive Graham Thomson as general manager. Aberdeen-based STATS, which specialises in pipeline integrity and intervention, said the creation of the new post will allow the board of directors to focus
INTERXION HOLDING NV, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, announced an agreement with Hibernia Atlantic to host a Point of Presence (POP) for its high-capacity fibre optic cable system at Interxion’s Dublin 2 (DUB2) data centre. Hibernia’s presence will le
