Wintershall, Germany’s largest crude oil and natural gas producer, launched its first gas production as operator in the British North Sea last Sunday with the Wingate platform. The platform in the British offshore concession 44/24b will initially produce 1.5 million cubic meters of natural gas. A se
Petrex Limited, the Aberdeen-based provider of specialist engineering and project management services, has successfully completed… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 17 , 2011
Two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese submarine launched a torpedo at an American oil tanker just off the California coast… By NOAKI SCHWARTZ (dailydemocrat) [mappress] Source: dailydemocrat, October 17 , 2011
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller met with Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni today at Gazprom headquarters. The two participants examined the ongoing situation and the prospects of cooperation development in the oil & gas sector. In particular, they discussed the realization of the gas pipeline South Stream and the fut
BP announces the completion of a major milestone on the Devenick gas project in the central North Sea. On 29th September a 600 tonne module, recently fabricated in McNulty’s South Shields yard, was successfully lifted on to Marathon Oil’s East Brae platform, the host for the new subsea development.
Halliburton announced that income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2011 was $867 million, or $0.94 per diluted share… More info: Halliburton [mappress] Source: Halliburton, October 17 , 2011
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts worth $1.5 billion. In Iraq, Saipem has been awarded by South Oil Company the EPIC contract for the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project – Phase 2, within the framework of the expansion of the Basra Oil Terminal, off the Al Faw Peninsula in the A
Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the Middle East’s first carrier neutral regional network, and Xtera Communications, a leading global provider of optical networking solutions, announced the signing of a multi-year, sole source contract. Under the terms of this contract, Xtera Communications will sup
Dakota Creek Industries, Inc., Anacortes, Wash., is being awarded a $74,141,319 fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2201) for the detail design and construction of the ocean class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research ship. The effort will also include technical m
A US oil exploration ship has arrived in Taranaki to be greeted by environmentalists protesting against the government’s “blinkered obsession” with deep water oil drilling. The vessel Polarcus Alima arrived at New Plymouth’s port early on Monday and will leave shortly to start exploring for oil off
A specialist mine-discovery team is using underwater sonar to comb Tauranga’s harbour for shipping containers which may have sunk to the sea floor. The navy’s mine counter-measures team has been charged with making sure the harbour, particularly the “choke point” at its entrance, remains clear of de
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by BP and its partners, Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron, to deliver the engineering and project management services (EPMS) for the main platform design for Clair Ridge, the second phase of the giant Clair oil fi
TGS has commenced acquisition of a 3D multi-client survey covering 1,500 km2 between the Finnmark Platform and Nordkapp Basin in the Barents Sea. The 150 km long survey follows the bended strike direction of the inverted margin between the two major structural elements in the region. “We believe the
CNOOC Limited announced that, on October 14, an oil sheen was discovered near Jinzhou 9-3 West oilfield in Bohai Bay. Until now, the company has been effectively cleaning up the oil sheen on the sea surface. According to investigation, the oil spill was caused by the leak from a subsea connecting pi
