Archer, a global supplier of drilling and well services, has received a thirty-day notice of early termination from Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited of its modular rig contract for the Archer Emerald. The effective date of termination is expected as the 29 of January 2015. The original two-year co
Reclamation work at Pulau Tekong continues and has now been extended from 10 January to 10 July 2015, reported the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. The works will involve dredging, construction of revetment, soil investigation and soil improvement work. Soil improvement work will entail sta
Brazil’s Petrobras has completed drilling extension well 3-BRSA-1253D-ESS / 3-ESS-219D (Petrobras nomenclature), informally known as Pudim, at a water depth of 1,886 meters, in the Espírito Santo Basin post-salt. According to Petrobras, the completion of this well, which had been announced on Octobe
A delivery plan to make Wales more resilient to coastal flooding has been officially launched by Natural Resources Wales (NRW). Since the devastating storms that hit communities along the coast of Wales 12 months ago the priority has been to repair and restore defenses damaged in the storms. The del
DOF Subsea has been awarded a Letter of Award (LOA) with an international oil company in the Asia Pacific region. The LOA is for a 7 + 3 year IRM contract and the vessel Skandi Hawk is planned to be utilized under the contract. Skandi Hawk is of STX PSV 09 design, modified to be a […]
Lundin has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/1-24, in a prospect named Gemini, in the North Sea. The well is located in the production licence PL 338 in block 16/1 in the central North Sea, where Lundin Norway AS (Lundin) i
Lundin Petroleum’s subsidiary Lundin Norway has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/10-12S, located in the North Sea. The well is dry. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Kopervik prospect in PL625, which is located 175 km west of Haugesund on the Norwegian west coast and ap
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd’s Kangaroo-2 appraisal well, located in exploration Block S-M-1165, off Brazil, confirmed a 250 metre gross (135 metre net) oil column in Paleocene and Maastrichtian aged reservoirs, as announced on November 26, 2014. The company says that as at 0600 hrs AEST on January 6, 2
Reconstruction of a two-mile stretch of severely eroded shoreline along the Delaware River in Salem County has been completed, making it the second post-Superstorm Sandy beach project in New Jersey to be fully executed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The restoration of Oakwood Beach in
Plexus has received purchase orders from Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) to supply both high pressure/high temperature HP/HT and standard pressured wellhead systems and services for three additional exploration wells under an existing four year contract, which runs to 2016. The total value of the order
AGR has been awarded the Well Management Services Contract with Edison Norge AS. AGR will support Edison across its operating licences, including its first exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The company will deliver services relating to well construction, operational support,
Argon ST Inc. has been awarded a $6,5 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the procurement of five AN/SLQ-25A/C countermeasure decoy systems and spares that provide improved naval defense for current threat torpedoes in support of the Undersea Defensive Warfare Programs. The AN/
Orwell Offshore and FES International have landed a contract from TH Heavy Engineering Berhad for the supply of an external turret system for the FPSO Layang. The combined contract value is estimated at $40M. As part of the commission, naval architecture and offshore engineering services firm, Orwel
ConocoPhillips has started oil production from its Eldfisk II project in the Norwegian North Sea. “Eldfisk II joins Ekofisk South as the second major project startup in Norway since late 2013,” said Matt Fox, executive vice president, Exploration and Production. “These projects will increase ultimat
