Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents for well plugging at Draugen, in the Norwegian Sea. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwgeian Sea in 250 metres of water. A/S Norske Shell (Shell) is the field’s operato
AMEC plc and its subsidiary AMEC International Investments BV, have announced today that the offer to purchase all of the issued and to be issued registered shares of Foster Wheeler AG has been successfully completed. The company says that all conditions to the offer have been satisfied. AMEC is mak
Technip has been awarded a contract by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for the K2 Riser Base Gas Lift project, located in Green Canyon 608 in the Gulf of Mexico, at a water depth of approximately 1,300 meters. Technip’s operating center in Houston, Texas, USA, will conduct the overall project managem
PA Resources has been provisionally awarded Blocks 22/18c and 22/19d, located in the North Sea Central Area, in the UK’s 28th Seaward Licensing Round. PA Resources has been awarded these blocks as part of a group comprising of PA Resources (25 percent), E.On (40 percent), Cairn Energy’s wholly-owned
McDermott delivered the riser support structure for the Inpex-operated ichthys LNG projects.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed the award of the $57.6-million contract to the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company for a coastal and storm damage reduction project extending from the southern end of Ocean City to Strathmere and Sea Isle. The project, which entails the construction of
Rockhopper Exploration and Premier Oil have agreed to adopt a phased, lower cost development solution for the Sea Lion field in the North Falkland Basin, off Falkland Islands. According to Rockhopper Exploration these are the highlights of phased development concept: – Initial phase to commerciali
GTT signed a technical service agreement with Palumbo Malta Shipyard awarding the company rights to carry out maintenance and repair works in membrane type cargo tanks of LNG carrier
Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited (CRP) has provided an updated set of draft conditions to the Environmental Protection Authority Marine Consent hearing to comprehensively address the issues discussed by experts and raised by submiters. The conditions cover mining operations, the mine plan and environm
Serica Energy plc has confirmed that testing operations have now concluded on the SM-1 well on the Sidi Moussa Licence, offshore Morocco. The well was drilled to a total depth of 2,825 metres subsea and encountered oil in fractured and brecciated cavernous Upper Jurassic carbonates. During the cours
The Panama Canal Expansion reached another major milestone with yesterday’s arrival of the final shipment of gates. The gates for the new locks will be used for the Atlantic side of the project, two gates, and two for the Pacific. The four gates arrived on board the Post-Panamax vessel Xia Zhi Yuan
GE Oil & Gas will supply its turbomachinery to Malaysia’s Petronas for its second FLNG facility.
Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company Sdn Bhd (KPOC) today announced that it has started gas production from the Kebabangan (KBB) platform which also marked the start of production phase at the Kebabangan gas field. The production from the KBB field is expected to ramp up to 500 MMSCF per day by
AFGlobal Corporation has entered into an agreement with Advanced Insulation Systems who will become the exclusive applicator for AFGlobal’s Cuming insulation products. This agreement applies to all subsea insulation structures and jumpers. “This agreement leverages the product superiority of our Cum
