Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank has announced that the bureau will offer nearly 44 million acres offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama for oil and gas exploration and development in a sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Centra
VAALCO Energy, Inc. today announced the start of a new six well drilling campaign offshore Gabon on its Etame Marin block. The development drilling campaign follows the recent on-schedule installation of the Etame platform and the Southeast Etame/North Tchibala (“SEENT”) platform. All work on this p
The North Topsail Beach Shoreline Protection Project is about to enter its fifth phase with the restoration works scheduled for early December 2014. This project was awarded to Norfolk Dredging on July 9, 2014. Construction works will start near 3588 Island Drive and go south toward the Surf City li
Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum AB has completed the drilling of the wildcat well 33/12-10 S, offshore Norway. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Vollgrav South prospect in PL631, which is located 150 km west of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and between the Gullfaks and
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will host a Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act) funding and projects webinar on October 22nd 2014. The
The dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the main channel North of number 4 buoy, between buoys four and two for week commencing 20th October 2014, reported today the Port of Wells. Vessels entering or exiting the harbor should call the “Kari Hege” when working, on channel 1
The KD Consortium, consisting of KBR and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company, has been awarded a front end engineering design (FEED) contract by Eni East Africa SpA for a floating liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility for the Coral South Development Project located in Mozambique. With t
The New England District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recently awarded a contract to dredge the channel and anchorage of the Royal River Federal navigation project (FNP) in Yarmouth, Maine. Dredging operations have been revised to commence on October 20, 2014 and will be completed by Apri
Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish recently held meetings with four consortiums that have submitted their proposals for the next phase of the New Suez Canal dredging project. A high-ranking source with the SCA said that the consortiums, including Chinese and Dutch companies, are cur
KBR and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (KD Consortium) has been awarded a front end engineering design contract by Eni East Africa for an FLNG facility for the Coral South Development Project located in Mozambique. With the award, the KD consortium will be one of three consortia competing
FMC Technologies, Inc. has received an order from Total to supply subsea systems for its Edradour and Glenlivet fields offshore in the West of Shetland area. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply consists of subsea equipment including manifolds and associated connections and controls equipment, wellhead
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District will host a public meeting regarding the Braddock Bay Restoration Project, October 22, 2014, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Town of Greece Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting will be to present the results of the Braddock Bay Restoration Fea
Karoon Gas Australia has informed the company expects to start the 2-4 well appraisal and exploration drilling campaign in the Santos Basin, off Brazil, during the second week in November 2014. The primary objective of the upcoming drilling program is to drill the lower risk appraisal well in the Ka
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has finalised the acquisition of Marathon Oil Norge AS. Following the integration, Det norske will have close to 500 employees. In 2013, combined production from the two companies amounted to approximately 84 000 barrels of oil per day, making Det norske one of the largest
