The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum ASA a drilling permit for well 7220/2-1, in the Barents Sea. Well 7220/2-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 7220/2-1 relates to drilling of a wildcat well i
Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd (MESL) has been appointed to undertake regional seabed monitoring, consisting of over 2,500 samples, on behalf of eight marine aggregate operators with licensed interests in the southern North Sea through a contract being coordinated by the British Marine Aggregate Prod
The completed new terminal for ferries and roll on-roll off (RORO) vessels will be inaugurated on September 5, 2014 in Lapuz, Iloilo City. This was announced by Ilonggo Senate President Franklin M. Drilon after the project’s successful dry run last August 15th, reported today PNA. The more than $4.5
Gulf of Ob is the largest bay of the Kara Sea. It is located at the mouth of the Ob River and bordered in the west by the Yamal Peninsula.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7125/4-3 in the production licence 393 B, in the Barents Sea. Well 7125/4-3 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig, type Aker H-6e. It was built in 2009 at Aker Stor
Rosneft, Seadrill Limited and North Atlantic Drilling Limited (NADL) signed a Framework Agreement that envisages long-term cooperation in the sphere of oilfield development projects. The document foresees the acquisition by Rosneft of NADL shares through an exchange of assets and investments in NADL
Cue Energy Resources Ltd has been advised by OMV New Zealand Ltd (OMV), the Operator of permit PEP 51313, that at 08:19 hours (local time) on Friday 22nd August 2014, the Whio-1 well was at a depth of 2,670m MDRT in 12.25″ hole, and is drilling ahead towards the planned total depth of 2,879m MDRT [&
Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with Total E&P Norge AS to provide a real time integrity monitoring system, to measure platform displacement during drilling operations. The two-year contract, with a two-year extension option, will support Total’s d
LNG America has selected Taylor-Wharton to commence the front-end engineering and design work for the cryogenic topside of the company’s 3,000 cubic meter Gemini Class LNG bunker barge scheduled for delivery at the end of 2015. “Taylor-Wharton has been actively engaged in the development process and
More than 1,400 properties between Camber and Lydd will benefit as work begins on the Broomhill Sands Coastal Defense Scheme in Kent. The Environment Agency has appointed Team Van Oord to construct the scheme, which will cover 2.4km of beach from the Suttons, Camber to the western boundary of Lydd R
After installing the platform, Maersk Oil plans to drill 12 wells during 2015-2017. Each horizontal well will be about six kilometres long.
Cryostar has been selected by AGA GAS AB in Sweden to equip Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Liquefied-Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) station, located in Örebro, 200km away from Stockholm. The end of 2013 saw Sweden’s AGA GAS award Cryostar the contract to deliver equipment for its new LNG and LCNG st
Looking to free itself from the dependence on Russian gas, Lithuania signed its first LNG purchase deal with Norway’s Statoil. Starting in 2015, Statoil will be supplying an annual volume of 540 million cubic meters of natural gas (approx. 950 thousand cubic meters of LNG) to ensure continuous opera
Eni, through its affiliate IEOC Production BV and in joint venture with BP Egypt, started production from the DEKA project (DenisKarawan) through the new subsea well Denise South 6 at a gas rate of 1.8 million cubic meters per day and associated condensates of about 800 barrels per day. The DEKA Pro
