The selected route for the Grand Canal of Nicaragua was announced at a conference held at the Hotel Intercontinental Managua on July 7, 2014. Telemaco Talavera, spokesperson for the Canal Project, chaired the conference and delivered the opening speech. He said that the Grand Canal has a very import
On 20 and 21 May 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s barrier management in the early phase of the Johan Sverdrup project prior to the plan for development and operation (PDO). The objective of a pre-PDO audit is to monitor that the operator’s plans and
Tangiers Petroleum Limited has provided an update on the drilling of the TAO-1 exploration well,located offshore Morocco. No major operational issues have occurred to date and the well is expected to intersect the Assaka and Trident objectives within 60 days from spud, as previously announced. As th
Karoon has executed final agreements with members of the QGOG Constellation S.A. group for contracting the “Olinda Star” semi‐submersible drilling rig. The “Olinda Star” has been contracted to complete up to four wells in Karoon’s 65% owned and operated Santos Basin blocks, S‐M‐1037, 1101, 1102, 116
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a contract worth USD 2.7 million from OMV (Norge) AS and its partners in PL537 for 3D EM data acquisition in the Barents Sea. The survey will commence in July using the vessel Atlantic Guardian. Atlantic Guardian is a purpose-built 3D EM vessel wit
African Petroleum Corporation Limited has entered into an agreement with Buried Hill Africa Limited to farm-out a 10% interest in Block CI-509 offshore Côte d’Ivoire in return for Buried Hill funding 21.1% of the cost of the next exploration well to be drilled on Block CI-509 and an additional cash
Premier Oil, a UK-based independent oil and gas company, has informed that the development of the Solan field in the UK North Sea, west of the Shetland Islands, is progressing well. In its recent trading update, the company said that the construction and onshore commissioning of the jacket and the t
JD Contractor A/S, one of the biggest underwater contractors in Denmark, has been awarded a contract for subsea cable installation. The contract, awarded through tender procedure, is for the installation of 10 kV submarine cables between Lolland-Asko and Lilleø-Femø. JD Contractor secured the contra
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order to supply equipment for three 80m ice-class vessels and a 96m shallow water pipe laying barge, all will be constructed for Bumi Armada Berhad, a Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider. The vessels are destined to operate in the
‘Pieter Schelte’, the biggest vessel in the world, is to be completed in the port of Rotterdam. Owner and designer Allseas and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed an agreement to this effect. The plan is for ‘Pieter Schelte’ to arrive in Rotterdam at the end of 2014. ‘Pieter Schelte’ is 38
Statens vegvesen (The Norwegian Public Roads Administration) has invited tenders for Bjørnafjord hydrographic survey. The purpose of the survey is measurement of wave and currents along two routes in an area between Reksteren and Halhjem. The necessary data will be used for an alternative floating b
Øresundsbro Consortium, a Copenhagen based company, has issued a tender invitation for the provision of diving services. The framework agreement will cover the Company’s owned and operated Øresund Bridge. The project is expected to last for two years with the completion planned for August 27, 2016.
The coastal restoration project at NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia will begin this month, according to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). BOEM’s partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to rest
Oil production has started from the Dua oil project, offshore Vietnam.
