Apache Corporation, the operator of the Phoenix South-1 exploration well has encountered problems during drilling operations, a partners in the licence says.
KrisEnergy Ltd. has announced that the Atwood Orca jack-up rig has started the drilling of the Rojana-A exploration commitment well in block G11/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, where the joint-venture partners are developing the Nong Yao oil field. Water depth at the Rojana-A location is 232 feet (70.6
The Danish Nature Agency, under the Danish Ministry of Environment, has issued a tender for Copenhagen hydrographic survey services. The purpose of the survey is to map the remaining resources and obtain more information about the mining areas in the Sound. Furthermore, the survey should determine t
Autorità di bacino della Puglia announced tender invitation worth 1,6 million EUR for the provision of hydrographic survey services. The provision of marine geophysical surveys is aimed at the identification of deposits of sand useful to the artificial nourishment of stretches of coastline erosion o
Statoil Petroleum has received consent to use the shuttle tanker, Navion Europa, as a temporary storage vessel for the Heidrun field and the Heidrun Oil Export Solution (HOES). Heidrun is located at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea. Water depth is around 350 metres. The field has been developed usi
Eni signed a new Production Sharing Contract (“PSC”) with CNOOC for the exploration of one block offshore Hainan island, in the South China Sea. The Block 50/34 covers an area of about 2,000 sqkm in the Qiongdongnan Basin in conventional waters. The exploration period will last 6.5 years, subdivided
Statoil has received approval to use the Songa Trym semi-submersible drilling rig to drill a well in the North Sea, offshore Norway. Expected start-up is June 2014, with a duration of approximately 40 days. The well 35/11-A-31 is located in the Fram H-Nord field in development licence 090. Water dep
Norwegian oil giant Statoil has failed to find oil at its Apollo prospect in the Barents Sea.
The Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announced ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. will provide Un-Cabled Bio-acoustic Sonar Instruments for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN). WHOI, an implementing organ
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, Canada, has announced that the Government’s Offshore Health and Safety Act has received Royal Assent. The Act will ensure the safety of offshore wor
OceanServer Technology has received orders for 4 new Iver3 AUVs across 3 different US Navy contracts. The new vehicles will include two standard Iver3-580 units and two new Iver3-450 Nano AUVs. The Iver3 Nano AUVs represent a new class of very small lightweight AUVs weighing less than 39 Lbs with mo
Petrox Resources entered into a co-operation framework agreement with Qingdao Sinoenergy of China and Asiafic Clean Energy of Hong Kong to establish an Alberta joint venture company, Gascana AB Energy. The objective of the announced JV is the construction of an LNG liquefaction plant in Alberta with
Luka Koper and the Netherlands-based company Van Oord have concluded the contract on deepening the access channel and northern section of Basin I within the Port of Koper harbour area. The contract in the amount of EUR 2.48 million anticipates the seabed dredging along the Container Terminal to 14 m
GulfSlope Energy has received notice of award and has completed all requirements for 21 offshore lease blocks for which it was the high bidder at offshore lease sale 231, central Gulf of Mexico, conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). With the conclusion of the lease award process
