The semi-submersible drilling rig “Kan Tan IV” started drilling the Oi-2 exploration well at 05:30 hours NZDT on Friday, 13 June 2014.
EnQuest PLC, through its wholly owned subsidiary EQ Petroleum Production Malaysia Ltd, is to acquire ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc.’s interest in the Seligi oil field and the PM8 PSC, located offshore Malaysia. The agreement is subject to the approval of Petroliam Nasional Berha
Repsol will plug and abandon the Welwitschia-1A well offshore Namibia, Tower Resources, a partner in the well, has said.
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has announced its partnership with oil and gas distributor, Tidal Resources, to provide on the ground support and local supply to the Malaysian market. A crucial element of the growth plans of Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Asia, this affiliation means that custom
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited (Mermaid) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Mermaid Offshore Services Ltd. (MOS) has been awarded a call off contract for subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services in Thailand serving major upstream oil and gas operators. The contract award has
Two oceangoing unmanned vehicles designed for long endurance scientific research were showcased at the National Oceanography Centre to potential users from across the marine scientific community, defence industry and broader marine industries. At the meeting it was announced that the National Oceano
Cargotec has announced that Eric Nielsen, member of Cargotec’s Executive Board and President of MacGregor business area will resign from Cargotec with immediate effect due to personal reasons. President and CEO Mika Vehviläinen will take over as interim President of MacGregor. The recruitment proces
Wood Group PSN has announced that it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with ABT Oil and Gas Ltd to create a 50/50 jointly controlled entity. It is proposed that the new entity will deliver services dedicated to the development of projects for stranded and marginal hydrocarbo
Premier Oil plc has announced that it has received approval of its Catcher area Field Development Plan (FDP) from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Premier-operated Catcher area, located in the UK Central North Sea, is expected to produce 96 million barrels of oil equivalent with a
Sound Oil has announced that it has received the formal award of the D.R74.AP Permit (previously the D150DR-CS Permit) from the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. Following successful analysis of the existing seismic data and well logs, the Company plans to reach the reservoir from an onshore
Two Total Marine Technology ROVs have just passed deepwater acceptance tests to 3000m in the North Atlantic Ocean with perfect scores. The Typhoon MK2 ROVs are now on their way to Brazil as part of a five year contract with the giant Brazilian energy company, Petrobras. In total 12 TMT built Typhoon
Hundreds of people worked around the clock to successfully set up the 10,000-ton topsides on Anadarko’s floating Lucius truss spar The successful setting of the topsides brought together a tapestry of components built in Orange, Texas; Houma, La and Ingleside, Texas, among other locations worldwide.
Ross Offshore AS has announced a contract award with Rocksource Exploration Norway AS. The frame contract is for well management and Consultancy Services. Contract term is 7 years; 3 years firm and with two possible extensions of two years each. The Contract was effective as of June the 6th 2014. Ro
Baker Hughes Incorporated has announced the appointment of Greg Brenneman, chairman of CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC, and W.H. “Bill” Easter III, retired chairman, president, and chief executive officer of DCP Midstream, to its board of directors. Prior to his role as chairman, president, and CEO of DC
