Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has informed that the Atwood Eagle semi-submersible drilling rig has been released from the previous location and is en route to the Phoenix South-1 well location within the WA-435-P exploration permit, offshore W. Australia. The company said it would release the next ann
Italy’s Ministry of Defence (Ministero della Difesa Segretariato Generale della Difesa e Direzione nazionale degli armamenti Direzione degli Armamenti Navali) has issued a tender for the supply of an echo sounder for their vessel ‘Magnaghi’. Ammiraglio Magnaghi is a research/survey vessel and it is
INPEX has announced that its subsidiary, INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd, has been granted Release Area WA-502-P as an exploration permit following the 2013 Australian Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release. INPEX Browse will hold a 40% participating interest in the Block while Santos will hold a 60% participa
The Goliat FPSO will depart the Hyundai yard in South Korea in early 2015, a decision taken at a licence meeting on Friday 16 May, Eni Norge has reported.
GAC Russia is underlining its commitment to offshore oil & gas exploration and extraction in the Black Sea with a major project to upgrade its facilities at the port of Novorossiysk. The Black Sea is one of the areas in which the development of fields looks set to boom as Russian oil majors are gran
TH Heavy Engineering Berhad (THHE) has received a Letter of Award from JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Limited for the provision, installation and commissioning of the FPSO Deep Producer 1 in the Layang Development Project, located in Block SK10, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. Under the cont
Polarcus Limited, a UAE-based owner of seismic survey vessels announced a drop in revenue for the first quarter 2014. The company said that the effects of the challenging market conditions at the end of 2013 spilled over into the start of 2014, as the Company recorded lower revenues during the quart
The Finnish Transport Agency (FTA), a government agency operating under the Ministry of Transport and Communications, has issued a tender invitation for the provision of hydrographic surveys in Finnish lake areas of Lake Saimaa. As FTA announced, the results of these hydrographic surveys will be use
DOF Subsea UK Limited, a leading provider of integrated subsea solutions, has been awarded a contract by Maersk Oil UK to undertake replacement of the Dumbarton Drill Cluster Centre (DCC) flexible production riser at the Global Producer 3 FPSO located in block 15/20 of UK sector North Sea. The work
Tullow Oil Norge AS has received consent for exploration drilling using the Borgland Dolphin mobile drilling facility to drill well 31/10-1 in production licence 507, offshore Norway.
DONG Energy Wind Power A/S has contracted SPT Offshore for the installation and engineering of the suction buckets for demonstration tripod suction bucket jacket (SBJ) foundation for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm. The suction bucket jacket foundation will support a 3.6 MW Siemens wind turbine gen
ConocoPhillips has reached the final depth at the Poseidon North-1 well, offshore Western Australia, Karoon Gas Australia has informed. Since the 17 April 2014 Poseidon North-1 Progress Report, 9-5/8″ casing was run and cemented at 3,820 mRT. The 8-1/2″ hole was then drilled to the final well Total
Karoon Gas FPSO Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Karoon Gas Australia Ltd, has entered into a Farm‐out Agreement to farm‐out a 50% interest in Carnarvon Basin Exploration Permit WA‐482‐P to Apache Northwest Pty Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of Apache Corporation. Pursuant to the Farm‐out Agreem
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL has advised that the Government of Kenya has granted a 12-month extension to the current Initial Exploration Period of the L10B offshore licence. Following the current Period (as extended), the joint venture can then elect to move into the First Additional Exploration Per
