Cooper Energy Limited announces that it has assessed its net 2C Contingent Resource in the Abiod Formation of the Hammamet West Field, in the Bargou Permit offshore Tunisia to be 11.3 million boe. Cooper Energy is the Operator of the Bargou joint venture which includes Dragon Oil plc and Jacka Resou
Cabling specialist VSMC, a joint VolkerWessels and Boskalis company has been awarded a contract by EPC contractor Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects bv to install and bury a 25km long export cable for the Eneco Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm. The Eneco Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm, to be built by
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL advises that a second seismic survey acquisition of 1,000km of 2D data has now been completed within its highly prospective offshore acreage in licence area EL 0037 offshore Namibia, southwest Africa. The 2D acquisition extends to the south beyond a recently completed 3D
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted RWE Dea Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 35/9-11 A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 35/9-11 A will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility at position 61°21’25.60” north and 3°40’44.56” east. The drill
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for wellbore 33/2-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 33/2-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Artic drilling facility at position 61°59’30.76” north and 1°32’42.52” east, after complet
Høgskolen i Bergen, Bergen University College in Norway, has invited tenders for the provision of a new diving system for its diver education centre. The contract is for mobile units in the form of a wet bell for 2 divers and bellman, lift installation, hydraulic packages, dive control unit assemble
Liquid Robotics and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the signing of a multi-year, Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) designed to advance ocean observations to improve U.S. weather forecasting, fisheries management and environmental monitoring. Th
Dynagas LNG Partners entered into an agreement to purchase from Dynagas Holding 100% of the ownership interests in the entity that owns and operates the Arctic Aurora, a 2013 built ice class LNG carrier $235 million. The Arctic Aurora acquisition is subject to the Dynagas LNG Partnership obtaining t
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract worth in total approximately €40 million ($55 mil) by ESB (Ireland), for the “Shannon River Crossing” project to provide electricity between Kilpaddoge and Moneypoint across the opposite ba
Energid Technologies has announced a new phase of development with Norway’s Robotic Drilling Systems AS, which secured significant follow-on investment from oil industry partners last week. Energid will continue to tailor its premier robotics software, Actin, to meet the needs of oil and gas driller
Fincantieri Offshore has signed a contract with Aveva to implement Aveva Marine software in the concept design phase of Proxima, a major offshore drillship project. Proxima is a revolutionary design with an innovative drilling system that significantly increases the speed of the drilling process. It
Ferus Natural Gas Fuels completed the purchase of Encana Corporation’s 50 percent interest in the Elmworth, Alberta 190,000-litre per day LNG production facility, retaining key Encana technical and management personnel. Phase one of the Elmworth LNG facility, which was constructed as a 50/50 joint v
Nautilus Minerals Inc. and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea have signed an agreement, enabling the Solwara 1 Project to move forward toward production with the full support of the State. Under the Agreement, the State shall take an initial 15% interest in the Project. The State has the opti
Japan’s Tohoku Electric said it has signed a basic agreement to purchase 300,000 tonnes per annum of LNG for 16 years starting in 2022 from Diamond Gas, a unit of Mitsubishi Corporation. The LNG will be sourced from Sempra’s Cameron liquefaction project in the United States. This will be Tohoku’s fi
