Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has been awarded a contract by Esso Australia Proprietary Limited, an Australian subsidiary of ExxonMobil, to provide reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction services to support the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture’s retrofit portfolio of projects in Victoria, Aust
SeaBird Exploration Plc has signed a letter of intent with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (“TGS”) to acquire up to 200,000 km of 2D seismic data in Mexico. The LOI provides TGS access to charter up to four seismic vessels from SeaBird over a period of approximately 36 months, estimated to commence Q4
Endeavor Management has announced that Shell has appointed the Houston-based consulting firm’s Arctic Team to provide advisory services in preparation for the potential resumption of Shell’s Chukchi Sea drilling campaign. Endeavor will provide support and advice for a third-party audit of Shell’s ma
McDermott International, Inc. has announced an update to certain operational matters, including Malaysia (Siakap) Project, the installation of the extended tension leg platform in Brazil (Papa Terra), Azerbaijan (COP) Project, and Australia (Ichthys) Project. Through working capital management, the
Atlantic Petroleum has announced that during the month of March, Atlantic Petroleum produced a net total of 61,000 barrels of oil equivalents (boe) from the Chestnut, Ettrick and Blackbird fields. The average daily production was 1,968 boe per day net to the Company. Atlantic Petroleum currently hol
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) will provide support services to an offshore pipelaying project at Rota Cabiunas in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt region, Brazil. Following a number of recent offshore agency logistics successes, ISS has now been appointed by Van Oord, the leading international marine co
Carnegie Wave Energy has signed a commitment agreement to secure the final berth at Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility in Cornwall, to demonstrate its next generation wave technology. Carnegie’s UK arm, CETO Wave Energy UK plans to deploy a 3MW array of its next generation 1MW CET
Langlee has put pen to paper on agreements with clients, local government, and technology partners in the Canary Islands. Industrial partners and investors are now invited to participate in the commercialisation phase. Canary Islands Regional Minister of Employment, Industry and Commerce, Francisca
Kansai Electric Power (Kepco) said it had signed a contract with Mitsui to buy 400,000 tonnes of LNG per annum from Sempra Energy’s Cameron liquefaction project in Louisiana, USA. Kepco will purchase the LNG for 20 years at U.S. Henry Hub-linked prices, the company said in a statement. The Cameron l
Rosneft President, Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin held a working meeting with Statoil ASA CEO Helge Lund in Norway. The parties discussed implementation of the joint projects in Russia’s Barents Sea (Perseyevsky License Area) and the Sea of Okhotsk (Magadan-1, Lisyansky, and Kashevarov
AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT) today, the Pateke-4H development well sidetrack has been drilled to a measured depth of 4,083m, landing at an angle of 90 degrees and having penetrated the hydrocarbon bearing F10 reservoir sand. Installation of the 9 5/8 inch casing is curren
BW Offshore has signed a Letter of Award (LOA) with Premier Oil for a FPSO to operate on the Catcher oil field in the UK North Sea. The LOA will be converted into a final contract subject to final partner sanction and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) approval, expected to be completed
Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. announced that its contractor, China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL), has commenced the 3D seismic survey in Block 33/07, East China Sea. As announced in December 2013, Primeline signed a turnkey contract with COSL for a 600sq km 3D seismic survey in Block 33/07 (“the Su
Songa Offshore has secured a $1 billion loan to finance construction of two semi-submersible drilling rigs. The offshore drilling contractor has announced that the documentation for the previously announced $ 1,014 million loan facilities for the financing of the first two Cat D drilling rigs, Songa
