Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced that Mitsui E&P Texas LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui, and SM Energy Company have closed the previously announced agreement for MEPTX to acquire a 12.5% working interest in SME’s Eagle Ford property in Texas, USA. Mitsui has participated in shale oil/gas projects
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has secured more than $1 million of contracts in the Gulf of Mexico since it opened its office in Houston in February. The company’s recruitment drive continues and it has invested $2 million in a move to new larger premises in Richmond Avenue in the city
Taiwan’s CPC Corporation signed a long-term agreement with Qatar’s RasGas to purchase 1.5 million tonnes of LNG a year, CPC said in a statement. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 20th World Petroleum Congress held in Doha. LNG deliveries under the long-term deal will start in 2013. Qa
For working Brazil’s vast oil fields – bigger in size than the State of Florida – Brazilian-based underwater operator, Belov Engenharia, has switched to Saab Seaeye ROVs. It is the first purchase of Saab Seaeye vehicles by Belov, founded in 1981 and a key provider of services across civil, harbour a
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has signed a Letter of Intent with an undisclosed client for a 3D seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. The project, to be acquired by POLARCUS NADIA, will commence this month and is expected to run for approximately 30 days. About Polarcus Pol
Ichthys LNG Pty Ltd, a company jointly owned by INPEX and TOTAL and the seller of Ichthys LNG, today signed a legally binding Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with a consortium of five major Japanese utility companies for LNG from the Ichthys Project totaling 4.0 mtpa. Under the SPA, Ichthys LNG P
Blue Offshore, a specialist subsea construction contractor, have announced that they have reached agreement to use the former Swan Hunter shipyard facilities at Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK), for assembly and construction of their cable installation system. Blue Offshore will operate the facili
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has signed a Letter of Intent with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (TGS) for the charter of the 12 – 14 streamer 3D seismic vessel POLARCUS AMANI. The charter, of minimum 5 months duration and subject to the execution of a service contract, will commence
Estonian Port of Tallinn and Elering signed cooperation agreement to begin preliminary studies for a LNG terminal at Muuga port. The companies aim to conduct environmental impact assessments and to develop a feasibility study for the regional LNG terminal, Port of Talinn said in a statement. Port of
Cathelco Seafresh announced today that it has received an order to supply reverse osmosis desalinators for the Khannur, an LNG carrier owned by Golar LNG of Norway which is being converted to a FSRU at the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. After conversion, the vessel will be renamed the West Java FSRU
Drydocks World, the well-established international player in the maritime and offshore industry, has signed a Contract with Singapore based AET, a global leader in petroleum shipping, for two Tanker-to-Marine Capture Vessel (MCV) conversion projects. AET is converting these vessels as part of a rece
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of friction-grip wellhead engineering, announces that it has entered into a licensing, manufacturing, distribution, and agency agreement with Breda Energia S.p.A, a provider of
TGS announces that it has signed a letter of award with Dolphin Geophysical to charter the 12 streamer new build vessel, M/V Polar Duchess, for 3D multi-client projects in Europe during the 2012 summer season. The charter is expected to begin during first half of April and will last for approximatel
InterOil Corporation and Pacific LNG Operations Ltd. announced the signing of a Heads of Agreement with ENN Energy Trading Company Ltd., for the supply of one to one and one half, million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG from the Gulf LNG Project in Papua New Guinea. The Gulf LNG Project in Papua New
