Royal Dutch Shell has defended its safety record following a leak of more than 200 tons of oil into the North Sea. Environmental groups … Reported by: Louis Makiello (The Epoch Times) [mappress] Source: The Epoch Times, August 26, 2011;
The sidetrack of the recent gas discovery at the Broder Tuck prospect in Licence 12/06 offshore Denmark has confirmed additional hydrocarbon column whilst sample analyses from the initial exploration well have indicated a higher than expected condensate content. Bo Askvik, President and CEO at PA Re
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA announce that it has been awarded a contract worth USD 90 million by Petrobras to perform a range of electromagnetic (EM) surveys in frontier and mature basins offshore Brazil. Data acquisition will be performed using the vessel BOA Galatea and is expected to take app
Last Friday, Shell divers closed the relief valve from which oil had been seeping. No oil has been released from the flowline, or release valve, since that point. Continuous monitoring is being carried out to ensure that no releases have occurred. A reconnaissance flight on Tuesday evening reported
Gryphon field operator Maersk Oil has awarded TWMA a contract to handle and dispose of subsea structures and equipment damaged during the Gr… (engineerlive) [mappress] Source: engineerlive, August 25, 2011;
The French Energy Regulation Committee (CRE) on 11 July 2011 issued a set of rules, “Specifications of tender No. 2011/S 126-208873 on… By:Jacques Buhart & Nicolas Lafont (natlawreview) [mappress] Source: natlawreview, August 25, 2011
The French Energy Regulation Committee (CRE) on 11 July 2011 issued a set of rules, “Specifications of tender No. 2011/S 126-208873 on… By:Jacques Buhart & Nicolas Lafont (natlawreview) [mappress] Source: natlawreview, August 25, 2011
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said yesterday that it has won a $280 million deal to build a floating storage and regasificati… (joongangdaily) [mappress] Source: joongangdaily, August 25, 2011;
NOAA, Shell Exploration & Production, ConocoPhillips, and Statoil USA E&P Inc. signed an agreement to enhance collaboration on ocean, coastal and climate science for the Arctic. The agreement calls for sharing a number of scientific data sets for this largely frontier region, including weather and o
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) signed a contract with offshore pile driving specialist Menck for the construction of a 3500kN hydraulic underwater hammer. The new hammer, the MHU-3500S, will be the world’s biggest and heaviest. At 25 meters long and with a 192 ton ram delivering 3500 kJ of energy,
TDW Offshore Services AS announced that it has successfully completed a series of pipeline pressure isolation operations offshore western Borneo in Malaysia for Sarawak Shell Berhad. The operations were carried out on the Jintan, B11 and F6 platforms in the South China Sea, as part of Sarawak Shell
Lundin Petroleum announced that drilling of appraisal/exploration well 16/2-9S on the Aldous Major North structure has commenced. The well is located in licence PL265 in the Norwegian North Sea. The Aldous Major North structure is believed to be the north-westerly continuation of the Aldous Major S
Shell has received approval to start removing residual oil and gas from a pipeline that leaked from the Gannet platform in the North Sea. Source: Subsea UK [mappress] Source: Subsea UK, August 24, 2011;
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a contract by the project developer Offshore-Windpark RIFFGAT GmbH & Co. KG, which is owned by Enova and EWE ENERGIE, to supply and install the infield submarine power cables and ancillary equipment for the Riffgat offshore w
