Marineco UK Orders First-Ever Damen High Speed Support Vessel 2610
Damen Shipyards Group announced the sale of its first-ever Twin Axe Catamaran, the Damen High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) 2610, which is particularly suited for the offshore wind industry. Marineco UK, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently...
September 3 2010 / Read More »
Norway: A/S Norske Shell Gets Green Light for Drilling Wellbore 6603/5-1 S
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted A/S Norske Shell a drilling permit for wellbore 6603/5-1 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6603/5-1 S will be drilled from the Aker Barents drilling...
September 3 2010 / Read More »
USA: BP Provides Update on GoM Oil Spill
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. BP continues to work with the guidance and approval of the National Incident Commander...
September 3 2010 / Read More »
Norway: Petro-Canada Norge AS Gets Drilling Permit for Wellbore 34/4-13 S
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Petro-Canada Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 34/4-13 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 34/4-13 S will be drilled from the West Alpha drilling...
September 3 2010 / Read More »
Russia: Government to Reduce Taxes on Korchagin Fields Oil
The chief executive of LUKOIL, Russia’s No. 2 oil company, said on Tuesday the government was ready to introduce tax breaks for oil extracted from its Korchagin fields on the Caspian Sea from Jan. 1. ...
September 3 2010 / Read More »Singapore: Expro Acquires Leading Asia Well Services Business, PTI
Expro announces that it has completed the acquisition of the Production Testers International business (“PTI”) from Production Testers International HK Ltd and Production Testers...
Sep 3 2010 / Read More »USA: Another Oil Rig Explosion in Gulf of Mexico
An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13...
Sep 3 2010 / Read More »Global Marine Systems Installs Cable for Gjoa Floating Platform in North Sea
Global Marine Systems has announced the successful completion of the Gjøa power cable installation. Gjøa is the first ever floating platform to have power...
Sep 2 2010 / Read More »CNOOC to Invest Billions to Expand Oil Production Capacities Offshore China
China National Offshore Oil Corp. or CN OOC Group, parent of CNOOC Ltd. , plans to invest 250-300 billion yuan (Approximately USD 36-44 billion)...
Sep 2 2010 / Read More »Malaysia: SapuraCrest Bags Two Tender Rigs Contracts Worth Total $134 Million
SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd’s subsidiary Tioman Drilling Company Sdn Bhd has received a contract worth US$85 million from Carigali Hess Operating Company Sdn Bhd and...
Sep 2 2010 / Read More »Chevron Completes Canada*s Deepest Offshore Well Drilling
Chevron Corp has finished drilling Canada’s deepest-ever offshore well, a project that became the target of heightened scrutiny after the BP Plc oil spill...
Sep 2 2010 / Read More »USA: Offshore O&G Industry Has Learned From BP*s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
The offshore oil and gas industry is better equipped to deal with deep-water accidents because of lessons that BP learned battling its massive oil...
Sep 1 2010 / Read More »UK: Stockton North MP, Alex Cunningham: “IHC EB Represents the Future and the Best of the Past”
In a visit to IHC Engineering Business (EB) on Tuesday 31 August 2010, local Labour MP, Alex Cunningham, (Stockton North), declared that the company...
Sep 1 2010 / Read More »
