Malaysia: Inertek’s New Facility to Service E&P Sector in the Region
Intertek has invested £900,000 in a new Malaysian regional centre which will bring enhanced services to the exploration and production (E&P) sector in the region. Based in Kuala Lumpur, the facility boasts two laboratories and...
May 17 2013 / Read More »
Seadrill Completes Tender Rig Sale
Seadrill Limited has today completed the transaction to sell the T-15 tender rig to Seadrill Partners. The agreed upon sale is for a total price of US$210 million, less approximately US$100 million of debt...
May 17 2013 / Read More »
Black Elk Energy Informs of Drilling Success in U.S. GoM
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC an independent oil and gas company headquartered in Houston, announced has the successful completion of 3 wells to kick-off their 2013 drilling program in the Gulf of Mexico. The...
May 17 2013 / Read More »
Maersk Drilling Profit Rises on Higher Operational Uptime
Denmark’s offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling made a profit of USD 146m in the first quarter of 2013, an increase from USD 123m earned in the same period of 2012. The increase in profit was mainly due...
May 17 2013 / Read More »
Lamprell: 1Q in Line with Expectations
Lamprell, a provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, has issued its latest Interim Management Statement in accordance with the EU Transparency Directive....
May 17 2013 / Read More »
Hess, Elliott Resolve Proxy Contest (USA)
Hess Corporation, a New York-based oil and gas exploration firm, has announced that it has reached an agreement with Elliott Management to resolve its proxy contest. Under the terms of the agreement, Elliott will withdraw...
May 17 2013 / Read More »
Rosneft, Petrovietnam to Expand Cooperation
OJSC Oil Company Rosneft (Rosneft) and Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation “PetroVietnam” (PetroVietnam) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Sochi to strengthen cooperation between the two oil and gas companies. The MOU –...
May 17 2013 / Read More »
Well Interventions Boost Yolla A Production (Australia)
AWE Limited has been advised by the Operator, Origin Energy, that the Yolla-A platform, located it the Bass Strait, offshore southern Australia, has achieved significant production improvement as a result of successful well interventions and is currently...
May 17 2013 / Read More »Indonesia Puts 21 Exploration Blocks on Offer
Indonesian government today, May 17, launched a licensing round for 21 oil and gas exploration blocks, in an effort to improve chances of increasing the...
May 17 2013 / Read More »Petrobras Nets 34 Exploration Blocks Offered in 11th Licensing Round (Brazil)
Brazil’s state run oil and gas company Petrobras has acquired the most blocks offered in the 11th Bid Round held by the National Petroleum...
May 17 2013 / Read More »Noble Energy Strikes Gas at Karish Well (Israel)
Noble Energy has encountered ‘significant traces of natural gas’ at its Karish prospect, in the Mediterranean sea, offshore Israel. The well, located in the Alon...
May 16 2013 / Read More »Keppel Delivers Laurus Jack-Up Rig to Oro Negro (Mexico)
Keppel FELS has delivered a second KFELS B Class jackup rig to offshore Mexican oil field services company, Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro...
May 16 2013 / Read More »10 Exploration Licenses for Total in Brazil
French oil major Total announces that it has been awarded 10 new exploration licenses during Brazil’s 11th bid round. Total will be the operator...
May 16 2013 / Read More »Transocean Secures Aussie Job for Deepwater Millennium Drillship
Transocean, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor, has revealed it has secured a two-year drilling contract for one of its drillships. The drillship, known as...
May 16 2013 / Read More »BP, Partners Winning Bidders for 8 Deepwater Blocks in Brazil
BP and partners Total, Petrobras and Petrogal were yesterday named winning bidders for eight deepwater blocks offshore Brazil in the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency’s...
May 15 2013 / Read More »9 Blocks for Galp in Brazilian 11th Bidding Round
Portugal’s oil and natural gas integrated operator Galp Energia participated on the first day of the 11th bidding round for exploratory blocks organized by the...
May 15 2013 / Read More »Statoil Clinches Six New Licences Off Brazil
Statoil was the highest bidder on 6 licenses in the 11th Round, the first licensing round in Brazil since December 2008. With the new...
May 15 2013 / Read More »Statoil Hires Noble’s Jack-Up Rig for Mariner Field in UK
Noble Corporation has been awarded a drilling contract by Statoil for a newbuild ultra-high specification jack-up for use in the United Kingdom sector of...
May 14 2013 / Read More »
