Wishing to increase performance and quality of the company’s consultancy within Pipelines & Subsea projects, Ramboll Oil & Gas has appointed Lars Eriksen to a newly established position as Project Director. The Pipelines & Subsea department in Copenhagen is now lead by Søren Skovgård Møller. This organisational up scaling is due to recent positive business [...]
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The shortlist for the Offshore Achievement Awards has been announced today, recognising the top individuals and companies in the energy industry. The awards, re-launched in October by the Society of Petroleum Engineers with the support of main sponsor TAQA Bratani, will celebrate the finest talent in categories including overall company performance, commitment to safety and [...]
Petroleum Safety Authority Norweay has given consent to Wintershall Norway ASA for exploration drilling in the North Sea with the semi submersible rig Songa Delta. The consent applies to drilling of exploration well 35/9-7 as part of PL 418 with Wintershall Norway ASA as operator. The well is located approx. 139 km from Flesland airport [...]
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Chevron has finalized plans to start drilling a relief well to control the Funiwa Deep 1A well. The fire is still burning at the well, but continues to diminish. Based on the condition of the well, the safest way to control the well is to drill a relief well to kill the well at reservoir [...]
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) in January 2012 produced 1,653 barrels of oil equivalents (boe) per day. Net realized oil price was USD 99 per boe after adjustments for oil put options, inventory, NGL and gas prices. Production continued to be negatively impacted by weather conditions in the North Sea, resulting in periods of shutdown of [...]
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Xcite Energy, has negotiated an amendment to its rig contract with British American Offshore Limited, a subsidiary of Rowan Companies Inc. The amendment provides additional flexibility around timing of the provision of a heavy duty, harsh environment jack up drilling unit, which will better suit the revised work programme as anticipated for Phase 1B of [...]
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DOF ASA’s subsidiary, DOF Rederi II AS, , has today taken delivery of Skandi Hawk from Cochin Shipyard in India. The vessel is a combined CSV/PSV of STX PSV 09 CD design and the second vessel in a series of two vessels from the same yard. The Skandi Hawk’s overall length is 88.1 m and [...]
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Bloomberg today reported that Brazil’s oil giant, Petrobras, has found evidence of natural gas in an exploration well located in BM-POT-11 offshore block, Potiguar basin. The well was drilled using with the Petrobras V jack-up rig. The Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum (ANP) said on its website that the discovery has not yet been declared [...]
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Further to the announcement dated September 20, 2011, the Boards of NKT Holding NS and Subsea 7 S.A. have completed their review of strategic alternatives for the future development of NKT Flexibles (the “Company”) which has been operated as a joint venture between NKT Holding A/S (51%) and Subsea 7 S.A. (49%) since 1999. Since [...]
The first offshore pile installation operation with the StabFrame, a newly developed subsea pile-stabilising template, has been successfully completed in the OGX Waimea field in Brazil’s Campos Basin. Jointly developed by Large Diameter Drilling Ltd. (LDD) and MENCK GmbH, the StabFrame stabilises piles in all depths required for underwater pile driving. The operation was carried [...]
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