BAE Systems yesterday held a keel laying ceremony for the first of four platform supply vessels it’s building for Jackson Offshore Operators. The new vessels, which will support drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico, reflect BAE Systems’ continued growth in U.S. commercial shipbuilding and its support to the offshore oil and gas industry. The [...]
Rowan Companies plc, a U.S.-based drilling contractor specialising in high-specification jack-up rigs, today announced it has secured more work for its Gorilla IV rig in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. In its fleet contract status update the company revealed that Walter Oil & Gas has awarded a six month contract extension for the rig on a [...]
LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC, has signed contracts with Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC for the construction of two STX Marine SV 310 Multi-Purpose Supply Vessels. “These will be the twenty-third (23) and twenty-fourth (24) vessels to be built by LEEVAC for Hornbeck” says Christian Vaccari, President and CEO of LEEVAC. The SV 310 is a very [...]
Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of the Wison Group, announced today that Vice President of LNG Sales, Tor-Ivar Guttulsrod, will speak in the Strategy Roundtable of Floating LNG 2013, the world’s largest conference on floating LNG on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Guttulsrod will be part of the Technical Panel, speaking on how [...]
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Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today announced that Robert Douglas (“Doug”) Lawler, 46, Senior Vice President, International and Deepwater Operations at Anadarko Petroleum, will join Chesapeake as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective June 17. Lawler is a petroleum engineer with 25 years of experience in the upstream Exploration [...]
Nova Scotia, one of Canada’s three Maritime provinces, welcomed Shell Canada exploration vessels Saturday, May 18, signalling the company’s renewed interest in exploring the province’s offshore. Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Minister Graham Steele, on behalf of Premier Darrell Dexter, greeted seven Shell Canada 3D offshore exploration vessels, which will begin offshore exploration surveying [...]
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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 2013 drilling program will begin monetizing the companies “proved undeveloped reserve” inventory. The completion of these 3 wells marks the [...]
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 its slate of five director nominees and support the election of Hess’ five new directors: John Krenicki Jr., Fredric Reynolds, [...]
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 Agency (ANP). Petrobras bought, whether on its own or in partnerships, 34 of the 289 blocks offered in the bid. It also secured, in its technicians’ opinions, the blocks with the [...]
