NOPSEMA, Australia’s national independent regulator for offshore petroleum health and safety, well integrity and environmental management, today released the latest health and safety performance report for Australia’s offshore petroleum industry. The report contains data of inspections, investigations and information collected from 35 operators and 209 facilities operating in Commonwealth waters (and relevant coastal waters) to [...]
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. has entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for construction of a new ultra-deepwater drillship with delivery scheduled in the fourth quarter of 2014. Total cost, including commissioning, spares and project management, but excluding capitalized interest, is expected to be approximately $655 million. The new drillship, to [...]
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Shell GSB Ltd (Shell) has assumed operatorship, as from 1 April 2012 for New Zealand exploration license PEP 50119 in the Great South Basin, from joint venture partner OMV New Zealand Ltd (OMV). The license covers an area of 33,500 km2 in deep water, south of New Zealand’s South Island. A large 4,820 km2 3D [...]
Chevron Corporation announced that the Pacific Santa Ana, a deepwater drillship built to Chevron’s specifications, has arrived in the Gulf of Mexico to work for Chevron under a five-year contract. Pacific Santa Ana is the first drillship designed with the capacity to perform dual gradient drilling (DGD). “Pacific Santa Ana will enable us to demonstrate [...]
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Bass Strait Oil Company Ltd announces that the Commonwealth Victoria Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority has just granted the Company the 2011 Australian Acreage Release block V11-5 which will be known as Vic/P68. The area lies in the northeastern part of the Gippsland Basin, and covers parts of the Central Deep, Northern Terrace and Northern Platform, [...]
Twelve new offshore petroleum exploration permits have been awarded in waters off Western Australia and Victoria, and will see $303 million in new investment over the next three years. A total of 46 bids were received for 16 release areas of the first 2011 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release round, which closed on 13 October [...]
Statoil and Rosneft yesterday signed a cooperation agreement. The companies have agreed to jointly explore offshore frontier areas of Russia and Norway and to conduct joint technical studies on two onshore Russian assets. The agreement also envisages Rosneft’s acquisition of participating interests in selected Statoil projects. Rosneft president Eduard Khudainatov and Statoil president and CEO [...]
On 26th April, Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering and Total held a Safety Stand-Up Meeting to commemorate World Safety Day (28th of April) at the Pre-erection area in front of the CLOV FPSO. A number of people who work on the CLOV FPSO including Mr. Patrick Vallot, FPSO manager of Total, Mrs. Genevieve Mouillerat, project [...]
Seadrill, one of the world’s largest drilling contractors, has ordered a new harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig from Hyundai Samho Shipyard in South Korea. The company explained the move by the current strong demand for high specification drilling units and Seadrill’s wish to benefit from such market conditions. The new rig will be a sister [...]
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Metocean Services International (MSI) has been awarded an 18 month contract to provide weather forecasting services to Leighton Contractors as part of their involvement in the Gorgon project. Leighton Contractors in consortium with Saipem are carrying out the engineering, procurement and construction of the LNG Off-take Jetty and Marine Structures for the Gorgon LNG Project. [...]
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