Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into an agreement with North Sea Shipping to extend the charter hire period for the vessel Atlantic Guardian from 1 September 2013 to 1 March 2014. Furthermore, EMGS has agreed to charter the vessel for an additional period of at least two years, with three optional one-year extensions. Under [...]
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Aberdeen-based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned what will be the UK’s most powerful emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV). The Ocean Troll – which recently completed a long term charter with Statoil – has undergone a £2million conversion and overhaul at MMS in Hull to become a UK Class A ERRV with [...]
ENI Ireland BV will carry out a 2D seismic survey in the Atlantic waters of the Irish Designated Continental Shelf, The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in Ireland has announced. The planned start of the survey is mid-April 2013 and, weather permitting, will continue until mid-October 2013. The seismic acquisition will be carried out [...]
Atlantic Petroleum today announces the completion of the acquisition of 25% working interest in the Orlando and Kells discoveries (P.1606 and P.1607) entered into and announced 13th December 2012. Atlantic Petroleum has through its fully owned subsidiary Volantis Exploration Limited committed to pro-rata funding of the Orlando & Kells developments commensurate with its 25% working [...]
API President and CEO Jack Gerard welcomed the release of a letter from the governors of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia urging Interior Secretary nominee Sally Jewell to support energy development in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. “I commend the governors for their vision and leadership in recognizing this game-changing opportunity to produce more [...]
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The two Canadian Atlantic offshore petroleum boards and federal entities are not adequately prepared to respond to a major oil spill if needed, says Scott Vaughan, the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, in his report tabled on February 5 in Parliament. The audit examined the activities of the Canada–Nova Scotia and the Canada–Newfoundland [...]
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Norske Shell AS has awarded Atlantic Offshore an 18 months emergency rescue and response vessel (ERRV) contract to support its drilling operation. Ocean Sky, AH-Tug/Standby/Supply vessel, will start the contract mid January 2013. The vessel has worked for Norske Shell AS since 2000. Atlantic Offshore AS’ main office is located at the Coast Center Base, [...]
Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has extended the current charter for the vessel Atlantic Guardian for a firm six months, with two additional three-month options and a flexible start-up date. The Atlantic Guardian has completed the basalt mapping project in the Norwegian Sea and is currently transiting to dry dock in Bergen for class renewal [...]
The naming ceremony of Atlantic Amsterdam jack-up accommodation rig, owned by Atlantic Marine Services, recently took place at Damen’s Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. The rig, which arrived in The Netherlands in June, on dry tow from Singapore onboard the Dockwise heavy lift vessel ‘Black Marlin’, was converted to an accommodation [...]
Norwegian oil company Statoil has been given PSA Norway’s approval to use Deepsea Atlantic rig for drilling and completion on Gullfaks satellites. Statoil will use the semisubmersible rig for the permanent plugback of the existing well, as well as drilling, sidetrack drilling and completion of a new well. According to the press release issued by [...]
