New Zealand Oil & Gas has acquired a 50 per cent interest in PEP 52717 (Clipper) from Beach Petroleum (NZ) Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of ASX-listed Beach Energy. New Zealand Oil & Gas will become the operator of the permit, which is off the Canterbury coast in New Zealand. The partners have committed to acquiring at least 600 [...]
Norway based subsea specialist Ocean Installer has started building a VLS and carousel for the laying of umbilicals and flexible flowlines. The lay spread will be installed on the long-term chartered subsea construction vessel (SCV) “Normand Clipper” and be operational in Q1 2013. This investment is in line with our strategy of providing our clients [...]
Harris Pye Group has recently completed the survey and upgrade of Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc’s (DODI) dynamically positioned drillship, the Ocean Clipper. All work was completed well within schedule and P Thomas Geiger, P.E., Director, Projects Department of DODI has written to Harris Pye stating: “I want to commend you and your staff on the [...]
Fairfield Energy Limited announces that the first development well for the Clipper South gas field was spudded on 8th February. The well (48/19a-C1) is targeting a tight Permian age Rotliegend reservoir at a depth of some 8000 feet and is the first of up to five extended horizontal wells with multiple hydraulically induced fractures planned [...]
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation today announced the successful completion and testing of the second Clipper well at rates of 9,000 Bbls per day and 4.6 MMcf per day. When combined with the first Clipper well this brings the total test rates to approximately 13.7 MBbls of oil per day and 50.2 MMcf of natural [...]
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation yesterday announced an operations update: Drilling operations at the fourth Telemark Hub well at Mississippi Canyon (MC) Block 942 #2 are complete. ATP encountered 167 feet of new net pay sands above pre-drill estimates. These sands are in addition to the 72 feet of logged net oil pay seen in [...]
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has signed a contract with Ocean Installer AS (OI.II) for hire of SOFF’s offshore construction vessel (CSV) “Normand Clipper”. The duration of the contract is firm for 5 years with further 5 x 1 year option. Commencement is expected to be during second quarter of 2012. The contract value is confidential [...]
RWE Dea’s subsidiary in the United Kingdom, RWE Dea UK, announced today that the field development plan for the Clipper South gas field has been approved by the Secretary of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). RWE Dea UK is the operator and 50% partner in the Clipper South development [...]
