Bergen Group Offshore has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Rosenberg AS, been awarded the contract for the Hook-up of ConocoPhillips’ new Ekofisk 2/4L platform. The contract value for the project is about NOK 175 million, and will generate activity during 2012 and 2013. In 2009 Bergen Group Rosenberg signed a frame agreement with ConocoPhillips (Norway [...]
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Wilton Engineering Services (WESL) Limited – the international design, engineering and fabrication business – has secured a multi-million pound contract with Subsea 7. Wilton Engineering, a Wilton Group company, will construct support clamps for work on DONG Energy’s SIRI Caisson Support Project in the Danish sector of the North Sea. Subsea 7 announced last year [...]
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Prosafe, an owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation/service rigs, has been awarded two separate contracts by Statoil Petroleum AS (‘Statoil’) using the Safe Scandinavia and Regalia. The Safe Scandinavia will be used for accommodation support at Snorre A in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea for a nine-month firm period. On site operations are [...]
operator Apache Kenya Limited (Apache) has secured the use of the deepwater drilling ship Deepsea Metro 1 to drill the giant Mbawa Prospect.
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Last month Awilco Drilling PLC and Premier Oil signed letter of award (LoA) for the provision of WilPhoenix drilling rig. The contract was confirmed yesterday. Premier oil, an independent British UK oil company focused on exploration, has hired the rig for the drilling of two firm wells and up to two option wells. The contract [...]
Petoro, the licensee for the Norwegian State’s Direct Financial Interests, has awarded Ramboll Oil & Gas a concept study. The study will address defined issues and themes regarding a potential new wellhead platform at the Snorre field in the North Sea. “Ramboll looks very much forward to start working with Petoro and we are determined [...]
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Ensco plc announced today that it has entered into a five-year term drilling contract with BP for the new ENSCO DS-6 ultra-deepwater drillship at a rate of approximately $522,000 per day, plus cost adjustments. The contract adds more than $1 billion to Ensco’s revenue backlog. In addition, the contract includes two one-year options at mutually [...]
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VERIPOS has been awarded a new three-year contract by Kuala Lumpur based Orogenic Geoexpro for the continued provision of services to the Malaysian company’s fleet of vessels engaged on geophysical surveys, rig moves and major construction support projects throughout South East Asia. Services provided by VERIPOS under the new contract include a combination of its [...]
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Swiber Holdings Limited, a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry, announced that it has secured another sizeable contract through a local collaboration with Dragados Offshore (“Dragados”), totaling approximately US$273 million for offshore construction work in the Gulf of Mexico. This latest contract win awarded by an oil major from [...]
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Salamander Energy plc, an independent upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on on growth assets in and around three core areas: Greater Bualuang, Gulf of Thailand; North Kutei, Indonesia; and Greater Kerendan, Indonesia, has provided an update on its drilling programme in the Gulf of Thailand, one of its three core focus areas. B8/38 [...]
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