Songa Offshore, a Cyprus-based drilling contractor, has announced its drilling rig fleet status update for April 2013. Songa Dee achieved an operating efficiency of 100% during the month continuing working for Statoil in Norway. Songa Delta achieved an operating efficiency of 100% during the month continuing working for Statoil in Norway. Songa Trym achieved an [...]
At 06:00 WST on the 3rd of May, Proteus‐1 well, located in the Browse basin offshore W. Australia, had reached its current total depth of 4740m in the 8‐1/2” hole section. Since the last update the 12‐1/2” hole section was completed with the 9‐5/8” liner being run and cemented to 4168m prior to drilling ahead in [...]
Baker Hughes announced that it participated in the first successful marine methane hydrate production test well offshore Japan on March 12, 2013. The test was conducted from a drill ship for the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) in the Nankai Trough, approximately 60 km off the southeast coast of Japan, as one [...]
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MAN Diesel & Turbo’s medium-speed propulsion packages have gained another foothold in Middle Eastern offshore operations. After successfully completed seatrials, Abu Dhabi-based Adyard has earlier delivered the ‘Topaz Dignity’ – which is now followed by the ‘Topaz Triumph’ AHTS. Topaz Energy and Marine, a subsidiary of Oman-based Renaissance Services SAOG and a regional leader in [...]
In the last 12 months GE has won contracts valued at more than $600 million to provide propulsion systems with customers leading the pre-salt oilfield expansion off Brazil’s east coast.
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Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) Tuesday, February 20, Zephyros-1 well was drilling out the 7-5/8” liner shoe in preparation for drilling ahead in the 6-1/2” hole section. Since the last report, the 8-1/2” inch hole was drilled from 4000m to 4822m and 7-5/8” liner was run and cemented. The Transocean [...]
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, has announced that work is underway for Chevron U.S.A. Inc.’s Big Foot offshore facility undersea fiber optic communications system in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Under terms of a contract awarded to TE SubCom in April 2012, the cable [...]
Thalassa Holdings Ltd’s subsidiary, WGP Energy Services Ltd (“WESL”), has entered into a contract with SMG Ecuador, the Ecuador business of State Sevmorgeo Company, the Russian geological sea survey company, with an initial value of US$4.175 million. The contract involves the provision and operation of Thalassa’s Portable Modular Source System (“PMSSTM”) as part of seismic data [...]
IKM Testing will contribute Dragados within cleaning, pneumatic and hydraulic testing, pigging and torque. The contract has been awarded by Dragados Offshore, a company that services the Oil and Gas industry from the three main business centres: the headquarters’s office in Puerto Real and the Yard in Algeciras, in Spain, and the Yard of Tampico [...]
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Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) provides the following update on its operational activities. The FPSO Voyageur Spirit has been on location at the Huntington field in the UK North Sea since 3 October 2012. Hook-up of risers, and completion and commissioning of the FPSO is now taking place. The exact timing of the start-up activities [...]
