IHC Hydrohammer®, part of IHC Merwede, has successfully used seawater – instead of oil – as a drive mechanism for the offshore installation industry. The company has developed and tested IHC Waterhammer® technology to prepare it for launch to the market. This sustainable product development minimises potential oil spill hazards in the marine environment and presents new opportunities for [...]
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading regional private sector natural gas company, has announced it was a successful bidder in the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company 2012 International Bid Round that took place on 18th April 2013. The Company was awarded 100% working interest in the North El Arish Offshore (Block 6) concession area. The [...]
Bowleven, the Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM, announced the results of the second test at the IM – 5 appraisal/development well drilling offshore Cameroon. A drill stem test (DST) has now been performed on the Intra Isongo reservoir interval and this following the Middle Isongo DST announced on 2 April 2013 completes the successful drilling and testing programme at IM – 5.
Ecopetrol S.A. announces that its U.S. affiliate placed the most competitive bids for 6 blocks in the “Central Planning Area Lease Sale 227″ round held in New Orleans, as disclosed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the governmental authority in charge of the process in the U.S. In this lease sale, Ecopetrol America [...]
Japan’s oil and gas company INPEX has announced that it was successful in the 2012 Petroleum Licensing Round in Indonesia and awarded the West Sebuku Block (the Block) jointly with Mubadala Petroleum. INPEX and Mubadala will further negotiate with the Indonesian Government to conclude the terms and conditions of the Production Sharing Contract for the West Sebuku Block. The [...]
At the turn of first and second quarters 2012, the Prosafe-operated Safe Caledonia accommodation rig came to the Remontowa SA, for a major refurbishment. After successful upgrades and conversions of offshore platforms accomplished by “Remontowa” in previous years, with semi-sub accommodation unit (Safe Bristolia) and a jack-up (Safe Esbjerg) among them, Prosafe decided to have [...]
Nord Stream AG announces the successful completion of its complex international logistics programme. This award-winning green logistics concept enabled the most efficient and environmentally-sound way of supplying to the pipe-laying vessels the 200,000 24-tonne concrete weight coated (CWC) pipes needed for Nord Stream’s twin natural gas pipelines through the Baltic Sea. Twelve-tonne steel pipes were [...]
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) announces today that its’ newbuild vessel FORTE has completed sea-trials in China. The sea-trials finished with a successful submerging test. The new build 50,000 DWT semi-submersible vessel began its sea trials off the coast of China on April 10, under the supervision of Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the vessel’s Classification [...]
The first offshore pile installation operation with the StabFrame, a newly developed subsea pile-stabilising template, has been successfully completed in the OGX Waimea field in Brazil’s Campos Basin. Jointly developed by Large Diameter Drilling Ltd. (LDD) and MENCK GmbH, the StabFrame stabilises piles in all depths required for underwater pile driving. The operation was carried [...]
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces that the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/140A sidetrack was completed with a single string to a depth of 2,237 metres by Rig 40 and tested for initial production at 2,123 barrels of oil per day (“bopd”). This shows the great potential of side [...]
