UAE-based rig builder and fabrication firm Lamprell has been awarded a jackup construction contract by Abu Dhabi's National Drilling Co. (NDC). Image of the Muhaiyimat for National Drilling Co…
London-based junior explorer Sterling Energy is challenging the expiration of its first renewal period on the Ntem concession offshore Cameroon. The firm declared a force majeure on the 100% owned Ntem concession in May 2014, due to its…
French super major Total has awarded the marine warranty services (MWS) contract for its Kaombo project offshore Angola to DNV GL. The Kaombo, in Block 32, in 1400-1950m water depth, about 150km offshore Angola, comprises six fields (Gindungo…
Maersk Oil North Sea awarded Harkand a multi-million dollar contract for the provision of diving support vessel (DSV) services in the North Sea. Harkand Da Vinci. From Harkand. The 12-month contract covers well tie-ins…
Dubai-based fabrication and engineering firm Lamprell has delivered the jackup drilling rig Greatdrill Chaaru to Greatship Global Energy Services within budget and ahead of schedule. Construction of the rig was undertaken on a fast-track…
According to the United States Geological Survey, the area above the Arctic Circle holds approximately 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and an estimated 1,670 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of technically recoverable natural gas…
Dubai-based rig builder Lamprell has completed the jackup drilling rig, the Shuwehat for Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC) on time, budget and schedule. The delivery to NDC follows a 12 November announcement of a new contract with the firm…
The Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs (MEEA) for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago signed contracts yesterday, awarding two deepwater blocks to the BHP Billiton - BG International consortium. L-R: TT Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine…
Keppel AmFELS, a wholly-owned US subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, delivered the Coatzacoalcos jackup rigto Mexico’s Central Panuco S.A. De C.V., a subsidiary of Mexico's Perforadora Central S.V. De C.V. (Perforadora Central). The Coatzacoalcos…
National Drilling Company (NDC), Abu Dhabi, awarded Lamprell a US$365 million contract for the construction and delivery of two high specification jackup drilling rigs of a Super 116E (enhanced) class. Under the contract terms, NDC has…
Unique Wellube, a division of Unique Maritime Group (UMG), exhibiting at ADIPEC this week, recently supplied Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) with mechanical seal plugs for a significant pipeline isolation project. ADMA-OPCO…
Drilling has completed on Lundin Petroleum's Gobi-1 wildcat in the Gurita production sharing contract (PSC), located off Indonesia in the Natuna Sea’s West Natuna basin. The prospect is being plugged and abandoned after failing to find hydrocarbons…
Polarcus Ltd. says the beginning of a major new RightBAND multi-client project over the Roebuck Basin, offshore North West Shelf, Australia, is underway. Image from Polarcus. The Capreolus 3D survey will comprise approximately 15…
JDR is to design and manufacture a hybrid power steel umbilical for Wintershall Noordzee's Ravn field development in the Danish sector of the North Sea. JDR’s will deliver an 18.2km-long umbilical which will provide power and control…
Three tugs of Fairmount Marine have towed the new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Petrojarl Knarr from South Korea to Norway in just 61 days. Petrojarl Knarr, one of world’s largest FPSOs for harsh environments, was delivered to the port of Haugesund…
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