Cooper Energy Ltd. announced that the Elliston-2 oil development located in PPL 249 on the western flank of Cooper basin in South Australia, spudded and of 22 July, the rig was drilling a 12 ¼ in. hole at 162m. Elliston-2, a vertical well located 250m south-southwest of Elliston-1…
Flexible Engineered Solutions International (FES) and Francis Brown Ltd. completed contracted work on Inpex’s Ichthys liquefied natural gas project off Australia. FES supplied diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSC) for the floating production…
2H Offshore has joined Blue Mining, an international consortium comprised of 19 industry and research organizations, to develop deepwater mining solutions. Over the next four years, the European Commission-funded project is developing…
Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has said three people have died after a semisubmersible barge underdoing trials sank 2 nautical miles northeast of Sekupang, Batam, Indonesia, on Friday (18 July). The barge was the POSH MOGAMI…
Det norske announced its 2Q 2014 financial results on 17 July. Among other financial highlights and activity, the company discussed its agreement to acquire Marathon Oil Norge for US$2.1 billion. Announced 2 June 2014, the transaction is expected to close 4Q 2014…
BEARCO International’s personnel are to joni Wild Well Control's control engineering group, bringing the relief well expertise of John Wright, Jim Woodruff and Bill McElduff on board to enhance the company’s expertise and capabilities in the engineering…
African Petroleum Corp. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Buried Hill Africa Ltd. to farm-out a 10% interest in Block CI-509 offshore Côte d’Ivoire in return for Buried Hill funding 21.1% of the cost of the next exploration…
Denmark's MacArtney Underwater Technology Group announced a representative agreement with the Mexican ROV and subsea service company, Meyah Ich Ha, which is set to administer the promotion and sales of MacArtney systems and products within the Mexican part of the GOM region…
UK-based independent explorer EnQuest has taken over a 70% stake in the Didon concession offshore Tunisia from Sweden's PA Resources for US$23 million. A deal to take over a stake in the Zarat permit, agreed at the same time as the deal on Didon…
Baker Hughes issued the June 2014 international rotary drilling rig count this week, showing a total of 1344 rigs operating outside the US & Canada in June. International activity was down 6 rigs from the 1350 rigs drilling in May 2014…
LLOG Exploration Co., L.L.C. announced today it has named Philip S. LeJeune as its Chief Financial Officer to replace John Newman who retired after serving as LLOG’s CFO for the last eleven years. LeJeune brings nearly twenty years of experience to his new position…
An energy industry consortium set up to tackle the key challenge of enhancing oil recovery from reservoirs has started its mission by holding a kick off meeting to execute its plan of action. The €3.9 million project named OPTION – Optimizing…
Inpex subsidiary Teikoku Oil (North America) has acquired an additional stake in the deepwater Lucius field, located in the US Gulf of Mexico, the company announced on 9 July 2014. The Japanese explorer entered the Lucius partnership in 2012 after acquiring 7…
Typhoon Neoguri originated near Guam early Friday, 4 July, and has developed into the first superstorm of the season along the Pacific rim. It is now battering Japan's small southern islands (the Ryukyu Islands, known in Japan as the Nansei Islands)…
Brazilian independent OGPar (Óleo e Gás Participações SA), formerly known as OGX, started production on the third well in the Tubarão Martelo field, 58mi off Rio de Janiero, the company announced on 3 July 2014. The well, TBMT-2HP, is located in the field…
Subscribe
