The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has attracted 29 applications covering 113 blocks in the latest offshore licensing round which targeted under-explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The 29th frontier licensing round, launched on 27 July 2016…
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) in Cleveland, Ohio has appointed Offshore Design Engineering Ltd. (ODE), an engineering and operations support services contractor that is part of the DORIS Group located in the UK, as the engineering representative for Icebreaker Wind…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and Russian petroleum authorities (Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency, Rosnedra) have entered into an agreement to exchange seismic data from the areas around the demarcation line in the Barents Sea…
Quadrant Energy’s Phoenix South-2 (PS-2) well is expected to commence in the next seven days to appraise the Phoenix South-1 oil discovery in the Barret Sandstone and evaluate the deeper Caley Sandstone, akin to the Roc field, for gas and condensate…
Statoil is cutting its contract short for Stena Drilling's Stena Don semisubmersible drilling rig, leading to about 180 job cuts. The Stena Don, from Stena Drilling. The rig has been on contract with Statoil since 7 February 2014…
O3b Networks, technology solutions company RigNet and floating production service provider MODEC, have agreed to provide high-throughput, low latency connectivity for MODEC’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels off the coast of Brazil…
Huisman, a specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, secured a contract from Japan Marine United Corp. for the delivery of one 800-tonne pedestal mounted crane (PMC) and a contract from Jurong Shipyard for the delivery of one 100-tonne pedestal mounted offshore crane (PMOC)…
Dresser-Rand received an order from Egypt-based Belayim Petroleum Co. (Petrobel) for three model SGT-400 industrial gas turbines, including associated electrical generators. Petrobel, a joint venture formed by Italy-based Eni, and Egypt’s General Petroleum Corp…
Santos is making its exit offshore Victoria after entering a deal with Cooper Energy to sell its South Australian natural gas assets for US$62.5 million (AU$82 million). Image from Santos. The…
Verus Petroleum entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Maersk Oil North Sea UK for the acquisition of Maersk Oil’s 9.8% interest in the Boa oil field, increasing Verus’s interest in the Boa field to 11.35%. The deal also adds approximately 1800 boe/d to Verus’s daily production…
Sea Trucks was awarded an inspection maintenance and repair contract for a major oil company in West Africa, expected to begin in Q4 2016. Sea Trucks will use its multipurpose support DP2 vessel, the Jascon 55, a construction barge and a spread of its own conventional vessels for the job…
Well integrity and reliability software supplier ExproSoft has acquired Miriam, a supplier of RAM analysis software. Image of Odd Are Svensen (CEO, ExproSoft) and Christophe Spaggiari (CTO, Miriam)…
Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been awarded contracts to provide marine warranty services to three different floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) projects in Brazil. Modec has appointed Aqualis…
Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering has been awarded a master services agreement (MSA) by Norwegian operator Statoil. Services covered in the global agreement include platform technology studies; safety studies; marine verification…
Paragon Offshore has won a short-term contact with Centrica for the B391 jackup, offshore the UK. The B391 will preform light well intervention work from late-October to late-November 2016 at a dayrate of US$53,000. Centrica and Paragon…