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CalEnergy comes up dry in Browse basin

Nov 17, 2014

CalEnergy’s Pryderi-1 well off Australia has come up dry and will be plugged and abandoned, according to joint venture partner IPB Petroleum. The Stena Clyde. From Stena Drilling.   The…

Seabird to shoot 2D off West Africa with Harrier Explorer

Nov 17, 2014

SeaBird Exploration Plc received a contract award to use the MV Harrier Explorer for a 2D seismic survey in West Africa. The letter of award is for a survey with a minimum size of 2000 km, valued at approximately US$2million…

Hess hits first oil from Tubular Bells

Nov 17, 2014

Hess Corp. began production from the Tubular Bells field, located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Tubular Bells floating production facility. From Hess…

VBMS completes umbilical installation

Nov 14, 2014

VBMS completed a remote platform tieback project - platform L8-P4 to L6-B - for Wintershall Noordzee B.V. in the North Sea. Image of the Ndurance. From Boskalis. The scope of work for VBMS included the engineering…

First modules ready for Petrobras FPSO

Nov 14, 2014

The Consórcio Tomé Ferrostaal (CTF) consortium of Rheinmetall International Engineering, and Brazilian company Tomé Engenharia, delivered two modules for the first of a series of six floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels to Brazilian national oil company Petrobras…

Polarcus expands multi-client footprint offshore Guinea-Bissau

Nov 14, 2014

In collaboration with Petroguin E.P., Polarcus secured additional industry prefunding to acquire a new 3D multi-client survey offshore Guinea-Bissau, expanding theits 3D multi-client data library across the Mauritania-Senegal-Guinea-Bissau basin in the AGC and Guinea-Bissau to over 8300sq km…

Total chooses Bibby for Grant and Ellon

Nov 14, 2014

Bibby Offshore has won a multi-million pound contract award by Total E&P UK for services in the UK North Sea. The project, including associated project management and engineering, will be carried out on the Ellon and Grant field, 270 miles north-east of Aberdeen and in up to 135m water depth…

Genel completes testing off Morocco

Nov 13, 2014

Genel Energy completed testing operations on the SM-1 well on the Nour prospect in the Sidi Moussa license, offshore Morocco, resulting in the plugging and abandonment of the well, according to partner Serica Energy plc. The Noble Paul Romano…

Mubadala begins production at Manora

Nov 13, 2014

Mubadala Petroleum began production from two wells at the Manora oil field in the northern Gulf of Thailand. Manora field FSO. From Mubadala.   The field is located within the G1/48 concession…

KPOC hits first gas at Kebabangan

Nov 12, 2014

Kebabangan Production Oil Co. (KPOC) began gas production from the Kebabangan (KBB) gas field, approximately 60 mi. offshore Sabah, Malaysia, according to ConocoPhillips Sabah Ltd. The CHIKYU vessel. From Jamstec…

McDermott gets Brunei Shell subsea work

Nov 11, 2014

Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. Sdn. Bhd. (BSP) awarded McDermott International, Inc. a three-year shallow water pipeline contract to transport and install pipelines and umbilicals for the Champion and Ampa Fields, offshore Brunei.   Image…

Kongsberg Maritime launches K-Sim Navigation

Nov 11, 2014

Kongsberg Maritime unveiled its latest generation ship's bridge simulator, K-Sim Navigation, which meets the requirements of the most demanding navigation training for merchant, offshore and naval vessels. Designed for the future of advanced and integrated simulation training…

Afren begins drilling at Ameena East

Nov 11, 2014

London-based Afren spudded the Ameena East prospect located in OML 115, offshore Nigeria with joint venture partner Oriental Energy Resources. Afren workers at Ebok. From Afren.   The…

Wärtsilä 50DF engine to power icebreaking LNG carriers

Nov 10, 2014

South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) yard ordered a total of 54 Wärtsilä Corp. dual fuel engines to power 172,600cbm icebreaking LNG carriers. The icebreaking LNG carriers…

Cairn makes second Senegal discovery

Nov 10, 2014

Cairn Energy strikes again in Senegal as its second find hit high quality oil at the SNE-1 well off West Africa. Map of Senegal. From Cairn.   SNE-1 is located approximately 100km offshore…

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