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SNE justifies "significant commercial development"

Apr 13, 2016

The 'world-class' SNE oil field offshore Senegal contains at least 560 MMbbl, justifying 'a significant commercial development,' according to a partner on the deepwater project. The increase, given by FAR following an independent assessment of the field's contingent resources…

Mixed results on BEL-1 for Cairn

Apr 11, 2016

UK-based explorer Cairn Energy has met with mixed results on its latest exploration well offshore Senegal. The BEL-1 well, drilled in 1031m water depth to 2767m total vertical depth, was targeting the Bellatrix exploration prospect and appraising the northern extent of the SNE field…

UTEC completes Cook Inlet installation

Sep 28, 2015

UTEC provided a positioning solution for the installation of a monopod liquid natural gas platform and 30km 10in LNG pipeline for a major operation located in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.  A total of 24 field personnel were mobilized and engaged…

Cairn's Senegal 3D seismic starts

Sep 17, 2015

Cairn Energy has started a new 3D seismic survey over the Sangomar Deep, Sangomar and Rufisque permits, offshore Senegal. The Polarcus Adira 3D seismic vessel is acquiring data in the north and east parts of the permits along trend from…

Polarcus starts Gambia 3D survey

Jul 20, 2015

Seismic acquisition firm Polarcus has started a new 3D broadband multi-client project across the Mauritania-Senegal-Guinea-Bissau basin, offshore Northwest Africa. The project, supported by industry funding, will cover 1500sq km offshore The Gambia and is expected to run for 50 days…

Neptune gets Apache Australia gig

Apr 02, 2015

Neptune Marine Services has been awarded an 18-month rig positioning and mooring services contract for Apache Energy, in Australia.  The contract is set to begin in May 2015, and come with two extension options. It will see Neptune…

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…

Seatronics partners with Digital Edge Subsea for video inspection

Jul 30, 2014

Seatronics, an Acteon company, has signed a worldwide contract with Digital Edge Subsea Ltd. for Digital Edge Subsea’s complete range of digital video inspection systems. Seatronics will be equipped with Digital Edge Subsea systems for…

Det norske spuds wildcat

Jul 23, 2014

Det norske oljeselskap has spudded exploration well 2/9–5 S in production license 494, in the Norwegian North Sea, targeting the Heimdalshø prospect using the Maersk Giant jackup rig.  The well spudded 21 July, said Fortis Petroleum, a partner on the project…

Trelleborg to open new US facility

May 09, 2014

Trelleborg announced it will open a new purpose-built facility in Berryville, Virginia, for its marine systems operation. As part of ongoing investment in its US operations, Trelleborg Marine Systems will relocate all of its existing employees from its current site in Clear Brook…

Tracerco opens Muscat facility

Jan 30, 2014

Tracerco is expanding its reservoir-tracing services in the Middle East with a move to a larger premises in Oman and a new purpose built lab in Abu Dhabi, adding to the existing operational base. The new Oman building sits in an industrial area of Muscat called Al Jufneen…

Total contracts Ocean Installer

Aug 20, 2013

Total E&P UK has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for the recovery of casing at the Tomintoul location, west of the Shetland Islands.  The scope of the work involves the cutting and recovery of 472m of 20in. downhole casing from the seabed…

New PDC cutter introduced

Jul 31, 2013

Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company, released the ONYX 360° rolling polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutter. This technology enables a PDC cutter to rotate 360° while drilling, improving drillbit durability in abrasive formations and extending drillbit life and footage drilled per run…

UTC: Deepwater cutting from Chukar

Jun 21, 2013

Chukar Waterjet has developed an ultra-high pressure subsea waterjet capable of cutting and blasting at depths of more than 3000m.  The system, presented at UTC in Bergen this week, was developed following Chukar's involvement in providing…

Rig market

Jul 01, 2012

OE's analysis of current rig market data is updated monthly using statistics provided by Rigzone.comUtilization for the worldwide competitive mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) fleet remains steady at 86%.Although demand for all rig types has grown by 57 rigs over the last twelve months…

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