VAALCO Energy has appointed Phil Patman as chief financial officer (CFO) effective 17 April 2017. Patman has over 20 years of experience in the oil, gas and other areas of the energy industry in key roles including finance, business development…
Bristow Helicopters Ltd. has secured a new contract with Apache North Sea Ltd. to support its North Sea operations. The contract which has a five-year primary term, with further extension options, will commence on 1 September 2017. Aircraft…
Energy XXI Gulf Coast (EGC) has appointed Douglas E. Brooks as chief executive officer and president effective 17 April 2017. The EGC board concurrently increased the size of the board from six to seven directors and named Brooks to fill the newly-created directorship…
First Marine Solutions (FMS) has signed an official alliance with Interocean Marine Services (a Rigmar Group company) combining their equipment and technical capabilities to offer enhanced integrated mooring solutions. Both companies…
CNOOC CEO Yang Hua has resigned from his position effective today (18 April), with Yuan Guanguy taking the reigns. Yang, who was only CEO for less than one year at the company, will stay on as the chairman of the board. Yang was promoted…
The Galoc joint venture is moving to drill a sidetrack well, following inconclusive results at the Galoc-7 well in the Palawan basin, offshore Philippines. Nido Petroleum says that the Deepsea Metro I drillship reached total depth of 2373m at the Galoc-7 well…
Solstad Offshore (SOFF) signed a four-year frame agreement with Saipem (Portugal) Comercio Maritime for the Normand Cutter construction support vessel (CSV). Through this deal, Saipem can utilize the Normand Cutter to support their subsea…
Tenaris and TechnipFMC teamed up to take on Total’s Moho Nord project, offshore the Republic of Congo. Image of Moho Nord A, from Tenaris. Tenaris provided TechnipFMC with a complete package of offshore line pipe solutions…
Pan Pacific Petroleum has agreed to sell its 5% interest in Block 07/03 in the Nam Con Son Basin in the South China Sea, to Spain's Repsol for US$5 million. Block 07/03, operated by Talisman (part of Repsol), includes the Cá Rồng Đỏ (CRD)…
Geology Without Limits (GWL), working with Geological Survey of Iran (GSI) and Ministry of Mine, Industry and Trade (MMIT) are planning a 4800 km, 2D seismic, gravity and magnetic data survey in the Iranian sector of the Caspian Sea. The…
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of central processing platform (CPP) for Petronas' Bokor Phase 3 re-development, offshore Malaysia. The first…
A federal court in Brazil has suspended the transfer of Petrobras' stake in the BM-S-8 exploration block, which contains the Carcará field, to Norway's Statoil, and exploration of the field, until further deliberation, the Brazilian state-owned firm announced Monday (17 April)…
Hilcorp has sealed a pipeline that had been leaking natural gas in Alaska’s Cook Inlet for several months. According to Hilcorp, dive crews installed a clamp on the fuel gas line in Middle Ground Shoal last week (13 April), which stopped the release of natural gas from the affected pipeline…
China’s CNOOC is opening 22 blocks for bids to foreign companies this year. Map of the 22 open blocks, from CNOOC. The 22 blocks cover an area of 47,270sq km, and are available for cooperation between CNOOC and foreign companies…
ABS has broken ground on its new global headquarters in the Houston area. Image from ABS. In the CityPlace 2 development, the new headquarters will be located near the intersection of I-45 and the Grand Parkway in Houston…
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