Zamakona Yards has signed an initial two-year agreement with Finnish multinational GS-Hydro. The contract has an initial duration of two years. The agreement was signed 5 December in Zamakona Yards' Las Palmas Port offices by Borja Garaygordobil…
Italian giant Eni began production of first oil from its West Hub Development project in Block 15/06, offshore Angola. N’Goma. From SBM Offshore. Block 15/06 covers about 2984sq km…
ExxonMobil received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the West Alpha semisubmersible drilling rig on the Balder field, in the central North Sea. The West Alpha. From North Atlantic Drilling…
Statoil has shut its Snohvit LNG plant down because of a gas leak, Reuters has reported. While it is not yet known when the plant will return to production, Statoil Spokesperson Oerjan Heradstveit told the news service: 'The situation is now under control and there is no longer a leak…
BG Group awarded Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) a US$27 million contract for 3D EM data acquisition in Uruguay. EMGS says the data acquisition is scheduled to begin around 15 December using the EM Leader vessel. The survey is expected to last three and a half months…
Modec’s Cidade de Mangaratiba MV 24 floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel achieved first oil production in October in the BM-S-11 block, located in the giant pre-salt Santos basin, offshore Brazil. The Cidade de Mangaratiba…
Bladt Industries, Aalborg, Denmark has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting the contract for the transportation and installation of the Sandbank substation. The substation platform consists of a jacket, skirt piles and deck and requires to be installed in the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm…
Kosmos Energy and partner Europa Oil & Gas are eyeing exploration drilling on new prospects offshore Ireland following new 3D seismic data on frontier exploration licenses (FEL) 2/13 and 3/13 licenses in the South Porcupine Basin. Kosmos Energy acquired the new 3D seismic in 2013…
Wood Group has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc (EMEPMI), a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation. Wood Group PSN and Wood Group Mustang will deliver brownfield engineering, procurement…
Centrica Resources Norge has made a small gas discovery about 20km from Statoil's Aasta Hansteen development in the Norwegian North Sea, says the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The 6707/10-3 S well, in production license 528 B…
Baker Hughes Inc. issued the November 2014 international rotary drilling rig count today, showing a total of 1324 rigs operating worldwide in November 2014, outside of the US & Canada. International activity in November was up 16 rigs from the 1308 rigs drilling in October 2014…
Ensco has promoted Carey Lowe to executive vice president, reporting directly to CEO and President Carl Trowell. He will be responsible for overseeing investor relations, public relations, employee communications and branding, led by vice president Sean O’Neill…
Saipem received a 'notification of suspension of marine spread activities,' which covers all vessels currently engaged in activities related to Gazprom’s South Stream pipeline project, including the Saipem 7000 J-Lay vessel. Image…
Norwegian giant Statoil announced it is extending the suspension periods for three of its semisubmersible rigs due to overcapacity. The COSL Pioneer. From Ole Jørgen Bratland, Statoil. The COSL Pioneer…
After one of the biggest merger deals of the year, Halliburton is moving forward with the announcement of its new board of directors, beginning with the appointment of Mark McCollum as executive vice president and chief integration officer…
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