COLLOQUY: Editor's Column Beginning this month, we recognize the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. The Piper Alpha production platform was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. in the UK sector of the North Sea…
Bruce A. McCullough was selected to succeed Thomas K. Sneed (pictured) as VP and CIO of Marathon Oil, beginning June 17, 2013. McCullough joins Marathon Oil from Anadarko Petroleum Corp. where he is currently the director of Global Business Systems…
Tullow Oil's offshore Ghana Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme Development (TEN project) plan has been given the green light by the country's government. The TEN project is in the Deepwater Tano Contract Area, 60km off the coast of Ghana and about 30km west of Tullow's Jubilee Field…
KrisEnergy has spudded the Tayum-1 exploration well in the Kutai PSC, offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia, its partner Salamander Energy (23.4%) announced on 3 June 2013. The Tayum well is being drilled using the Randolph Yost jackup…
Nine offshore oil concessions are up for grabs in Peru's international bid round, which the country launched on Friday, 31 May 2013. The government estimates that the round could rake in US$450 million with companies investing a minimum of $50 million…
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has promoted James J. Kleckner—former VP, Operations of Anadarko's Rocky Mountain region—to Executive VP, International and Deepwater Operations. 'Jim's promotion to Executive VP, International and Deepwater Operations…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate awarded Statoil AS a drilling permit for well 6608/11-8, production license 128 in the Norwegian Sea, the agency announced on May 22, 2013. The well will be drilled from the Songa Trym drilling facility at position 66° 07' 39…
MacGregor offshore winches have been specified for 22 new anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSVs) under construction at three Chinese shipyards for several international owners MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured new offshore winch contracts from three Chinese shipyards…
A new Russian oceanographic research vessel was launched at the JSC Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, on the Baltic Sea. New research vessel in JSC Yantar Shipyard R/V Yantar is designed for deepwater research. The 107.8m-long vessel…
Det Norske Oljeselskap (Detnor) ASA, has initiated production from the Jette field in the North Sea. Production from one of the two wells on the field started May 9, 2013. Based on a recovery rate of 30%, the field contains between 6 and 7 million bo/e…
North Sea focussed exploration firm Nordic Energy has taken on two industry directors as it gears up to explore offshore Denmark. The new non-executive directors are Ian Donald and Kenneth Paul Seymour. Donald has 30 years’ experience…
UK explorer Premier Oil is in the process of choosing FPSOs for both its Catcher (UK Blk 28/9) and Bream (Norway Blk 17/12) North Sea development projects. Concept select for Catcher was agreed in December and development approval is expected to the sought once tendering is complete…
Bourbon took delivery of the third vessel in its planned 10-vessel inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) fleet. The vessel, Bourbon Evolution 803, will operate in multi-service vessel (MSV) mode for subsea system service, off Malaysia…
Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced Robert Douglas “Doug” Lawler – senior vice president of international and deepwater operations for Anadarko Petroleum – to succeed Aubrey McClendon as CEO and member of the board of directors for Chesapeake…
Neftegaz America Shelf LP (Neftegaz), an indirect independent subsidiary of Rosneft, acquired 30% interest in 20 ExxonMobil exploration blocks in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). ExxonMobil remains operator with 70%. The blocks are about 111…
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