Portugal-based Galp Energia’s recent drilling campaign at the Tao-1 exploration well in the Tarfaya block off Morocco was unsuccessful, partner Tangiers Petroleum announced 28 July 2014. Australian-based Tangiers Petroleum, which holds 25% interest in the Tarfaya block…
The BP MS 150 is a two-day fundraising cycling ride organized by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Lone Star Chapter. This ride is the largest event of its kind in North America, and the top fund- raiser for the society, but it’s one of more than 100 Bike MS rides staged around the US…
Tangiers Petroleum has said the Ralph Coffman jackup rig started drilling at the TAO-1 exploration well, offshore Morocco, yesterday. The TAO-1 well is within a proven petroleum system, adjacent to the Cap Juby heavy oil discovery and has been designed to test up to three stacked objectives…
Australia-based Tangiers Petroleum says the Ralph Coffman jackup rig is on location offshore Morocco and close to spudding the Tao-1 well in the Tarfaya Offshore Block. The rig was loaded onto the heavy lift vessel MV Transshelf on the 25 May 2014…
A farm-out agreement between Tangiers Petroleum and Galp Energia has been approved, paving the way for the partnership to spud the TAO-1 offshore Morocco in June. Under the agreement, Galp is due to reimburse Tangiers' US$7.5million for back costs…
Tim Bailey, director of BP's Global Wells Institute, explains how simulators are used in the applied deepwater well control program. BP's well control and drilling simulator allows trainees to experience…
Editor's Column: Colloquy Raising awareness of the energy industry needs to begin long before students are enrolled in college. The World Affairs Council of Houston recently held its fourth annual EnergyQuest competition for Houston-area public and private high school students…
Shell teamed up with Kinder Morgan’s Southern Liquefaction to develop a natural gas liquefaction plant at Southern LNG’s Elba Island terminal near Savannah, Georgia, US. The partners plan to modify the Elba Express Pipeline and the Elba Island…
Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) and Wood Group PSN today announced the formation of an offshore reserve response team.Made up of 100 select reserve operations personnel, the team will be activated should MWCC’s modular capture vessels…
Carri Lockhart is Marathon’s new UK North Sea asset team MD. Her earlier posts include asset team manager for Marathon Alaska operations and business development director for North and South America.
Aquaterra Energy opened an office in Aberdeen last month. The company’s team there, working on drilling riser systems, offshore platforms, subsea templates and the like, is headed by GM Eric Doyle who commented: ‘We are developing the expertise…
Following a management team restructuring, equipment rental specialist Ashstead Technology has named former group CEO Graham Philip as group deputy chairman primarily responsible for the instruments division. Former group CFO Allan Pirie (pictured) and offshore division MD Mark Derry become…
Liv Monica Stubholt, a former deputy minister of petroleum and energy in Norway, joins Kvaerner’s executive management team as SVP strategy and communication at the end of April.
AGR’s Aberdeen-based consultancy division has doubled its manpower in the Falklands to supply a team to its well management division to work on the Leiv Eiriksson. Following a six-month recruitment drive, the company expected to deploy a 50…
The Marin Subsea asset recovery team was recently called in to recover a blowout preventer and lower marine riser package from 488m of water in Brazil. Within 20 minutes of the initial phone call, the Marin team had made a preliminary assessment…