RIL, BP and NIKO Discover Gas Condensate in Deepwater KG D6 Block Off India »
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and its partners BP and NIKO announced a significant gas and condensate discovery in the KG D6 block off the eastern coast of India. The KGD6-MJ1 well was drilled in a...
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Statoil Acquires Interest in Block 6 Offshore Tanzania »
Statoil has acquired a 12% working interest in the Block 6 licence offshore Tanzania from operator Petrobras Tanzania Ltd. Block 6 covers 5,549 square kilometres in the Mafia basin offshore Tanzania, with a water depth...
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Island Offshore Takes Delivery of M/V Island Crown from Vard, Norway »
At 13.30 hrs today Island Offshore took delivery of the M/V Island Crown from Vard Brevik! The vessel is a purpose built Walk2Work Maintenance and Subsea Support Vessel outfitted for offshore Inspections, Maintenance and Repairs...
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Dolphin Geophysical Increases Loan Facility to Finance Seismic Equipment »
Dolphin Geophysical AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dolphin Group ASA, has today entered into a term sheet with DNB Bank ASA and Sparebank 1 SR Bank ASA, which contemplates an increase of Dolphin’s existing loan...
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RenewableUK Hails World’s Largest Wave Farm and Funding Boost »
RenewableUK has welcomed two key announcements in the wave energy sector which will help to spur growth and maintain the UK’s global lead in this innovative and dynamic field. The Edinburgh-based company Aquamarine Power has...
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IKM Consultants Acquires Poseidon Consulting Services, Norway »
IKM Consultants AS acquires 100 per cent of the shares in Poseidon Consulting Services AS (PCS) from Siemens AS, Norway and takes over 150 highly qualified colleagues and consultants with multi discipline backgrounds. The consultants...
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Petrobras Completes Drilling and Testing Well in Transfer of Rights Area Offshore Brazil »
Petrobras has completed drilling and conducted a formation test in the well that discovered oil in the Rights Transfer area referred to as Florim, in the Santos Basin pre-salt cluster. Well 1-BRSA-1116-RJS (1-RJS-704), informally known...
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UTEC Geomarine Completes First geoROV™ Survey in North America »
UTEC Geomarine has announced the successful completion of its first ever geoROVTM CPT survey campaign in North America. The geotechnical survey in the Gulf of Mexico was in support of a major pipeline construction project...
May 24 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Norway: Det norske Gets Ivar Aasen Development Approval »
Det norske oljeselskap ASA is now a fully fledged oil company with exploration, development and operation. This week, the Ivar Aasen development was approved...
May 22 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Norway: Det norske Starts Production from Jette Field »
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has initiated production from Jette. The first well is in production, and with good results. This is the first oil...
May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »First Oil Flows from Talisman’s HST/HSD Development Offshore Vietnam »
Talisman Energy Inc. has announced first oil production from its Hai Su Trang and Hai Su Den (HST/HSD) development, offshore Vietnam. Gross production is...
May 20 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Australia: Production Begins from Fletcher Finucane Ahead of Schedule »
Santos announced that oil production has commenced ahead of schedule and on budget from the $490 million Fletcher Finucane project in the Carnarvon Basin...
May 20 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Top News of the Week of May 13 – May 19, 2013 »
1. Subsea 7 Secures Contract from Pemex Offshore Mexico Subsea 7 S.A. announced a contract award by Pemex to its Mexican joint venture valued...
May 19 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Brazil: Petrobras Acquires 34 Blocks in ANP 11th Round »
Petrobras acquired the most blocks offered in the 11th Bid Round held by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). Petrobras bought, whether on its own...
May 17 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Subsea 7 Secures Contract from Pemex Offshore Mexico »
Subsea 7 S.A. announced a contract award by Pemex to its Mexican joint venture valued at approximately $90 million. The contract comprises the engineering,...
May 14 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Top News of the Week of May 06 – May 12, 2013 »
1. MMT, Reach Subsea Establish JV Within Offshore Survey Operations MMT Group AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Reach Subsea AS, an integrated Subsea Service Provider...
May 12 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »ExxonMobil Begins Julia Oil Field Development in Gulf of Mexico »
Exxon Mobil Corporation is commencing development of the Julia oil field in the Gulf of Mexico. Capital cost for the project, which is expected...
May 8 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »Technip Bags Subsea Contract from Statoil for Gullfaks Field in Norway »
Technip was awarded by Statoil a contract for the removal and replacement of the two oil-loading systems at the Gullfaks field. This field is...
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