Ophir Energy plc announces the completion of the Pweza-2 appraisal well in Block 4, Tanzania. Ophir holds 40% of Blocks 1, 3 and 4. BG Group operates with 60%. Successful Pweza-2 appraisal well The Pweza-2 well was drilled approximately 2km to the south of the Pweza-1 discovery well in Block 4 and was located downdip […]
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Reference is made to the stock exchange notice from AGR Group ASA (“AGR Group”) of 6 August 2013 regarding consummation of the demerger of AGR Group’s two business areas, the Petroleum Services business and Drilling Services business, by spinning off the Drilling Services business into a new non-listed private limited liability company, EDS Group AS […]
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Following years of R&D and qualifications, Innospection Ltd successfully completed its first flexible riser inspection in the North Sea in February 2013. The inspection of the flexible risers was performed using the sophisticated self-crawling inspection system named MEC-Hug, wholly developed and built by Innospection. An Aberdeen based advanced NDT specialist and solution provider for subsea […]
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On April 26, the basic and channel dredging project of Sino-Burma Crude Oil Pipeline Wharf was fully completed, 4 days earlier than the deadline of the contract period, which guarantees the competition of the principal part of the wharf project on May 30. Since its commencement, the basin and channel dredging project has been affected […]
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A dive survey to conduct an external visual assessment of the Rena’s sunken stern section and its cargo has now been completed. Early indications from the surveys suggest that of the 36 remaining containers in the stern section carrying known contaminants, many have broken up and their contents have escaped since the vessel broke in […]
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A submarine cable between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits is set to open on Friday, China Daily quoted a Chinese mainland spokesman. According to Yang Yi, the spokesman of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, the construction of the cable linking the city of Fuzhou of Fujian province on the mainland and Taiwan’s […]
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Building work has been completed for the first phase of the new multi-million pound European Marine Science Park being developed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in Argyll. The state of the art building at Dunstaffnage, near Oban, will provide space for the growth of existing and new businesses which wish to tap into the […]
Just 30 months after the start of construction of its first pipeline, Nord Stream’s twin pipeline system came on stream today, on schedule and on budget. International specialists worked around the clock under the most challenging conditions to construct the pipelines with a total weight of 4 million tonnes. Nord Stream Managing Director Matthias Warnig […]
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Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) today, Boreas-1 was drilling out cement in the 9-5/8” casing shoe. Since the last report, the BOP troubleshooting and function testing was completed satisfactorily and the 9-5/8” casing was successfully pressure tested. Drilling of the 8-1/2” hole section will commence later today. The Transocean […]
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Taiwan telecom provider Chunghwa Telecom announced that the first submarine cables linking Taiwan with China have been completed. As AFP reports the cables link China’s city of Xiamen with the Taiwanese Kinmen island, and are due to go into operation on Tuesday. The cable project is a joint venture between Chunghwa Telecom and China’s three […]
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