Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract by Ophir Thailand (Bualuang) to perform the offshore installation of the Bualuang Charlie wellhead platform structure as part of the Bualuang Phase 4B Development Project. The project is located in the Gulf of Thailand and comprises the…
Shell is preparing to start drilling an exploration well in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria within days. On the 26th March Reuters reported, citing a Shell Bulgaria manager who said that the well at the Block 1-14 “Khan Kubrat” license area would be spud…
Polish oil company PGNiG will drill its first operated exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf using the Odfjell Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible drilling rig. PGNiG said on the 26th that it had signed an agreement with Aker BP for the lease of the Odfjell…
Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) has completed a major refit of the Stena Drilling semi-submersible Stena Don. The vessel arrived at DVR in October 2018 and departed for a contract for Total off the UK’s Shetland Islands in February 2019. The most significant aspect…
The dramatic ramp-up in US shale production is running into a combination of issues — technical and financial — which threaten to slow the pace of expansion, according to some of the industry’s biggest companies. Schlumberger and Halliburton, two of the largest providers of…
Shell has sent first condensate cargo from its huge FLNG facility offshore Western Australia – The Prelude. The Floating LNG project located 475 kilometres north-northeast of Broome in Western Australia, shipped its first cargo over the weekend, Reuters has initially reported, citing a statement…
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has issued an update on its program to develop environmental initiatives. Achievements over the past year have included publishing a flaring and venting policy and awarding the first CCS carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage licence. Later…
London-based RockRose Energy Plc has made an offer to buy all of Independent Oil and Gas Plc (IOG) debt for £40 million (about US$53 million) cash, the company revealed on the 25th March. The offer comes after RockRose has made several offers to Smith &…
GE Renewable Energy has announced the booking of a hydropower contract with Barki Tojik to refurbish six Kaplan units at the state-owned Qairokkum hydropower station in Tajikistan. This 60-year old plant located on the river Syr Darya, is the only power plant located in…
TechnipFMC has been awarded a large (1) integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Transportation and Installation (iEPCI) contract by Eni for the Merakes project, located offshore Balikpapan Indonesia, at a water depth of approximately 1,500 metres. This contract covers five deep-water wells, and their 50-kilometrer tie-back…
