Offshore articles from November 2005

Offshore archives from November 2005

Growth ahead.(COMMENT)
November 1, 2005... The Asia-Pacific region offers an extensive largely untapped deepwater area that many believe will be a major source of energy for the energy-hungry economies of India, China, and all of Southeast Asia. Oil production in the Asia-Pacific region...

Active rig fleet, October 2005.(GLOBAL DATA)
November 1, 2005... Active rig fleet, October 2005 Floaters Jackups US GoM 35(-1) 102(3) Mex GoM 11(0) 28(-2) North Sea 39(+1) 32(+1) East Atlantic ...

Gulf of Mexico day rates.(GLOBAL DATA)(Illustration)
November 1, 2005... Gulf of Mexico day rates Month/Year Minimum Average Maximum Drillship Oct 2004 $130,000 $175,725 $205,000 Nov 2004 $103,000 $167,841 $205,000 Dec 2004 $103,000 $173,572 $205,000 Jan...

GoM drilling permits issued.(GLOBAL DATA)
November 1, 2005... GoM drilling permits issued Drilling Permits Mar. 87 April 82 May 94 June 94 July 71 Aug. 80 Sept. 17 Note: Table made from bar graph. Source:...

This month Infield Systems Ltd (ISL) looks at the number of templates installed across the world.(GLOBAL DATA)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... This month Infield Systems Ltd (ISL) looks at the number of templates installed across the world. As should be expected, the North West European Continental Shelf represents 76% of all installations over time as captured on the Offshore Energy...

Atwood Southern Cross.(Mediterranean)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The Atwood Southern Cross has begun drilling the Gad-1 well offshore Israel in the Mediterranean Sea in 100 m of water. The target production is natural gas, and the planned well depth is 2,600 m. Once the target depth is reached, it will...

Rowan Gorilla VI.(Americas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The jackup rig Rowan Gorilla VI, damaged on the Grand Banks earlier this month as it was being moved to another well location, is undergoing repairs to knuckle joints on two of its three legs at Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador. The...

Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. says that it has acquired a 25% stake in the southern part of block 2(c) retained exploration area (REA) and a 30% interest in block 3(a) offshore Trinidad & Tobago.(Americas)
November 1, 2005... Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. says that it has acquired a 25% stake in the southern part of block 2(c) retained exploration area (REA) and a 30% interest in block 3(a) offshore Trinidad & Tobago. Kerr-McGee's COO Dave Hager calls the acquisition...

Libya opens offshore E&P contracts in second licensing round.(GLOBAL E&P)
November 1, 2005... Fifty companies submitted offers for oil and gas exploration contracts in Libya in the second exploration licensing round since the normalization of business relations between Libya and the US. Libya is offering contracts with the National Oil...

Chevron says it is proceeding with the development of the Blind Faith field in Mississippi Canyon blocks 695 and 696 in the Gulf of Mexico.(Americas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Chevron says it is proceeding with the development of the Blind Faith field in Mississippi Canyon blocks 695 and 696 in the Gulf of Mexico. The GoM field will be developed using a semisubmersible production facility. Total capital costs for the...

Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol began shooting 3,000 km of seismic around the island of San Andres in mid-October, according to a statement by Mines and Energy Minister Luis Ernesto Mejia.(Americas)(Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos S.A.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol began shooting 3,000 km of seismic around the island of San AndrOs in mid-October, according to a statement by Mines and Energy Minister Luis Ernesto Mejia. This move has met with resistance from the...

The seismic data collected by Staatsolie and Maersk Oil during the end of last year and the beginning of this year are now being processed.(Americas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The seismic data collected by Staatsolie and Maersk Oil during the end of last year and the beginning of this year are now being processed. Repsol YPF has processed all the data collected and is preparing a 3D seismic evaluation of offshore...

Devon Energy has expanded its portfolio in Brazil after winning three more offshore blocks in the Campos basin at Brazil's seventh licensing and exploration round.(Americas)(Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Devon Energy has expanded its portfolio in Brazil after winning three more offshore blocks in the Campos basin at Brazil's seventh licensing and exploration round. The auction last month had a record number of companies vying for blocks, and...

Repsol YPF has won three blocks in Brazil's licensing round.(Americas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Repsol YPF has won three blocks in Brazil's licensing round. The three blocks include a 100% operatorship of the ES-M-737 deepwater block in the Espirito Santo basin and a 50% stake in the C-M-536 block in the Campos basin, with Norwegian...

BP has scored its ninth discovery, Hebe-1, in ultra deepwater block 31 offshore Angola.(West Africa)
November 1, 2005... BP has scored its ninth discovery, Hebe-1, in ultra deepwater block 31 offshore Angola. This discovery follows Plutao, Saturno, Marte, Venus, Palas, Ceres, Juno, and Astraea. The well is located 16 km southwest of the Ceres discovery. ...

Angola plans an E&P licensing round that will begin on Dec. 13.(West Africa)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Angola plans an E&P licensing round that will begin on Dec. 13. The round will include seven blocks--1, 5, and 6, which are located in shallow water on the shelf of the lower Congo and Kwanza basins; blocks 15, 17, and 18 (excluding development...

Woodside Mauritania Pty. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Woodside Petroleum Ltd.(West Africa)(Offshore oil drilling rigs)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Woodside Mauritania Pty. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Woodside Petroleum Ltd., says that the Tevet-2 sidetrack (ST1) in offshore Mauritania PSC area B was drilled to a final 3,914 m TD by the Stena Tay rig. Woodside, the operator,...

CJSC Elvary Neftegas, the Rosneft-BP joint venture (JV), reported a discovery with its second exploratory well in the Kaigansky-Vasuykansky exploration license.(Russia)
November 1, 2005... CJSC Elvary Neftegas, the Rosneft-BP joint venture (JV), reported a discovery with its second exploratory well in the Kaigansky-Vasuykansky exploration license. The block, coveting over 6,000 sq km, lies in the south of the Sakhalin-5 acreage,...

Shell Malaysia upstream company, Sabah Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd., says a Shell-Petronas Carigali-ConocoPhillips JV has made another material oil and gas discovery with its recent Ubah-2 exploration well, located in deepwater block G, offshore northwest Sabah, Malaysia.(Asia-Pacific)
November 1, 2005... Shell Malaysia upstream company, Sabah Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd., says a Shell-Petronas Carigali-ConocoPhillips JV has made another material oil and gas discovery with its recent Ubah-2 exploration well, located in deepwater block G, offshore...

South Korea's Daewoo International has signed an agreement with Korea Gas Corp. (KGC), India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, Ltd. (ONGC), and Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) to develop a gas field in block A3.(Asia-Pacific)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... South Korea's Daewoo International has signed an agreement with Korea Gas Corp. (KGC), India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, Ltd. (ONGC), and Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) to develop a gas field in block A3, offshore Myanmar. ...

Talisman, Chevron grow North Sea empires.(OFFSHORE EUROPE)
November 1, 2005... Talisman Energy looks set for further growth in the North Sea following the company's expected acquisition of Paladin Resources. Paladin's board had recommended acceptance of the offer, which was tabled late in October. The London-based...

Bids mount for Norway blocks.(OFFSHORE EUROPE)
November 1, 2005... Norway's exploration revival is gathering pace, with a record 29 companies submitting license bids under the country's 2005 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) program. The winners should be announced in December. APA, a recent innovation,...

Baltic pipeline taking shape.(OFFSHORE EUROPE)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Germany's Wingas has reached agreement with Russia's Gazexport concerning gas deliveries through the proposed Northern European Gas (NEG) pipeline. The basic terms for the on/offshore project were first announced by both parties and another...

Design, operational standards.(GULF OF MEXICO)
November 1, 2005... Given the extensive damage to offshore infrastructure from hurricanes Ivan, Katrina, and Rita, the oil and gas industry, led by the MMS, appears to be speeding up efforts to address and implement any necessary modifications to standards in...

API weighs in.(GULF OF MEXICO)(American Petroleum Institute)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The American Petroleum Institute (API) has been taking its share of heat lately, given the structural damage to the offshore infrastructure from the latest hurricanes. The API standards are reviewed every five years, and some of the more...

Design criteria.(GULF OF MEXICO)
November 1, 2005... According to the API, the main factors considered include a combination of wind, waves, tides, currents, and movement of the seafloor, during both normal and extreme conditions. Standards within API RP 2A recommend that GoM platform designers...

Action items.(GULF OF MEXICO)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... According to the API, as a result of Hurricane Ivan, the industry began exploring the notion of revising certain standards, including the 100-year design criteria, and the mooring design criteria for drilling units (currently covered by API RP...

Record-breaking contract.(SUBSEA/SURFACE SYSTEMS)(Aker Kvaerner ASA)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Aker Kvaerner Subsea has been awarded a contract for delivery of two subsea pump stations worth $33.7 million. This deal sets a new world record by applying the technology in the deep waters of the GoM, more than 18 mi from the host platform....

ROV completes Casino program.(SUBSEA/SURFACE SYSTEMS)(Sealion ROV)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Fugro Survey Pry Ltd.'s Sealion ROV has finished wellhead completions work on the Casino field, offshore Victoria, Australia. The ROV was implemented by Australian E&P company Santos onboard Diamond Offshore's mobile offshore drilling unit...

Fugro facilitates early production from Sapphire.(SUBSEA/SURFACE SYSTEMS)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Fugro Survey Ltd.'s construction support vessel Skandi Carla facilitated early production from Egypt's Sapphire gas field. The vessel's two Triton XL work class ROVs were used to turn the subsea valves enabling Egyptian LNG Train 2 gas...

Mechanical handling contract.(Patriot Mechanical Handling )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Patriot Mechanical Handling will supply a new Subsea Handling System to Pride International for application in both the US and Broil. Patriot also won a smaller order from Petrobras for the refurbishment of pipe-handling equipment. The...

Collaboration on well abandonment.(WellCut Decommissioning Services )(TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... WellCut Decommissioning Services and TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd. have signed a master service agreement (MSA) that will guarantee WellCut support for its subsea suspended well abandonment activities over the next three years. TSMarine will...

Anadarko long-term plan.(VESSELS, RIGS, UPGRADES)
November 1, 2005... Sustained high oil prices and tight rig market conditions are forcing operators to employ long-term strategies to secure the necessary assets for drilling programs. Some are building new drilling rigs, while others are electing to upgrade...

Building on experience.(Ensco)(Keppel FELS Ltd)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Ensco says that the rig it is supplying to the consortium of Anadarko, Dominion, and Kerr-McGee, Ensco 8500, is primarily an enhanced version of its first deepwater semisubmersible rig, Ensco 7500. The Ensco 8500 is being designed with...

World's largest rigs.(VESSELS, RIGS, UPGRADES)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Aker Drilling, a new rig company established by Norwegian-based Aker ASA, has awarded Aker Kvaerner a fixed price turnkey contract worth approximately $1.2 billion, for the delivery of two sixth-generation Aker-designed H-6e deepwater drilling...

PPL signs with Awilco Offshore.(VESSELS, RIGS, UPGRADES)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Singapore-based PPL Shipyard, a subsidiary of SembCorp Marine, has signed a contract worth $144 million with Awilco Offshore ASA to deliver a Baker Marine Pacific Class (BMC Pacific) 375 deep-drilling jackup rig. Construction of the jackup was...

Rig upgrade approved.(VESSELS, RIGS, UPGRADES)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Fred Olsen Energy ASA's board of directors has approved the proposed $300 million upgrade of the semisubmersible drilling rig Blackford Dolphin (formerly Ocean Liberator). The improved asset will be capable of operating in up to 7,000 ft of...

Limited-emission sampling, testing.(DRILLING & PRODUCTION)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... One of the most important steps in the process of drilling and completing an oil or gas well is the temporary completion of the well to determine its dynamic rate through time, pressure, and fluid property data. More commonly known as well...

Reliable technique.(DRILLING & PRODUCTION)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... According to Favret and Kool, the reservoir fluid sampling and testing technique can acquire reservoir fluid samples taken at in-situ conditions, as well as reservoir permeability, skin, pressure and radius of investigation information in any...

Performance.(DRILLING & PRODUCTION)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The company says that the system combines closed chamber testing, limited flow testing, tubing conveyed perforating (TCP), downhole test tool testing, and reservoir evaluation in one operation that offers: * Multiple single-phase 600-cc...

GoM well test.(gulf of mexico)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... In the GoM deepwater, the system was used for a major operator whose primary objectives were to calculate reservoir permeability, skin, formation cleanup, radius of investigation, and capture oil samples. Because of reservoir unconsolidation,...

Offshore Brazil well test.(DRILLING & PRODUCTION)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Another system job was performed for a major operator whose primary objective was to capture clean, single-phase oil samples at reservoir conditions. Secondary objectives included reservoir permeability calculation, skin, radius of...

Asia-Pacific offshore oil production to nearly double by 2009: offshore gas to grow at same pace.(ASIA-PACIFIC)
November 1, 2005... Oil production in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to increase from 3.48 MMb/d in 2003 to 6.7 MMb/d in 2009, a jump of 92.3%, according to forecasts by MacKay Consultants of Scotland. Gas production is expected to increase 124%, from 151 bcm...

Petroleum agreement set to revive interest off North Korea: independent gets largest offshore block ever.(ASIA-PACIFIC)
November 1, 2005... Exploration drilling could soon resume off northern Korea, after a 15-year gap. This follows the recent signing of a production sharing agreement between the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the London-based...

SOCO scores success offshore Vietnam: new exploration model proves productive.(ASIA-PACIFIC)
November 1, 2005... Years of perseverance in Vietnam's Cuu Long Basin have finally paid off for SOCO International. This summer, the London-based independent announced the outcome of productive well tests in blocks 9-2 and 16-1. One confirmed the 100-150 MMbbl...

Singapore yard rides wave of drilling, production needs.(ASIA-PACIFIC)(Company Profile)
November 1, 2005... Singapore-based Keppel FELS is cashing in on a wave of new orders for offshore drilling and production units, and the end is not in sight. Business has been so good through the first nine months of 2005, in fact, that the company's seven yards...

Technical focus on asset performance through advanced seismic technology.(Seismic Bulletin)
November 1, 2005... The 21st century has seen a rapid acceleration in the use of time-lapse seismic data, with 4D coverage of over 200 offshore fields worldwide. Reservoir monitoring with and without seismic technology existed for a long time prior to 3D seismic...

ExxonMobil marks milestone with Sakhalin-1 start-up: Chayvo field development expected to continue for a year.(RUSSIA REPORT: SAKHALIN ISLAND)
November 1, 2005... Once a penal colony unrecognized by much of the globe, Sakhalin Island now is a remote location gaining operational and technical prominence in the international oil and gas industry. With production start-up last month in the first phase...

Drill cuttings re-injection in challenging environments: field experience from Sakhalin Island.(RUSSIA REPORT: SAKHALIN ISLAND)
November 1, 2005... Oil and gas E&P companies are responsible for managing drilling wastes in a safe and environmentally acceptable fashion that complies with regulation requirements. Stricter environmental legislation worldwide and operators' environmental...

DP FPSO used a temporary production facility offshore China.(CHINA)
November 1, 2005... The FPSO Munin was modified, mobilized and put into operation on the West River field, offshore China, to continue production while the field's permanently moored FPSO was in dry dock for essential maintenance. The project was unique in that...

TTRD technology improves recovery, cuts costs in mature fields: planning to move the technology subsea.(through-tubing rotary drilling )
November 1, 2005... Using a through-tubing rotary drilling (TTRD) technique in Statoil's Gullfaks field resulted in three successful sidetracks, two open holes, and one off a cement plug. Schlumberger developed this technique using a new rotary steerable system...

ESPs selected for environmentally sensitive offshore Western Australia.(PRODUCTION)(electrical submersible pump)
November 1, 2005... ROC Oil has selected Centrilift's electrical submersible pump (ESP) systems for its Cliff Head field development project offshore Western Australia. The $170.6 million project, ROC's first offshore field in Australia's Perth basin, lies in an...

Rigless system addresses constraints of deepwater well intervention.(PRODUCTION)(Expro International Group PLC)
November 1, 2005... Expro Group in Aberdeen has been leading a joint industry project (comprised of Expro and three major oil companies) to develop a new subsea well intervention technique, known as the Rigless Lightweight Well Intervention system. Subsea...

Taking a new technology to deepwater: extending knowledge of composites in subsea applications.(dual element buoyancy unit)
November 1, 2005... Composites technology is among the latest advances being discussed in the oil and gas industry. The potential this technology can offer is currently limited, however, by the fact that it is viewed in terms of its benefits over steel, but...

Operators favor floating and subsea solutions for deeper discoveries.(CONSTRUCTION & INSTALLATION)
November 1, 2005... Soaring oil and natural gas prices and increased pressure to drill and develop reserves worldwide has pushed operators to pursue all viable field development solutions. Thus, the widespread use of floating and/or subsea production systems to...

2005 global field development survey.(Illustration)
November 1, 2005... 2005 Global field development survey Platform Tree Floating platform Operator count count count ANGOLA BP ...

Sheerleg barge performs swift, cost-effective platform removal.(CONSTRUCTION & INSTALLATION)
November 1, 2005... Dutch contractor Smit Marine Projects has completed the company's first platform removal in the North Sea. During the summer season, the 1,600-metric ton sheerleg Taklift 4 was mobilized to remove the K10-V platform, situated 80 mi offshore the...

Joint industry project addresses heavy lift constraints.(Deepwater Installation of Subsea Hardware)
November 1, 2005... As oil companies continue to develop fields in deeper waters, the limits of conventional winch and crane systems are being reached. Although subsea hardware has been installed in water depths up to 2,000 m, the weight of the steel wire lowering...

High-resolution seismic process reveals complexities: delineating the Pemex Lankahuasa discovery in the GoM.(gulf of mexico)
November 1, 2005... Amplitude anomalies seen in 1999 on conventional 3D seismic images of the Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Lankahuasa discovery offshore Mexico, with a thickness resolution of only 98 ft (30 m), were initially used to place the vertical Lankahuasa-1...

Solution closer for puzzle of ultra deepwater Niger Delta.(GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS)
November 1, 2005... Two recently announced discoveries in the deep to ultra deepwater Niger Delta are sure to re-ignite interest in this region following a lean period that saw four deepwater wells drilled, apparently without locating commercial quantities of...

AST delivers high-performance satellite communications.(Advanced Satellite Technology )
November 1, 2005... Though satellite communications are based quite literally on rocket science--transmitting voice, data, and video signals over satellites positioned nearly 23,000 mi above the earth--it is now considered a "mature" technology. While serving...

RigNet selects Uplogix's Envoy to manage remote network locations.(Communications Report)
November 1, 2005... Houston-based RigNet, a leading provider of managed communications services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has selected Uplogix to provide network management appliances designed to reduce the dependence on network administrators to...

Emerson brings new digital technology to Broom field in North Sea.(Communications Report)
November 1, 2005... Austin, Texas-based Emerson Process Management is supplying Lundin Britain Ltd. with digital technology designed to expand automation of the company's Broom field development in the UK North Sea near the Shetland Islands. Lundin Britain, a...

Fiber optics finds application in offshore communications.(Communications Report)
November 1, 2005... The soaring price of oil and gas and the move to more E&P in deepwater regions are driving the demand for offshore projects that require specialized submarine cable. Cable makers such as Pirelli and Nexans are turning out new cable...

Opportunity for better satellite communications.(Communications Report)
November 1, 2005... Disasters, natural or otherwise, are terrible to endure. Those operating companies and vendors involved in Gulf of Mexico operations know this all too well. And one thing is certain: The basic, yet critical "ship to shore" communication...

New tools and technology for the offshore industry: innovative bolting solutions provide faster, safer operations.(EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING)
November 1, 2005... Bolting tools are crucial products to the reliable productivity of many pieces of heavy-duty equipment used offshore, yet advances to these tools have been slow in keeping up with today's industrial requirements. The two most widely-used tools...

Preventing lightning and static discharge-related petroleum fires.(EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING)
November 1, 2005... Petroleum storage tank fires due to lightning or static discharge are more common than most people think. Dozens of oil industry tank fires are reported each year worldwide, ranging from rim seal fires to multiple, simultaneous full tank fires....

GE provides refurbished turbomachinery for oil and gas facilities.(New tools and technology)
November 1, 2005... As fabrication and installation costs associated with new oil and gas production and processing facilities are ramped even higher by the effects of natural occurrences such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the petroleum industry is investigating...

Redefining large bore weld-on connectors.(EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... To meet the growing demand for engineered, analyzed, and tested large bore weld-on connectors, Grant Prideco has introduced the Viper weld-on connector. According to Grant Prideco, the Viper includes conductors for deepwater jet strings,...

DC link from Norwegian mainland powers Troll platforms.(EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING)(direct current)
November 1, 2005... Statoil's Troll A platform has become the first offshore installation to use high-voltage direct current (DC) power supplied from shore. Using technology developed by ABB, this feat establishes the viability of powering offshore operations from...

Varel International.(appoints F. Michael Pisch )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Varel International announced that F. Michael Pisch has been appointed chief financial officer. He will be responsible for all elements of global finance, as well as for IT and HR in North America. Pisch is Six Sigma trained, and has more than...

Transocean.(appoints William Turcotte )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... William Turcotte has been promoted to vice president, associate general counsel and assistant corporate secretary for Transocean. From 2000 until this promotion, he served as associate general counsel and assistant corporate secretary. Turcotte...

B&V Energy, Black & Veatch.(People)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... B&V Energy, Black & Veatch's global energy business unit, has promoted Dean Oskvig to president and CEO effective January 2006. Oskvig joined the company in 1975 and has held several executive leadership roles in his tenure. In a related...

BJ Process and Pipeline Services.(People)
November 1, 2005... BJ Process and Pipeline Services has appointed Mark Ashworth sales manager for eastern Canada. Ashworth has more than 12 years experience in business development for process and pipeline services for the oil and gas industry.

PSL Energy Services AS.(appoints Ronny Husebo )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Ronny Husebo will take responsibility for all coil tubing operations for PSL Energy Services AS in Norway. He has over 15 years experience with coil tubing and fluid pumping applications and has a master degree in petroleum engineering. PSL has...

Schilling Robotics.(appointment of Garry Everett )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Schilling Robotics announced that industry-veteran Garry Everett has joined the company as director of program management. Mr. Everett will initially focus on the build program for the ultraheavy-duty Schilling UHDTM ROV at Schilling...

Technip USA.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Technip is combining its existing North American offshore-upstream and onshore-downstream businesses into a new organization called Technip USA to face increasing market opportunities and to position the new consolidated unit at the forefront...

Rockhopper Exploration Plc has entered into a contract with Geophysical Service Inc. to perform a 2D seismic survey over licenses PL023 & PL024 in the North Falkland Basin which should be completed by the end of IQ 2006.(Companies)
November 1, 2005... Rockhopper Exploration Plc has entered into a contract with Geophysical Service Inc. to perform a 2D seismic survey over licenses PL023 & PL024 in the North Falkland Basin which should be completed by the end of IQ 2006. The survey will consist...

Schilling Robotics sold two additions of its Schilling UHD ultraheavy-duty hydraulic ROVs to Geoconsult AS of Bergen, Norway.(Companies)
November 1, 2005... Schilling Robotics sold two additions of its Schilling UHD ultraheavy-duty hydraulic ROVs to Geoconsult AS of Bergen, Norway. The 150-shp ROV systems will expand Geoconsult's capabilities by allowing operations at depths up to 4,000 m. The...

Halliburton's Energy Services Group.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Halliburton's Energy Services Group recently completed its first project in Qatar's North field using an interventionless production packer--the Hydrostatic-Set Permanent Production Packer. Data from field trials and actual operator use...

Edinburgh-based survey firm ERT Scotland Ltd. has signed an agreement with Malaysian engineering firm Cekap Technical Services which will see the two companies work together to offer an extended range of services in the region.(ERT Scotland Ltd.)(Cekap Technical Services )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Edinburgh-based survey firm ERT Scotland Ltd. has signed an agreement with Malaysian engineering firm Cekap Technical Services which will see the two companies work together to offer an extended range of services in the region. The link-up...

T.D.Williamson, Inc. announced completion of the acquisition of Plugging Specialists International, ASA (PSI), the world's leading, remote controlled, tetherless, pipeline isolation services company, headquartered in Stavanger, Norway.(Companies)
November 1, 2005... T.D.Williamson, Inc. announced completion of the acquisition of Plugging Specialists International, ASA (PSI), the world's leading, remote controlled, tetherless, pipeline isolation services company, headquartered in Stavanger, Norway. PSI will...

Oilfield services company Schlumberger has signed a joint marketing agreement with Sense Intellifield to provide customers with design and installation of real-time drilling operation centers.(Companies)
November 1, 2005... Oilfield services company Schlumberger has signed a joint marketing agreement with Sense Intellifield to provide customers with design and installation of real-time drilling operation centers. Schlumberger will provide operations management and...

Improving project supply chain performance.
November 1, 2005... I have been in the strategic procurement and supply chain business as a practitioner for more than 35 years, for the large part in the energy industry. During the last 10 years I have endeavored to introduce novel ways of improving...