Offshore Construction News
| Australia >> 8/13/2007 - Eni has signed an agreement to purchase a 30% interest in four exploration blocks in the Exmouth Plateau, offshore Western Australia. The four blocks are located more than 200 km off the west coast of... |
| Angola >> 8/10/2007 - Chevron Corporation announced that its subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC) and partners made a significant oil discovery in Block 14, offshore Angola. The discovery well, Malange-1, w... |
| Congo >> 8/8/2007 - Eni, through its subsidiary Eni Congo, has successfully completed drilling activities at the exploration well Cassiopée Est Marine -1, located in the Mèr Très Profonde Sud offshore permit (MTPS), 170 ... |
| Saudi Arabia >> 8/7/2007 - McDermott International, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, J. Ray McDermott, S.A. ("J. Ray"), has been awarded a seven-year project by Saudi Aramco to provide engineering, procurement, construction,... |
| Angola >> 8/7/2007 - Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola (Sonangol) and Total E&P Angola, a wholly owned subsidiary of Total, announce a new oil discovery with the eleventh exploration well on Block 32 in the ult... |
| Angola >> 8/7/2007 - Roc Oil (Cabinda) Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, advised that the ROC-owned "Explorer" rig had directionally drilled the Massambala-1 exploration well in the Cabinda South Block, onshore A... |
| Egypt >> 8/2/2007 - Mogul Energy International, Inc. has been notified by project operator Dover Investments Ltd. that drilling on the EWA 4X well at the East Wadi Araba (EWA) Concession is progressing as planned. The we... |
| Australia >> 7/31/2007 - Total announces the acquisition of a 100% interest in two exploration permits off the northwestern coast of Australia following a licensing round of Australian authorities. Covering a respective area ... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 7/27/2007 - Technip has been awarded by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Zakum gas processing facilities offshore Abu Dhabi. Technip wil... |
| United Kingdom >> 7/19/2007 - Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Total E&P (Exploration & Production) UK Ltd for work in the Northern North Sea valued in excess of US $45 million for installation works in the Jura Field. ... |
| Egypt >> 7/18/2007 - RWE Dea Suez GmbH and EGPC, the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum, signed agreements allowing for the extension of the Gulf of Suez Offshore and the North Belayim Offshore Concessions by a further ten ye... |
| Egypt >> 7/17/2007 - RWE Dea has been awarded 100% working interest in a new onshore concession called Tanta located partly in the prolific Nile Delta area in Egypt. The block was offered in the Egyptian Gas Holding Compa... |
| Libya >> 7/11/2007 - Lloyd's Register EMEA has recently secured a number of important oil and gas contracts in Libya. Waha Oil Company has awarded a two-year contract to develop and implement a reliability-based mechanica... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 7/10/2007 - Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced that the giant Dolphin Project, one of the largest energy projects ever to be undertaken in the Middle East, is fully operational and delivering natural gas ... |
| Kazakhstan >> 7/9/2007 - Agip KCO awarded the Saipem and Aker Kvaerner unincorporated consortium a contract as part of the experimental programme of the Kashagan field development in the Caspian Sea. The contract includes ear... |
| Australia >> 7/3/2007 - Apache Corporation will proceed with development of the Pyrenees fields in the Exmouth Sub-basin offshore Western Australia. When completed, the project is expected to add 20,000 barrels per day to Ap... |
| Angola >> 6/29/2007 - Sonangol, as concessionaire, and Total, as operator, announced that the Angola’s deepwater Rosa field in Block 17 started production on June 18. Discovered in January 1998 at some 135 kilometres off t... |
| Cameroon >> 6/27/2007 - CityView has acquired the right to take up a 28.5% of Turnberry Resources Inc. which equates to a net 20% interest in North Matanda PH72 oilfield. The Matanda block (1187 km²) PH-72 (former OLHP-3) is... |
| Russia >> 6/23/2007 - Eni and Gazprom signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the realization of South Stream, a new gas pipeline system which will link Russia to the European Union across the Black Sea. The agreement is ... |
| Egypt >> 6/12/2007 - DeepOcean ASA’s subsiduary CTC Marine Projects Ltd. has received a Letter of Intent from the AGIBA Petroleum Company for a project valued at over GBP5 million. The work site is located at AGIBA’s West... |
