Solstad Offshore ASA, a Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company, has entered into charter agreements for three of its vessels. Solstad entered into agreement with Chevron North Sea Limited for hire of the platform supply vessel (PSV), the…

Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish based oil and gas exploration company, has signed a strategic and incentivised exploration collaboration agreement with Schlumberger in respect of the southern Porcupine and Goban Spur Basins, offshore Ireland, in which Schlumberger will underpin Providence’s…

On behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partnership, Statoil has awarded an EPC contract for subsea equipment for the Johan Sverdrup project, offshore Norway, to FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS. The contract involves establishment of a new and cost efficient standard for…

Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. has announced that its drilling contractor China Oilfield Service Ltd. (COSL) has started the mobilization of the rig for the drilling operation of LS23-1-1 well in the East China Sea. Following the signing of the drilling…

A new joint venture between Harkand and Consolidated Shipping Agencies Ltd has resulted in its first contract win in Ghana, West Africa. The award will see the global inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) company delivering onshore and offshore support to…

VNG Norge AS has found oil in the Boomerang  exploration well, located in production licence 586, in the southern Norwegian Sea. VNG Norge AS, operator of the production licence, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells…

Tower Resources plc, the AIM-listed Africa-focussed oil and gas exploration company, has announced the signing of the shallow water Thali (formerly known as Dissoni) Production Sharing Contract (PSC), offshore Cameroon. The PSC signing ceremony took place on September 15, 2015…

MODEC has signed a contract with Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited to supply a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel for the Culzean development project in the North Sea. UK Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) recently approved the development…

Wood Group is leading five new joint industry  projects (JIPs) which will use the company’s subsea experience to solve  industry-wide challenges. According to Wood Group’s press release issued Tuesday, these international projects, which will run between  2015 and 2018, will…

ALE, a global heavylift specialist, has mated the topside for Shell’s Malikai tension leg platform with its hull in Malaysia. According to ALE’s press release, the company has jacked-up the Malikai Topside 40m high, before skidding the Topside a distance…