VARD secures contract from Harkand Group to provide a DSV
Jan 2, 2014
Vard Holdings Limited (VARD) has secured a contract with a new customer, Harkand Group (Harkand), for the design and construction of one Diving Support and Construction Vessel. The value of the contract exceeds NOK 1 billion.

FX Energy to complete Szymanowice-1 well for production
Jan 2, 2014
FX Energy, Inc. reported that the Szymanowice-1 well is commercial and will be completed for production. Logs and lab analysis of the cores

EMGS reports multi-client sales
Jan 1, 2014
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has signed a data licensing agreement worth around USD 1.2 million for the provision of 3D EM data

Statoil recover quickly from gas leak on Statfjord A
Dec 31, 2013
On Saturday 28 December, an oil and gas leak was reported on the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea. Statfjord A was depressurized and shut

Wood Group ODL secures contract for BP's North Sea business
Dec 31, 2013
Wood Group ODL has scored a five year, multi-million pound contract to provide document control and information management services to BP’s

Parkmead trebles its oil production from Athena Field
Dec 31, 2013
Parkmead is delighted to report that it has signed an agreement with EWE VERTRIEB GmbH (EWE) to acquire a 20 per cent. interest in UK

Faroe Petroleum Butch East exploration well commences in the Norwegian North Sea
Dec 31, 2013
Faroe Petroleum is pleased to announce the spudding of the Centrica operated Butch East exploration well 8/10-5S (Faroe 15%), the first of two

Rosneft extends cooperation with Armenia
Dec 30, 2013
As part of a working visit to Armenia Rosneft President Igor Sechin met with the President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan.

Gazprom and Wintershall sign Master Agreement to swap assets
Dec 30, 2013
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Harald Schwager, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wintershall Holding signed at the Gazprom headquarters a Master Agreement to swap assets

Independent Oil & Gas update on ATP Oil and Gas UK Ltd sale process
Dec 26, 2013
Independent Oil and Gas plc has been advised by ATP Oil and Gas UK Ltd ('ATP UK') that it no longer has a rig contract in place for the drilling of

Sound Oil makes Directorate change
Dec 26, 2013
Sound Oil announces the retirement of Tony Heath as a non executive director, with effect from the Company's next annual general meeting

Aquaterra Energy appoints QHSE and Business Improvement Manager
Dec 26, 2013
Aquaterra Energy has appointed Christopher Webb as its new QHSE and Business Improvement Manager. Webb will be responsible for

Fugro awarded five-year positioning contract by DOF ASA
Dec 26, 2013
Fugro has won a contract from DOF ASA for the provision of precise satellite positioning for the entire DOF fleet of more than 70 vessels globally.

Tullow announce Mantra well result offshore Norway
Dec 26, 2013
Tullow Oil plc announces that the 31/3-4 exploration well on the Mantra prospect offshore Norway has encountered reservoir quality sands but all

Northern Petroleum provides update on Southern Adriatic
Dec 26, 2013
In November 2013 Northern mandated ERCE, the independent reservoir evaluation specialists, to undertake a resources review of the two

Sound Oil announces Santa Maria Goretti permit award
Dec 25, 2013
Sound Oil, the European / Mediterranean focused upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the award of the Santa Maria Goretti

Aquatic supports DeepOcean training programme for graduate trainees
Dec 25, 2013
Industry experts from Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, have presented the company’s work and subsea operations

Dana Petroleum appoints Independent Non-Executive Director
Dec 24, 2013
Dana Petroleum has appointed David Fitzsimmons as the company's first Independent Non-Executive Director since delisting from the stock

PRD Energy awarded two petroleum licences covering over 275,000 acres onshore Germany
Dec 24, 2013
PRD Energy Inc. has been awarded the Gettorf Exploration Licence (covering approximately 130,000 acres) as well as the Elmshorn Exploration

Cub Energy announces the RK-22 well in Ukraine has tested 2.5 MMcf/d
Dec 24, 2013
Cub Energy Inc. announces the Rusko-Komarovske-22 (RK-22) development well, on the Rusko-Komarovske (RK) licence, in western Ukraine

Lundin Petroleum completes Luno II South well 16/5-5
Dec 24, 2013
Lundin Petroleum, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway), has completed the drilling of appraisal well 16/5-5 in

Aker Solutions wins Johan Sverdrup framework contract
Dec 23, 2013
Aker Solutions won a framework contract from Statoil to provide engineering services, procurement and management assistance (EPma) for as

Cygnus Alpha topsides nearing completion at Heerema Hartlepool
Dec 23, 2013
The Cygnus project, which will develop the largest gas discovery in the Southern North Sea in the last 25 years is about to reach the next

Concept selection for the Johan Sverdrup field early in 2014
Dec 23, 2013
Statoil ASA and the partners in the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea continue their work to evaluate and optimise the field development