Drilling & production

Total has confirmed that the Elgin leak has been completely sealed and it can now resume operations to completely seal and abandon the well.

Petrofac has been awarded a US$ 220 million contract by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Petronas, the Malaysian national oil company, for the refurbishment of the Bekok-C platform, located in Block PM9 in the south-eastern part of the Malay basin.

Repsol has confirmed the cancellation of ten LNG shipments to Argentina due to a breach of contract by Enarsa.

Emerson Process Management has won a multi-million dollar contact to deliver its Roxar subsea instrumentation to Lundin Petroleum’s Brynhild field in the North Sea.

Shell, KOGAS, Mitsubishi Corp. and PetroChina have formally announced that they will be developing an LNG export facility near Kitimat, British Columbia.

Southern LNG has filed an application with the US DOE to export LNG from its Elba Island LNG import terminal in Savannah.

It has been reported that the Brazilian navy is investigating an oil spill seen in the Jubarte field, which is operated by Petrobras.

A man accused of spreading malicious rumours on Twitter about Gulf Keystone Petroleum, which the company claims prompted a collapse in its share price, has been silenced by a legally binding agreement.

UTEC Survey has just announced two contracts, which will see the utilisation of additional vessels in West Africa and the Arabian Gulf.

Justin Lewis, chairman of Beacon Hill Resources plc, provides an update on its projects.

ABB has won an order worth US$ 18 million from Daewoo to supply energy efficient propulsion and electrical power systems for two new deep sea pipeline installation vessels that will build oil transport infrastructure off the coast of Brazil.

According to a recent statement, Repsol has filed a class action lawsuit against Argentina in response to the allegedly illegal takeover of YPF.

Apache Corp. has announced that it has found previously untapped reserves via an extension well, which is showing the highest production rates of any well drilled in the Beryl field since 2001.

Eni has announced that it has made a giant natural gas discovery offshore Mozambique.

The British company, BG Group has announced another gas discovery at the Mzia-1 well in Block 1 offshore Tanzania.