STATE-OWNED oil and gas company PetroSA has resumed crude oilproduction at its Oribi and Oryx offshore fields after the re-certification of its Orca floating production storage and offloading facility. PetroSA uses the Orca facility to produce oil from the fields, about 120km southwest of...
- Three recent deliveries highlight the successful series of offshore support vessels designed by the Offshore Ship Designers group. VOS Pathfinder completes a series of...
Text: Great Offshore RESEARCH: CITIGROUP RATING: BUY CMP: RS 250 Great Offshore has announced a combined contract for two of its assets — Malaviya Thirty Three...
In its third quarter 2008 report, Songa Offshore reported operating efficiency for October. In November the following was achieved: Songa Venus has achieved operating efficiency of 93% in November. The rig is still...
Dubai: Shuaa Capital, a leading regional financial services firm, is promoting investment opportunities in SaudiArabia at a conference in London. The company said yesterday the Saudi Capital Market Authority has granted a brokerage licence to its...
Cairo: The recent furore, triggered by Saudi Arabia's punishment of two Egyptian doctors by jailing and flogging, can be handled through "quiet contacts" with Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian foreign ministry has said. "Egyptian-Saudi...
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - Powered by RIYADH: SaudiArabia plans to set minimum wage guidelines for Saudi nationals, but not for the millions of foreign workers in the Gulfoil powerhouse, the Labor Ministry said on...
Claxton, an Acteon company, is proud to announce over 1000 working days without any near misses or lost-time incidents during its work on the installation of a conductor supported platform in Olowi field, offshoreGabon, for CNR International...
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Egypt is again allowing its doctors to work in SaudiArabia, lifting a ban imposed last month after two Egyptian doctors working there were sentenced to lengthy prison terms and 1,500 lashes each. Egypt's labor minister, Aisha...
On December 1-3, UruguayEnergy Ministry and ANCAP, the National Oil Company, will launch the offshore licensing round for exploration and exploitation of gas and oil. The blocks on offer, lie in the Punta del Este and Pelotas basins, where water...
12/2/2008 HOUSTON: Shell has set a new record with the world's deepest offshore well. The subsea well is 9,356 feet (2,851 m) below the water's surface in the Silvertip field on Alaminos Canyon Block 815, part of the Perdido development in the U.S....
By Syed Rashid Husain RIYADH, Nov 29: SaudiArabia is under no threat of an economic meltdown, King Abdullah assured the world and the nation in a wide-ranging interview with a Kuwaiti daily, Al-Siyassah, on Saturday. The king emphasised that the...
Letters by Lawrence of Arabia in which he says how well his Brough Superior motorcycle is running and speaks of his love of book collecting have sold at...