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Drilling & Completion

Offshore Indonesia Bedug find may hold oil as well as gas

Salamander Energy has confirmed its Bedug-1 exploration well offshore Indonesia is a gas discovery.

Salamander prepares insurance claim following well incident offshore Indonesia

Salamander Energy has started an insurance claim related to its drilling campaign offshore Indonesia.

Salamander reports higher productivity from Bualuang Miocene well offshore Thailand

Salamander Energy says eight development wells have been completed and brought onstream from the new Bualuang Bravo platform in the Gulf of Thailand.

Field Development

Punj Lloyd to install B-127 pipeline offshore India

ONGC has contracted Punj Lloyd for construction of the B-127 cluster pipeline offshore western India.

Well to test undrilled TGT fault block offshore Vietnam

SOCO International and its partners have contracted the jackup Naga-2 for further appraisal and development drilling offshore southern Vietnam.

Sea Lion offshore Falklands approaching FEED stage

Premier Oil says 60 separate studies are under way for pre-front-end engineering design for the Sea Lion field development in the offshore North Falkland basin.

Subsea

GE to build vertical subsea trees at Batam facility

GE (NYSE:GE) plans to expand its Batam manufacturing facility with a high bay for construction of a new line of subsea wellhead equipment.

Nexans to fasttrack umbilical for Shell offshore Malaysia

Persada Engineering has contracted Nexans to supply an electro/hydraulic umbilical for Sarawak Shell Berhad’s F29 field development.

EMAS contracts subsea work in GoM, West Africa, the Philippines

EMAS (SGX: 5DN) has won four contracts totaling $120 million spread among the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, and the Philippines.

Geology & Geophysics

EMGS vessels prepare for tours in Asia, North Sea

EMGS has updated its current offshore geophysical data-gathering programs.

Otto on track to get Area 7 offshore the Philippines

Otto Energy Ltd. (ASX: OEL) is the preferred bidder for Area 7 under the Fourth Philippine Energy Contracting Round.

Appraisal to resume on Ganesha gas find offshore India

Hardy Oil and Gas has won an extension to its CY-OS/2 license in the Cauvery basin offshore India.

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Pipeline & Transportation

Punj Lloyd to install B-127 pipeline offshore India

ONGC has contracted Punj Lloyd for construction of the B-127 cluster pipeline offshore western India.

Wood Group to cover Indonesia pipeline needs

ConocoPhillips has awarded PT. Wood Group Indonesia a three-year general engineering services.

Statoil issues main Norwegian Sea trunkline contracts

Statoil (OSE:STL) has awarded three contracts for the long-distance Polarled gas pipeline in the Norwegian Sea.

Production

Talisman brings two oil fields onstream offshore Vietnam

Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM) (NYSE:TLM) has started oil production from the Hai Su Trang and Hai Su Den (HST/HSD) development in the Cuu Long basin offshore southern Vietnam.

Salamander reports higher productivity from Bualuang Miocene well offshore Thailand

Salamander Energy says eight development wells have been completed and brought onstream from the new Bualuang Bravo platform in the Gulf of Thailand.

KUFPEC gets interest in Galoc development offshore Philippines

With Phase II development drilling scheduled to begin in June and first Phase II production in 4Q 2013, the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. has assumed a 26.84473% working interest in the ...

Rigs/Vessels

COSCO to build floatover launch barge

COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co. Ltd. has contracted to build a floatover launch barge for a Malaysian ship owner.

HHI to integrate welding robots into shipbuilding workforce

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has developed mini welding robots for building ships.

Seadrill lines up tender rig ownership transfer

Seadrill has agreed to sell the companies that own and operate the tender rig T15 to Seadrill Partners LLC.

Asia Offshore Oil & Gas News

Offshore Indonesia Bedug find may hold oil as well as gas

Salamander Energy has confirmed its Bedug-1 exploration well offshore Indonesia is a gas discovery.

Salamander prepares insurance claim following well incident offshore Indonesia

Salamander Energy has started an insurance claim related to its drilling campaign offshore Indonesia.

Punj Lloyd to install B-127 pipeline offshore India

ONGC has contracted Punj Lloyd for construction of the B-127 cluster pipeline offshore western India.