Statoil to Become Equinor, Dropping 'Oil'
the first choice among technology students, citing another survey by Swedish firm Universum.Truls Gulowsen, head of Greenpeace Norway, said the name change would not be sufficient to improve Statoil's image as long as the firm was exploring in vulnerable areas, such as the Arctic or the Great Australian Bight.(Additional reporting by Ron Bousso; Editing by Dale Hudson
First ISDS for DNV GL Classed Ocean Greatwhite
drilling rig into class recently. Ocean Greatwhite is 123 metres long and 78 metres wide and was delivered at Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea. Owned by the Houston-based drilling contractor Diamond Offshore, the rig will be chartered to oil major BP and will operate in the Great Australian Bight. Ocean Greatwhite is also the first new-build rig to receive the DNV GL Integrated Software Dependent Systems (ISDS) notation. ISDS are systems whose performance is dependent on the overall behaviour of their integrated software components. DNV GL’s ISDS standard helps owners and
Statoil Wins Exploration License off Australia
permit located in the prolific Northern Carnarvon Basin on the Northwest shelf of Australia. This is Statoil’s third asset in Australia, adding to the onshore operatorship in the Northern Territory’s South Georgina basin and four BP-operated offshore permits in the Great Australian Bight. The permit WA-506-P covers an area of more than 13,000 square kilometres, situated 300 kilometres off Western Australia in water depths of 1,500-2,000 metres. The permit has been awarded to Statoil by the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) through the 2013
Australian Bight TGS Seismic Survey Adds Up to 30,000 sq.km
TGS says it has acquired a 3D multi-client seismic survey, The Nerites 3D, which covers 8,300 km2 in the Great Australian Bight, offshore South Australia. Upon completion of this survey, the TGS total portfolio of 3D multi-client coverage offshore Australia will exceed 30,000 km2. The company informs that the survey, scheduled to commence in early January 2014, will cover two of the newly released petroleum exploration blocks in the Great Australian Bight, designated EPP 44 and EPP 45, which are located mostly in the Bight's deep water Ceduna Sub-Basin. The new seismic data will be
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