On 1 March, EMAS AMC officially christened and named its flagship, the Lewek Constellation, prior to her departure to the Gulf of Mexico to start work for Noble Energy. EMAS AMC’s Lewek Constellation…
Long a bastion of Mediterranean oil and gas exploration and production, Italy's Edison is close to completing a deal on its latest assets in the UK North Sea and is eyeing its third hub in the wider North Sea region. Taking time out…
The oil and gas industry can deal with low oil prices, up to a point, by making itself more efficient. In contrast, there is little it can do about geopolitics and one of the places that is most evident is the Mediterranean. The region has long been home to oil and gas production…
What a difference two years make. Unrest in North Africa, the emergence of US shale and tensions with Russia have all put energy high on the agenda. OE spoke to Offshore Mediterranean Conference (OMC) 2015 chairman Innocenzo Titone about…
OE is attending the Offshore Mediterranean Conference (OMC) in Ravenna next week. The event, of which OE is a media sponsor, is expected to be bigger than ever, with floor space increased 30% from 20,000sq m to 25,000sq m. More than 14…
Following up on last week's article on companies bracing for bankruptcies within the oil and gas industry, OE's Managing Editor Audrey Leon spoke with Charles Kelley and Robert Gray, Houston-based attorneys with law firm Mayer Brown to discuss the downturn in oil prices…
Norwegian explorer Statoil returned three licenses off the west coast of Greenland this month, the company confirmed. The reduction follows the company’s announcement last February that it would cut back on Arctic exploration efforts to control capital expenditures…
The year is 1975. OE's first cover. Jaws, The Godfather 2, Young Frankenstein, and Tommy are playing at movie theatres. Glen Campbell, David Bowie, and The Captain & Tennille are dominating the radio waves with Rhinestone Cowboy…
Year in review: 2014 - OEDigital’s top stories Mozambique NG flow test. OE staff presents a look back at 2014’s top stories posted on OEDigital.com. It was a year filled with highs and lows…
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum will purchase Houston-based Apache’s interest in two LNG projects, Wheatstone and Kitimat LNG (pictured, right) for approximately US$2.75 billion. Apache announced in late July that it would exit the two…
Cameron has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Canada Properties for wellhead equipment and production trees for the Hebron project, a 52-well development located offshore Newfoundland. Cameron will supply large-bore, high-pressure equipment including wellheads…
Watch Helix's ROV support vessel Grand Canyon, on its way from Tersan shipyard in Turkey to Norway for final fitment. Grand Canyon is one of Helix's life-of-field vessels that blends the advantages of both dedicated intervention vessels with vessels of opportunity…
Veolia won a contract to decommission the 14,000-tonne Yme oil platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The doomed Talisman Yme will be removed and towed in a single lift from its current North Sea location and be moved to Lutelandet in South West Norway to be dismantled by Veolia…
Claudio Paschoa discusses Stinger conical diamond technology with João Pedro Tocantins, Senior Product Engineer from Schlumberger’s Smith Bits. The CDE, centrally placed in a PDC drill bit cutting structure…
Exploration activity on the Norwegian shelf 'remains vigorous', with 13 new discoveries made this year, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). As of 24 June, 33 exploration wells (23 wildcat and 10 appraisal wells) have been spudded and 33 terminated…