Offshore Production News - page 286

 

Fiscal focus

Mar 01, 2016

Today’s flow metering systems for petroleum products must not only precisely monitor production and transfers; they also need to provide robust data to underpin digital intelligence for improved decision-making, says Honeywell Process Solutions’ Tim Vogel…

Charting demand

Mar 01, 2016

35 offshore projects and 100 rig years have slipped after the oil price collapse. Oddmund Føre, Analyst, Rystad Energy, explains. The market for oilfield services is hurting and offshore drilling is no exception. The global market for…

NOIA supports Atlantic lease sale rentention

Feb 29, 2016

National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) president Randall Luthi, issued the following statement supporting the Atlantic Offshore Energy Caucus’s call for the Department of the Interior's retention of proposed Atlantic lease sale: “I…

Expro inks Statoil framework agreement

Feb 25, 2016

Expro secured a new framework agreement with Statoil in the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The agreement, for three years with options to extend for three, two-year periods will see Expro provide subsea services and well control systems…

Total fires up new offshore Argentina field

Feb 25, 2016

Total has started production at the offshore Vega Pleyade gas and condensate field, one of Argentina's largest offshore gas fields. Operated by Total, the project will have a production capacity of 10 MMcm/d (70,000 boe/d).  The Vega…

CERAWeek: New Pemex CEO details road ahead

Feb 24, 2016

José Antonio González Anaya has only been on the job for two weeks, but he’s ready to work. The new head of Pemex made his debut at IHS CERAWeek on Tuesday afternoon in a discussion session with IHS moderators Daniel Yergin and Carlos Pascual…

CERAWeek: The downturn from the Saudi perpective

Feb 23, 2016

Saudi Arabia’s oil minister Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi has no concerns about current and future demand, he told delegates at IHS CERAWeek on Tuesday. “The bottom line is that the world demands 90 MMbo/d and long-term this will increase…

CERAWeek: Latin America looks at more opportunities

Feb 23, 2016

Three of Latin America’s top oil and gas companies, Pemex, Ecopetrol, and Petrobras, gathered to speak in Houston this morning at IHS CERAWeek with a mirrored message that echoes in the industry across the world: the main challenges that…

North Sea industry on edge of chasm

Feb 23, 2016

Were the North Sea’s oil and gas industry not already depressed enough, the latest results from an annual survey of the sector, revealed in Aberdeen this morning, will surely ensure it’s descent into sclerosis. Attendees at the launch…

Rosneft, PDVSA firm up offshore JV

Feb 20, 2016

Russia's Rosneft and Venezuela's national oil and gas company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), agreed to establish a 50-50 joint venture to develop the offshore natural gas fields Patao, Mejillones and potentially Rio Caribe in Venezuela. Rosneft will serve as project operator…

ExxonMobil adds 1 billion boe to reserves

Feb 19, 2016

ExxonMobil added 1 billion boe of proved oil and gas reserves in 2015 for a total of 24.8 billion boe that was a result of new developments, and a significant discovery offshore Guyana. Image from ExxonMobil…

EIA: GoM production set for record high in 2017

Feb 18, 2016

Oil production in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) will reach record high levels in 2017, due to some 14 projects starting up during 2015-17, despite low oil prices.  Anadarko's Heidelberg. Image from Anadarko…

Petrobras starts up Cidade de Maricá, Route 2

Feb 16, 2016

Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has started production from the Cidade de Maricá floating production storage offloading unit (FPSO), in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, in addition to the expansion of the country’s longest subsea natural gas pipeline…

NUTECH, WellDatabase introduce NuQuest

Feb 15, 2016

NUTECH has partnered with WellDatabase to launch NuQuest, the industry’s first comprehensive and intuitive digital platform providing standard well data coupled with corresponding reservoir characterization, and engineering expertise. The…

Eni gets Goliat orders from PSA

Feb 11, 2016

During the period of 5-7 January 2016, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway conducted an audit on ENI Norge's facility Goliat FPSO. The audit was conducted as a follow-up to an audit carried out in June 2015 linked to logistics on Goliat…

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