Statoil awarded FMC Technologies a US$172 million engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for Phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup field. The Johan Sverdrup field center. Image from Statoil…
ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso E&P Nigeria started oil production earlier than planned at the Erha North Phase 2 deepwater subsea development project, offshore Nigeria. Esso North subsea structures…
Chevron is partnering with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to investigate unexplored deepwater regions in the Great Australian Bight, in the first commercial partnership to operate the marine research vessel RV Investigator…
Total E&P Congo awarded Ocean Installer a contract for deepwater umbilicals, flowlines, and risers (UFR) installation work at the Moho Nord field, off the coast of the Republic of Congo. Image from Total…
José Formigli has been appointed by Aker Solutions to serve as an adviser for overall strategic decisions and to join its innovation board. Formigli, a Rio de Janeiro native and engineer by training, has more than 30 years' experience in the oil and gas business…
Shell is planning to start 3D seismic acquisition offshore Myanmar following its return to becoming an operator in the country. The firm has issued a letter of award to Oslo-listed geoscience firm Polarcus for a 3D marine seismic project…
Offshore workers could soon find themselves sharing their facilities with robots, particularly in remote, harsh or hazardous environments. Elaine Maslin looks at the Argos Challenge. Homologation phase with the FOXIRIS robot…
Hurricane Energy has proven commercial oil can flow from its fractured basement oil reservoirs West of Shetland – it’s next job is finding an economical solution to get it to market. Elaine Maslin reports. Artist's…
Spending on floating production systems is expected to increase 73% in 2015-2019, with US$81 billion due to be spent over that period. Douglas Westwood analyst Ben Wilby sets the scene. BG Group’s Knarr FPSO…
Van Oord has been taking its engineering expertise in the dredging sector and applying it to the oil and gas business – with much success. Elaine Maslin reports on a first in deepwater and a new market. Van Oord’s new rock installation vessel…
Weatherford’s Steve Rosenberg and Ming Zo Tan demonstrate how drilling-with-liner technology isolated a depleted sand section in deepwater Gulf of Mexico well in one trip. The Weatherford Defyer…
Understanding your asset is vital before making the big decision. Clarus Subsea’s Vinayak Patil and John MacDonald explain the key challenges of subsea integrity management in the Gulf of Mexico. Figure…
In this video, Peak Well Systems shows its SIM and SIMPLUS Systems that can be fitted with straddle tubes between an upper and lower packer to provide isolation across the straddled zone. The SIM System enables operators to deploy flow control devices…
TGS has been given the green light by Mexico's Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) to start acquiring multibeam, coring and geochemical analysis data over about 600,000sq km in Mexican waters. This project will cover the entire deepwater area of the offshore sector of Mexico…
Norway's Odfjell Drilling and Metro Exploration have put the Deepsea Metro II ultra deepwater drillship up for sale. The two firms, which own the drillship through their shares in Deep Sea Metro, which owns Deepsea Metro II owner Chloe Marine Corp…