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First oil from Apache's Tonto

May 02, 2013

Apache Corp. announced that its Tonto oil field in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea commenced production on April 24, 2013. Tonto-1, the first producing well, came on stream at an initial rate of 10,346 b/d. Apache holds a 100% working interest in the Tonto Field…

AMEC awarded multi-million pound framework contract by AWE

May 02, 2013

AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been selected as a strategic partner by AWE to provide implementation services at Aldermaston in Berkshire. The four-year contract, the value of which has not been announced…

Viking Offshore breaks ground in Singapore for R&D center

May 01, 2013

Viking Offshore & Marine Limited announced on 26 April 2013, that it would invest up to S$15 million to set up a dedicated innovation hub in Singapore to house and invest in promising offshore and marine companies. Mr. Andy Lim,…

OTC 2013 combines star power with fire power

May 01, 2013

The 45th annual Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston places the spotlight on the latest technological advances plus industry stars such as new head of BP Upstream Lamar McKay and PEMEX’s E&P director Carlos Morales-Gil. OTC returns to Houston’s Reliant Park complex May 6-9…

ONS Norway prepares for take-off

Apr 25, 2013

For almost 40 years ONS has been a broad-based international energy event and a leading meeting place for everyone involved in the oil and gas industry and the entire energy sector. Focus on the supply industry on the Norwegian Continental…

Wartsila wins Chinese rig supply

Apr 17, 2013

Wärtsilä will supply a comprehensive, fully integrated power, propulsion and positioning system for a DP3 Dynamically Positioned offshore accommodation rig being built in China, the company announced on 17 April 2013. Wartsila power…

Stone secures Ensco rig for Cardona

Apr 08, 2013

Stone Energy Corp. hired an ENSCO drilling rig for its Cardona program at Mississippi Canyon block 29, the company announced on April 8, 2013.an ENSCO 8500 series drilling rigThe Ensco 8500 series dynamically-positioned deepwater drilling rig…

Ocean Installer names head of US office

Apr 08, 2013

Ocean Installer named Michael Newbury president of its new US office, located in Houston.Michael NewburyNewbury joined Ocean Installer after serving as vice president for operations and business development at US-based subsea contractor Deep Down Inc…

ExxonMobil expands off Liberia

Apr 05, 2013

ExxonMobil Corp. announced that its Liberian affiliate has acquired from Canadian Overseas Petroleum (Bermuda) Ltd. (COPL) 80% interest in Liberia Block 13 (LB-13)Map of LB-13 off Liberia (Image: COPL)The block comprises more than 625,000 acres (2…

Pemex, Exxon sign cooperative agreement

Apr 04, 2013

Mexican state oil company Pemex and US oil giant ExxonMobil renewed a general cooperation agreement to share technical and scientific information, Pemex announced on April 3, 2013.Mexican President Enrique Pena NietoThe five-year agreement, Pemex said…

Heerema wins Hejre jacket, wellhead deck

Apr 02, 2013

Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) in the Netherlands has received the contract from Technip France for the Procurement and Fabrication of the DONG Hejre jacket, piles and pre-drilling wellhead deck destined for the Hejre oil & gas field located in the central part of the North Sea offshore Denmark…

Apache adds 14 GOM blocks

Apr 02, 2013

Apache subsidiaries placed high bids on 14 blocks during the most recent Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227, the company announced on April 1, 2013.(Image: Chevron-Statoil ASA)Apache said it was the sole bidder on nine shallow water blocks on the continental shelf…

Pacific Rubiales opts for Bilby stake

Mar 28, 2013

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. opted to acquire a 35% interest in Block S-M-1166 held by Karoon Gas Australia Ltd. through the funding and participation in the Bilby-1 exploration well, in the Santos Basin off Brazil.Click to view larger…

Aker Solutions acquires Enovate Systems

Mar 28, 2013

Aker Solutions acquired Aberdeen-based well control equipment firm Enovate Systems for an undisclosed amount. Aker plans to develop Enovate as an independent supplier of components and products that can be used for open water workover, riser workover…

Mediterranean activity rebounds after unsettled 2012

Mar 27, 2013

Oilfield activity in the Mediterranean region was disrupted by extreme political events last year across northern Africa. The ‘Arab Spring’ revolutions in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, as well as the continuing conflict in Syria shut down most non-essential activity…

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