Oilfield service firm AGR has agreed a framework agreement with recently founded Norwegian oil development firm Okea. Okea was founded in Trondheim in 2015 with the aim of finding cost effective development and operation systems for currently…
First oil has been achieved from the Aje field, offshore Nigeria, according to field partner Panoro Energy. The field is in OML 113, in the western part of Nigeria in the Dahomey Basin, and operated by Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Company…
UK-based well examination services firm Chris Dykes International has been acquired by Danish well management company WellPerform. Established by Chris Dykes in 2002, following a career with oil majors and the UK's Health and Safety Executive…
Statoil has awarded IKM Consultants, together with strategic alliance partners and subcontractors, a four-year framework agreement for the delivery of multi-technical disciplines and project administrative consultancy services. The agreement covers onshore…
AGR have been awarded a frame agreement with Lundin Norway for delivering consultancy services on- and offshore Norway. The four-year agreement has extension options which could see the partnership continue for eight years in total. “We…
North Sea focused explorer Independent Oil and Gas has signed a rig contract with Transocean for use of the John Shaw semisubmersible drilling rig. The rig will be used to drill an appraisal well on IOG's 100% operated Skipper oil discovery in Block 9/21a in the Northern North Sea…
Independent Oil and Gas has executed a well management contract with AGR Well Management for the drilling of the North Sea appraisal well on Skipper, which is on track to spud in late January or early February 2016. As part of its payment…
You’ve found the oil. Now drill into significant cost savings.Having the resources is only the start. It’s knowing how to maximise the potential as cost-efficiently as possible is the key. Based on knowledge gained over 500 global drilling operations…
Independent Oil and Gas’s (IOG) Skipper discovery in the UK North Sea received an increase of recoverable resources by 6% to 34.1 MMbbl. Map of Skipper. From IOG. Skipper, currently in the advanced stages of planning…
Independent Oil & Gas (IOG) has made significant progress towards drilling the Skipper well in the Northern North Sea, located in Block 9/21a, in license P1609. Image from IOG. Alpha…
Norway-based Bergen Group has appointed Hans Petter Eikeland as its new CEO as of today, 28 August. Hans Petter Eikeland is appointed up to July 2016 and succeeds Asle Solheim. “Eikeland has an industrial understanding and vigor that…
Five companies have been named as new North Sea player MOL Energy's collaborative partners, as part of an alternative approach to supply chain management championed by the firm's UK managing director. MOL says that after putting into…
AGR's board of directors has made internal promotions to appoint a new CEO and CFO, as current CEO, Åge Landro, moves on to a new role after 11 years with AGR. Svein Sollund, part of AGR’s executive team for eight years, has been appointed as CEO…
Marginal field-focused explorer Enegi Oil's joint venture with ABTechnology (ABTOG) has signed a collaboration agreement with global engineering and design consultancy Arup. Arup becomes the latest member of the Marginal Field Delivery…
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects need to demonstrate, through monitoring, that the injected CO2 is contained within the geological store during and after injection and no unexpected migration has occurred. In order to achieve this…
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