The University of Houston (UH) petroleum engineering program – started in 2009 with just 20 undergraduate students – has been elevated to a full department within the UH Cullen College of Engineering. The move was announced this month. The new department…
Paradigm released Paradigm Geolog 7.4, the latest version of its Geolog formation evaluation software suite. Geolog 7.4 offers engineering functionalities that expand the product's reach into additional phases of the production cycle…
MacGregor create a new division 'Advanced Offshore Solutions' by merging its two Norway-based divisions and combining the strengths in offshore mooring, loading and load handling businesses. With the new joint division MacGregor aims to gain…
From 2-4 September 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil Petroleum's maintenance management at Gullfaks A (GFA). The audit is part of the processing of the application for consent for an operating life extension for GFA…
Saudi Aramco and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed a general memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly collaborate on business development opportunities in Saudi Arabia. The MoU lays out a comprehensive, multi-faceted business cooperation framework in areas such as engineering…
Subsea 7 has signed a long-term partnership frame agreement with Premier Oil to provide concept engineering, front-end engineering and design, subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines project execution and life of field operations, on a preferred supplier basis…
Ceragon Networks announced that Statoil, has formally awarded Ceragon Networks a five-year frame agreement, with an option to extend for five consecutive two-year periods. Most recently, Statoil has placed orders for Ceragon's IP-20 platform…
Husky Energy has installed the jacket and wellhead platform for the Madura Strait BD gas-condensate field development, offshore Indonesia. Development drilling is expected to started soon, at the 55m water depth site, and the project remains on target for first production in 2017…
Oil and gas decision-makers are coming under increasing pressure to reduce asset downtime, according to new research. Commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Energy, the research polled 80 senior decision-makers in the oil and gas industry in October 2015…
Image from Ashtead Technology. Ashtead Technology has secured a global asset management agreement with Blue Ocean Monitoring to store, maintain and supply underwater gliders for ocean data monitoring…
Dutch engineering and fabrication firm Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has opened its new Heerema Innovation Center, where it plans to develop next-generation welding robots, and use latest gaming and data processing technology. The center is cloes to HFG's Zwijndrecht headquarters…
The results of two DNV GL led joint industry projects (JIPs) and a JIP pre-study commissioned by Statoil are now captured in a new Recommended Practice (RP) on offshore fiber ropes. With a system perspective on mooring performance, DNVGL…
Lundin is on track to start up tohe Edward Grieg field this month after Norway's Petroleum Safety have the firm the green light for start-up and operation. The Edvard Grieg field is 35km of the Grane and Balder fields in 110m water depth…
Technip CEO Thierry Pilenko. Photo from Technip. “We are in an environment where something was broken.” It’s a harsh summary but one few would dispute. Nor would many now…
Image: Eni Goliat illustration overview/Eni Lankhorst Ropes Offshore has overseen the installation of the mooring ropes for the Goliat FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) for Eni Norge…