Growing demand for offshore accomodation vessels in the North Sea is increasing rates and accomodatoin quality as operators seek to improve spanner time, says analysts Douglas Westwood. The firm says declining North Sea production and…
Centrica Energy has started drilling on the Pegasus West well 43/13b-7 on P1724 in the UKCS. The well is being drilled with the Noble Julie Robertson jackup rig in 95ft water depthabout 7km WSW of the 43/13b-6Z Pegasus North discovery well…
A second production well on Nexen Petroleum's Blackbird field in the UK North Sea has reached 7000bbl/d under a constrained production test, according to partner Atlantic Petroleum. The well, 20/02a-B3, was constrained by surface equipment…
Oil and gas pipe measurement specialist Optical Metrology Services (OMS) has appointed Denise Smiles as its CEO, replacing former CEO and founder Dr. Tim Clarke, who is appointed as non-executive chairman at OMS. OMS said Denise will…
Wood Group has boosted its Norwegian offshore engineering capability by buying Agility Projects from Agility Group for about US$164 million. Agility Projects is a Norwegian engineering, procurement, construction management, installation and commissioning company…
Dragon Oil secured its first operatorship outside Turkmenistan and expects production to reach up to 90,000bo/d by the end of the year. Dr Abdul Jaleel Al Khalifa, Dragon Oil's CEO, said: 'We are pleased to report that the contract has been signed for Block 19 East Zeit Bay…
The Fukushima Forward 2MW floating offshore wind turbine. Photo from Fukushima Forward. A growing number of companies are eying options for floating offshore wind. Elaine Maslin learned why at All Energy in Aberdeen…
Houston-based EFC Group appointed Anand Puthran as its managing director, a newly created role for the company. Puthran joins EFC Group with more than 15 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry in managerial positions…
Industry body Oil & Gas UK has welcomed HM Treasury’s plans to launch a formal consultation into the future of the UK offshore oil and gas tax regime. The trade body says it believes the sector faces an uncertain future and that the tax review is therefore now urgently needed…
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has received a contract worth US$2.7 million from OMV (Norge) and its partners in PL537 for 3D EM data acquisition in the Barents Sea. The survey will commence in July using the vessel Atlantic Guardian…
Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh Campus has ordered an ASV C-Enduro. The C-Enduro Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) will be used for research in persistent and long-term autonomy with multiple remote and autonomous marine platforms. The…
Baker Hughes issued the June 2014 international rotary drilling rig count this week, showing a total of 1344 rigs operating outside the US & Canada in June. International activity was down 6 rigs from the 1350 rigs drilling in May 2014…
On 9 July, Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority granted consent for Statoil to use the semisubmersible drilling rig Transocean Spitsbergen to drill exploration well 7125 4-3 Ensis at Production Licence 393 in the Barents Sea. The drilling location is about 42 km from the nearest land…
On 25 June, London-based Premier Oil plc announced the appointment of Tony Durrant as Chief Executive Officer. Durrant joined Premier in June 2005 and has served as Finance Director of the company for nine years. Prior to joining Premier…
Siemens announced it has completed installation of the offshore platform for the direct-current connection HelWin2. Working under contract from the German-Dutch grid operator TenneT, Siemens has achieved a decisive milestone of the German grid connection projects…