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DNV GL sets up subsea remote surveillance

Aug 07, 2017

DNV GL has developed a solution for remote surveillance service for subsea equipment manufacturing, while keeping innovation and cost savings in mind. Remote surveillance test setup at DNV GL offices…

DONG divests 50% of Borkum Riffgrund 2

Aug 07, 2017

DONG Energy has agreed to sell 50% of Borkum Riffgrund 2, a 450 MW German offshore wind farm project, to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in a deal worth nearly US$1.4 billion. Borkum Riffgrund 2 jacket sailaway…

Petrofac to perform maintenance study

Aug 07, 2017

Petrofac has been awarded a research study from the Energy Institute’s Process Safety Committee in a bid to help improve maintenance management performance across the oil and gas industry. Under the terms of the agreement, Petrofac will…

Cairn hits oil, gas in last SNE probe

Aug 07, 2017

Cairn Energy has discovered hydrocarbons at its SNE North-1 wildcat well offshore Senegal, as well as oil in a deeper secondary objective, marking the end to the company’s five-well drilling campaign for the year.   Map of the SNE field…

Statoil makes non-commercial Barents discovery

Aug 07, 2017

Statoil and partners OMV and Petoro have made a non-commercial gas discovery in the Gemini North well, northeast of the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea. The well found a small amount of oil.   The well was drilled in license PL 855…

Woodside makes third Myanmar gas discovery

Aug 07, 2017

Woodside has made its third gas discovery offshore Myanmar. The Pyi Thit-1 exploration well in Block A-6 in the Southern Rakhine Basin intersected a 65m gross gas column. A 36m net gas pay interval was interpreted within the primary target sandstone reservoir…

API disappointed in BOEM seismic assessment

Aug 07, 2017

The American Petroleum Institute (API) says it is disappointed in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on seismic surveying in the Gulf of Mexico. The programmatic EIS…

OGA adds 7 blocks to UKCS 30th round

Aug 04, 2017

The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has included seven additional blocks to the 30th Offshore Licensing Round that was announced in late-July.  Image from iStock. OGA said that…

Statoil gets Koigen Central go ahead

Aug 04, 2017

Statoil has received the green light from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for a drilling permit for the Koigen Central wildcat (well 7317/9-1) in the Barents Sea.  Map of 7317/9-1, Koigen Central…

New, full service P&A business launched

Aug 04, 2017

A new entrant to the North Sea decommissioning market has been launched, with backing from a group of well known industry leaders and goals to attract US$263 million (£200 million) in investment and create 400 new jobs. Well-Safe Solutions wants to offer a cost-effective…

Apache brings Callater online

Aug 04, 2017

Apache has brought its Callater North Sea subsea tieback on stream ahead of schedule. Discovered in 2015, Callater, a six-well slot bundle tieback to the Beryl Alpha facility.  It was among three fields, including Seagull and Corona…

Pacific Drilling gaining deepwater interest

Aug 03, 2017

The new Pacific Drilling CEO says that the company is gaining an increased interest in the deepwater sector for 2018, as the company recorded a loss in Q2, amid the possibility of filing for bankruptcy. The Pacific Bora…

Perenco takes half of Serept, Ashtart off Tunisia

Aug 03, 2017

OMV and Perenco have closed a deal that makes Perenco part owner of independent oil and gas company Serept, as well as the Ashtart oil field offshore Tunisia. Ashtart. Image from OMV. The…

Major HSE resource launched

Aug 03, 2017

The author of the report into the Piper Alpha disaster, 29 years ago, has today welcomed the launch of a new oil and gas resource to help prevent future offshore incidents. Encompassing the Future: Offshore Oil and Gas Operations is a multi-volume volume print and digital resource…

Jacobs to acquire CH2M

Aug 02, 2017

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and CH2M Hill Companies Ltd. have entered into a definitive agreement that will see Jacobs acquire all of the outstanding shares of CH2M in a cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value (EV) of approximately US$3…

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