A corner of Norway has something of a heritage when it comes to cranes and lifting equipment. The area has developed its own cluster, which held its first conference this year. The Molde area has a heritage in cranes lifting equipment…
SBM Offshore’s Fast4Ward project aims to cut costs for FPSOs by standardizing as much as possible. The Dutch firm sets out the details. Modules under construction at the BRASA shipyard in Niterói…
The South American offshore market is back on the heat map, due to Exxon’s major Guyana discovery and Statoil’s interest in Brazil’s Carcará, says Rystad Energy’s Kjetil Solbraekke. Statoil took over as operator of the Peregrino field (FPSO pictured)…
Shell’s Stones development will be home to the Gulf of Mexico’s second FPSO, but while it may be No. 2, the FPSO may hold a few firsts itself. Audrey Leon found out more. Aerial views of the Turritella FPSO while docked at Keppel’s yard…
Speed is of the essence on some projects and that’s just what SAL Offshore faced offshore Alaska. Elaine Maslin reports. MV Svenja installing the monopod. Photos from SAL Offshore. SAL Offshore had to mobilize…
The move towards all-electric subsea facilities will precipitate an evolution in umbilical design. Alan Dobson outlines the challenges and what is already available for the market. Technip Umbilicals R&D Center…
A number of key contracts were awarded in 1H 2016 in Brazil, pointing to a recovery of the local oil and gas sector. The Polvo FPSO (right) while docked at Keppel FELS shipyard. Photo from Keppel…
Putting the Brent field online in 1976 was a feat. Decommissioning the field’s four massive platforms is equally challenging. Elaine Maslin sets out Shell’s latest plans and how it came to them. End of an era at Brent…
Brazil’s senate has removed President Dilma Rousseff from office today (31 August) in a 61-20 vote, convicting her of breaking budget laws, and masking the extent of Brazil’s financial woes. Temer…
Seanamic Group has acquired the business and trading assets of IMES, an inspection and monitoring engineering solutions company. Headquartered in Aberdeen, with offices in Plymouth, Portsmouth, Rosyth and Sheffield, IMES provides bespoke monitoring and load measurement systems to the marine…
Irish explorer Providence Resources has appointed a well management services contractor for its deepwater Druid well in the Porcupine Basin. The firm also expects to save 30% on drilling costs, thanks to a drop in rates in the last estimate…
Wood Group has been awarded a four-year frame agreement by Wintershall Norge to tender for provision of modification and maintenance services to assets in the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The deal comes with two three-year extension options and is effective immediately…
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded two contracts worth more than £2.5 million to Schlumberger WesternGeco and DownUnder Geosolutions (DUG), in collaboration with Geopartners, to supply around 15,000km of reprocessed multi-client…
Norway's Det norske oljeselskap has made a 24-74 MMboe oil discovery on exploration well 25/2-18 S on the Langfjellet prospect in license 442 the Norwegian North Sea. The well encountered a gross oil column of 109m in the Vestland Group…
Image from AccuWeather. Click to enlarge. The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) updated its statistics on storm preparations in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in advance of Tropical Depression No…