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Transocean in US$3.4 billion Songa takeover

Aug 15, 2017

Major offshore drilling contractor Transocean has moved to purchase Cyprus-headquartered Songa Offshore in a US$3.4 billion deal, the two companies announced today (15 August). Transocean expects the merger to close in Q4 2017. The Songa Endurance…

Video: Statoil installs Oseberg unmanned platform

Aug 14, 2017

Statoil installed its first unmanned wellhead platform, the Oseberg H for its Oseberg Vestflanken 2 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf this summer. Oseberg Vestflanken 2 installation. Image from Statoil…

Buchan Alpha arrives for decom

Aug 14, 2017

Repsol Sinopec Resources UK’s Buchan Alpha oil production vessel arrived in Lerwick, Shetland for disposal.    Buchan Alpha arrives in Lerwick. Image from Repsol. Repsol says…

Erin spuds Oyo-9 off Nigeria

Aug 14, 2017

Erin Energy started drilling the Oyo-9 well offshore Nigeria with the Pacific Bora sixth-generation drilling rig. Pacific Bora. Image from Pacific Drilling. The well is expected to take approximately 62 days to drill and complete…

BP starts at Juniper, Persephone

Aug 14, 2017

BP has started production from five of its seven major projects for the year, as the supermajor confirmed that the Juniper project offshore Trinidad, and Woodside Energy’s Persephone offshore Australia are both online. Juniper…

Ichthys Venturer arrives in Australia

Aug 14, 2017

The Ichthys Venturer floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility has arrived in Australian waters today (14 August), as Inpex gears up to begin hook-up and commissioning activities. The Ichthys Venturer at the DSME shipyard…

Bluestream inks Total IRM

Aug 14, 2017

Bluestream has been awarded an inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract with Total E&P Nederland BV for 36 offshore sites. VOS Sugar. Image from Bluestream. The contract is part of a long-term frame agreement…

Statoil spuds Verbier off UK

Aug 14, 2017

Statoil has spudded the last well of its three-well drilling campaign on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Transocean Spitsbergen. Image from Statoil. According to partner Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG)…

Aker BP starts Hyrokkin drilling

Aug 14, 2017

Aker BP started drilling operations at the well 25/4 – 11 on the Hyrokkin prospect in the Norwegian North Sea with the Maersk Interceptor jackup last week, according to partner Fortis Petroleum. Maersk Interceptor jackup…

MTE to complete Hebron project

Aug 11, 2017

Mech-Tool Engineering Ltd. (MTE) will provide its on-site supervision and inspection services to facilitate the launch of the Hebron platform, which is scheduled to produce first oil by the end of 2017. Image from MTE…

Peterhead to moor largest floating crane, 6 barges 

Aug 11, 2017

Peterhead Port Authority is set to support the start of offshore construction work for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Center (EOWDC) after signing an agreement to harbor the “game-changing” suction bucket jacket foundations for the 11-turbine scheme…

Bumi bags Lukoil EPCI in Caspian

Aug 11, 2017

Bumi Armada has signed a supplementary agreement with Lukoil for additional engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) work at the Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea. Aramada Installer…

Energy XXI scraps remaining 2017 drilling plans

Aug 11, 2017

Energy XXI reported mixed results for its current development drilling plans in the West Delta area of the Gulf of Mexico, and has cancelled plans to spud any additional wells in 2017. Source: Energy XXI…

Petrobras makes Marlim Sul pre-salt discovery

Aug 11, 2017

Petrobras encountered oil at the Poraquê Alto well, marking the company’s first commercial oil discovery in the pre-salt layer of the Marlim Sul area offshore Rio de Janiero state, Brazil. Map of Marlim Sul…

First steel cut on Dvalin subsea tieback

Aug 11, 2017

Norway's Aibel has started construction work on Dea's US$1.23 billion Norwegian Sea Davlin subsea tieback, with first steel cut on Dvalin module H25 in Haugesund. The Dvalin gas field, previously known as Zidane, discovered in 2010, is…

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