Statoil and Eni have awarded Bristow the contract for one SAR (search and rescue) helicopter, and one transport helicopter, which can be converted to a SAR helicopter when needed. Both are Sikorsky S-92 helicopters. Each contract has…
Japan's Inpex has made its first move into Norway by agreeing to acquire a 40% stake in PL767 in the western Barents Sea from Bayerngas Norge. Map of PL767, from Inpex. The license…
Sparrows Group has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Matt Corbin as its regional operations director for the UK and Europe to support the company’s continued growth in the oil and gas, renewables and industrial sectors…
Operator Statoil has decided to side-track the Verbier exploration well in the Moray Firth of the UK North Sea, despite reaching a water bearing reservoir in the original target. Wireline log data suggested indications of the potential…
Fugro has announced plans to establish a Hydrography Centre of Excellence for the Americas, supporting its strategic focus on growth in this market sector. Utilizing specialist resources that include autonomous vessels and aircraft, integrated data acquisition techniques…
Karoon Gas says it still intends to move forward with the proposed divestment deal with Petrobras for the Bauna and Tartaruga assets, and the development of Echidna. Map of Santos basin, from Karoon…
Shell, operator of the Lomond platform, advised a delay to the restart of Chevron’s Erskine production pending completion of repairs, according to Erskine partner Serica Energy. Erskine. Image from Chevron…
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions used SPE Offshore Europe Conference & Exhibition in Aberdeen as a platform to launch its latest Isolastperfluoroelastomer (FFKM) material development. Specifically engineered for the offshore industry, Isolast J9554…
Wood Group’s proposed US$2.72 billion deal to takeover Amec Foster Wheeler is closer to completion following approval from the Mexican antitrust commission today (15 September). Watson. Image from Wood Group…
It's time to put your company in the limelight: the 2018 Offshore Achievement Awards (OAA) has been launched and it looking for entries. The annual event was launched during SPE Offshore Europe 2017 in Aberdeen. The annual awards, organized…
Searcher Seismic has announced entry into Argentina with four new multi-client projects. Commencing in phases, the first phase comprises of an Offshore Basin Analysis Report providing a regional framework to understand the offshore basins of Argentina…
Norwegian seismic equipment supplier inApril has completed a full-scale sea trial of its node-based seabed seismic acquisition system Venator from 17-23 August. InApril says Venator is the first seabed-based exploration tool to provide…
TechnipFMC has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract from Hurricane Energy for the Lancaster early production system (EPS), west of Shetland. Hurricane took final investment devision on the project yesterday…
Ophir Energy is holding out hope that the Fortuna FLNG project offshore Equatorial Guinea will reach final investment decision (FID) by the end of the year, however, the company still has a few hurdles to pass. Fortuna FLNG…
ABS has completed the design review of the front end engineering and design (FEED) documentation for the University of Maine (UMaine) developed floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) concept, the VolturnUS. VolturnUS…