Petronas has awarded Bell Geospace and Onyx Engineering a contract for 3D multi-client full tensor gradiometry (FTG) data acquisition, processing and interpretative services that will cover approximately 198,900sq km offshore Peninsular Malaysia…
Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by DONG Energy, to support the firm's oil and gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves. Front end development, maintenance and modifications…
Ithaca Energy’s FPF-1 floating production facility (FPU) is now on location on the Stella field in the UK North Sea, according to partner Petrofac. Illustration of the Greater Stella Area, from Ithaca…
Oil major Shell has completed system testing of the Ormen Lange subsea compression pilot in Norway, technology provider GE Oil & Gas has said. GE says it is the world’s first subsea gas compression system with a full subsea power supply…
China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) signed a rig and logistics integrated service contract with Mexico’s Hokchi Energy S.A de C.V. as part of the country’s energy reform. The COSLHunter, from COSL…
The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway has granted Lundin Norway consent for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea. Lundin will drill exploration well 7219/12-1 in a prospect named Filicudi. The drilling site is 218km north-west of Hammerfest at 320m water depth…
Norwegian giant Statoil and Brazilian giant Petrobras entered into a two-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation between the two offshore Brazil. Statoil CEO, Eldar Sætre (left)…
Verisk Analytics, Inc. entered a deal to acquire the data and subscriptions business of Quest Offshore Resources, which supplies market intelligence to the offshore oil and gas sector. The data and subscriptions business will become part of Wood Mackenzie…
Statoil aims to conduct a major exploration campaign in several parts of the Barents Sea in 2017, in addition to strengthening its position in the area through several transactions with other companies. Barents map…
CGG signed an agreement with GNPC Operating Services Co. (GOSCO), an independent Ghanaian E&P services company, to form a joint-venture company dedicated to conducting high-end 2D, 3D and 4D marine seismic acquisition and related services in the territorial waters of the Republic of Ghana…
DNV GL’s new paper, ‘Enabling confidence – addressing uncertainty in risk assessments’, describes an improved risk management approach to achieve adequate safety levels while keeping costs under control. According to DNV GL, there is…
Statoil has gotten a four-month early start at its Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) field, which was scheduled for start-up on 24 December. The project has worked faster and now the field is onstream – at lower costs than planned, the company said…
Shell is divesting 100% of its Brutus and Glider assets in the Gulf of Mexico in a US$425 million cash deal with Houston-based and privately held EnVen Energy Corp. Brutus, during dockside integration…
Fire control and safety solutions firm Blaze Manufacturing Solutions has launched its new flexible pipe solution and announced a strategic partnership with a Norwegian firm at this year’s ONS Exhibition and Conference in Stavanger, Norway…
Aberdeen-based well management firm Zenith Energy has successfully completed the plug and abandonment (P&A) of the Ombrina Mare development well, offshore Italy, for London’s Rockhopper Exploration. The Atwood Beacon…