ALE loaded-out the 27,500-tonne Malikai tension leg platform (TLP) at Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE) West in Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia. Load out operations of the Malikai TLP, from ALE…
Santos began drilling the AAL-4X appraisal well, offshore Indonesia using the PT Apexindo's Raniworo jackup. AAL-4X is located in the West Natuna basin in the Northwest Natuna license and sits in 72m water depth Santos is drilling…
Swiber Holdings reported a net loss of US$0.2 million for Q1 2016, in addition to a group revenue increase of $191.3 million due to South Asia projects. The offshore engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) company's…
Quadrant Energy is set to begin drilling operations at the Outtrim East-1 well in the North West Shelf of Western Australia in June, using the Noble Tom Prosser jackup, according to partner Carnarvon Petroleum. Carnarvon's CEO Adrian…
In this video, Statoil shows still drilling at its Statfjord area, offshore Norway. Statfjord is one of the oldest producing fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, and the largest oil discovery in the North Sea. The field…
Ithaca Energy's UK North Sea Stella field production is on schedule for September 2016, following planned sailaway of the FPF-1 floating production facility from Poland next month. The FPF-1, previously used by Hess on the North Sea Ivanhoe and Rob Roy fields…
Total's Laggan-Tormore subsea to shore development west of Shetland has now ramped up to full production at 90,000 boe/d. The French oil giant held an official inauguration ceremony at the Shetland Gas Plant, built to receive the production…
The Super Puma helicopter crash which killed 11 offshore staff and two helicopter pilots in Norway was sudden, catastrophic and developed in just seconds, according to a preliminary report by Norway's Accident Investigation Board, released today…
Oil major BP has bought a 16% stake in the high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) Culzean development project in the North Sea, doubling its stake to 32%. BP has acquired the stake from JX Nippon. Maersk Oil North Sea operates the US$4…
Brazil’s interim president Michel Temer has appointed Fernando Bezerra Filho as the country’s new mines and energy minister amid a political battle that suspended Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff from office yesterday (12 May). Image of Filho…
Managing director of Keppel Offshore & Marine, Michael Chia Hock Chye, has joined KrisEnergy’s board of directors as a non- executive director effective 13 May 2016. Chia has also been appointed as a member of the audit committee and nominating committee…
Visiongain's new Marine Seismic Equipment and Acquisition Markets 2016-2026 report indicates that the marine seismic market will see capex of US$273 million on equipment and $2.7 billion on acquisition in 2016. The fall in the price of…
KrisEnergy nearly tripled its revenue in Q1 2016 and more than doubled its production when compared to Q1 2015, due to two new fields that started production in the Gulf of Thailand. Image from KrisEnergy…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Wintershall Norge consent for exploration drilling at the Orion prospect in the North Sea with the Borgland Dolphin semisubmersible. The 35/11-19S well is located in production license 248…
The source of a leak that spilled 2100 bbl (88,200 gallons) of crude oil into the US Gulf of Mexico around Shell's Glider field has been identified, the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced on 13 May. On-site investigators…