Open water coiled tubing drilling has been used offshore Norway in an industry first. Elaine Maslin found out more. Island Offshore’s Island Constructor. Images from Centrica Norge Coiled tubing drilling (CTD) isn’t a new concept…
The job of placing ocean bottom nodes for seismic acquisition could be set for a revolution. Elaine Maslin looks at Autonomous Robotics Limited’s concept. A single node, nose on. Images from Autonomous Robotics Ltd…
2H Offshore’s Mike Campbell and John Gaver discuss design challenges of riserless well intervention systems and best practices. Figure 1 – Traditional vs riserless intervention systems…
Audrey Leon chats with Gerald (Jerry) Stone, senior vice president, Fluor Offshore Solutions, about his unlikely career in engineering, his take on the current market situation, and his work in harsh environments. Jerry Stone…
Weatherford’s Alex Goodwin explains how a RFID circulation sub displaced seawater to facilitate a formation integrity test in the Gulf of Mexico. The JetStream circulation sub can be activated…
Sterling Energy's subsidiary Sterling Energy Mauritania Ltd. (SEML) has submitted a notice of withdrawal to its joint venture partners in Block C-3, offshore Mauritania. As part of the withdrawal, SEML will assign its entire 40.5% participating…
Lundin Malaysia commenced drilling of the Maligan exploration well in Block SB307/SB308, offshore East Malaysia. The Maligan prospect is in shallow water and lies to the north of a major producing field in offshore East Malaysia. The well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands…
In Chevron's Q4 2015 earnings conference call today, the company announced it was cancelling the deepwater Gulf of Mexico project Buckskin-Moccasin, instead choosing to advance other projects, particularly onshore in the Permian basin. Chevron's…
Swedish oil exploration and production firm Lundin Petroleum has dropped its capital spending budget 26% compared to 2016, but still expects a positive year as production at Edvard Grieg ramps up. Lundin's exploration spending will drop 64% compared to 2015…
Further detail of support measures for the UK's oil and gas industry were revealed yesterday following a visit by Prime Minister David Cameron to oil city Aberdeen. Cameron first signed a 'UK City Deal' fund of up to £250 million (US$358…
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has issued its first Approval in Principle for an ocean thermal energy converter (OTEC). The approval applies to a 1MW plant developed by the Korea Research Institute of Ships and…
The living quarters module for Statoil's Aasta Hansteen development, offshore Norway, have been lifted onto the project's SPAR topside. The topside is currently being constructed in Hyundai Heavy Industries yard in Ulsan, South Korea…
Global offshore rig utilization dropped from 87% to 73% across 2015, to the lowest levels in 30 years, according to Clarksons Research. Global Jackup working utilization declined from 86% to 70%, down from a high of 95% in 2013, while…
Schedule slippage is an ever-present reality for exploration and production (E&P) projects, especially for the more complex mega-projects, says Norwegian oilfield analysts Rystad. 'In addition to subsurface challenges, above-ground issues…
ION Geophysical has been awarded an extension to its existing multi-year contract with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the national oil company of Mexico. Under this contract, ION is providing a broad range of seismic data processing for multiple offshore and onshore surveys…