Ezra’s subsea services division, EMAS AMC, finalized a contract with BHP Billiton for the Angostura phase 3 development offshore Trinidad and Tobago in the eastern Trinidadian sector of the Venezuela basin. The total scope of work includes the project management…
ABB installed the world's most powerful offshore converter platform, the DolWin2, in the North Sea by ABB, with a transmission capacity that can power more than 1 million households with clean wind energy. The 320-kilovolt converter station…
Origin Energy’s BassGas production has exceeded 60 TJ/d following the Yolla-5 development well coming online offshore Australia, according to partner AWE Ltd. Image of BassGas. From Origin. The…
SPE Offshore Europe 2017 is set to host a new Decommissioning Zone, the organisers have announced. Working in partnership with Decom North Sea (DNS), the new Zone will provide a platform to share the latest market trend and technologies…
Azerbaijan represents around $17billion of bidding opportunities for UK oil and gas companies, according to UK Trade and Investment (UKTI). At the government department’s Azerbaijan market briefing yesterday, the agency said skills developed…
The past year has highlighted a significant change in landscape for the industry, but there is still hope, UK chairman and managing partner of Ernst and Young (EY), Steve Varley told yesterday’s SPE Offshore Europe breakfast session. “Where there is hope…
Woodside confirms that it provided Oil Search a confidential and non-binding proposal to merge through a scheme of arrangement under the Papua New Guinea Companies Act. Woodside is currently engaging with Oil Search in relation to the proposal…
GE, Statoil agreement GE Oil & Gas has signed a framework agreement with Statoil to provide subsea operations services on the Tordis, Vigdis, Snorre and Troll fields, offshore Norway. GE Oil & Gas will run the services from their Dusavik site…
Apache has exercised the first of two options to extend its existing contract with Archer for the provision of platform drilling services for one year. 'We are very pleased to have been awarded this contract extension. It is excellent…
GE Oil & Gas has signed a framework agreement with Norway's Statoil to provide subsea operations services for the company's operated fields Tordis, Vigdis, Snorre and Troll, located north west off the coast of Stavanger. GE Oil & Gas will run the services from their Dusavik site…
Technip has been awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract by PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) for the D18 Project. The project covers the procurement and installation of two 8” water injection flexible pipes totalling 9…
Oil and gas engineering services firm Plexus Holdings has signed an agreement with Aquaterra Energy to jointly supply high-pressure/high-temperature dual barrier marine risers utilizing Plexus’ POS-GRIP technology. The new risers will be a new solution for use on jackup rigs…
An aging asset doesn’t mean unmanageable, unprofitable and inoperable. There is still potential to be realized from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), despite the challenges of the current climate. In terms of oil alone, it is estimated that there are around 25 billion barrels to be recovered…
Wintershall Norge has awarded Odfjell Drilling's semisubmersible Deepsea Stavanger a contract for the drilling of production wells on the Maria field in the Haltenbanken area on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The firm contract is for…
Private equity backed Proserv Group has bought Aberdeen-based subsea acoustic positioning firm Nautronix. Employing 120 people, Nautronix is recognised for its through-water digital acoustic wireless communications and positioning systems…
