GMC Inc. has been awarded a contract to deliver its high strength fatigue resistant mechanical connector product as part of Total’s Republic of Congo Moho Nord TLP project. GMC will supply more than 100 sets of its concentric thread…
Industry body Oil & Gas UK has appointed finance and accounting firm EY to undertake further research into the economic contribution of Britain’s oil and gas supply chain to the UK – believed presently to be worth £27 billion. Using data from over 1000 companies…
Forces transforming the global energy industry are presenting both opportunities and challenges for Russia, according to senior government and industry figures at the World Energy Congress in Korea. Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy…
The first decommissioning relief deeds have been presented by new Economic Secretary to the Treasury Nicky Morgan to senior representatives from the oil and gas industry. The deeds will provide greater certainty over the tax relief companies…
The Wintershall-operated Asha East well offshore Norway has come up dry, partner Bridge Energy announced. The well will be plugged and abandoned due to no signs of movable hydrocarbons, Bridge said. The primary target in Asha East…
CNOOC Ltd started production at two of its offshore fields, the Wenchang 19-1 North and Weizhou 12-8 West. The Wenchang 19-1 North oil field is located in the western Pearl River Mouth Basin with an average water depth of about 120-130m…
Houston-based GMC Inc. has been awarded a contract to deliver its high strength fatigue resistant mechanical connector product as part of Total’s Republic of Congo Moho Nord TLP project. GMC will supply over a hundred sets of its concentric thread…
“The safe transfer of personnel is a key challenge in the offshore environment,” says Reflex Marine founder & CEO Phillip Strong. The company organized a 3-hour seminar on crane transfer safety at EnerMech in Aberdeen prior to the start of SPE Offshore Europe 2013…
In Houston on August 21, at The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology’s (IMarEST) First Offshore Oil and Gas Engineering conference, Les Douthwaite received the President’s Commendation Award, an annual international award recognizing exceptional service to the organization…
Entries are now open for the 2014 Offshore Achievement Awards, hosted by SPE Aberdeen and supported by Offshore Engineer and TAQA. For more than 27 years, the awards have recognized outstanding success and innovation in the oil and gas sector…
Abu Dhabi-based subsea engineering and diving services firm DCN Global has been bought by Fugro Subsea Middle East. The company, which will be renamed Fugro Subsea Services (Middle East), has primarily operated in the Middle East, Caspian…
The University of Stavanger has been chosen as the home for a new Norwegian national research center for increased oil recovery. The University of Stavanger (UiS), the International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS) and Institute for…
Directors of Aberdeen-based Bridge Energy have approved a £103 million takeover bid from Norway’s Spike Exploration. The deal would see Spike acquire the entire issued share capital of Bridge Energy at a premium of about 41% to Bridge’s share price on its last trading day…
A new company, DNV GL Group, has been formed following the merger of DNV and GL Noble Denton. DNV GL Group is now a major ship and offshore classification society, providing technical assurance and risk management services to the oil and gas industry and expertise in wind…
Stavanger-based Ocean Installer AS and Houston-based McDermott International, Inc. mutually agreed to dissolve their North Sea projectspecific alliance that the two companies entered in December 2012. McDermott said that opportunities under the alliance have not materialized…