ITF has surpassed more than 200 joint industry projects (JIP) in its 14-year history. Oil and gas industry leaders and the Rt. Hon. Michael Fallon MP, UK government Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Minister of State for Energy…
Harkand has confirmed the acquisition of the main assets and business of Veolia Marine Services (VMS). The transaction is in line with the announcement of May 21, 2013. The acquisition adds 150 onshore and offshore staff, three dynamically…
C-MAR Group has highlighted the UK’s escalating skills gap as the most critical issue facing the UK industry today. Speaking as the industry gathered for the Offshore Europe Conference in Aberdeen today, Chief Operating Officer Peter Aylott…
CGG announced that it has started the re-imaging of its entire Cornerstone multi-client dataset to create a 35,000sq km contiguous broadband PSDM volume, covering the Central North Sea. The existing conventional north-south, long-offset data…
Technip signed a four-year frame agreement with Petrobras for projects modifications services for the Rio de Janeiro Operations Unit, including existing offshore platforms located in the Campos Basin area, Brazil. The services comprise basic and detailed design…
Exmar signed a letter of intent (LOI) with LNG Partners, LLC and LNG BargeCo BVBA for the long-term charter of a Floating Liquefaction & Storage Unit (FLSU) to serve the BC LNG Project near Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada. As a focal point for the alliance…
Wood Mackenzie presented its view of the role of independent oil and gas companies globally in the keynote session: “The independent oil company – mighty oaks from little acorns grow.” This peer group has been at the forefront of conventional exploration…
Jack-up barge provider Gulf Marine Services is building its third E-Class jack-up vessel, GMS Enterprise, it has announced. The vessel will add to GMS’ two existing E-Class units, GMS Endeavour and GMS Endurance. GMS Enterprise will…
UK Trade & Investment presented a varied session on petroleum investment opportunities in East and West Africa today, focusing on Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, and Ghana. Mrs. Wanjiku Manyara, general manager of the Petroleum Institute of East Africa…
Integrated drilling and environmental solutions firm TWMA says it has become the first company to be awarded an offshore processing contract in Angola. The agreement, worth up to $35m, will see TWMA take the concept of offshore processing to the rapidly developing area…
“Rumours of the IOCs demise are premature”, said Shell’s upstream director Andy Brown to a crowded lunch discussion on the roles of IOCs, Independents and NOCs yesterday. Brown said as NOCs are now operating outside their home countries…
Representatives from Brazil’s government and oil and gas industry advocated strongly for British investment at UKTI’s panel discussion on Brazil Tuesday morning. “Several companies are going to Brazil, and now is the time to go,” said Carlos Camerini…
Siemens is hoping to have a complete subsea power grid installed on the seabed by 2018, according to its head of subsea power solutions. The division has been formed by Siemen’s acquisition of Bennex from Subsea Technology Group in 2011…
This decade is a unique opportunity for European contractors and suppliers to really go for it in terms of looking to win a larger global share of the supply market, Malcolm Brinded said yesterday. Brinded, of the Shell Foundation, was chairing…
Centrica Energy, stand 5D50, has completed its longest horizontal well using the Noble Julie Robertson (NJR) jack-up rig on the southern North Sea gas field. Running 19,000feet (6km), the extended reach well was drilled between December…