Production at Chevron’s Erskine restarted late last month in the central North Sea, following the completion of maintenance work at Shell’s Lomond platform. Erskine. Image from Chevron. Erskine…
ION Geophysical Corp. won an award for its ION in-field acquisition optimization services for all time-lapse, or 4D, towed streamer projects for the 2016 North Sea season. The company was awarded a total of five 4D projects, which include…
Subsea umbilicals and power cables firm JDR has unveiled its horizontal lay-up machine (HLM) at its Hartlepool manufacturing facility. The HLM will enable JDR to provide the next generation of reliable and safe subsea connectivity to the oil…
Det norske oljeselskap is to move ahead with an appraisal well on the Langfjellet discovery in the Norwegian North Sea. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted the firm a drilling permit for well 25/2-18 A using the Maersk Interceptor drilling rig in production license 442…
The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway has granted Statoil consent to use the Floatel Endurance mobile accommodation facility at Gina Krog in the North Sea. Floatel Endurance is a semisubmersible facility, which is to operate for Statoil…
Time and greater understanding makes most people and companies look at projects and assets differently and it’s no different for oilfields. Elaine Maslin reports from Devex. The Britannia BLP…
Putting the Brent field online in 1976 was a feat. Decommissioning the field’s four massive platforms is equally challenging. Elaine Maslin sets out Shell’s latest plans and how it came to them. End of an era at Brent…
The move towards all-electric subsea facilities will precipitate an evolution in umbilical design. Alan Dobson outlines the challenges and what is already available for the market. Technip Umbilicals R&D Center…
Applying digital technology to the Culzean HPHT development could provide efficiency savings of at least US$10 million per annum and introduce the iPad and tablet as standard offshore equipment. Maersk Oil’s Troels Albrechtsen explains. The…
The all-electric subsea Xmas tree, complete with electric downhole safety valve, has finally made its debut. Elaine Maslin spoke to Total’s Frederic Garnaud about the achievement. The K5F-3 subsea all-electric Xmas tree from OneSubsea…
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded two contracts worth more than £2.5 million to Schlumberger WesternGeco and DownUnder Geosolutions (DUG), in collaboration with Geopartners, to supply around 15,000km of reprocessed multi-client…
Norway's Det norske oljeselskap has made a 24-74 MMboe oil discovery on exploration well 25/2-18 S on the Langfjellet prospect in license 442 the Norwegian North Sea. The well encountered a gross oil column of 109m in the Vestland Group…
Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by DONG Energy, to support the firm's oil and gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves. Front end development, maintenance and modifications…
Ithaca Energy’s FPF-1 floating production facility (FPU) is now on location on the Stella field in the UK North Sea, according to partner Petrofac. Illustration of the Greater Stella Area, from Ithaca…
Oil major Shell has completed system testing of the Ormen Lange subsea compression pilot in Norway, technology provider GE Oil & Gas has said. GE says it is the world’s first subsea gas compression system with a full subsea power supply…