Year in review: 2014 - OEDigital’s top stories Mozambique NG flow test. OE staff presents a look back at 2014’s top stories posted on OEDigital.com. It was a year filled with highs and lows…
Production from the Kinnoull field in the North Sea has started, operator BP said this morning. The Kinnoull field, BP's seventh and final major project in 2014, has been developed as part of the Andrew field area rejuvenation, extending production there by a decade…
Transocean's Sedco Express semisubmersible drilling rig arrived at the Oyo field in oil mining lease (OML) 120 to begin operations for CAMAC Energy, offshore Nigeria. The Sedco Express. From Transocean…
The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) has given Det norske oljeselskap ASA consent to use the Transocean Winner mobile drilling facility to drill two new subsea production wells on the Alvheim field. The Transocean Winner…
BG Group started loading the first cargo of LNG from its Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) facility this week on the Methane Rita Andrea tri-fuel diesel electric (TFDE) LNG carrier. The Methane Rita Andrea…
The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a new recommended practice for structural integrity management to emphasize the importance of understanding topside structural integrity in order to maintain the offshore structures used in oil and natural gas drilling and production operations…
FMC Technologies received an order worth $393 million from Eni Angola to supply subsea production systems for its deepwater Block 15/06 East Hub development. Eni is the operator of Block 15/06, while Sonangol EP is the concessionaire…
Germany’s Wintershall increased the recoverable resources for its Norwegian Sea Maria field by 40MMboe. The Maria field. From Wintershall. The field is now expected to reach 180MMboe recoverable resources…
Chevron’s subsidiary Star Deep Water Petroleum awarded FMC Technologies a US$268 million contract to provide subsea equipment for operations for the Agbami field’s Phase 3, offshore Nigeria. The Agbami FPSO…
Statoil and partners are investing US$610 million in its latest fast-track project to develop the Rutil discovery that aims to extend the lifetime of the Gullfaks A platform and provide approximately 80MMboe. Ivar Aasheim…
The Origin Energy-operated BassGas joint venture is one step closer in the BassGas Mid Life Enhancement (MLE) project after completing the Yolla offshore platform heavy lift stage, off southeast Australia. BassGas offshore platform…
North Sea production efficiency rates are an embarrassment, says one of the basin’s leading independent operators. Elaine Maslin reports. The UK President of oil and gas independent EnQuest has said the North Sea industry should be 'shocked…
Spain's Repsol has agreed a deal to buy Canadian exploration and production company Talisman Energy for US$8.3 billion plus debt - amounting to the largest international deal by a Spanish company in five years. The deal, which had been rumored for some months…
The production test for Eni’s Minsala Marine 1 NFW exploration prospect, in shallow waters offshore Congo is complete. Map from Eni. Minsala Marine 1 NFW, located in the Marine XII block…
With oil prices plummeting to a five year low, and project cut backs likely in 2015, short-term funding for US shale may lose out to the country’s higher cost deepwater developments, the latest article by leading petroleum industry advisor Gaffney…