Houston-based Cobalt International Energy appointed Timothy J. Cutt as its new CEO and Class I member of the board of directors, each effective 2 July 2016. Cutt has over 30 years of oil and gas experience, most recently as BHP Billiton's president of petroleum…
Results from a comprehensive environmental analysis have found minimal environmental impacts from offshore fracking, off California. Image from BSEE. The study, conducted by the…
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) introduced an advancement in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and asset management software for the oil and gas industry. NOV’s latest generation RFID tag, TracTagTM, has been field-proven…
Baker Hughes has implemented organizational and leadership changes effective this week in an effort to align with plans to build on its strength as a product innovator, in addition to achieve cost efficiencies, and support its enhanced commercial strategy…
Lifting, drilling and subsea solutions company Huisman introduced a new 400mt offshore mast crane simulator at its facility in Singapore. Crane simulator in Singapore, from Huisman. The…
Under a program organized by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), Doris Inc., the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) at Texas A&M University, and Sevan Marine have carried out further research and model scale…
BP has commenced a water injection project at its Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico that will extend the production life of one of its biggest fields in the area, and recover an additional 65 MMboe. Thunder Horse…
TGS is expanding its multi-client library offshore Eastern Canada, with plans to acquire approximately 2000sq km of 3D seismic data, in partnership with PGS. The survey will be acquired utilizing the PGS GeoStreamer technology. Data acquisition will commence during the summer season 2016…
Testing, inspection, certification and consulting engineering group Rina has purchased the Edif Group, which includes the ERA engineering consultancy and the NDE testing, inspection and certification business. Image of Salerno (right) and Tim Dunn…
The Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) has engaged HBW Resources to manage and grow its capabilities and opportunities to focus research on the development and deployment of safe and environmentally sensitive technologies to efficiently deliver domestic energy resources…
Erik Milito, director of upstream and industry operations, American Petroleum Institute (API), will serve as the first keynote speaker at the 12th Annual Deepwater Intervention Forum (DIF) in Galveston, Texas, on 10 August 2016. Milito…
French engineering house Technip and US-based underwater technologies firm FMC Technologies are to combine, creating a new US$13 billion business, the firms announced this morning. The companies, which firmed a joint venture, Forsys Subsea…
Siem Offshore has become the 100% owner of Secunda Canada, as the Canadian company took delivery of the Avalon Sea anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel last week. As part of a recapitalization of Secunda, Siem acquired Birch Hill’s 50% ownership interest in Secunda Canada…
Fifteen leading offshore companies, including Shell, Chevron, and McDermott International, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish engineering industry standards known as the Standardization Unified Joint Industry Project (JIP)…
Mexico's Pemex has cut short a contract for use of Aban Offshore's jackup Deep Driller I. Pemex served a notice of termination 'purporting to exercise its contractual right to terminate the charter' for the rig, said Aban, effective 1 June 2016…