Fugro Scout, the new 83m geotechnical drilling vessel, has completed its maiden project in the Middle East. Since its maiden project in the Persian Gulf it has been successfully deployed in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea, completing several…
In this video, EXMAR shows a time-lapse video of the construction of the Caribbean FLNG at Wilson Shipyard, located in Nantong China. In EXMAR's 2Q 2015 report, the company revealed that pre-commissioning of the Caribbean FLNG ws proceeded as planned for 3Q…
Total and its project partners have deployed the Sonardyne Fusion 6G technology offshore Angola at the Kaombo oil field. Using the technology’s Wideband 2 digital signal architecture, common tasks such as template installation, touch-down…
R. Scott Rowe has assumed the role of president and CEO of Cameron International, effective today, the oilfield equipment provider announced. Rowe has served with Cameron for 13 years, most recently as president and chief operating officer…
Honeywell's Spectra fiber will be used in ropes for new offshore oil and gas platforms for Petrobras, the company announced on 5 October. The high-performance fiber, also used extensively in body and vehicle armor, is being incorporated…
Erin Energy Corp. announced that the resource volume assessment of the three previously discovered fields (Tano North, Tano West, and Tano South) has been completed in the Expanded Shallow Water Tano (ESWT) Block, located offshore Ghana. The ESWT block is operated by its subsidiary company…
The US and five Gulf states have reached a US$20.8 billion civil claims settlement with BP from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, according to the US Department of Justice (DOJ). Transocean's Deepwater Horizon before the explosion…
Farstad Shipping’s Norwegian operations are taking a hit as the company sets to lay up five vessels, and lay off about 100 employees that is due to the further weakening of the offshore market. The Far Sleipner…
Image from EIC. The Energy Industries Council (EIC) announced the appointment of its new president Chris Haynes. Haynes is a senior oil and gas industry professional with almost 40…
Centrica Resources has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill a shallow borehole (pilot hole) down to a depth of 423m below the seabed in the North Sea near the Ula field. The purpose of drilling is to establish that there is no shallow gas in an area…
Resource assessments of the 2015 license round area for offshore Newfoundland and Labrador shows the potential to hold 12 billion bbl and 113 Tcf of gas in place, according to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nalcor Energy and Beicip-Franlab…
Shell started production from the Bonga Phase 3 project offshore Nigeria, with expected peak production to hit about 50,000 boe/d. Image of the Bonga project. From Shell Flickr. Bonga…
With the spud of the Mengkuang-1 exploration well, in license PM307, Lundin Petroleum has resumed exploration offshore Malaysia. Lundin says the well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene-aged sands 75km to the northwest of the Lundin-operated Bertam field…
T.D. Williamson (TDW) was contracted by an operator in the Gulf of Mexico to replace two flexible joints connecting two steel catenary risers on a tension leg platform 120km (75mi) off the coast of Louisiana. TDW performed simultaneous…
Image: Deep Blue/Technip Shell awarded Technip a contract for the development of subsea infrastructure for the Stones project. Included in the service are two subsea production tie-backs to the floating production…