Kongsberg Maritime division Kongsberg Maritime Engineering (KME) has won a contract to deliver an integrated control and safety system for the new BW Offshore Catcher FPSO. The contract follows BW Offshore’s signing of a lease and operate…
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority has issued an order to Statoil following the investigation of a hydrocarbon leak at Statfjord C on 26 January 2014. The investigation identified serious breaches of the regulations, said the PSA today…
Oil samples have been recovered in the FAN-1 exploration well being drilled offshore Senegal, said partner in the project by FAR Ltd. The well is being drilled by Cairn Energy (operator), ConocoPhillips, Far and Petrosen - the Senegalese national oil company…
Technip remains the most successful contractor on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) with 25 secured contracts over the past four years. These were the findings of the Energy Industry Council (EIC)’s latest report into contracting activities offshore Norway and UK based on EICDataStream…
Pacific Drilling’s ultra deepwater Pacific Sharav began its five-year drilling contract for Chevron on 27 August 2014. The contract is estimated to be worth more than US$1 billion, bringing Pacific Drilling’s total contract backlog as of 22 June 2012…
Natural methane leakage from the seafloor is far more widespread on the US Atlantic margin than previously thought, according to a study by researchers from Mississippi State University, the US Geological Survey, and other institutions. Methane…
The Mexican Merchant Marine has approved Reflex Marine, a global provider of safe marine transfer solutions to the offshore, marine and renewables industries, to sell its crane transfer device, the FROG-6, in Mexico. The certification…
Aberdeenshire-based Bibby Offshore is adding to its international expansion with the opening of an office in Stavanger, Norway. Bibby Offshore is currently participating in a number of projects in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The…
Australia's Sunbird Energy has the final scoping report under review for development of the Ibhubesi gas project off South Africa's Atlantic coast. South Africa granted final approvals in June for Sunbird Energy's acquisition of Block 2A from Denver-based Forest Oil Corp…
Proserv will present a series of global workshops to demonstrate Proserv’s Artemis 2G (A2G). A2G is Proserv’s next generation subsea electronics module for control and monitoring communications that recently resulted in a successful event held in Houston…
Nina Schofield joins Wood Group as head of health, safety, security and environment (HSSE). Schofield will be responsible for developing and implementing HSSE strategies across Wood Group's global operations. Schofield began her…
Ecuador formally joined the World Energy Council as a member country last Friday, 22 August. In a ceremony in Quito, hosted by Dr. Esteban Albornoz Vintimilla, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, the World Energy Council formally…
Carin Energy found oil samples in the FAN-1 exploration well offshore Senegal, according to joint venture partner, FAR Ltd. FAN-1 and SNE-1 in 3D seismic. From Far. FAR says elevated gas…
DNV GL has established a joint industry project (JIP) to develop a risk-based maintenance methodology with the aim to deliver more effective and cost-efficient blowout preventers (BOP) maintenance. The maintenance of BOPs has significant financial…
Greece-based exploration firm Energean Oil & Gas has launched a US$225 million investment program to develop 30MMbbl of reserves in North West Greece and to increase production from the Prinos, Prinos North and Epsilon fields to 10,000bbl/day by 2016…