Visuray performed the first downhole X-ray diagnostic operation offshore Norway for Statoil on 27 June. The objective was to image and unambiguously diagnose the status of a downhole safety valve so the operator could plan future workover operations…
Rig inspection consultancy Aberdeen Drilling Consultants (ADC) has been awarded a contract by BP to provide engineering services support to more than 14 countries worldwide. ADC will deliver rig site assessments at all stages of operations…
Aberdeen firm EC-OG (East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering) has secured more than £1 million of external investment from Castle View Ventures and the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise. The investment follows the announcement of a £1…
ENGIE E&P Norge has spudded the Cara exploration well in PL 636 Cara in the Norwegian northern North Sea. The well is 35km offshore and approximately 6km from the Gjøa field in about 350m water depth. The well, being drilled using the Transocean Arctic semisubmersible drilling rig…
Nearly 400 members of Unite and RMT unions working for Wood Group across eight Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea will be striking for the first time in a generation in a dispute over 30% pay cuts and changes to allowances, the Unite and RMT unions announced on 18 July…
With global offshore wind expenditure expected to reach about US$288 billion (£210 billion) over the next 10 years, Subsea UK is encouraging companies to expand into the renewables sector to sustain long-term growth. The industry body…
EnQuest and Delek Group have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to farm out 20% interest in the Kraken heavy oil development in the UK North Sea. The area is located in Blocks 9/2b and 9/2c in License P1575, approximately 350km northeast of the city of Aberdeen…
SBM Offshore and Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) will resume normal business relationships after a US$163 million settlement agreement over allegations relating to the Lava Jato scandal was reached amongst the Dutch floating production specialist firm and Brazilian authorities last week…
Nigeria-focused Sirius Petroleum received approval from the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Environment on its environmental impact assessment survey (EIA) on the Ororo Field Licence, OML 95, which covers the drilling of three wells and the installation of wellhead platforms…
Integrated subsea and offshore solution provider Unique Group, through its subsidiary Unique Maritime Group (SEA), completed the acquisition of Oceanvision PTE Ltd. and Oceanvision Equipment Services PTE Ltd. Oceanvision will now be part…
Sembcorp Marine delivered the world’s largest jackup rig, the Noble Lloyd Noble, to Noble Corp. after uncertainties in the delivery date due to damage the rig endured in February. Illustration of the Noble Lloyd Noble…
The 12th Annual Deepwater Intervention Forum (DIF), presented by OE, kicks off in Galveston, Texas, this 9-11 August, which will feature industry-leading experts from the subsea intervention space. DIF exhibit hall in 2015…
SBM Offshore shows its fleet of floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) vessels and operations offshore Brazil, in particular its Brasa yard in Niteroi (near Rio de Janiero). OE profiled the yard in 2013. The company’s latest FPSO…
Drilling operations have been suspended at Husky Energy’s North Amethyst field offshore Canada, after a leak occurred today (15 July), according to the Canada-Newfoundland & Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB). The Henry Goodrich…
Houston-based AFGlobal Corp. has agreed to acquire Managed Pressure Operations (MPO), a subsidiary of MHWirth. The resulting combination of companies will offer technologies covering both onshore and offshore applications, including deepwater managed pressure drilling (MPD)…