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BiSN in US$2.6 million expansion

Oct 09, 2017

BiSN announced the expansion of its corporate headquarters with a US$2.6 million (£2million) investment. Based in Warrington, the £2million premises will see BiSN expand into a 2000sq m site, which brings its research and development…

Ruiz Sternadt named CEO of Dresser-Rand business

Oct 09, 2017

Paulo Ruiz Sternadt, 42 has been appointed CEO of the Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas Division. He succeeds Judith Marks (54) who will leave the company at her own request. Ruiz Sternadt…

Goliat shut down due to electrical issues

Oct 09, 2017

Eni has been ordered to shut down all production from the Goliat floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, after the Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) gives the Italian giant a notice to improve its electrical safety…

Total, ONAP ink Guinea E&P pact

Oct 09, 2017

Study area, in red. Map from Total. Total and the National Office of Petroleum of Guinea (ONAP) signed a technical evaluation agreement to study deep and ultra deep offshore areas located off the coast of Guinea Conakry…

Gazprom makes major Ayashsky discovery in Okhotsk Sea

Oct 09, 2017

Russian gas giant Gazprom Neft says it has made a new discovery containing 255 million tonne of oil equivalent (ca.1.8 bn boe) in place on the Ayashsky license block, in the Okhotsk Sea. The Ayashsky block in the Okhotsk Sea forms part of the Sakhalin-3 project…

Wood Group completes AMEC acquisition

Oct 09, 2017

Wood Group has completed its 'transformational' US$2.7 billion acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler.  Image from Wood Group. Meanwhile, WorleyParsons has entered into a binding…

Statoil hits at Verbier, dry at two other wells

Oct 09, 2017

Statoil's 2017 three-well UK North Sea drilling campaign has resulted in a discovery in the Verbier well, but leaves behind two disappointments, the firm reports today.  On Verbier, after initial disappointing results in the target formation…

Siemens Gamesa wins Greater Gabbard extension

Oct 06, 2017

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy received a renewal of its contract to service the Greater Gabbard wind farm, off the east coast of the UK. The five-year contract is for the provision of operation and maintenance for the 504MW wind farm, until 2022…

Updated: Workers return to GoM following Nate

Oct 05, 2017

Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico, including Anadarko and Shell, have begun redeploying personnel to the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Nate. Tropical depression Nate as of 8 October…

Petrofac gains Chevron North Sea extension

Oct 05, 2017

Petrofac has secured a contract extension from Chevron North Sea for the provision of engineering services; an agreement it has held since 2014.  The 12-month agreement, which comes into effect this month, will involve the continued provision…

Ensco, Atwood shareholders approve merger

Oct 05, 2017

Ensco plc announced today (5 October) that Ensco shareholders voted to approve the allotment and issuance of Ensco Class A ordinary shares to shareholders of Atwood Oceanics in connection with the all-stock acquisition of Atwood at the company’s general meeting of shareholders today…

W&T to spud South Timbalier well in GoM

Oct 05, 2017

W&T Offshore is set to spud its latest well in the South Timbalier 224 (ST 224) lease in the Gulf of Mexico later this month, according to partner Otto Energy. “The Enterprise 264 jackup drilling rig is expected to be on location within…

ONGC Videsh completes Tullow Namibia deal

Oct 05, 2017

ONGC has officially entered offshore Namibia, following the completion of its 30% stake deal of Namibia Petroleum Exploration License 0037 from Tullow.  ONGC subsidiary ONGC Videsh completed the acquisition of 30% participating interest…

OneSubsea inks Reliance EPC deal off India

Oct 05, 2017

Reliance Industries has awarded OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for supply of the subsea production system for the R Cluster (Block KG-D6) Project, offshore the east coast of India…

ExxonMobil makes fifth Guyana discovery

Oct 05, 2017

ExxonMobil has further confirmed the potential of the Stabroek block offshore Guyana with a fifth oil discovery in the Turbot-1 well. Stena Carron drillship. Image from Stena Drilling. ExxonMobil…

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