Statoil has revealed that about 1500 offshore jobs will be supported by its Mariner heavy oil development hook-up and commissioning campaign, starting this summer and running through to first production in 2H 2018. Mariner is one of the…
Norwegian oil major Statoil is preparing to spud the first of a three-well exploration campaign, including the high-impact Verbier prospect, on the UK Continental Shelf. Early this month, the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig will spud the first well…
A drill stem test (DST) on the Brasse well in the Norwegian North Sea has shown high flow rates and excellent reservoir properties, says UK-based independent Faroe Petroleum. The Brasse appraisal program will now continue with the drilling of a side-track well…
Statoil and partners ENI and Petoro have made a 25-50 MMboe oil discovery in the Kayak exploration well in the Barents Sea, close to the Johan Castberg project. Eni said preliminary estimates of the size of the discovery are between 100 and 180 MMbo in place (25–50 MMbo recoverable)…
Zennor Petroleum has completed the acquisition of interests in Petroleum Production License P359, in the UK North Sea, from Esso Exploration and Production UK. These interests comprise a 40.0002% working interest in Block 23/16b Area A (Arran North) and a 66…
Italian contractor Saipem has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction, installation activities and trunklines and installation works in Saudi Arabia, under a long-term agreement running from 2015 until 2021…
EIC’s Andrew Scutter details the challenges and opportunities present offshore Senegal and Mauritania. Senegal Discoveries Map.Image from Far Ltd. During a challenging period for the industry…
Elaine Maslin surveys a variety of floating offshore wind projects due onstream in the near future. Statoil’s Hywind project. Image from Statoil. This year, floating offshore…
HWCG’s David Coatney stresses the importance of developing comprehensive response plans to prevent deepwater blowouts. Photo from HWCG. To respond to future offshore deepwater drilling incidents…
Well intervention spending has been hit harder than other areas, but it is not due to a lack of opportunities. Elaine Maslin reports. Island Offshore’s Island Frontier. Image from Island Offshore…
Karen Boman charts Chevron’s success at its large Jack/St. Malo development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, a project that was sanctioned just prior to the downturn. McDermott’s North Ocean 102 at work…
Westwood Global Energy Group’s Marina Ivanova sheds light on the global offshore wind market. Source: Westwood Global Energy Group. Westwood Global Energy Group (Douglas Westwood)…
Marie Morkved shows how a desire to eschew ‘how we’ve always done it’ helped Maersk Oil take a different approach to well intervention – using coiled hose on its UK North Sea Balloch field. Coilhose…
Audrey Leon discusses the next game-changing intervention technologies with OE’s Deepwater Intervention Forum advisory board members ahead of this year’s show. Onboard the Well Enhancer looking…
Where technology and collaboration can help the industry reduce the cost per barrel in a sustainable way will be a strong focus at this year’s SPE Offshore Europe, says conference chairman Catherine MacGregor, Drilling Group President, Schlumberger…