BP executive Bernard Looney said in his lunchtime speech that there are plenty of reasons to remain optimistic about the UK oil and gas sector, despite recent job losses totaling 5500. “We’re a growth industry,” Looney said. “Not many industries can say that…
Total, operator of the Egina oil field offshore Nigeria, together with its construction and survey partners, has successfully installed a Fusion 6G subsea positioning network to support its development of the US$15 billion project. Supplied by Sonardyne…
Expro has been awarded two contracts together worth US$25 million in the North Sea. In one contract, Wintershall has awarded Expro a five-year contract for work on its recently approved Maria development project, in the Haltenbanken area…
Autronica Fire and Security has announced that Statoil has selected the Autro Safe integrated fire and gas detection system for operations in the Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea. As part of the four-year framework agreement…
Ezra’s subsea services division, EMAS AMC, finalized a contract with BHP Billiton for the Angostura phase 3 development offshore Trinidad and Tobago in the eastern Trinidadian sector of the Venezuela basin. The total scope of work includes the project management…
ABB installed the world's most powerful offshore converter platform, the DolWin2, in the North Sea by ABB, with a transmission capacity that can power more than 1 million households with clean wind energy. The 320-kilovolt converter station…
SPE Offshore Europe 2017 is set to host a new Decommissioning Zone, the organisers have announced. Working in partnership with Decom North Sea (DNS), the new Zone will provide a platform to share the latest market trend and technologies…
The past year has highlighted a significant change in landscape for the industry, but there is still hope, UK chairman and managing partner of Ernst and Young (EY), Steve Varley told yesterday’s SPE Offshore Europe breakfast session. “Where there is hope…
GE, Statoil agreement GE Oil & Gas has signed a framework agreement with Statoil to provide subsea operations services on the Tordis, Vigdis, Snorre and Troll fields, offshore Norway. GE Oil & Gas will run the services from their Dusavik site…
Apache has exercised the first of two options to extend its existing contract with Archer for the provision of platform drilling services for one year. 'We are very pleased to have been awarded this contract extension. It is excellent…
GE Oil & Gas has signed a framework agreement with Norway's Statoil to provide subsea operations services for the company's operated fields Tordis, Vigdis, Snorre and Troll, located north west off the coast of Stavanger. GE Oil & Gas will run the services from their Dusavik site…
Oil and gas engineering services firm Plexus Holdings has signed an agreement with Aquaterra Energy to jointly supply high-pressure/high-temperature dual barrier marine risers utilizing Plexus’ POS-GRIP technology. The new risers will be a new solution for use on jackup rigs…
An aging asset doesn’t mean unmanageable, unprofitable and inoperable. There is still potential to be realized from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), despite the challenges of the current climate. In terms of oil alone, it is estimated that there are around 25 billion barrels to be recovered…
Wintershall Norge has awarded Odfjell Drilling's semisubmersible Deepsea Stavanger a contract for the drilling of production wells on the Maria field in the Haltenbanken area on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The firm contract is for…
Private equity backed Proserv Group has bought Aberdeen-based subsea acoustic positioning firm Nautronix. Employing 120 people, Nautronix is recognised for its through-water digital acoustic wireless communications and positioning systems…