Oilfield services company Expro (5D110) has secured a five-year master services agreement with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK, for well services across its UK North Sea assets, the firm revealed during SPE Offshore Europe. The contract is…
Brazil has been and remains a key stone in the global offshore industry, not least when it comes to deepwater production. Despite the recent turmoil it has faced, including low oil prices, debt woes and the Operation Car Wash investigation…
Energy demand will plateau after 2030, according to a new DNV GL (stand 5B51) model which forecasts the pace and extent of the global energy transition until 2050. While fossil fuel will still provide more than 40% Peak of the world energy demand…
Decommissioning services firm Well-Safe Solutions has appointed Jim Christie as director of programs. The specialist well abandonment company, launched in July this year, has already assembled a senior team of eight well-known industry experts and now employs 20 people…
Centrica has awarded Island Drilling the contract for drilling an appraisal well at the Fogelberg discovery. The Island Innovator drilling rig is scheduled to start operations at Fogelberg in the Norwegian Sea in February/March 2018. The…
Norway is still a key country for Total, its CEO Arnaud Breuillac has said after confirming the sale of company's remaining 15% stake in the Gina Krog field to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC). Total had in 2016 agreed a deal with KUFPEC…
Aker Solutions secured a framework agreement from Shell to provide brownfield modifications services and maintenance support for the Nyhamna and Draugen facilities in Norway. The agreement has a fixed period of four years and may be extended by up to seven years…
Technology group Wärtsilä has performed the remote operation of a North Sea platform supply vessel in the North Sea - from San Diego, California, 8000km away. The four-hour test, which involved driving the vessel through a sequence of…
Subsea boosting technology recently brought online at Chevron’s Jack and St. Malo fields is expected to boost production rates for the next 30 years. Chevron’s Chris Hey and Dan Broussard, and OneSubsea’s Mads Hjelmeland and Oeyvind Reimers explain…
Production is increasing in the UK North Sea as investments made up to 2014 come onstream. But what’s next? Elaine Maslin takes a look. The Culzean development jacket was installed in July…
Oceaneering and Sonsub are making moves towards subsea resident remote operated vehicles. Elaine Maslin reports on their progress. The eNovus ROV illustrated. Image from Oceaneering. The…
Undeveloped pools in the North Sea and elsewhere could make it over the line with TechnipFMC’s iEPCI approach to subsea tiebacks. Elaine Maslin reports. A TechnipFMC iEPCI vision. Image from TechnipFMC…
Seawater injection is one of the jigsaw pieces making up the subsea processing puzzle. Elaine Maslin reports on Saipem’s Springs technology. Springs, how it might look subsea. Image from Saipem…
There is plenty of heavy oil to get out of the ground in Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia. Karen Boman surveys the work underway. The Peregrino FPSO at the Peregrino Field offshore Brazil. Photo from Statoil…
Elaine Maslin caught up with new Oceaneering CEO Rod Larson, at this year’s Underwater Technology Conference, and discovered his commitment to keep pushing the boundaries of what is currently possible. Rod Larson…