PGS has added another Cray XC supercomputer to its Houston Mega Center. The computer is named PGS Galois after the French mathematician Évariste Galois (1811-1832), and comes in addition to the Cray XC supercomputer PGS Abel delivered last year…
Hurricane Energy has reported a sustainable flow rate from a horizontal side-track well at its Lancaster discovery, West of Shetland, offshore the UK. Image from Hurricane. The…
More than 3 billion boe remain in some 350 unsanctioned discoveries across the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), according to information released by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). Of the 3 billion, the majority are 'small pools,' defined as less than 50 MMboe technically recoverable…
Dril-Quip has entered into an agreement to acquire Houston-based TIW Corp. for approximately US$143 million, subject to closing adjustments. TIW is a 100-year old manufacturer of consumable downhole products for the global oil and gas market…
SeaBird Exploration, a provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, will acquire a 2D long-offset survey in Belize, starting mid-October 2016. SeaBird will use the Northern Explorer to acquire the survey and the anticipated duration of the program is three to four weeks.
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has successfully completed its supply of floatover equipment for the Petronas NC3 gas field, located in Block SK316, 200km north of Bintulu, Sarawak in Malaysia. Trelleborg provided PAPE Engineering…
Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery at the Njord North Flank in the Norwegian Sea that could potentially hold up to 28.3 MMboe, according to partner Faroe Petroleum. The Songa Delta, from Songa Offshore…
Aker Solutions won a contract from Statoil to build the pipeline facilities, modifications and tie-ins needed at the Mongstad terminal to receive oil from the North Sea Johan Sverdrup field. The contract, valued at about US$42.5 million (NOK 350 million)…
Oceaneering International has acquired privately-held Blue Ocean Technologies, a provider of riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services, in a US$30 million cash deal. Included in the acquisition are three RLWI systems, two of which are currently under construction…
QGEP Participações entered into an agreement with its partner, Pacific Brasil Exploração e Produção de Óleo e Gás Ltda., to acquire working interest in three blocks in the Foz do Amazonas and the Pará-Maranhão basins (PAMA), offshore Brazil…
Maersk Drilling has named its fourth XL Enhanced ultra harsh environment jackup the Maersk Invincible, on 14 October at a ceremony held at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. Maersk Invincible…
Norwegian operator Statoil is dealing with a well control incident on the Songa Endurance semisubmersible drilling rig at the Troll field in the Norwegian North Sea. The incident started on Saturday (15 October) morning. The well was…
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) is investigating a fire on Statoil's Statfjord A platform yesterday (16 October) morning. The operator said the fire started in a loading pump in the utility shaft on the platform. No one is reported to have been hurt and the fire…
French supermajor Total has made a small gas and condensate discovery in the northeast part of the Martin Linge field offshore Norway. Total estimates about 12-69 MMboe was found in the well, on production license 043, drilled using the Maersk Intrepid jackup in 115m water depth…
After a thoroughly no good, very bad, couple of years for Brazil, the country is on the path to reform, and the first part starts with the country’s coveted pre-salt. Audrey Leon reports on what the opening means for the country and its state-owned oil company…