Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum revealed today (11 November) that it was the rejected party in the rumored acquisition of US-based Apache, which consisted of an all-stock transaction offer. Image from Anadarko…
Atwood Oceanics announced that one of its subsidiaries agreed to an extension and rate adjustment to its existing contract with Noble Energy for the ultra deepwater rig, the Atwood Advantage, effective 9 November, 2015. The agreement…
SKF supplied magnetic bearings for use in the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the Åsgard gas field off the Norwegian coast. As part of the subsea gas compression system, the bearings will contribute to recovering additional…
Houston headquartered Marathon Oil has agreed to sell all its operated producing properties in the US Gulf of Mexico and a tranche of non-operated interests for US$205 million. The deal with an undisclosed buyer is said to be part of…
McDermott International has been awarded a large brownfield contract by RasGas Company (RasGas) for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of a flow assurance and looping project and topside modifications offshore Qatar…
Italy's ENI has completed track well GU2-Dir A at the Guendalina gas field in the Northern Adriatic, offshore Italy. The side track reached a planned total depth of 3276m, according to partner Rockhopper Exploration. All target horizons…
Mitsui has reached an agreement with Santos concerning the acquisition of Santos' 35% working interest in the Kipper gas and condensate field offshore Southern Australia. The sales and purchase agreement was signed on 6 November 2015 between…
The numbers are staggering. At US$50/bbl, at least 20% of production in the North Sea is loss making, an industry event was told last week. And that is likely to be a conservative estimate. Faced with what has been called “a perfect storm” by many – high operating costs…
Aberdeen-based sand control technology firm has secured a contract with Statoil following a successful trial of its downhole well completions technology. Darcy has signed a framework agreement with Statoil to supply its unique hydraulic…
Petronas has laid the keel of its second floating LNG vessel, the Petronas Floating LNG2, in Geoje Island, South Korea. JGC Group and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the consortium leading the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of PFLNG2…
Lundin Petroleum has started drilling the Selada-1 exploration well in Block PM308A, offshore Malaysia. The well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands and is located 14km to the south of the Bertam field, operated by Lundin…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted start-up consents for the Edvard Grieg oil pipeline and the Utsira High gas pipeline. These transport solutions will become part of the development of the Edvard Grieg and Ivar Aasen fields on the Utsira High in the North Sea…
Statoil has received an expert calculation of revised tract participations for the Agbami field, offshore Nigeria. Assuming implementation, this calculation will result in a reduction of 5.17% in Statoil’s equity interest in the Chevron-operated field from 20…
US services giant Halliburton is offering five tranches of senior notes for a total of US$7.5 billion, to use the cash to fund a portion of the pending $34.6 billion Baker Hughes mega merger. Image from Baker Hughes…
With under four weeks until entries close for the 2016 Offshore Achievement Awards (OAA), Robert Gordon University students have been set a challenge to design the trophy which will be presented to winners at the 30th awards ceremony. Image: Last year's trophy…