Lundin Norway received approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill an appraisal well located southeast of the giant Edvard Grieg field, in the central North Sea. Map of well 16/1-23S…
Chevron awarded Technip a lump sum project for the decommissioning of the brownfield development and installation of new subsea equipment supporting a floating production system located in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, in a water depth of approximately 2000m…
ALE is half way through the Malikai project in Malaysia, which is expected to include the world’s highest jackup and skidding operation. The global heavylift specialist was awarded the contracts for the Malikai project on behalf of TMJV…
Italian regulators will allow London-based explorer Northern Petroleum to conduct 3D seismic data studies at two of its wholly-owned permit areas in the southern Adriatic Sea. The approval to conduct new seismic in permits F.R39.NP and F…
EMAS Offshore secured a US$30 million contract for support services off West Africa. Under the job scope, four of EMAS Offshore’s marine vessels, including an accommodation barge, PSV and AHTSs, will be chartered to EMAS AMC, to provide accommodation…
Øystein Løseth has been elected as new chair and Roy Franklin as a new member and deputy chair of Statoil's board of directors. Løseth has been a member of Statoil’s board of directors since 1 October 2014 and is a member of the board’s audit committee…
Det norske installed the 8900-tonne steel jacket for its Ivar Aasen platform in the North Sea. The Ivar Aasen steel jacket. Images from Det norske. The Saipem-built jacket was lifted in place down to the seabed at 112m water depth…
Providence Resources Plc reports that 3D seismic of its Druid exploration prospect in Frontier Exploration License 2/14 in the southern Porcupine Basin, found about 220km offshore southwest Ireland in 2500m water depth, looks encouraging…
NorSea Group won northeast Scotland’s first major “small piece” decommissioning contract. Work has already begun on the six-month project which is being carried out at NorSea Group’s Peterhead facility on behalf of Endeavour Energy and…
There were many memorable presentations and product demonstrations at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston this past May. OE Staff reports on a few notable discussions. Safety post-Macondo This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster…
Statoil started the installation of 22 Åsgard subsea gas compression modules in the Norwegian Sea. Åsgard subsea compressor. Images from Statoil. The Åsgard field lies on the Halten Bank…
Suncor Energy began operations at the Niobe exploration prospect in the UK North Sea, according to partner Trap Oil. Niobe map. From Suncor. Niobe is located in license P.1889…
Fugro completed a year-long wellhead monitoring project for BP Americas measuring BOP stack motions and calculating wellhead fatigue during a deployment in the Gulf of Mexico. The drilling campaign was conducted throughout 2014 in…
Noble Energy’s Aphrodite in the Eastern Mediterranean has been deemed commercial, according to the Delek Group. Map of Cyprus. From Noble. Aphrodite is located offshore Cyprus…
Doha-based Energy & Environment Holding (EEH) and CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), announced the formation of their new joint venture CSA Ocean Sciences (Doha) LLC. The board of directors for the joint venture is chaired by HE Sheikh Jabor bin Yusef bin Jassim al-Thani…