Dutch contractor Jumbo has completed a contract for PetroSA installing a subsea MEG riser on the Ikhwezi development FA platform offshore South Africa. The contract was awarded by PetroSA on 5 December, offshore installation…
Saipem awarded FES International a US$2 million contract to supply bend stiffener connectors (BSCs) for the Egina project. The BSCs will be used by global energy company, Total, at its third deep offshore development off the coast of Nigeria…
Total E&P UK has awarded Technip an additional scope for the parallel development of the Glenlivet field close to the Edradour subsea development, about 75km northwest of Shetlands in the UK North Sea. The Glenlivet scope includes: fabrication and installation of 12in…
Statoil and its Johan Sverdrup partners awarded Aibel a US$1 billion contract for the engineering, procurement and construction for the deck of the drilling platform on the Johan Sverdrup field. Johan Sverdrup field…
Oil & Gas UK’s new report on offshore exploration, investment and production provides striking evidence of how rising costs, taxes and inadequate regulation have taken their toll on the UK industry’s international competitiveness. The…
Escalating cost facing the global upstream sector was a recurring theme in presentations on the challenges facing new E&P developments during IP Week in London in mid-February. Meg Chesshyre reports. An aerial view of the Laggan-Tormore development…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway granted Talisman Energy Norge AS consent for exploration drilling of well 15/12-24 at the Snømus prospect. Image of the Maersk Giant jackup. From Maersk. The well is located in production license 672…
Middle East orders are driving growth and filling newly built capacity at Sweden headquartered Atlas Copco’s newly upgraded and expanded UK systems facility. Atlas Copco Compressors’ largest ever UK designed and built custom engineered package…
Statoil is eying further opportunities in the Oseberg area after bringing its tenth fast-track portfolio project, the 77 MMboe recoverable Oseberg Delta 2, onstream. Oseberg Delta 2 is a two-template, 14km-long subsea tieback from the Delta terrace to the Oseberg Field Centre…
BP has brought forward its deployment of Aberdeen-based Return To Scene's R2S Visual Asset Management (VAM) spherical photographic capture of its Atlantis facility in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The R2S photographic team is already on site in the US with project completion…
According to the United States Geological Survey, the area above the Arctic Circle holds approximately 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and an estimated 1,670 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of technically recoverable natural gas…
Noble Energy is suspending any further investments in the expansion of Tamar, and initial development of Leviathan until regulatory issues are resolved with Israel. Image of the Tamar field. From Delek…
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released proposed regulations for exploratory drilling activities on the US Arctic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) concerning exploratory…
FEI introduced its new HeliScan microCT advanced imaging system during the grand opening of its Digital Rock Lab in Houston. Raw tomogram image (no post processing) of Austin Chalk formation highlighting 1…
Dutch supplier Holmatro and its Norwegian dealer EIVA-SAFEX have jointly supplied 64 cylinders, each with a capacity of 536-ton, to the tension-leg platform (TLP) Snorre A. The firms also supplied the corresponding control and storage for the hydraulic system…