InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed two major offshore projects for China Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation (COOEC). To extend the life of the Hai Yang Shi You III FPSO, the first project involved full mooring system replacement in the Panyu field…
ConocoPhillips kicked-off the drilling campaign on its Eldfisk II project with Maersk Innovator. Five wells have been pre-drilled, and the drilling operations of the remaining 35 wells has now begun. Eldfisk II is one of four fields that comprise the Greater Ekofisk Area…
CAGE, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate selected Kongsberg Maritime to develop and deliver two ocean observatories. Jürgen Mienert (Director CAGE, left) and Arild Brevik (Konsberg Maritime)…
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) won a contract for 3D EM data acquisition in Malaysia. The survey will begin 24 October using the BOA Thalassa vessel. From a letter of intent, received on 6 October 2014, the contract is worth US$6…
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is inching closer to an oil and gas lease sale in the Cook Inlet offshore Alaska. The agency said it intends to publish an environmental impact statement (EIS) in the federal register on 23 October 2014 for Sale 244…
Updated at 22 October 2014 at 3 p.m. Pemex called off the evacuation of its 15,000 workers in the Bay of Campeche after severe weather conditions improved. Earlier today, OE reported that Mexican national Pemex began evacuating its…
Shell made a large exploration discovery at the Leopard-1 well, offshore Gabon, West Africa. The exploration well encountered a substantial gas column with around 200m net gas pay in a pre-salt reservoir. Leopard-1 is located in license BCD10 approximately 145km off the Gabonese coast…
Total’s board of directors has appointed a new CEO, following the death of its chairman and CEO Christophe de Margerie (pictured right) in a plane crash in Moscow late on Monday night. Patrick Pouyanné, Total’s President of Refining & Chemicals…
Italian industrial group Lucchini has agreed a deal to acquire a 49% stake in fellow Italian steel forgings firm Mamé Group, with a clause which could see it take on more share, to gain a controlling stake, in 2017. Mamé Group, based…
FMC Technologies reported a 15% increase in revenues and its highest quarterly subsea margins in four years, thanks to its Subsea Technologies division. Subsea Technologies saw a 16% increase in Q3 revenue, at US$1.3 billion, compared to the previous quarter…
Oil and gas exploration has turned many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa into economic hotspots, and operators are now looking at South Africa’s western coast. Planned infrastructure improvements may improve exploration logistics, but…
Houston-based Noble Energy elected David L. Stover as president and chief executive officer. Stover. From Noble. Stover previously served as the company's president and chief operating officer…
DVN GL gives a wider look at the issues and risks oil and gas companies face when operating in the Arctic. Several experts in the Arctic, and Norwegian oil and gas community weigh in on what needs to be done to have success in the area…
Lundin Petroleum shows how the production platform for the Edvard Grieg field has moved from the drawing board to reality, and is now beginning to resemble a real offshore platform. First oil from the field is scheduled during the 4Q 2015…
Five major helicopter operators today announced a new industry association – HeliOffshore – for organizations with an interest in working together on safety in offshore helicopter transport. The new association was introduced today at a launch event at its offices in London…