In addition to allowing cranes to work safely and effectively in harsh conditions, heave compensation reduces the effect of resonance on the subsea load. Photo from Huisman. Accurately…
FAR Ltd. reported that the Cairn-operated FAN-1 exploration well resumed drilling on the North Fan prospect in 1500m water depth, offshore Senegal on 28 July. Drilling to date has reached 3000m with a planned TD of approximately 5300m using Transocean’s fifth-generation semisubmersible…
Norberto Odebrecht, who founded one of Latin America’s largest engineering companies, Odebrecht, died Saturday of heart failure in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The founder and honorary chairman of the Odebrecht Group, built a successful business with a 70-year history…
Houston-based McDermott International won a contract to provide transportation and installation services to Walter Oil & Gas Corp. for the Megalodon platform in South Timbalier Block 311 in the Gulf of Mexico. McDermott will provide all…
The Republic of Gabon’s Ministry of Petroleum announced today that it has selected seven companies to participate in a final round of negotiations for deepwater blocks in the offshore licensing tender round from October 2013. The Ministry said Impact Oil & Gas…
FPSO, deepwater riser and subsea architecture. Photos from Flowsure. Ensuring successful fluid flow has always been at the heart of the oil and gas industry. However, it is only in the last…
2H Offshore has joined Blue Mining, an international consortium comprised of 19 industry and research organizations, to develop deepwater mining solutions. Over the next four years, the European Commission-funded project is developing…
FMC Technologies established a joint industry program focused on developing a new generation of standardized subsea production equipment and systems, the company has announced. The JIP, which includes Anadarko Petroleum, BP, ConocoPhillips…
The Congolese Minister of hydrocarbons, André Raphael Loemba, and Eni CEO, Claudio Descalzi, in the presence of President of Congo, Dennis Sassou Nguesso, and the Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, have signed a cooperation agreement,…
Drilling has started at the Domino-2 appraisal well in the deepwater sector of the Neptun Block offshore Romania in the Black Sea, says OMV Petrom. OMV Petrom is a partner on the block with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania…
Sonasing's FPSO, the N'Goma, is ready to sail away from the Angolan Paenal Yard, Port Amboim, after a naming ceremony, held Saturday (19 July). The N'Goma will be moved to ENI's West Hub project in Angola offshore Block 15/06, where it…
Sweden's Sandvik and Luxembourg-headquartered Tenaris have signed a new five-year strategic alliance agreement on the exclusive joint supply of corrosion resistant alloy OCTG materials and technology to the oil and gas industry. The two…
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) found hydrocarbons on the Zhongjannan exploration project, off the Paracel or Xisha Islands, in the South China, the firm announced. Drilling, using the 2011-delivered, deepwater, HYSY-981…
Shell confirmed a third discovery at the Norphlet play in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the supermajor announced on 15 July 2015. The explorer hit more than 400ft (122m) of net oil pay at its Rydberg well, located 75mi (120km) off the Gulf Coast in Mississippi Canyon Block 525…
Australia’s Woodside has finalized an agreement with Chariot Oil & Gas to farm-in to the prospective Doukkala basin, offshore northwest Morocco. Under the agreement, Woodside acquires an initial 25% interest in the Rabat Deep Offshore permits I-VI…