Deepsea Yantai, a newbuild semi-submersible drilling rig destined for operations in Norway, has been launched in China.On June 12, the naming ceremony for the semi-submersible drilling rig, designed and built by CIMC Raffles, was held in Yantai Yard…
Shell UK is to extend its contract for use of Aberdeen-headquartered driller Awilco Drilling's WillPhoenix semisubmersible drilling rig for decommissioning operations in the UK North Sea. Shell UK, which already has the rig on contract, has…
The jack-up drilling rig Noble Tom Prosser is close to being on location to drill the Dorado-2 well offshore Australia, Carnarvon Petroleum announced this week.The Dorado-2 well is the first appraisal of the Dorado discovery that was drilled in the second half of 2018 in WA-437-P…
Australia's National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has released the Crux Offshore Project Proposal for public comment. The proposal was submitted by Shell Australia Pty Ltd and is open for comment for a period of six weeks ending 18 March 2019…
Maintaining cable tension within required tolerances is critical during the submarine cable laying process to minimize the risk of cable damage due to cable cores being crushed or the minimum bend radius being exceeded.To regulate this tension…
A new stationary drilling platform was commissioned on Monday at the Bulla-Deniz offshore field in Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea.The platform was built by SOCAR Oil and Gas Construction Trust and projected by the in-house Oil & Gas Research and Design Institute…
Equinor has awarded Transocean a contract for drilling six wells on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) by use of the Transocean Norge mobile rig. Drilling start-up is scheduled for the summer of 2019.The rig has also been awarded a contract…
Greenfields Petroleum subsidiary Bahar Energy Operating Company (BEOC) and SOCAR Complex Drilling Works Trust (SDT), a subsidiary of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), have signed a memorandum of understanding to…
Dana Petroleum's long delayed Western Isles development has produced first oil, it's been reported. The UK North Sea development has been brough on stream using a new-build Sevan-design cylindical floating production unit (FPSO) built at COSCO's yard in China…
Aquaterra Energy has designed, fabricated and installed a new Sea Swift platform for PICO Petroleum Integrated Services, the lead contractor for Amal Petroleum Co.’s (AMAPETCO) Amal field in the Gulf of Suez, offshore Egypt. Image of the Sea Swift…
eDrilling, a provider of drilling and well performance solutions, and Mims Well, an integrated solution and service provider, have partnered to support the upstream oil and gas companies in Norway and the US. The partner initiative is designed…
Houston-based Flotek Industries and IBM have agreed to develop a cognitive reservoir performance system for the oil and gas industry. The new system uses IBM Watson Explorer technology to analyze Flotek’s proprietary oilfield chemistry research…
Private equity backed independent Alpha Petroleum Resources is targeting first oil from its UK North Sea Cheviot oil field in 2019, after entering agreements with floating production system provider Teekay. Alpha expects to achieve…
Dana Petroleum's long delayed Western Isles cylindical floating production unit (FPSO) is finally set to start its journey to Europe in coming days, says designer Sevan Marine. The unit is being built at COSCO's yard in China and will…
Archer Oiltools, a provider of solutions for well integrity and well performance, has released the SPARTAN plug family, designed to help operators deliver safer wells, boost operational efficiency and reduce costs. Driven by customer demand and industry challenges…