Statoil will launch a drilling campaign in the Norwegian Barents Sea before the end of the year with four exploration wells in the Skrugard area, the company announced at this year’s Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference in Stavanger. But its Arctic ambitions go much farther…
The effective development of low-permeability tight gas reservoir resources requires operational efficiency to improve production performance. Erik Schrama, Robin Naughton-Rumbo and Fred van der Bas, Shell; Josef Shaoul, Fenix Consulting Delft…
Passionate about the product is how Technip's SVP subsea assets and technologies Alain Marion sums up his company's feeling about supplying flexible pipe. Meg Chesshyre visited Le Trait, in Normandy, to see the Flexi France plant in action and…
The 2012 release of the deepwater knowledge base, ReservoirKB, has been announced by global energy consulting firm Knowledge Reservoir. Hailed as ‘the most comprehensive knowledge base for exploration and appraisal geoscientists and engineers in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico region’…
Leicester-based materials specialist Nylacast, which prides itself on being able to provide a full engineering polymer solution, with full traceability from raw chemistry through to end components in any quantity, was among the UK companies…
Ropemaker Bridon is hailing the £10 million closer being installed at its new Neptune Quay facility in the UK as ‘the world’s biggest machine for the manufacture of steel wire ropes’. Targeting today’s more challenging offshore sector applications in particular…
The pre-cut trenching workscope on Denmark’s Skagerrak 4 HVDC submarine interconnector project was completed on time, on budget and with zero plough downtime, reports DeepOcean senior project manager David Brown. The independent UK contractor…
Alderley has launched a new division specialising in the provision of metering solutions for brownfield modifications and ageing systems. Alderley Metering Solutions’ multi-disciplined team of engineers will provide local support and services…
Fugro Academy in Aberdeen recently delivered its 1000th instructor-led surveying course since the facility was created in 2006. In that time over 7600 staff have received about 35,000 days of training
GE Oil & Gas bolstered its Norwegian presence with two acquisitions in the space of ten days for its measurement & control business. The purchase of Oslo-based pressure, temperature and flow measurement solutions provider Presens was confirmed early August…
Glacier Energy Services has extended its oil & gas industry offering with the acquisition of UK pipe cutting and preparation services provider Site Machining Services. The acquisition is Glacier’s first since its formation around last year’s management buyout of MB Oil & Gas.
Teledyne has acquired the parent company of PDM Neptec, a UK-based provider of underwater cables, fibre optic and electrical subsea connectors. The acquired company will now operate under the name Teledyne Impulse-PDM.
Whisper it quietly, but the long-promised dawn of serious and sustainable North Sea decommissioning sector activity may have arrived at last. Extensive planning and preparation are currently under way in the sector as countries around the North…
A flurry of early contracts marked August's official sanction of the £1.4 billion development of Cygnus, the largest southern North Sea gas discovery in the last 25 years. Meg Chesshyre reports.GDF Suez, which will operate Cygnus on behalf of partners Centrica and Bayerngas…
Seeking to bolster its engineering support capability for a growing DP3 hybrid vessel fleet, the Sea Trucks Group occupied smart new premises in Rotterdam earlier this year. For founder and chief executive Jacques Roomans the move might suggest a return to his roots but…
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