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Maersk inks two North Sea jackup contracts

Oct 12, 2017

Maersk Drilling has been awarded two contract extensions in the North Sea. The jackup Maersk Resolve has been awarded a contract extension by Wintershall Noordzee for the drilling of a third well in the ongoing drilling campaign in the North Sea…

Repsol picks Weatherford for 50-well P&A project

Oct 12, 2017

Weatherford International has been awarded a contract for plug and abandonment (P&A) services by Repsol Norge. The work will start this month and is estimated to be completed over three years. The contract scope encompasses multiple services…

New UK North Sea workforce numbers revealed

Oct 12, 2017

A new report into the UK North Sea oil and gas industry work force shows jobs have dropped to 302,000 from 460,000 in 2014, with the average age of staff increasing slightly to 42.7. The report in short: Industry supports more than 302…

IOG increases Vulcan Satellites reserves, close to FDP submission

Oct 12, 2017

UK firm Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) says it expects to award key project contactors and submit a field development plan for its Vulcan Satellites hub later this month following a report which has significantly increased reserves numbers for the fields…

Fugro divests trenching and cable lay business

Oct 12, 2017

Global Marine Group has agreed to acquire Fugro’s trenching and cable lay services business for about US$73 million in shares. The acquisition of Fugro’s trenching and cable lay services business involves the transfer of 23 Aberdeen-based Fugro staff and one vessel (Symphony)…

Shell funds 4Subsea Brazil program

Oct 10, 2017

4Subsea has been awarded a Shell-funded contract to support COPPE, the center for engineering research and education at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). The project is funded by Shell Brazil and is a partnership with UFRJ-COPPE EMBRAPII…

Rosneft closes Shorouk stake deal

Oct 10, 2017

Russia’s Rosneft has closed the US$1.13 billion deal to acquire stake in the Shorouk concession, containing the giant Zohr field offshore Egypt from Italy’s Eni. Map of Zohr, from Eni. Rosneft…

Total hires Maersk Deliverer off Malaysia

Oct 10, 2017

Total E&P Malaysia has signed a 60-day contract for the Maersk Deliverer semisubmersible to drill offshore Southeast Asia, bringing the vessel out of warm stacking. The contract covers the drilling of one exploration well in the Block DW-N Sabah offshore Malaysia…

Tower Resources to drill at Thali off Cameroon

Oct 10, 2017

Tower Resources is taking steps to drill on the shallow water Thali license offshore Cameroon.  Map of Thali. From Tower. Thali is in the Rio del Rey basin in the eastern part of the Niger Delta…

Wärtsilä acquires Guidance Marine

Oct 10, 2017

Wärtsilä has acquired privately-owned Guidance Marine, a company with offices in the UK, Singapore and the US that provides sensor solutions relating to dynamic positioning and other vessel control systems, such as collision avoidance and remote control operations…

BiSN in US$2.6 million expansion

Oct 09, 2017

BiSN announced the expansion of its corporate headquarters with a US$2.6 million (£2million) investment. Based in Warrington, the £2million premises will see BiSN expand into a 2000sq m site, which brings its research and development…

Ruiz Sternadt named CEO of Dresser-Rand business

Oct 09, 2017

Paulo Ruiz Sternadt, 42 has been appointed CEO of the Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas Division. He succeeds Judith Marks (54) who will leave the company at her own request. Ruiz Sternadt…

Goliat shut down due to electrical issues

Oct 09, 2017

Eni has been ordered to shut down all production from the Goliat floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, after the Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) gives the Italian giant a notice to improve its electrical safety…

Total, ONAP ink Guinea E&P pact

Oct 09, 2017

Study area, in red. Map from Total. Total and the National Office of Petroleum of Guinea (ONAP) signed a technical evaluation agreement to study deep and ultra deep offshore areas located off the coast of Guinea Conakry…

Gazprom makes major Ayashsky discovery in Okhotsk Sea

Oct 09, 2017

Russian gas giant Gazprom Neft says it has made a new discovery containing 255 million tonne of oil equivalent (ca.1.8 bn boe) in place on the Ayashsky license block, in the Okhotsk Sea. The Ayashsky block in the Okhotsk Sea forms part of the Sakhalin-3 project…

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