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Flowline firsts

Feb 01, 2017

Norway’s deepest yet oilfield development is bringing a string of firsts to the Norwegian Continental Shelf, not least when it comes to the field’s flowlines. Elaine Maslin reports. BuBi pipe fabrication at Vigra…

Beware the GDPR

Feb 01, 2017

George Scott, Director for KPMG’s Cyber & Privacy practice in Scotland, warns companies in the upstream energy sector of impending changes to EU data protection laws in the form of General Data Protection Regulations. The European Union’s (EU’s) new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)…

Handling sand

Feb 01, 2017

Sand erosion can cost the industry tens of billions of dollars every year. NEL’s Marc Laing looks at what can be done to mitigate the issues. Changes to oil and gas production over past decades have brought about unprecedented challenges…

Pain points, BOPs and enthusiasm for Big Data

Feb 01, 2017

Scott Weeden drills down with NOV’s Hege Kverneland to find out why she is excited about using Big Data to predict component failures before they occur. Kverneland Just how exciting is Big Data…

Anadarko eyes further Colombia drilling

Jan 31, 2017

Anadarko has its eyes set on Colombia, announcing further drilling plans in the Purple Angel block, and opportunities it has identified through the Esmeralda 3D seismic survey in the area.   Map of Gorgon…

Exxon to start 5 projects by 2018

Jan 31, 2017

US giant ExxonMobil announced it will start five major offshore projects in 2017-2018, in addition to a Q4 2016 earnings of US$3.7 billion, which took a $2 billion impairment charge from its upstream sector. Image from Exxon…

Ithaca, NHV sign Harrier contract

Jan 31, 2017

The NHV Group has been awarded a contract with Ithaca Energy UK (Ithaca) to provide helicopter services in support of their upcoming drilling project at the Harrier Well in Block 30/6. The operations are expected to start Q2 2017. Flights…

Oceaneering wins Statoil E-ROV contract

Jan 31, 2017

Statoil has awarded a subsidiary of Oceaneering International a technology development contract to provide the development, manufacturing, testing, and mobilization of a self-contained, battery-powered work class remotely operated vehicle (E-ROV) system deployed on the seabed of the North Sea…

Petrobras contracts DOF trio

Jan 31, 2017

DOF subsidiary Norskan Offshore has secured three contracts with Brazilian giant Petrobras. The first, is a one plus one year contract for the Skandi Botafogo, which is set to start 15 February. Skandi Botafogo is an anchor handling tug supply vessel…

Seadrill seeks US$1 billion lifeline

Jan 31, 2017

Seadrill is aiming to raise US$1 billion in new capital for restructuring efforts that CEO Per Wulff says has been more complex than the company had anticipated. The West Tellus, from Seadrill…

NEL leads multiphase meter standards development

Jan 31, 2017

NEL, the flow measurement research and development specialist, has been selected to lead the development of a new multiphase flow measurement standard for the oil and gas industry.   Despite the growing use of multiphase meters to cope…

Eni strikes gas at Merakes 2 off Indonesia

Jan 31, 2017

Italian giant Eni discovered pay at the first appraisal well of its Merakes discovery offshore Indonesia. Image from Eni. The company successfully drilled and tested the Merakes 2 well…

Smulders inks Aberdeen wind farm fabrication contract

Jan 31, 2017

A contract for assembling pioneering suction bucket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) has helped safeguard around 35 jobs and create up to another 105 positions in Newcastle-upon-Tyne after being awarded to Smulders Projects…

Statoil awards Johan Sverdrup hook-up contracts

Jan 31, 2017

Norwegian firms Aker Solutions and Aibel have won hook-up and commissioning contracts on Statoil's massive Johan Sverdrup field development offshore Norway. The contracts have a total value of slightly less than NOK 1.3 billion, excluding options…

Wood Group inks Hess Malaysia contract

Jan 31, 2017

Wood Group has been awarded a five-year contract with Hess Exploration & Production Malaysia. The operations and maintenance contract is to support Hess’ newbuild fixed and floating offshore facilities in the North Malay Basin development…

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