Semco Maritime has signed its largest contract with Maersk Oil and Gas to date for manpower to the operations in the North Sea. “The contract, which has a duration of five years, include both blue collared and white collared employees…
The second jacket for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 platforms has set sail to the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan, the BP-led Shah Deniz consortium announced today (16 March). Sailaway of the QU jacket…
State oil firm Petrobangla has signed a production sharing contract with South Korea's Posco Daewoo Corp. for deep sea block DS-12 in the Bay of Bengal. The agreement includes a commitment to carry out 2D and 3D seismic surveys, within the first three years…
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract extension by Centrica for its Morecambe Bay onshore and offshore gas production assets. The engineering, construction and project support (ECAPS) contract includes work for operations and maintenance…
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) recognizes innovative technologies each year with the Spotlight on New Technology Award. This awards program is exclusively for OTC exhibitors and showcases the latest and most advanced technologies that are leading the industry into the future…
Semco Maritime and Skipavika enter into strategic agreement on service preparedness for all rigs at the port facility Skipavika Terminal near Bergen. The agreement also comprises an intention to develop the submarine base Olavsvern near Tromsø as a rig service center…
GustoMSC has unveiled its latest jackup design for the NG-5500X-LD self-propelled jackup, the NG series. Illustration of the NG-5500X-LD self-propelled jackup, from GustoMSC. Based…
Odfjell Drilling received a letter of intent for use of the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible for one firm high-pressure, high-temperature well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Image of the Deepsea Bergen…
Energean Oil & Gas has signed US$19 million exploration and production contract with State of Montenegro for two blocks off the Montenegrin coast. Rigas, Sekulic signing the exploration contract…
Atlantic Petroleum has agreed to sell its 25% stake in the Orlando development to Decipher Energy. The project is a planned subsea tieback to the Ninian platform, operated by CNR International. Decipher Energy was set up in September…
French supermajor Total has started production from its Moho Nord deepwater development, 75km offshore Congo. The project, with 100,000 b/d capacity, is the biggest oil development to date in Congo and one of 10 developments Total is due to start-up in the next 17 months globally…
Shearwater GeoServices Norway has signed two separate deals offshore Norway, and in the Asian Pacific region. Image of the Polar Marquis, from Shearwater. Shearwater received…
Anadarko has hit wet Wilcox sands at its Shenandoah prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, according to partner Cobalt International. Ocean Blackhawk. Image from Diamond Offshore. The…
Cobalt International has encountered oil at its North Platte #4 appraisal well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, with plans to drill a second sidetrack, as the company ups its estimates of recoverable hydrocarbon resources at the prospect…
Noble Energy has won approval to drill an additional well, Leviathan-7, at its giant Leviathan project offshore Israel, alongside the Leviathan-5 well, in a move that aims to streamline operations and reduce drilling costs, Noble's partner Delek Group announced today (14 March)…
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