Faroe Petroleum has completed an up to US$20 million deal to acquire Roc Oil (GB Holdings), which holds 12.5006% interest in the Blane field and a 12.00% interest in the Enoch field, both in the UK North Sea. Roc Oil GB is a subsidiary of Roc Oil Company…
Dutch engineering and fabrication firm Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has opened its new Heerema Innovation Center, where it plans to develop next-generation welding robots, and use latest gaming and data processing technology. The center is cloes to HFG's Zwijndrecht headquarters…
Noble Corp. is the latest major oil and gas company to be linked to the Petróleo Brasileiro’s (Petrobras) Lava Jato bribery and corruption scandal, the offshore driller revealed in a regulatory filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission…
Brazil’s Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has appointed Segen Farid Estefen as the chairman of the board for its subsidiary company Petrobras Distribuidora, until 31 January 2016. Estefen is replacing Clovis Torres Jr., who announced his resignation earlier this week…
A letter of award has been announced and signed by Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS), worth approximately US$15.3 million, with a repeat customer in India. The survey, which is located off the eastern coast of India, is expected to start in early January 2016 by the vessel BOA Thalassa…
Italy’s Eni encountered a new oil and condensate discovery in the Marine XII block, offshore Congo. Image from Eni. The Nkala Marine prospect is located in Marine XII block, about…
Cairn Energy spudded the first appraisal well on the SNE oil field located 100km offshore Senegal; according to joint venture partner Far Ltd. Map from Far. The SNE-2 well will…
Less than eight months after its discovery, BP and the Egyptian government signed a heads of agreement to rapidly progress the development of the Atoll deepwater field offshore Egypt as early as 2018. BP's…
French geoscience firm CGG is to cut 950 jobs, or 13% of its staff, and reduce its vessel fleet amid the ongoing, prolonged oil price drop. CGG has already been implementing a fleet reduction program, since announcing its “Transformation Plan” at the end of 2013…
Lundin is on track to start up tohe Edward Grieg field this month after Norway's Petroleum Safety have the firm the green light for start-up and operation. The Edvard Grieg field is 35km of the Grane and Balder fields in 110m water depth…
Petrofac, Faroe Petroleum and Eni Hewett have established a cost saving partnership to drive efficiencies and commercial synergies across their UK operations in the UK southern North Sea. The tripartite agreement sees collaboration between…
Fugro has taken delivery of the new ROV support vessel (RSV) Fugro Aquarius. The new DP-2 diesel-electric vessel is 83m is length with a deck area of 520sq m and accommodation for 60 people…
Image from Oil and Gas Authority. Patrick Brown, chairman of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has confirmed the appointment of three non-executive directors to the OGA board. Mary Hardy…
SapuraKencana Energy (SKE) secured the approval from Petronas for the field development plan (FDP) for the SK310 B15 gas field development project, offshore East Malaysia. The B15 field, which was discovered in December 2010, is located…
Some 40-50% of savings or efficiency gains need to be made if the industry is going to survive the low oil price regime we are in, an industry event was told in Aberdeen today. 'For us to survive this long-term, to get by on the oil price as it is…
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