Five major helicopter operators today announced a new industry association – HeliOffshore – for organizations with an interest in working together on safety in offshore helicopter transport. The new association was introduced today at a launch event at its offices in London…
Mayank Ashar joins Cairn India as its new managing director & chief executive officer effective 17 November 2014. Ashar brings with him more than 36 years of experience in the international oil and gas industry. In his earlier assignments…
Malcolm Webb, Oil & Gas UK chief executive, will retire in 2015. Webb. From Oil & Gas UK. Oil & Gas UK says the exact date of his departure is yet to be agreed, but will be within…
NEL has invested more than £0.5 million in the development of its Glasgow-based Wet Gas Facility. The investment has created the UK’s only independent commercial test facility able to test meters to such high flowrates for wet gas conditions…
Dubai based offshore fabrication firm Lamprell has completed the second Caspian Sea jackup drilling rig, the Mercury. Lamprell said completion of the rig, the EDC-2, built for Eurasia Drilling, was a milestone for the group, particularly as it has been built under challenging conditions…
Statoil discovered new oil resources in the D-structure at well 25/8-18 S in PL169, near the Grane field, in the North Sea. Map from Statoil. The D-structure is located on the Utsira High…
Total's CEO Christophe de Margerie has died in a plane crash at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport just after 10pm (Paris time) last night (20 October). The 63-year-old was on a Dassauly Aviation SA Falcon business jet, which was bound for Paris…
Some of the world's top energy experts have been announced as guest speakers at Universal Oil & Gas 2014 (UOG 2014) in Israel later this year. Barry Smith, Texas Railroad. From Granite PR. UOG…
Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) introduces QuickSkid Solution to enable faster, more reliable and flexible communications for the oil and gas industry. Image of QuickSkid. From EMC. Rig owners…
McDermott International, Inc. won a transportation, installation and pre-commissioning contract from a subsidiary of PETRONAS, for the Bukit Tua development project in the Ketapang block of East Java, Indonesia. This new contract is for…
Rolls-Royce has signed a cooperation agreement with the Astican Shipyard in Las Palmas, Canary Islands that it said will enhance the service capabilities of both parties to meet growing demand from rig and drillship owners. Astican…
OMV announced that Gerhard Roiss will resign from his position as chairman of the executive board and CEO, effective 30 June 2015. OMV's Supervisory Board has started the process to identify suitable candidates for the succession as CEO…
Tamar partners and Dolphinus Holdings Ltd. signed a letter of intent for the supply of natural gas from the Tamar project located offshore Israel, to Dolphinus for use in Egypt. Map of Tamar field. From Noble…
BP is due to restart production at the high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) Rhum gas field in the UK North Sea, four years after the field was shut in due to Western sanctions against its 50% owner, Iran. A BP spokesperson said today that production was due to restart soon…
UK heavy oil explorer Xcite Energy has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with oilfield services firm Baker Hughes. The MOU sets out principles for the provision of oil field services for the UK North Sea Bentley heavy oil field…
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