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Centrica snaps up Serica stakes

Aug 05, 2014

Serica Energy has completed a farm out on UK East Irish Sea Blocks 113/26b and 113/27c (License P.1482) with Centrica, through its subsidiary Hydrocarbon Resources Limited (HRL). Under the agreement, HRL has acquired an operated 45% interest in the license…

BW inks Catcher loan

Aug 05, 2014

BW Offshore has agreed a US$800 million, 10-year credit facility for the Catcher floating production, storage and offloading project.  The facility is a combined construction and long term financing facility. The credit facility was substantially…

EMAS wins $110m contracts

Aug 05, 2014

EMAS AMC, the subsea services division of Ezra Holdings, has been awarded several projects around the world worth close to US$110 million, including options. The scope of work for the projects include the transport and installation of subsea structures in Africa…

MX Oil establishes Mexican exploration joint venture

Aug 04, 2014

Mexico-focused junior explorer MX Oil plc reported on 1 August 2014 that it has established a joint venture with Geo Estratos SA de CV, an established oil services business in Mexico, that MX describes as 'potentially transformational' for the company…

Simplifying decommissioning

Aug 04, 2014

An ILT being placed inside a pile. IHC Handling Systems has a tool which may prove useful removing no longer required platform jackets. Elaine Maslin reports. Operators are finally…

Making time

Aug 04, 2014

Loading rock on to the Flintstone at Shenzhen, mainland China. Photo from Tideway. Fast local sourcing and past experience helped Tideway turnaround a Chinese rock placement project in quick time…

Focusing on Europe

Aug 04, 2014

Cable laud sling production at Hendrik Veder Group in Rotterdam. Photo from Hendrik Veder Group.  Rotterdam-based Hendrik Veder Group moved into the fiber rope domain last year when it bought manufacturing firm G…

Magellan’s journey

Aug 04, 2014

GustoMSC’s sixth-generation Magellan-class drillship.Images from GustoMSC Ferdinand Magellan became the first to circumnavigate the globe with a brutal three-year journey beginning in 1519…

Positive outlook

Aug 04, 2014

The HelWin Beta platform, on its way out to sea. Photos from HFG. The North Sea is set to continue to provide work for fabricators for 10-20 more years, says Heerema Fabrication Group’s CEO…

Tackling blast-proofing

Aug 04, 2014

An A60 fire door from InterDam. Just seven years after launching, fire- and blast- resistant door and wall manufacturer InterDam has added some impressive names to its project portfolio…

Galp's Tao-1 disappoints again

Aug 04, 2014

Galp Energia will plug and abandon its Tao-1 exploration well in the Tarfaya block offshore Morocco after encountering unfavorable reservoir quality in the Trident objective, partner Tangiers Petroleum announced on 4 August 2014. The…

Pieter Schelte: Bigger and better

Aug 04, 2014

The Pieter Schelte at Marine Engineering’s Korean yard.  Photo from Allseas. Work is lining up for Allseas’ mega-vessel the Pieter Schelte, which finally starts sea trials offshore Korea this summer…

Heavy hitters in heavy lifting

Aug 04, 2014

The Dutch have long dominated the heavy lifting market, especially offshore, and the country’s domination looks set to continue. Earlier this year, Allseas announced plans to build a new vessel that will top by 50% the capacity of its already enormous Pieter Schelte…

Calls to boost Scots oil sector

Aug 04, 2014

A think-tank focused on boosting Scotland’s economy has called for the new oil and gas regulator and industry taxation decision-makers to be based in Aberdeen, not London or Edinburgh.  Ahead of a referendum on Scottish independence,…

Gabon gas discovery for ENI

Aug 04, 2014

Eni made a gas and condensates discovery in the Nyonie Deep exploration prospect in block D4, about 13km from the coast of Gabon. ENI estimates initial potential in place is 500MMboe. The discovery was made in the pre-salt of Gabon through the NFW Nyonie Deep 1 well…

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