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Bumi to supply FPSO off Indonesia

Aug 19, 2014

Husky-CNOOC Madura awarded Malaysia-based Bumi Armada Offshore Holdings and its joint venture company PT Armada Gema Nusantara a contract to provide the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Madura BD Field, approximately…

Wild Well announces Asia Pacific expansion

Aug 19, 2014

Stennes, Haustead. Images from Wild Well. Wayne Stennes and Christian Haustead join Wild Well Control, Inc. to further increase the company’s service offerings and presence in the Asia Pacific region…

Salamander announces first oil at Bualuang

Aug 19, 2014

Salamander Energy received the first oil in the tanks of the Suksan Salamander floating storage and offtake vessel (FSO) at the Bualuang field in the Gulf of Thailand. Greater Bualuang work. Image: Salamander…

Pre-salt Brazil orders for FMC

Aug 19, 2014

FMC Technologies is to provide another five subsea manifolds for Brazil's Petrobras for its pre-salt fields located offshore Brazil. The order represents the balance of the 16 subsea manifolds ordered under a frame agreement signed in 2013…

Gudrun officially launched

Aug 19, 2014

Statoil and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg officially opened the company's new Gudrun platform, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).   Gudrun installation. Photo from Statoil…

Leak halts GOM drilling

Aug 19, 2014

Sevan Drilling's Sevan Louisiana ultra-deepwater semisubmersiblse drilling rig has temporarily halted operations due to a control system leak on the blow out preventer (BOP), the firm said today (August 18).  In order to repair the leak…

Shell uses 3D WAZ seismsic technology in Canada

Aug 18, 2014

Shell's Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Project marks the first time 3D wide azimuth (WAZ) Seismic technology was used in Canada. This technology provides much clearer data in water depths of 1500m to 3500m, 250km to 350km offshore Nova Scotia…

Badger Explorer, CNPC DR enter partner agreement

Aug 18, 2014

Badger Explorer ASA (BXPL) signed a co-operation agreement for a long term agreement with China National Petroleum Corp. Drilling Research Institute (CNPC DR), whereby CNPC DR will become a sponsoring partner in the development of the Badger Explorer autonomous drilling tool…

Drydocks World completes two turret modules for Shell Prelude

Aug 18, 2014

Dubai's Drydocks World has successfully completed turret modules 1 and 2 for the world’s largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility. This innovative FLNG facility will be stationed at Shell's Prelude gas field off the northwest coast of Australia…

GDF Suez E&P UK appoints managing director

Aug 18, 2014

GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd. appoints Ruud Zoon as managing director. Zoon joins from GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland B.V. where he has been managing director since 2010. He has 30 years of energy industry experience, holding senior management positions in locations including the Netherlands…

Costs escalate for large projects

Aug 18, 2014

Operators are battling to manage cost overruns on larger projects, was the message that emerged from an event on “Large Oil & Gas Projects” held at the Royal Geographical Society in London in June, organized by the Norwegian British Chamber of Commerce…

Rosneft, Statoil start Norwegian drilling

Aug 18, 2014

Statoil and partner RN Nordic Oil, a Rosneft subsidiary, began exploration drilling on the Pingvin prospect in production license 713 in the Norwegian Barents Sea using the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig (pictured) in 422m water depth…

Harkand wins Apache North Sea work

Aug 18, 2014

Harkand has been awarded a contract to support Apache's North Sea business with inspection, repair and maintenance work (IRM) as well as light construction (LC). The award includes provision of vessels, ROV and diving services for three years…

Noreco/North Energy swap assets

Aug 18, 2014

North Energy and Noreco Norway have agreed to swap interests in two offshore Norway production licences (PL). North Energy will acquire 15% of PL 484 in the Norwegian Sea and transfer a 10% holding in PL 616 in the North Sea to Noreco…

Multiple contracts for DOF Subsea

Aug 18, 2014

DOF Subsea has been awarded multiple contracts, worth a total NOK830 million.   In Asia Pacific, DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts including project management and engineering, inspection, maintenance and repair services and subsea installation work…

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