A new US$1.32 million (£1 million) research and development project focussed on cost reduction, increased efficiency and value add for the oil and gas sector has received backing from government agency Scottish Enterprise. US firm ION Geophysical subsidiary…
BW Offshore subsidiary Sendje Berge has agreed the terms of a contract extension for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Sendje Berge with operator Addax Petroleum Exploration (Nigeria) for use on the Okwori field offshore Nigeria…
Byron Energy has completed the installation of a 500ft, 4in oil and 7000ftm 6in gas pipelines on the South Marsh Island 71 (SM 71) oil and gas development in the central US Gulf of Mexico, says partner Otto Energy. Each pipeline…
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has published a 'lessons learned' on the use of polymer technology to enhance oil recovery (EOR) from UK oil fields. “Polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery – Industry Lessons Learned” was produced in collaboration…
Premier Oil's Catcher development is on track for first oil by the end of the year with the project's floating production vessel now moored in field. The BW Catcher vessel, built at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore, and owned and operated by BW Offshore…
AFGlobal has acquired the Axon pressure pump technology and product line from Amkin Technologies, a privately-held oilfield equipment and technology developer. The acquisition of the Axon pump technologies and ability for AFGlobal to…
KrisEnergy has spud the East Mayura-1 exploration well in the G10/48 contract area in the Gulf of Thailand, the operator announced on 20 October. The East Mayura-1 well, offshore Thailand, is being drilled by the PV DRILLING I jack-up rig…
MODEC has signed a contract for supply, charter, and operations of a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel with Brazil's Petrobras on 13 October 2017. The firm charter period of the contract is 21 years. The FPSO will be deployed at the Sépia field operated by Petrobras…
W&T Offshore has started drilling on the ST 224 #1 exploration well in the South Timbalier 224 lease in the US Gulf Of Mexico, according to Otto Energy. Drilling is targeting a large, amplitude supported, high condensate gas ratio exploration prospect located in the prolific Bul…
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has been awarded the procurement and construction contract for Noble Energy's Leviathan development vent boom under Heerema Marine Contractors' transport and installation contract. This project marks the…
US oil major Chevron is moving ahead with plans for an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project using polymer technology on its Captain heavy oil field in the UK North Sea. The Captain field was discovered in 1977, in Block 13/22a on the edge of the outer Moray Firth…
Aker Solutions says it has won a >US$200 million (NOK 1.6 billion) order to deliver the largest umbilicals system ever - without naming the client or project. The contract is for the delivery of 250km of steel-tube umbilicals linking a subsea development to an existing offshore platform…
MHWirth has secured a contract from Wood Group Canada for a drilling package, including equipment, engineering and services for the West White Rose Project offshore Canada. Husky Energy is developing the West White Rose Project, together with its co-venture partners…
New figures released by the US Coast Guard (USCG) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) show that approximately 16,000 bbl (672,000 gallons) of oil have discharged from a damaged pipeline, operated by Louisiana’s LLOG Exploration…
Singapore-based explorer KrisEnergy will proceed with the first phase of its Apsara oil field, the first hydrocarbon project offshore Cambodia, the company announced today (19 October). Phase 1A of the Apsara development, in Cambodia Block A in the Gulf of Thailand…
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