FairfieldNodal has begun a project to acquire and process high-resolution 3D marine seismic for the Libra consortium led by Petrobras, Total, Shell, China National Petroleum Corp., and CNOOC. The Libra project, FairfieldNodal’s first such project offshore Brazil…
Subsea 7 and Sapura Energy have agreed to end their Asia Pacific focused SapuraAcergy joint venture (JV), with the JV's heavy-lift and pipelay vessel, Sapura 3000, sold to a subsidiary of Sapura Energy. The JV was set up in 2006, with SapuraCrest Petroleum…
Norwegian energy consultancy Add Energy and Australian firm Transborders Energy (TBE) are working together, with help from MODEC and TechnipFMC, to create a fast deployment business model for floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) concept to access small-scale stranded resources…
Independent oil firm African Petroleum has applied to enter a second renewal period at the Senegal Offshore Sud Profond (SOSP) production sharing contract (PSC). The firm is also hoping to swap a commitment to drill a well for a 3D seismic…
FairfieldNodal is to start a large Z700 acquisition project offshore Trinidad in late October 2017. FairfieldNodal’s Z700 data acquisition system uses Z700 ocean bottom nodes, which are placed on the seafloor to carry out surveys. Fairfield says the Z700 system is easily deployed…
A monitoring technology developed by RED Engineering has been used for the first time to improve accuracy, speed and safety during the installation of jacket foundations for wind turbines at the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd project in the Moray Firth…
A former production asset manager based in Kurdistan, Iraq, has joined the UK's oil and gas industry regultaor, the Oil and Gas Authority, as head of Decommissioning. Nils Cohrs is replacing the Acting Head of Decommissioning Gunther Newcombe…
The Honghua Group Limited has awarded a $12 million front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to Wood for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform development in the West Delta area of the Gulf of Mexico. The main objective of the…
Schlumberger introduced the GROVE IST integrated seat technology ball valve. New ball valve technology features a patented seat-on-ball design that significantly improves performance over conventional metal-seated ball valves in addition to offering considerable size and weight benefits…
St. Louis-based technology and engineering firm Emerson announced today (16 October) it has agreed to acquire Paradigm, a provider of software solutions for the oil and gas industry, for $510 million. Source: Emerson Paradigm…
Anadarko Petroleum has signed an exploration agreement with the government of Peru to explore 4.7 million acres across three deepwater blocks in the Trujillo Basin offshore Peru. The exploration phase of the agreement is a typical multi-year…
A new outfit being created by the merger of Centrica's oil and gas division and Bayerngas Norge is to be called Spirit Energy, Centrica said today. Centrica will hold 69% in the new company, while Bayerngas Norway's owners will hold the remaining 31%…
Three companies, Eni, Total and Novatek, acting as a consortium have made the only bids in Lebanon's first offshore licensing round. The three companies together bid on Blocks 4 and 9, says the Lebanese Petroleum Administration. Block…
An investigation has started into an oil leak from a subsea pipeline near US operator LLOG's Delta House facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. The leak was discovered last week after a sheen was seen on the surface of the water and reported to the National Response Centre…
Operators in the US Gulf of Mexico have largely resumed normal operations following Tropical Storm Nate. The Storm, which formed 5 October and made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Mississippi on 8 October, saw 85.09% of US Gulf of Mexico oil production shut in and about 64…
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