BHP Billiton has made an oil discovery in multiple horizons at the Wildling-2 appraisal well in the ultra deepwaters of the Gulf of Mexico. Deepater Invictus. Image from Transocean. According to the company…
Israel’s Minister of Energy has granted Noble Energy and Delek Drilling an extension for the Alon D license, offshore Israel, following an appeal from the partners. The duo has been given a 32-month extension. The partners had filed an appeal on 25 February…
Halliburton is entering into a strategic alliance with Microsoft to drive digital transformation across the oil and gas industry. The relationship will combine the expertise of a global leader in cloud and digital transformation with a global leader in exploration and production (E&P) science…
Weatherford International has appointed Karl Blanchard as its new executive vice president and chief operating officer. Blanchard. Image from Weatherford. Blanchard will oversee all region and product line operations…
Noble Energy has hired Ensco’s ENSCO DS-7 ultra deepwater drillship for its giant Leviathan field, offshore Israel. Image from Ensco. The agreement for the ENSCO DS-7 includes the drilling two wells…
According to the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP), the majority of the 1484 fatal incidents reported over the last 20 years could have been prevented if the industry and its workforce had rigorously complied with the organization’s Life-Saving Rules1…
Teledyne Cormon, a member of Teledyne Marine that provides corrosion and erosion monitoring equipment for the oil and gas market, has recently introduced an upgrade to its signature CEION and DCU product lines. CEION2…
Ensco and Atwood Oceanics have filed definitive proxy materials with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the proposed merger announced in late-May. Atwood Oceanics headquarters…
Aker BP has received permits from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill an exploration wildcat and an appraisal well in Production License 442 to test the Nordfjellet/Delta prospects. The company will use jackup Maersk Inceptor…
Cortland has won a “significant” new order from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to supply a single 12,000m length of 9/16in Plasma HiCo synthetic rope. Plasma HiCo synthetic rope…
KBR has been awarded a project management services (PMC) contract by OMV Offshore Abu Dhabi GmbH on behalf of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) for management of the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase of the Hail & Ghasha Development project in Abu Dhabi…
The North Sea's first floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), the Petrojarl I, has been delivered to owner Teekay after a two and a half year project to make it ready for its next deployment. The Petrojarl 1, a Tentech 685 design vessel…
French oil major Total has agreed to buy Maersk Oil from its parent company A.P. Møller – Mærsk in a US$7.45 billion share and debt deal which could help it make $400 million in 'synergies' a year. Total will gain about 1 billion boe of 2P/2C reserves…
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Alaska’s manmade island, the Liberty Project, in the Beaufort Sea. Map of Liberty…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wellesley Petroleum a drilling permit for well 33/9-22 S, targeting the Goanna prospect in the North Sea. PL 881. Map from NPD. Well…
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