First power has been achieved from Statoil and partner Masdar's Hywind Scotland project - the world's first floating wind farm. The 30MW wind farm, operated by Statoil, is 25km offshore Peterhead, Scotland, and comprises five, 6MW turbines…
North Sea minnow Independent Oil and Gas has signed a letter of intent with Offshore Design Engineering for work on its Blythe Hub and Vulcan Satellites Hub development. ODE will provide technical and operational support ahead of final…
Shearwater GeoServices has delivered a 3D Fast Track Pre-Stack Depth Migration (PreSDM) product for Edison International, following the efficient acquisition of a high quality 3D SHarp broadband dataset in the Eastern Mediterranean. Simon Telfer…
Transocean's ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Invictus was awarded a two-year contract plus three one-year priced options with a subsidiary of BHP Billiton. The backlog associated with the firm contract is approximately US$106 million…
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…
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