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Oceaneering grabs Constellation prize

Apr 06, 2017

Oceaneering International secured a contract from Anadarko Petroleum to supply the umbilical for Anadarko’s Constellation subsea tieback in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract is for a dynamic and static electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilical…

M² Subsea appoints new GM

Apr 06, 2017

The US operation of M² Subsea has appointed a new general manager (GM) and senior vice president of commercial, Paddy Hardey.  Based in Houston, Hardey will be responsible for implementing the firm’s global commercial and contracting…

Serica sets Columbus first gas

Apr 06, 2017

Serica Energy is targeting 2020 for first gas at its Columbus field in the Central North Sea, and reveals plans to begin drilling at the nearby Rowallan prospect next year. Map of Columbus, from Serica…

Trelleborg completes Catcher elastomeric bearings

Apr 06, 2017

Trelleborg’s engineered products operation recently completed a milestone project for BW Offshore for the complete in-house design and fabrication of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) elastomeric bearing structures. Supplied to Premier Oil's Catcher FPSO in 2016…

Well-Centric, Hunting win asset maintenance contract

Apr 06, 2017

Late life-cycle integrity specialists, Well-Centric and Hunting, have been awarded an approximately US$6.2 million (£5 million) contract by a major North Sea exploration and production operator. The collaboration will see Well-Centric and Hunting join forces to provide maintenance…

Craig inks Premier procurement work

Apr 06, 2017

Craig International has signed a five-year procurement contract for all Premier Oil’s maintenance and repair operations in the UK North Sea. The contract, which could be worth up to US$6.2 million (£5 million), will see Craig International’s…

Cairn in VR-1 upset

Apr 06, 2017

Cairn Energy did not get the results the company was hoping for after drilling deeper at the Vega-Regulus (VR-1) well offshore Senegal, following its winning streak in the area. The Stena DrillMAX…

PSA gives Polarled commissioning consent

Apr 05, 2017

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Gassco consent to use the Polarled pipeline. Polarled is a new gas pipeline from Aasta Hansteen in the Norwegian Sea to the Nyhamna gas-processing facility in Møre og Romsdal county…

NEL invests in subsea CoE

Apr 05, 2017

A new US$19.9 million (£16 million) Center of Excellence (CoE) for subsea development is to be established in East Kilbride, Scotland and will be led by TÜV SÜD Ltd. (NEL), a provider of research and development, consultancy and testing to the international oil and gas industry…

Norwegian activity on the rise–at what cost?

Apr 05, 2017

A wave of new projects is set to hit the Norwegian Continental Shelf this year, but how sustainable cost cutting measures have been to carry them out and the huge potential seen in digitizing the business was discussed in Oslo today. Shell's…

Exxon, Qatar Petroleum ink Cyprus PSC

Apr 05, 2017

US supermajor ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum signed an exploration and production sharing contract with the government of the Republic of Cyprus for Block 10. Block 10 PSC signing. Image from Qatar Petroleum…

iSurvey bags Maersk Oil Danish deal

Apr 05, 2017

Maersk Oil has awarded iSURVEY Offshore a four-year survey and positioning contract for the company’s Danish business unit. The deal began last month, and has the option to extend by one 12-month period. iSURVEY will specifically…

Statoil approved for Trestakk

Apr 05, 2017

Statoil has gained approval from Norwegian authorities to develop the Trestakk discovery in the Norwegian Sea. Illustration of Trestakk. From Statoil. Trestakk’s development plan is now expected to cost US$640 million (NOK 5…

Eni strikes Gamma gas off Libya

Apr 05, 2017

Italian giant Eni has discovered gas and condensate at the Gamma prospect, offshore Libya. Image of Area D, from National Oil Corp. Gamma is in the Contract Area D, 140km offshore from Tripoli…

Tullow delays drilling off Namibia

Apr 05, 2017

Tullow Oil is delaying plans to drill PEL-37 offshore northern Namibia, suggesting that further work is required to identify a drillable prospect. The drilling of the first exploration well was to start no later than 27 March, provided…

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