The National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) has released a list of 29 foreign oil and gas firms which have been pre-qualified for its upcoming upstream projects tender round. NIOC is planning to put to a round of tenders several upstream oil…
BW Offshore has signed a short-term interim extension agreement for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Abo with Eni subsidiary Nigerian Agip Exploration. The unit, moored off Nigeria on the Abo field, will continue working for Eni until 20 January 2017…
Repsol has lined up a rig to drill its Siluro-1 exploration well in block RC-11 offshore Colombia and plans to start drilling in Q2 this year. The Spanish oil firm has lined up Maersk Drilling's Maersk Developer deepwater semisubmersible for the shallow water job…
Statoil has completed a deal to acquire Wintershall's 25% interest in the Byrding project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), increasing its stake to 70%. Byrding, in PL 090B, is an oil and gas discovery in the northern part of the North Sea…
Rig operator Songa Offshore has mobilized its emergency response team after water got into a pumproom on its Songa Encourage semisubmersible drilling rig. The unit is a Cat-D rig, one of four newbuilds which have entered service for Songa in the past couple of years…
The past year has undoubtedly been one of the toughest for the oil and gas industry in recent memory. As we enter 2017, we consider three key themes that could shape the industry over the year ahead. A North America-led oilfield services…
A total of 32 crude and natural gas projects are expected to commence operations in the North Sea region by 2025, with the UK claiming the highest number at 22, followed by Norway and Denmark with nine and one respectively, according to GlobalData…
Maersk Oil is to shut in its Tyra field offshore Denmark in a move that could impact a string of other fields on the Danish Continental Shelf. Maersk Oil says it was unable to find an economic strategy for full recovery of the remaining resources in the field…
Norwegian geoscience firm Spectrum, in collaboration with the Direction Generale des Hydrocarbures (DGH), has started the first of a series of 3D Multi-Client seismic acquisition programs offshore Gabon. The programs are in under-explored areas over shallow water open blocks…
Melissa Sustaita charts the progress of two of the Caspian region’s famed oil and gas projects, NCOC’s Kashagan and BP’s Shah Deniz. Last year (2016) had its share of peaks and valleys; however, it was a year of excellent progress for two huge projects in different sectors of the Caspian Sea…
Unmanned autonomous systems and the internet of things are two phrases that are bandied about a lot. But, it’s not so often that they have come together and within the marine environment in a project involving offshore industry players – albeit those who also have a foot in the defense sector…
Elaine Maslin reports on the launch of a new concept in AUV deployment, which sees six vehicles deployed in conjunction with USVs. The multi-AUV concept. Image from Swire Seabed. It…
Offshore construction activity in the Middle East Gulf has remained buoyant, but that hasn’t stopped pressure on costs and dayrates. Mirzi Moralde, of IHS, outlines activity in the region. Saipem’s…
Hess is dedicated to bringing its Stampede project online on-time and on-budget, with safety being the key to success. Jerry Lee dives into the finer details of the project, slated for 2018. In September 2016…
Elaine Maslin profiles some of the projects moving forward that pledge to deliver autonomous underwater vehicles for life of field operations. Modus’ AUV launch and recovery system, designed and built by Osbit…
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