Elaine Maslin reports on the progress of Aasta Hansteen, Norway’s first spar development. Aasta Hansteen topside under construction at HHI. Living quarters in place. Images from Statoil. Statoil’s…
Desktop whiteboards, iPads and even 3D printed models are being used to help train today’s well control engineers. Elaine Maslin sets out the detail. From the comfort of your iPad. Photo from Learn to Drill…
Jerry Lee speaks with Seadrill to discover how the firm prepared for drilling operations on the giant Libra field offshore Brazil. RGH (riser gas handling system) riser joint in the moonpool during running…
Balancing cost reduction with correct materials selection is key when it comes to problems such as hydrogen embrittlement, says William Hackett’s Tim Burgess. Welded chain sling link cracked. Images from William Hackett…
GE Oil & Gas is set to offer a new, compact take on multiphase subsea boosting. Elaine Maslin reports. Image from GE Oil & Gas. By the end of this year, GE Oil & Gas hopes to…
Scope reduction has been the key focus on Statoil’s Johan Castberg floating production project. Elaine Maslin reports. An illustration of the Johan Castberg field layout. Image from Statoil. Statoil’s…
The Gullfaks subsea multiphase compression project made waves last year, becoming the first of its kind. In June, four people involved in the project won the Underwater Technology Foundation’s Subsea Award at the Underwater Technology Conference…
There’s potential for growth in the AUV market. However, operators and manufacturers will need to clearly demonstrate the benefits of the technology if they’re to move beyond being a niche solution. Douglas-Westwood’s Ben Wilby explains. BG…
Audrey Raj speaks to Shell and Technip about Malikai’s TLP, a first-of-its-kind designed and built in Malaysia for the field offshore Sabah. Malikai TLP onboard Dockwise White Marlin HTV. Photos from Shell…
Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) plans to merge its oil and gas subsidiary, Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas (FM O&G) with the parent company, after its proposed US$2 billion asset sale to Anadarko Petroleum failed to gain support from the company's lenders…
Three of Norway’s regulators have found nonconformities from regulations, following their joint investigation of a crude oil spill at Statoil’s Statfjord’s OLS B loading buoy that occurred last year. Image from Statoil…
MISC Berhad saw the sailaway of its Marginal Marine Production Unit (MaMPU 1), a fit-for-purpose FPSO for the development of marginal fields, in a ceremony this week at the MMHE East Yard, Pasir Gudang. Doves…
Dolphin Drilling and Total E&P UK entered into an early termination agreement that will move the Borgsten Dolphin support vessel to the cold stack list. Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy (FOE), said the tender for support…
This week, Maersk Oil outlined plans to review the scope and scale of its headquarters organization over the next three months that will see its chief growth officer, Ebbie Haan, leave the company next month. The review is in response…
Japan-based Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), EMAS Chiyoda Subsea Ltd. (ECS), Ezra Holdings, and Chiyoda Corp. completed a deal that sees NYK gain 25% stake in ECS. Through the acquisition of existing shares from Ezra and Chiyoda, NYK now holds a 25% equity interest in ECS…
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