The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is gearing up to hold is first ever lease sale via a live broadcast later this summer that will mark the last lease sale for the Western Planning Area of the current five-year program. Image of Hopper…
Schlumberger has reduced its workforce by 16,000 so far this year, which the oil services giant attributed to weak activity that it expects to persist throughout the year. Image from Schlumberger…
Keppel Corp. reported a 45% decline in its profits in 1H 2016, as the Singaporean shipbuilder announced a reduction in its workforce by more than 5000. Image from Keppel. In the first six months of the year…
Norway-based geoscience firm Spectrum started a 15,000km multi-client 2D survey offshore Brazil in the Santos and Campos Basins. The new acquisition program is an outboard extension of Spectrum's 2012 Santos Campos Phase 1 survey, and will tie other programs in the Santos…
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies has signed a purchase agreement with a subsidiary of National Oilwell Varco (NOV) regarding the sale of its Subsea Products business. The sale includes Thor Tie-In, Weaklink, Pipeline Structures (typically PLEM…
Global drilling giant Transocean has announced a string of new contracts and the start of its newbuild drillship Deepwater Proteus on contract. The firm has also stacked six rigs, taking its total number of currently stacked rigs to 28…
Malaysian state oil firm Petronas has awarded its first production sharing contract (PSC) for 2016, and given Thailand's PTTEP its first operatorship in Malaysia. The PSC was awarded to PTTEP HK Offshore, Kufpec Malaysia, and Petronas Carigali for the exploration Block SK410B…
Ithaca Energy's floating production unit, the FPF-1, has set sail from the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk after completing a required inclination test. The vessel has been moved to a deepwater location offshore Gdansk to undertake final marine system trials over the course of next week…
Dutch contractor Boskalis has been awarded the offshore balance of plant contract by Vattenfall for the construction of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. Following the announcement…
Fluor Corp. company Stork, was awarded a two-year fabric maintenance and asset support services contract by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK across six of their North Sea assets. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract award in Q2. Stork will…
A consortium of L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) and Emas Chiyoda Subsea (ECS) entered into a US$1.6 billion engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) deal with Saudi Aramco for the development of the second phase of Hasbah Offshore Gas field…
A new report from Reports and Reports called 'Global Well Intervention Market 2016-2021,' says worldwide, well intervention is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.34% from 2016-2021, on account of rising demand in the oil and gas energy along with aging well assets…
2H Offshore has appointed Yann Helle as managing director. Helle. Image from 2H Offshore. Helle replaces Tim Eyles, who is moving to the role of vice president with parent company Acteon…
A £6 million grant fund has been launched to help more than 200 companies unlock innovations in offshore renewable energy. The SCORE program, being delivered by the OrbisEnergy innovation and incubation centre in Lowestoft, Suffolk, provides grants of up to £50…
Noble Energy started production at Gunflint in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the Houston-based explorer announced today (21 July). Map of Gunflint, from Noble Energy. The Gunflint oil development…