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Leak shuts down Petrobras production

Jan 22, 2016

Petrobras stopped production from its P-31 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit offshore Rio de Janeiro for the second time this month, after gas and oil leaks occurred earlier this week, according to the Sindipetro Norte Fluminense union…

Schlumberger in $1bn loss, 10,000 job cuts

Jan 22, 2016

Oil services giant Schlumberger posted more than a US$1 billion loss in its Q4 and full year 2015 results, in addition to a further 10,000 job cuts, bringing its workforce reduction to some 30,000 for the year. Kibsgaard…

Woodside spuds latest Myanmar probe

Jan 22, 2016

Woodside Energy and partner Daewoo International have started drilling their latest exploration well offshore Myanmar just weeks after announcing a gas discovery in the region. The latest well, the Thalin-1 well in Block AD-7, was spudded 20 January…

JX Nippon lines up Loanan drilling

Jan 22, 2016

JX Nippon E&P is gearing up to drill an exploration well on the Loanan prospect west of Shetland.  The Japanese exploration firm has awarded Norway's Odfjell Drilling a contract to use the semisubmersible Deepsea Stavanger for the well…

South Africa comes under seismic spotlight

Jan 22, 2016

CGG is to start a multi-client airborne gravity and magnetic survey offshore South Africa this month ahead of a new licensing round expected in the region later this year. The Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA) has authorized the program…

BW Athena to demobilize, seeks work

Jan 22, 2016

The BW Athena floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is to be demobilized from the Athena field in the UK North Sea next month. The move, which had been expected, will the see BW Athena leave the field Athena and Anglia fields…

Providence eyes Newgrange 3D seismic

Jan 22, 2016

Irish oil explorer Providence Resources has agreed to a license deal with seismic firm Searcher Seismic covering its Newgrange prospect in the southern Porcupine basin.  Searcher had already announced a major new multi-client 3D seismic program…

Lundin sells Bertam FPSO

Jan 22, 2016

Swedish exploration and production firm Lundin Petroleum is to sell the floating production vessel Bertam to Malaysian state-backed M3nergy for US$265 million. The deal, expected to complete in Q1, is subject to certain completion conditions…

Eni axes Ocean Rig Olympia contract

Jan 21, 2016

Global offshore deepwater drilling services provider Ocean Rig UDW received a termination notice from Italian giant Eni for the Ocean Rig Olympia deepwater drillship. According to Ocean Rig, “due to the dramatic fall of the crude oil price and the volatile market context…

PGS completes Brazil Fortaleza 3D

Jan 21, 2016

PGS has completed the acquisition of the 7300sq km CearáBasin “Fortaleza” MultiClient 3D survey on the Equatorial Margin of Brazil. The survey has significant industry pre-funding and marks the first use of a Ramform Titan-class vessel, the Ramform Atlas…

Exxon, GEPetrol in Equatorial Guinea PSC

Jan 21, 2016

Equatorial Guineas’ Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy, on behalf of the government of Equatorial Guinea signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with ExxonMobil E&P Equatorial Guinea (Offshore) and GEPetrol for Block EG-06, offshore Bioko Island…

Ampelmann opens Aberdeen office

Jan 21, 2016

Ampelmann, provider in motion compensation access solutions, opened an office in central Aberdeen as the next step in the continued expansion of the company. Ampelmann has an extensive track record in supporting walk to work campaigns in the North Sea…

Wood Group, Magma form commissioning duo

Jan 21, 2016

Wood Group has established a collaborative agreement with international engineering consultancy, Magma Products to extend its existing commissioning service. Headquartered in Aberdeen and specializing in the field of commissioning and start-up…

Hansa Heavy lift names senior advisor

Jan 21, 2016

Germany’s Hansa Heavy Lift has appointed Mark Preece as its new senior advisor to help the company grow its presence in the global offshore industry. Preece. Image from Hansa Heavy Lift. Preece…

Goliat first oil creeps closer

Jan 21, 2016

Eni is a step closer to starting production on the Barents Sea Goliat field in coming weeks following consent to use the Goliat floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility from Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA). The…

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