More than 40% of drilling problems occur during offshore operations, significantly increasing non-productive drilling time and therefore cost. As oil operators move towards more complex drilling environments, they find themselves exposed to high risk…
Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corp. (TPDC) awarded ION Geophysical Corp. a contract to acquire 4058km of 2D seismic, gravity and magnetic data over offshore blocks 4/1B and 4/1C in the Rovuma Delta region. The award follows an international tender…
Aker Solutions is set to cut 500 permanent positions in its Norwegian subsea business that the company is attributing to the continued slowdown of the market, adding to the nearly 200 job reductions the company announced earlier this year…
After Mexico’s historic energy reform, many have high hopes for the country’s oil and gas sector. But, the first offshore bid round was a disappointment with only two of 14 areas being awarded. Audrey Leon examines what the country has learned…
Statoil’s largest ever steel jacket has been laid to rest on the sea bed 150km east of the Shetland Isles, marking a major milestone in the Mariner heavy oil field development. The 22,400-tonne mariner jacket, which stands some 134m high…
Faroe Petroleum has agreed to buy UK explorer Roc Oil GB, including its 12.5006% stake in the North Sea Blane field and a 12% interest in the Enoch field, also in the North Sea for up to US$20 million. Roc Oil GB is a subsidiary of Roc Oil Company…
DONG Energy and ESG have just completed what they have described as the largest testing of wind turbine piles completed. DONG Energy and ESG tested 28 piles on two different onshore sites in order to assist the development of new design methods for offshore wind farms…
Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine has won the engineering, procurement and construction contract for Maersk Oil's US$4.5 billion Culzean development in the North Sea. Under the $1 billion contract, the firm's subsidiary SMOE will build the development's central processing facility…
Subsea 7 has been awarded a subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) contract by Maersk Oil worth more than US$150 million for the Culzean development. The ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature field, one of the largest gas discoveries offshore UK…
Elaine Maslin speaks with new Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) COO Ernie Lamza about his early career, his new role and the part technology has to play in the oil and gas industry. Ernie Lamza…
An approach to modeling and simulation combining subsea electrical and fluid systems can facilitate a better understanding of the interaction of long-distance tiebacks supplied by step-outs. ABS’ Milton Korn explains. Subsea pipeline…
Van Oord has been taking its engineering expertise in the dredging sector and applying it to the oil and gas business – with much success. Elaine Maslin reports on a first in deepwater and a new market. Van Oord’s new rock installation vessel…
There is more to 4D technology than just exploring for oil and gas. It can also be used to monitor the storage of carbon dioxide and methane in offshore reservoirs in the North Sea. Heather Saucier finds out more. Statoil…
Weatherford’s Steve Rosenberg and Ming Zo Tan demonstrate how drilling-with-liner technology isolated a depleted sand section in deepwater Gulf of Mexico well in one trip. The Weatherford Defyer…
Drilling on Statoil’s Mariner will be a mega project – but Statoil is looking to lighten the load in ways that could only be done on such a large project. Elaine Maslin found out more. The Mariner field concept artists’ illustration…
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