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AGR wins Lundin Norway deal

Sep 18, 2014

AGR's software solutions division signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS. The two-year deal includes AGR’s software offering, iQ, which is designed to simplify the planning and execution of wells, as well as maintenance and support services…

2014 Oil & Gas UK awards finalists announced

Sep 18, 2014

The finalists for the Oil and Gas UK Awards were announced this week. The prizes will be awarded at the annual awards ceremony at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center on 6 November in front of some 600 guests from across the oil and gas industry and throughout the United Kingdom…

LQT delivers GOM platform facilities

Sep 18, 2014

LQT Industries engineered and built a new series of aluminum accommodation modules that will be utilized by a major oil and gas operator on a platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The buildings are 10ft x 35ft and weigh 16,000lb. The built modules…

Plexus appoints US director

Sep 18, 2014

Oil and gas engineering services firm Plexus Holdings has added a new board member as it looks to expand its business overseas. The firm has appointed US-based Charles Edward Jones to the board of Plexus as a non-executive director with immediate effect…

Neptune bags Ichthys contracts

Sep 18, 2014

Neptune Marine Services has been awarded two subcontracts by McDermott Australia for the Ichthys LNG Project. McDermott is the appointed main contractor for the subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) engineering, procurement, construction and installation portion of the project…

New CEO for NOPSEMA

Sep 18, 2014

Australia’s oil and gas industry has appointed a new CEO after the departure of Jane Cutler. The contry's National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) new CEO is Stuart Smith. Australian Petroleum…

Scotland goes to the polls

Sep 18, 2014

Scotland today (September 18) goes to the polls to decide on its possible future fate as an independent nation.  It is being hailed as a historic day for the country. But, for some, the mere existence of the referendum has already damaged investment in the UK North Sea…

Rio Oil and Gas: Pre-salt production to increase by 2020

Sep 18, 2014

Petrobras expects pre-salt production to account for 50% of its total production by 2020, Carlos Tadeu Fraga, Petrobras’ general manager for pre-salt E&P told attendees at Rio Oil and Gas 2014 on Wednesday. Fraga (pictured) stepped in…

SDI presents the TiTAN22

Sep 17, 2014

Scientific Drilling International (SDI) introduced the TiTAN22 performance motor solution. The TiTAN22 is engineered to support the most demanding drilling environments and deliver reliability and durability across a wide range of applications…

GE wins Petrobras supply deal

Sep 17, 2014

Petrobras awarded GE Oil and Gas a subsea equipment supply contract for pre-salt fields worth approximately US$300 million. The contract includes eight manifolds that will be designed with retrievable injection modules to allow water-alternated gas injection for up to four wells…

Steedman elected offshore survey chair, IMCA

Sep 17, 2014

Walter Steedman has been elected Chairman of the Offshore Survey Division of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). IMCA represents the interests of nearly 1000 offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies in over 60 countries…

iSURVEY completes contract for Bibby Offshore

Sep 17, 2014

iSURVEY Offshore, a provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, has completed a contract with Bibby Offshore’s ROV division worth more than £500,000. The work was performed in the UK sector of the North Sea…

Mozambique's CMH posts 25.6% y-o-y increase

Sep 17, 2014

Mozambique's state oil and gas company, Companhia Moçambicana de Hidrocarbonetos SA (CMH) posted a profit of US$37.8 million in 2013, a year-on-year increase of 29%, according to the company’s report and accounts for last year. According to a CMH report cited by the Mozambican press…

GE appoints new leader for Latin America

Sep 17, 2014

Patricia Vega is the new president and CEO of GE Oil & Gas for Latin America. Vega will be responsible to maintain the prominent position assumed by the company in the oil and gas market, contributing to the development of customized…

Frontier to drill two wells in Calauit

Sep 17, 2014

Malaysia’s UMW Offshore Drilling Sdn. Bhd. and Frontier Oil Corp. signed a US$20 million agreement for Frontier to drill two wells in the Calauit oil field off northwest Palawan in the Philippines. The contract is for a 120-day period with an option to extend for an additional 180 days…

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