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Tata marks 1m-tonnes of North Sea pipelines

Jan 28, 2015

Europe’s second largest steel producer Tata Steel has marked the supply of one million tonnes of pipeline for oil and gas projects in the North Sea. Henrik Adam, chief commercial officer of Tata Steel in Europe, says the firm has completed…

GMS adds to MENA backlog

Jan 28, 2015

Dubai-based Gulf Marine Services has won a new long-term contract award for one of its Large Class vessels.      The vessel will start a four-year charter (three years firm with a one-year option) at the end of Q1 2015 on completion of…

Ramboll chosen for Culzean jackets

Jan 28, 2015

Danish engineering house Ramboll Oil & Gas is to perform detailed design work for the two jackets for Maersk Oil's ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) UK North Sea Culzean field.  The jackets are for a central processing facility…

Bentley touts SACS V5.7 benefits

Jan 28, 2015

Distributed offshore engineering users of SACS V5.7 are benefiting from the extended information mobility provided through the software’s integration with the ProjectWise project delivery solution as well as enhanced integration with both MOSES and AutoPIPE…

US details new offshore leasing program

Jan 27, 2015

The US Department of the Interior today (Tuesday) announced details of a proposed oil and gas leasing program for 2017-2022. US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell (pictured, right, with President Obama) and Bureau of Ocean Energy…

Oil price uncertainty looms over industry

Jan 27, 2015

US$75-80 barrel oil price will be the new norm, industry commentators predicted Tuesday morning. But how long it will take to get there is the greatest uncertainty. Elaine Maslin reports. Uncertainty around how long oil prices will remain around US$50/bbl and…

Statoil returns Greenland licenses

Jan 27, 2015

Norwegian explorer Statoil returned three licenses off the west coast of Greenland this month, the company confirmed. The reduction follows the company’s announcement last February that it would cut back on Arctic exploration efforts to control capital expenditures…

McDermott DB50 lifts 3250-tonne jacket

Jan 27, 2015

McDermott’s Derrick Barge 50 (DB50) completed the installation of a drilling and production platform that included the heavy lift of a 3250-tonne jacket in the Gulf of Mexico. The DB50 installation…

Tubular Bells topsides lift

Jan 27, 2015

Hess shows the carefully staged choreography of 14 cranes as they hoisted the 1000-tonne Tubular Bells main deck 100ft in the air to set it into place atop the production and cellar decks at a Houma, Louisiana fabrication facility. The Tubular…

Eni sanctions Ghana OCTP project

Jan 27, 2015

Italian explorer Eni sanctioned the Offshore Cape Three Point (OCTP) deepwater development project that will provide domestic gas supply to Ghana’s thermal power plants for more than 15 years. Image from Eni…

Hess cuts budget but stays with deepwater

Jan 27, 2015

New York-headquartered Hess says it is cutting its 2015 capital and exploration budget by 16%, compared to 2014, to US$4.7 billion. While the firm said most of the cash (45%/$2.1 billion) would be spent on its unconventional shale resources…

Seaway wins windfarm trio

Jan 27, 2015

DONG Energy has awarded offshore substation transportation and installation contracts for the Burbo Bank Extension, Race Bank and Walney Extension to Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL). The three contracts cover the transportation and installation of in total up to five platforms…

Technip lands Amethyst contracts

Jan 27, 2015

Technip won two contracts for flexible pipe supply and installation at the Amethyst field, in Mississippi Canyon 26, in the US Gulf of Mexico.  The Deep Blue. From Technip.   Both contracts are for operator Stone Energy…

General manager changes at INPEX

Jan 26, 2015

Effective 1 February 2015, INPEX will have two new changes in general managers. Toru Akutsu, currently the general manager of the exploration & exploitation unit domestic project division, will become the project general manager of the domestic project division…

AeroGo unveils portable rigging kit

Jan 26, 2015

AeroGo debuted its portable Aero-Caster rigging kit for the oil and gas industry.  The kit is designed to accommodate load configurations up to 40ft long and 64,000 lbs. It stores easily in a waterproof case and is compact.   The…

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