Masirah Oil commissioned a new 3D seismic survey of Block 50 offshore Oman to be conducted by Dolphin Geophysical. The Artemis Arctic. From Dolphin Geophysical. Block 50 is located on the southeast coast of the Sultanate of Oman…
Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries released a new standard operating procedure for the application of Duraband NC hardbanding on completion tubing connections. The upset connections of 2-7/8 and 2-3/8 tubing are experiencing excessive wear in many drilling environments…
2H Offshore invested in improved office facilities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Perth, Australia, to support ongoing growth in the Asia Pacific region. “The subsea oil and gas industry in Asia Pacific continues to grow rapidly,' says Hugh Howells…
Camac Energy signed a contract with a subsidiary of Transocean for the provision of the semisubmersible drilling unit Sedco Express for drilling and completion activities offshore Nigeria. The Sedco Express…
Petrobras encountered hydrocarbons in the Orca-1 exploration well in the Tayrona block offshore Colombia, according to partner Ecopetrol S.A. The drill reached a depth of 4243m. Image from Ecopetrol…
TGS and Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) have agreed to further expand the companies' previous cooperation agreement in the Barents Sea. TGS will partner with EMGS to acquire electromagnetic (EM) data over approximately 10 new blocks in the Nordkapp and Tiddly areas…
Business taxes: What could be in the Chancellor’s Red Box? Cathy Taylor, EY’s tax partner in Cambridge comments on her business tax predictions for the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. “In the last Autumn Statement before the general election…
The ExxonMobil-Rosneft joint venture Karmorneftegaz SARL notified Norway's Siem Offshore that it has terminated Siem's contract for the 2015 season. The contract involves the charter of two AHTS vessels Siem Topaz and Siem Amethyst, and one PSV Siem Pilot…
Rocksource said it encountered a thick well-developed basin floor fan sand with a gas-accumulation at the top in the Kvitnos target in the PL 528 Ivory exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. In the deeper Lysing target, the well penetrated a poorer than expected water-bearing sand…
McDermott International has concluded the transportation and installation of a Yoke-type single point mooring tower and hook-up to a floating storage offloading (FSO) vessel for PT Rekayasa Industri offshore Indonesia in the Banyu Urip field…
Privately held Helideck Analytics Ltd. has acquired the Helideck Certification Agency (HCA), which provides inspection and certification services for offshore helidecks. Alex Knight. Photo from HCA. HCA is based in Aberdeen…
Cameron has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Canada Properties for wellhead equipment and production trees for the Hebron project, a 52-well development located offshore Newfoundland. Cameron will supply large-bore, high-pressure equipment including wellheads…
Acteon Group Ltd. has acquired UTEC, a specialist provider of offshore survey services to the worldwide oil & gas industry. UTEC offers a complete range of marine survey services, from pre-engineering geophysical, geotechnical and metocean…
Chilean helicopter services operator EcoCopter has prepared for a new contract with ENAP (Empresa Nacional del Petróleo), the Chilean national petroleum company, which started on 1 December 2014. Eurocopter…
Keppel FELS Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd., is ready to deliver the Jindal Explorer, a KFELS B Class jackup drilling rig to Star Drilling Pte. Ltd., an associate company of India’s D P Jindal Group (Jindal)…
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