IntecSea Malaysia will help ONGC develop the KG-DWN-98/2 block in the Krishna Godavari (K-G) basin off the east coast of India. This comes after the announcement on 9 November that India's upstream oil regulator, the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) in the Petroleum Ministry…
China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) has begun production from the Huizhou 25-8 oilfield and Xijiang 24-3 oilfield in the South China Sea, known as the Xijiang 24-1 District joint development project. Xijiang 24-3 facility…
Pile Dynamics recently announced the release of a new model of Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) System, the PDA-8G, billing it as the culmination of a complete redesign effort of the most widely employed system for dynamic load tests of any type of deep foundation…
Brian Wynne has been named president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), succeeding the retiring Michael Toscano on 12 January 2015. Incoming AUVSI CEO & President…
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) received a contract worth US$1.5 million for a research project in Brazil. The project will use 3D EM data to map shallow gas hydrates in the Pelotas basin using the EM Leader vessel. The project…
This animation from Norway's Ulstein Group details the company's new patent-pending X-Stern vessel, which upgrades the shipbuilder's popular X-Bow. The X-Stern can stay on position in harsh weather with the stern towards waves, wind and current…
Royal Niger Emerging Technologies awarded JDR Cable Systems Ltd. a contract to manufacture a 1.55km hybrid of steel tube and thermoplastic umbilical support for the West African Abo project. JDR's steel umbilical…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) partners announced the award of a broad Arctic study that will investigate the interrelationship among the physical, biological, chemical and…
Magnomatics, the magnetic transmissions and ultra-compact motor company, signed an exclusive licensing deal with Zilift, a leading developer of permanent magnet technologies for innovative artificial lift applications in the oil and gas industry…
Petrobras hit first oil with the floating production and storage offloading unit (FPSO) Cidade de Ilhabela in the Sapinhoá field in the pre-salt Santos basin, offshore Brazil. Cidade de Ilhabela. From BG Group…
Oil & Gas UK has published two updated sets of guidelines to help operators of floating production storage and offloading facilities (FPSOs), floating storage units (FSUs) and offtake tankers to adopt advances in industry good practice. Oil & Gas UK’s operations director…
Babcock has completed a second walk to work (W2W) contract with Total E&P UK, as part of the Elgin B and West Franklin wellhead platforms commissioning in the UK North Sea. In the seven months from March to September 2014, more than 18…
An underlying growth in global supply capacity, which is significantly outstripping demand, may mean that the world has now passed the peak price for oil, a report commissioned by Gaffney, Cline and Associates (GCA) suggests. The report…
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has installed a new CEO and CFO as it looks to stablize its financial position and following the departure of CEO Svein Arild Killinland. Tommy Sundt, the firm's CFO, takes over from Killingland. Odd Arne Slettebø will replace Sundt as CFO…
Italy-focused independent exploration and production firm Sound Oil is planning to launch a takeover of fellow independent Antrim Energy by making an offer for all Antrim's listed shares. The move, which values Calgary-headquartered Antrim's issued share capital at £6…
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