New Zealand has awarded 15 new exploration permits, on- and offshore, through its 2014 Block Offer, containing some AU$110 million committed exploration spending, Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges announced today (9 December). Of the 15 permits offered…
Det norske oljeselskap has begun deployment of AVEVA’s Progressive Handover Solution to manage life cycle information for its Ivar Aasen field project in the North Sea. The AVEVA solution allows Det norske to benefit from improved information…
SacOil, the Public Investment Corp. SOC Ltd. (PIC) and the Instituto de Gestão das Participações do Estado (IGEPE) signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of a transnational terrestrial…
Centrica Resources Norge’s wildcat well 6707/10-3S is being permanently plugged and abandoned after making a minor gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Dictorate (NPD). Map of PL 528 B…
A new offshore construction vessel, to be built by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co. will be the first to include ABB’s integrated power and automation solution, which consists of the company’s power, propulsion, and 800xA control and safety system…
Aberdeenshire-based Tritech International has relocated its design and production operations to a new site within the Cumbrian town of Ulverston. The company has been operating in Ulverston since 1986 and in July 2013 began ground works on a new purpose-built building…
Zamakona Yards has signed an initial two-year agreement with Finnish multinational GS-Hydro. The contract has an initial duration of two years. The agreement was signed 5 December in Zamakona Yards' Las Palmas Port offices by Borja Garaygordobil…
Italian giant Eni began production of first oil from its West Hub Development project in Block 15/06, offshore Angola. N’Goma. From SBM Offshore. Block 15/06 covers about 2984sq km…
ExxonMobil received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the West Alpha semisubmersible drilling rig on the Balder field, in the central North Sea. The West Alpha. From North Atlantic Drilling…
Statoil has shut its Snohvit LNG plant down because of a gas leak, Reuters has reported. While it is not yet known when the plant will return to production, Statoil Spokesperson Oerjan Heradstveit told the news service: 'The situation is now under control and there is no longer a leak…
BG Group awarded Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) a US$27 million contract for 3D EM data acquisition in Uruguay. EMGS says the data acquisition is scheduled to begin around 15 December using the EM Leader vessel. The survey is expected to last three and a half months…
Modec’s Cidade de Mangaratiba MV 24 floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel achieved first oil production in October in the BM-S-11 block, located in the giant pre-salt Santos basin, offshore Brazil. The Cidade de Mangaratiba…
Bladt Industries, Aalborg, Denmark has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting the contract for the transportation and installation of the Sandbank substation. The substation platform consists of a jacket, skirt piles and deck and requires to be installed in the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm…
Kosmos Energy and partner Europa Oil & Gas are eyeing exploration drilling on new prospects offshore Ireland following new 3D seismic data on frontier exploration licenses (FEL) 2/13 and 3/13 licenses in the South Porcupine Basin. Kosmos Energy acquired the new 3D seismic in 2013…
Wood Group has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc (EMEPMI), a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation. Wood Group PSN and Wood Group Mustang will deliver brownfield engineering, procurement…