Ireland’s Government has launched the 2015 Atlantic Margin Oil and Gas Exploration Licensing Round and a new offshore oil and gas production taxation regime, including an increase in the top tax rate. The new round, which will close September 2015…
Two dry exploration well results have been announced offshore Norway. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said the Statoil Petroleum operated wildcat well 7324/2-1, 'Apollo,' which was the first well in production licence (PL)615…
Five exemplary geophysicists took part in a panel discussing “Emerging Offshore Geosciences Technologies” at the 45th Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, all of whom have dedicated years of service to the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)…
In offshore application, the workers’ lives and the asset’s integrity can all come down to the tiny sensors within a gas detector. City Technology’s John Warburton discusses why gas sensors are…
Picking the right passive fire protection (PFP) product can be a minefield. Richard Holliday assesses the issues. Passive fire protection (PFP) is often considered a nuisance. It seems to cover every bit of metal on oil and gas platforms…
Figure 1: The Cygnus field is the sixth largest gas field in the southern North Sea and the largest to be discovered in the last 25 years within the southern North Sea gas basin.Image from GDF Suez. A…
IHC Merwede has introduced the world’s first four-tracked subsea trencher, specifically developed for shallow water operations and targeted towards cable burial in offshore wind farms. Read an in-depth feature here: Traq-ing underwater…
BSEE Director Brian Salerno discusses the importance of SEMS at OTC 2014. Photo by Barchfeld Photography. The 45th annual Offshore Technology Conference in Houston brought together US regulators…
Dr. Carl Arne Carlsen (pictured), senior vice president and previously a member of the DNV executive board, was recognized at the 45th Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, receiving the 2014 OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals…
TGS commenced acquisition of a new 3D multi-client survey in the West of Shetland region. The survey will cover 2500sq km and will tie into TGS’ existing 3D library in the region, bringing the total volume of recent TGS 3D in the area to more than 17500sq km…
Statoil announced the discovery of 2 to 3tcf of natural gas in place in the Piri-1 well, bringing the total of in-place natural gas volumes up to approximately 20tcf in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The new gas discovery was made in the…
Statoil will pay COSL Offshore Management (COM) a one-time settlement of US$65 million under an agreement reached today that ends disputes related to the stand-by fees of two semisubmersible platforms. The stand-by fees stemmed from the installation of third-party equipment…
GSP Saturn has arrived for exploration drilling at the Gazpromneft Sakhalin-operated Dolginskoye field, located in the Arctic shelf of the Pechora Sea. The Gazprom Neft subsidiary announced 21 January its plans to drill an exploration well and take core samples at the field…
Russian based Rosneft announced a joint venture agreement regarding implementation of vessel, drilling rig, and marine equipment construction and design projects that was signed at the 21st World Petroleum Congress on 16 June. The joint venture was entered by Rosneft…
Aberdeen-based Return To Scene Limited, a SeaEnergy subsidiary, has been awarded a contract for provision of an R2S visual asset management system by Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), following a competitive public international tender process…
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