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Bibby purchases Sprint systems for ROVs

Nov 05, 2013

Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has purchased two Sprint subsea inertial navigation systems from Sonardyne International Ltd. to support ROV operations carried out by its new offshore survey business division…

Chevron UK extension for WGPSN

Nov 05, 2013

Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured a 1-year contract extension from Chevron North Sea Limited to deliver engineering and construction services to its assets in the Alba and Captain fields in the UK North Sea. Effective immediately, the…

Ocean Rig enters exploration arena

Nov 05, 2013

Ocean Rig and Energean Oil & Gas are to join forces in order to participate in new bid rounds for exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons, in Greece and abroad, in more than 1000m deep water. Energean said the companies had agreed to set up a joint venture called OceanEnergean…

Global oil's structural shift

Nov 05, 2013

Dana Petroleum group CEO Marcus Richards believes the oil industry is seeing a structural shift. He gave his personal views at a UK Chatham House event:  I would like address the questions raised by the shift in oil demand to industrialized economies in terms of energy security…

Alaska wave energy boost

Nov 05, 2013

ORPC Solutions, a subsidiary of Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), is to provide project management and services to Resolute Marine Energy’s (RME) Yakutat Wave Energy Project in Alaska. Located on the Gulf of Alaska 200 miles northwest of Juneau…

Total appoints exploration director

Nov 04, 2013

Arnaud Breuillac has been appointed president, exploration and production at Total, effective January 1. He will report to Yves Louis Darricarrère, upstream president and member of Total’s executive committee. Yves-Louis Darricarrère was appointed president…

OMV ups Faroes stakes

Nov 04, 2013

Statoil has agreed to farm down its interest in five exploration licences in the Faroe Islands and two in Norway to the Austrian oil and gas company OMV. The agreement is a result of a broader agreement with OMV, announced in August, to look for cooperation in exploration opportunities…

Siri could restart Q2

Nov 04, 2013

Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has said production is expected to restart from the Siri platform, offshore Denmark, in Q2 2014.  Production from the platform will be at reduced volumes until the Siri platform is permanently repaired…

Lundin appoints new Malaysia GM

Nov 01, 2013

Lundin Petroleum AB appointed Paul Atkinson as general manager for Malaysia and managing director for Lundin Petroleum's southeast Asia business. Atkinson is joining Lundin Petroleum from Talisman Energy, where he has held various senior managerial positions since 2001…

BP & UT in research partnership

Nov 01, 2013

BP intends to commit US$4 million to launch a new strategic partnership with The University of Texas at Austin to support several oil and gas research projects, according to a statement released by the company Thursday. The collaboration…

OPT to design PowerBuoy system

Nov 01, 2013

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. has received a US$2.6 million contract from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The contract is to provide the final design and supply of key components of a PowerBuoy system intended for deployment…

COSL wins 3 new orders

Nov 01, 2013

China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has signed construction contracts for two jack-up drilling rigs and a semisubmersible drilling rig. The contracts are with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore) and China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co…

Lekoil to raise US$100m for Ogo-1 drilling

Nov 01, 2013

Africa-focused Lekoil is to raise US$100 million funding through a placing with Mirabaud Securities LLP for drilling offshore Nigeria. The cash will be used to complete drilling and testing on the Ogo-1 well and Ogo-1 side track; the future development of the OML113 licence offshore Nigeria…

Pura Vida enters Madagascar

Nov 01, 2013

Australia’s Pura Vida has agreed a farm-in deal giving it a 50% stake in the Ambilobe area office Madagascar, east Africa. The firm has also finalized a farm-out deal offshore Morocco.  Pura Vida will take a 50% stake in the Ambilobe block…

Embracing towed pipeline production systems

Nov 01, 2013

Subsea 7 demonstrates the effectiveness of pipeline bundle solutions and a subsea depressor device in the North Sea. By Meg Chesshyre “Subsea 7 is currently experiencing the busiest period of bundle design/installation activity ever…

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