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Malaysia gas find for Sapura

May 31, 2016

SapuraKencana Energy discovered gas in two of the three wells drilled in 2015 within the SK408 block contract area, offshore Malaysia in Sarawak. The first well Jerun-1 is approximately 5km north of the 2014 Bakong gas discovery. Based on analysis of electric log…

No impact found from California offshore fracking

May 27, 2016

Results from a comprehensive environmental analysis have found minimal environmental impacts from offshore fracking, off California. Image from BSEE. The study, conducted by the…

Parker wins Sakhalin extension

May 27, 2016

Parker Drilling was awarded an extension and additional rig to its operations and maintenance (O&M) contract on Sakhalin Island, Russia. The prior contract term was set to expire in Q3 2017 and covered operating and maintaining three customer-owned rigs in support of the Sakhalin-1 Project…

Mermaid wins 7 subsea gigs, delays newbuilds

May 27, 2016

Mermaid Maritime’s Western Hemisphere business unit (MSSW) has been awarded seven different subsea projects in the Middle East with an estimated value of US$11 million. In addition, Mermaid has also secured extensions for three newbuild deliveries…

Seatools launches HeaveMate

May 27, 2016

Seatools introduces an intelligent active heave compensation module: HeaveMate. This active heave compensator is an easy-to-integrate system for both new as well as existing offshore and subsea equipment such as winches, cranes, and LARS systems…

Vallourec opens Singapore facility

May 27, 2016

Vallourec subsidiary that specializes in the production and repair of accessories for oil and gas wells, Vallourec Tube-Alloy, opened a new plant in Singapore, to be known as Vallourec Tube-Alloy Asia-Pacific. This new site will support…

New MD for Eni Norge

May 27, 2016

Philip Hemmens has been appointed the new managing director at Eni Norge.  Hemmens is a British citizen and has for the past five years been Managing Director of Eni UK. Hemmens replaces Ruggero Gheller, who was appointed in 2014…

Maersk acquires newbuild jackup from Hercules

May 27, 2016

Maersk Drilling has agreed to acquire the newbuild harsh environment jackup rig Hercules Highlander from struggling US drilling contractor Hercules Offshore. Hercules was awarded a five-year contract by Maersk Oil for use of the rig on the Culzean high-pressure…

Oil slump impacts Norwegian investment figures

May 27, 2016

Estimates for total investments covering oil and gas, manufacturing, mining and quarrying and electricity supply in Norway expected to fall in Norway in 2017, mainly due a decrease in oil and gas and manufacturing. The projection, from Statistics Norway…

Wintershall hands out six completions contracts

May 27, 2016

Wintershall Norge has awarded a series of four-year contracts for supply of well completion equipment and services for its operated drilling activities in Norway.  The contracts have been awarded to six companies including Halliburton which will provide the largest share of the work…

James Fisher charters Polar Onyx cable layer

May 27, 2016

GC Rieber Shipping has secured a cable lay charter with marine solutions and specialist engineering service provider James Fisher Marine Services for the SURF vessel Polar Onyx for services in the UK North Sea. The charter commences prompt and with options may last in excess of one month…

Mixed results for West Cable, off Norway

May 27, 2016

Det Norske has completed two appraisal wells on the West Cable discovery, nearby the Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian North Sea. The wells, in license 001 Bm, 16/1-26 S and 16/1-26 A, were drilled about 1.5km southeast of the 16/1-7…

CGG GeoSoftware releases Jason 9.5

May 26, 2016

CGG GeoSoftware launched Jason 9.5, the latest version of its advanced reservoir characterization software that adds many new capabilities including depth inversion, broadband reservoir characterization and anisotropic inversion. These additions…

NOV debuts RFID, asset management improvements

May 26, 2016

National Oilwell Varco (NOV) introduced an advancement in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and asset management software for the oil and gas industry. NOV’s latest generation RFID tag, TracTagTM, has been field-proven…

Mubadala fails at Thai well

May 26, 2016

Mubadala Petroleum has failed to find commercial quantities of oil at its Sri Trang-1 exploration well in the northern Gulf of Thailand. Sri Trang-1 is located in the G1/48 concession, approximately 18km north-northeast of the Manora oil development…

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