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Cairn in VR-1 upset

Apr 06, 2017

Cairn Energy did not get the results the company was hoping for after drilling deeper at the Vega-Regulus (VR-1) well offshore Senegal, following its winning streak in the area. The Stena DrillMAX…

PSA gives Polarled commissioning consent

Apr 05, 2017

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Gassco consent to use the Polarled pipeline. Polarled is a new gas pipeline from Aasta Hansteen in the Norwegian Sea to the Nyhamna gas-processing facility in Møre og Romsdal county…

NEL invests in subsea CoE

Apr 05, 2017

A new US$19.9 million (£16 million) Center of Excellence (CoE) for subsea development is to be established in East Kilbride, Scotland and will be led by TÜV SÜD Ltd. (NEL), a provider of research and development, consultancy and testing to the international oil and gas industry…

Norwegian activity on the rise–at what cost?

Apr 05, 2017

A wave of new projects is set to hit the Norwegian Continental Shelf this year, but how sustainable cost cutting measures have been to carry them out and the huge potential seen in digitizing the business was discussed in Oslo today. Shell's…

Exxon, Qatar Petroleum ink Cyprus PSC

Apr 05, 2017

US supermajor ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum signed an exploration and production sharing contract with the government of the Republic of Cyprus for Block 10. Block 10 PSC signing. Image from Qatar Petroleum…

iSurvey bags Maersk Oil Danish deal

Apr 05, 2017

Maersk Oil has awarded iSURVEY Offshore a four-year survey and positioning contract for the company’s Danish business unit. The deal began last month, and has the option to extend by one 12-month period. iSURVEY will specifically…

Statoil approved for Trestakk

Apr 05, 2017

Statoil has gained approval from Norwegian authorities to develop the Trestakk discovery in the Norwegian Sea. Illustration of Trestakk. From Statoil. Trestakk’s development plan is now expected to cost US$640 million (NOK 5…

Eni strikes Gamma gas off Libya

Apr 05, 2017

Italian giant Eni has discovered gas and condensate at the Gamma prospect, offshore Libya. Image of Area D, from National Oil Corp. Gamma is in the Contract Area D, 140km offshore from Tripoli…

Tullow delays drilling off Namibia

Apr 05, 2017

Tullow Oil is delaying plans to drill PEL-37 offshore northern Namibia, suggesting that further work is required to identify a drillable prospect. The drilling of the first exploration well was to start no later than 27 March, provided…

Forum invests in MacArtney EMO range

Apr 05, 2017

Forum Subsea Rentals, a Forum Energy Technologies business, has made new multiplexer (MUX) video and data acquisition technology available to their global rental market following significant investment in MacArtney’s EMO range. The acquisition…

2H completes Moho Nord TTR installation

Apr 05, 2017

2H Offshore completed the installation of the first of 17 production top tension risers (TTRs) for Total E&P Congo’s Moho Nord field. Production riser installation at Moho Nord. Image from 2H. 2H…

Trendsetter gets Leviathan contracts

Apr 05, 2017

Trendsetter Engineering has been awarded multiple contracts to design and manufacture subsea production equipment for Noble Energy’s Leviathan Project, a large natural gas field development in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel…

Servelec Controls to install Apache safety system

Apr 05, 2017

Apache Corp. awarded Servelec Controls a contract to modify the fire and gas safety systems on the Beryl Alpha platform in the North Sea to enable the safe expansion of its current processing capability. Beryl Alpha…

FairfieldNodal, Ikon Science form alliance

Apr 05, 2017

FairfieldNodal and Ikon Science have formed a partnership to offer complete reservoir services to the oil and gas industry. With this strategic alliance, FairfieldNodal can offer customers an expanded technology portfolio that includes data acquisition…

IMCA: Jones Act changes could 'seriously' damage GoM construction market

Apr 05, 2017

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) issued its report on 4 April into the potential impact of the Jones Act proposals published by the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) on 18 January.  IMCA has conducted…

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