Aker Solutions (stand 5C100) is launching its MultiBooster, a new, up to 6MW subsea multiphase pump to help operators maximize production from existing oil and gas fields, at SPE Offshore Europe this week. Aker Solutions says the now qualified…
Aberdeen City & Shire has been through a shock, these past three years. While the 4th industrial revolution is high on the agenda at this morning’s Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce (AGCC) SPE Offshore Europe 2017 business breakfast…
Wood Group has won a five-year contract with INPEX Operations Australia to provide subsea engineering services for the integrity of the Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia. The operations of all subsea assets and the gas export pipeline will be supported under the contract…
When it comes to oil industry heavy weights, the CEOs of Shell and BP are up there. At SPE Offshore Europe today, plenary session delegates will hear from both, alongside Wood Group CEO Robin Watson, in this morning’s plenary session. We caught up with Shell CEO Ben van Beurden in advance…
Oilfield services company Expro (5D110) has secured a five-year master services agreement with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK, for well services across its UK North Sea assets, the firm revealed during SPE Offshore Europe. The contract is…
Brazil has been and remains a key stone in the global offshore industry, not least when it comes to deepwater production. Despite the recent turmoil it has faced, including low oil prices, debt woes and the Operation Car Wash investigation…
Energy demand will plateau after 2030, according to a new DNV GL (stand 5B51) model which forecasts the pace and extent of the global energy transition until 2050. While fossil fuel will still provide more than 40% Peak of the world energy demand…
As SPE Offshore Europe opens its doors, petroleum economist Professor Alex Kemp gives his view on the outlook for the North Sea. Over the past three years the North Sea oil and gas industry has made a very painful adjustment to the dramatic fall in oil prices…
Decommissioning services firm Well-Safe Solutions has appointed Jim Christie as director of programs. The specialist well abandonment company, launched in July this year, has already assembled a senior team of eight well-known industry experts and now employs 20 people…
Centrica has awarded Island Drilling the contract for drilling an appraisal well at the Fogelberg discovery. The Island Innovator drilling rig is scheduled to start operations at Fogelberg in the Norwegian Sea in February/March 2018. The…
Norway is still a key country for Total, its CEO Arnaud Breuillac has said after confirming the sale of company's remaining 15% stake in the Gina Krog field to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC). Total had in 2016 agreed a deal with KUFPEC…
Phase 1 of the massive Johan Sverdrup project offshore Norway is now close to 60% complete, ahead of schedule and even further under the original estimated budget, says partners Aker BP and Lundin. In statements released this morning…
CGG has signed a multi-client data agreement with Mozambique’s Instituto Nacional de Petroleo (INP) covering up to 40,000sq km of 3D data over the Beira High in the Zambezi Delta, over blocks Z5-C and Z5-D and surrounding open acreage. Deliverables will include fast-track PreSTM…
Aker Solutions secured a framework agreement from Shell to provide brownfield modifications services and maintenance support for the Nyhamna and Draugen facilities in Norway. The agreement has a fixed period of four years and may be extended by up to seven years…
Technology group Wärtsilä has performed the remote operation of a North Sea platform supply vessel in the North Sea - from San Diego, California, 8000km away. The four-hour test, which involved driving the vessel through a sequence of…
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