OMV Norway signed a three-year frame agreement with Aptomar to deliver its integrated field monitoring services for the operator’s future drilling activities. As part of the frame agreement OMV will have access to the Aptomar’s 24/7 environmental monitoring services…
Polarcus has announced it has signed a contract with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project offshore Egypt utilizing Polarcus' RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The project will commence in Q4 2015 and run for approximately two and a half months.
MacGregor create a new division 'Advanced Offshore Solutions' by merging its two Norway-based divisions and combining the strengths in offshore mooring, loading and load handling businesses. With the new joint division MacGregor aims to gain…
From 2-4 September 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil Petroleum's maintenance management at Gullfaks A (GFA). The audit is part of the processing of the application for consent for an operating life extension for GFA…
Several companies and individuals, including Black Elk Energy Offshore and Wood Group PSN (WGPSN), are being charged with crimes for the fatal November 2012 explosion of the West 32-E platform in the Gulf of Mexico that left three contract workers dead…
There is just over a week left to enter the 2016 Offshore Achievement Awards, which offers companies and individuals the opportunity to be recognized among some of the industry’s greatest success stories of the last 30 years. Entries for the 30th annual awards…
Two seismic acquisition campaigns are due to start offshore Myanmar in coming weeks according to reports of a notice in state media from the country. UK-based BG Group and Australia’s Woodside Energy will both start 3D campaigns later this month using the Ramform Sovereign and Ramform Titan…
Norway's Statoil has made a small discovery on its Tarvos exploration well in production license 120 in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea. Well 34/8-16 S was drilled on the east flank of the Visund field, about 140 km northwest of Bergen…
Shell made a “major discovery” at its Kaikias well that could possibly surpass 100 MMboe, in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Map of the Mars-Ursa basin. From Shell. Kaikias is located about 60mi south of Louisiana…
Ophir Energy’s G4/50-11 wildcat exploration well in the South Western Graben of the Gulf of Thailand failed to encounter a commercial discovery and will be plugged and abandoned. The well targeted the Parichat Southwest prospect. The…
Fugro has been awarded a five-year contract for the provision of underwater services to Total E&P UK (TEP UK). Under the contract, which runs from July 2015 and includes extension options for a further two years, Fugro is providing a full range of ROV services to conduct inspection…
The US$70 billion Shell and BG Group mega merger received antitrust clearance from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Image from Shell. This leaves the…
UK-based offshore installation and maintenance contractor Seajacks International has taken successful delivery of its fifth self-propelled jackup vessel, the Seajacks Scylla. Built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea, Seajacks says Scylla…
The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association has offered a glimmer of hope for contractors and suppliers on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), suggesting investment is set to rise 'substantially' in 2018 and 2019. The trade body said investment…
Sembcorp Marine has won a contract to design and build a new floating, storage and offloading (FSO) vessel for Maersk's Culzean development in the North Sea. The vessel, to be built under a contract with MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore)…