Work on a new ice-breaker which will work for Sovcomflot in the Sakhalin-2 project has started at the Arctech Helsinki shipyard with a festive keel laying. The vessel is the first of four icebreaking sister ships Sovcomflot has ordered…
UK-based engineering group Wood Group has won a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract on Woodside's Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) development. Under a new, 12-month contract awarded by Shell, Wood Group Kenny…
Total's CEO Patrick Pouyanné has been elected chairman of the board. He succeeds Thierry Desmarest, whose term as chairman of the board expires on 18 December due to age limits in Total's bylaws. Desmarest will remain a director until the annual shareholders’ Meeting on 24 May 2016…
UK-based explorer Faroe Petroleum has awarded a rig contract for the drilling of Brasse exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea. The firm also says production has restarted from the Enoch field, in which it has a 13.86% stake. The…
The acquisition of 100% of the shares of E.ON E&P Norge by DEA Norge has been completed on the 16 December, 2015. With the deal, DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG enhances its presence in Norway and its long-term commitment to the country’s oil and gas industry…
Amsterdam-based SBM Offshore announced that it received from Petrobras the formal invitation to tender for the Sépia and Libra FPSOs (floating production, storage and offloading), as referenced in the company’s Q3 trading update of 11 November…
Ultra Deep Group (UDS) has announced that it has signed a contract to build a DP2 FiFi2 multipurpose diving support construction vessel (DSCV) ANDY WARHOL with Wu Chang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co. The ANDY WARHOL is designed according…
Wood Group has been awarded a main contractor framework agreement worth approximately US$400 million to deliver maintenance and modification services to four Statoil installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Wood Group Mustang Norway will provide this support for the Snorre A&B…
AnTech, provider of products and services for the upstream oil and gas industry, has launched three new products within its Wellhead Outlet range. The Type-C Wellhead Outlet, which was designed and developed by the company for use in hazardous environments…
Petrobras hit a new oil discovery in the Espírito Santo Basin offshore Brazil, according to partner Inpex. Map of the BM-ES-23 concession. From Inpex. The discovery contains oil…
Peak Well Systems has made a further investment in its Aberdeen Technology Centre in support of ongoing research and development and commercialization of its newly launched SIMULTRA range. The range is a new generation of flow control…
Norway, Cyprus-based drilling contractor Songa Offshore has taken delivery of its third Cat D drilling rig from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea. The Songa Encourage follows delivery of the Songa Equinox and the Songa Endurance earlier this year…
Norway-based geoscience firm Polarcus has started a new RightBAND multi-client project over the Vulcan Sub-basin, offshore the North West Shelf, Australia. The Cygnus 3D Survey is being acquired with joint investment from Spectrum and DownUnder GeoSolutions…
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded three contracts by BP to provide services to the Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel as part of the Quad 204 project, 175km west of the Shetland…
Halliburton and Baker Hughes’ efforts to complete their US$34.6 billion mega merger hit a new snag with the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ). Image from Baker Hughes. The…
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