Aker BP has awarded a new frame agreement to DNV GL, covering a wide range of safety, verification, inspection and classification services across its installations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The five-year contract, which includes options for extension…
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has issued a Call for Bids in the Labrador South Region under its Scheduled Land Tenure Regime. Call for Bids NL16-CFB03 (Labrador South Region) covers 10 parcels over a total 2…
Energean Oil & Gas's exploration license over the West Katakolon field has been converted to a 25-year exploitation license with immediate effect. The West Katakolon Exploitation area is part of the Katakolon Concession Area and covers 60sq km area with about 10 MMbbl recoverable oil…
Work to repair five separate areas on board floating production unit FPF-003, operated by Petrofac South East Asia Pte, using SPS has been completed on-station in the Mubdala, Jasmine oil field, off the coast of Thailand. The repair work on this ABS classed vessel…
Aibel has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study into the installation of a new gas module on Statoil's Troll C platform offshore Norway. The contract also has an option for the implementation of the project itself…
Centrica is planning a US$637 million subsea tieback development of its 48 MMboe recoverable Oda field in the Norwegian North Sea. Oda, previously called Butch, was discovered in 2011, in 65m water depth about 250km southwest of Stavanger and 13km east of the Ula field…
Africa Energy Corp. has entered into a farmout agreement with a subsidiary of Pancontinental Oil & Gas pursuant to which Africa Energy will acquire a 10% participating interest in Petroleum Exploration License 37 offshore, Republic of Namibia (PEL 37)…
The decommissioning of aging offshore oil and gas platforms, subsea wells and related assets is increasing dramatically, with more than 600 projects expected to be disposed of during the next five years alone. This rapid trend toward decommissioning is causing spending to rise significantly…
Mexico’s Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) has revealed a long list of individual international oil and gas companies, in addition to consortia, that have been prequalified for the country’s highly anticipated deepwater round set for next week…
In this video, BP shows the Glen Lyon floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) from a drone’s point of view in the UK North Sea. The Glen Lyon FPSO is preparing for its start-up, and to process and store oil and gas from the redeveloped Schiehallion and Loyal fields.
Pryme Group has announced the acquisition of Sengs Subsea Engineering Solutions. Established in 2012, by Murray Kerr, SengS is an Aberdeenshire-based engineering company providing subsea engineering design consultancy, equipment testing and assembly…
Two thirds of companies in north east Scotland have made job cuts in the past year, but optimism that the end could be in sight has risen, according to a survey. The annual 25th Oil and Gas survey, conducted by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber…
Dutch vessel designer GustoMSC has unveiled a new mid-water drillship design, the Scylax. The 'fit-for-purpose' vessel is described as a compact deep water drilling unit based on a single derrick or drilling mast set up with off-line stand building…
Trelleborg’s offshore operation based in Houston has invested in a new Global Riser Analysis team to incorporate in-house mathematical simulation capabilities into its current engineering group. The Global Riser Analysis team consists…
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has unveiled high-tech spool base facilities at L&T’s fabrication facility at Kattupalli, in Chennai. These facilities are being employed to execute a prestigious…
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