Houston-based oilfield services provider Halliburton has selected its current president, Jeff Miller, to succeed CEO Dave Lesar, effective 1 June 2017. Miller will serve as both president and CEO. Image of Miller…
Ophir Energy has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the fourth phase of its Bualuang oil field in the Gulf of Thailand, with first oil set for next year. Operations in the Gulf of Thailand…
Wood Group has signed a 10-year master services agreement (MSA) with Chevron that allows them to deliver conceptual engineering, pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED), FEED, detailed design and procurement services in multiple locations…
UK-based, Calgary-listed Sterling Resources has completed a deal to sell its UK business to Amsterdam-based Oranje‐Nassau Energie for US$113.8, including settling a debt, and now plans to wind up the business. Sterling Resources'…
Italian offshore contractor Saipem has offered a glimpse of its remote operated vehicle (ROV)/ autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) hybrid HyDrone. The technology, developed by Saipem's Sonsub business, has been developed to be part of…
Semco Maritime to participate in the preparation (hook-up) of Maersk Oil UK’s Culzean high-pressure, high-temperature gas field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The production units for Culzean, which is 240km east of Aberdeen, are due to arrive from Singapore in the summer of 2018…
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has appointed Dr. Pratima Rangarajan as the chief executive officer of its newly-formed investment company, OGCI Climate Investments (OGCI CI). Before joining OGCI CI, Rangarajan was the general…
Accurate 3-D visualization in the OGAVC will aid subsurface oil and gas extraction and carbon storage opportunities. Image from Heriot-Watt University. A major funding package from…
Image of MAN’s standardized and modularized U-Pac. Image from MDT. CNOOC China’s Zhanjiang Branch has commissioned MAN Diesel & Turbo (MDT) to supply a total of six compressor trains…
2H Offshore is seeking additional participants for its recently launched STREAM (Steel Riser Enhanced Analytics using Measurements) joint industry project (JIP). So far, four major oil and gas operators have agreed to participate in the JIP…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has approved Faroe Petroleum to drill two exploration wells at the Brasse prospect in the North Sea, starting next month. Brasse (well 31/7-1) is some 97km west of Øygarden in Hordaland county in production license 740…
Oceaneering International will support the design, fabrication and installation of ancillary flowline hardware at Royal Dutch Shell’s Appomattox development in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the contract, Oceaneering will procure and install pre-lay and post-lay crossing mattresses…
Image of Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven, CEO, Heerema Fabrication Group; and Martijn Smit, general manager, South Atlantic Holding, signing the contract. Image from Heerema. Heerema…
Atlantic Petroleum has completed the sale of its 25% interest of UK license P.1606 Orlando to Decipher Energy. The Orlando project is a planned subsea tieback to the Ninian platform, operated by CNR International. Atlantic will get…
Aker BP has received consent to use the Mærsk Invincible jackup rig for plugging and abandoning wells at the Valhall field. Production from the Valhall DP is scheduled to end in the next few years. Three of the wells are still in production…