Businesses working in the East of England gas industry were told there were at least another 20 years’ production left in the Southern North Sea by a government expert at Westminster. Production is expected to continue until at least 2035…
Arnlea Systems has been awarded a contract by Tullow Oil to roll out its hazardous area inspection system, Intrinsix Ex, across the company’s Ghanaian operations in the Jubilee and TEN fields. Under the contract Arnlea will roll out the…
Keppel Offshore & Marine's (Keppel O&M) subsidiary Keppel Shipyard is on track to deliver a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Armada Madura EPC. Armada Madura is a joint venture between Shapoorji Pallonji and Bumi Armada…
Singapore's Sembcorp Marine has agreed to buy the remaining 30% stake in Sembmarine North Sea that it doesn't already own. The firm owns UK fabrication yard Sembmarine SLP, once SLP Engineering, and will allow the yard to expand its footprint in the UK…
A sustained low oil price environment is a challenging one, with 'survival of the fittest' being an undeniable reality of the sector. Upstream exploration and production (E&P) operators, in the past two years, have scurried to re-evaluate their operational Business as Usual (BAU) practices…
Wood Group has secured a five-year contract to continue providing engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services to the Hibernia platform, offshore Newfoundland, from Hibernia Management and Development Co. (HMDC). The…
Chevron is setting its sights for mid-2017 for first liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its giant Wheatstone project in Australia, according partner Woodside Petroleum said. Illustration of Wheatstone…
Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) has approved Italian giant Eni to drill a well in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, according to news reports. Image from Eni. Drilling…
FMC Technologies is moving forward with its aggressive tactics to make more job cuts in Q4 2016, as the company reported a 29% drop in revenue for Q3 2016. Illustration of FMC Houston offices, from FMC Flickr…
Quadrant Energy discovered natural gas at the Spartan-1A well, offshore Western Australia, according to partner Santos. Spartan-1A is 15km to the south-east of John Brookes, and is a potential future tie-back into existing infrastructure…
Nido Petroluem is launching a US$24 million (A$31.9 million) offer to fund drilling of an appraisal well to the Galoc discovery, offshore the Philippines. Nido is looking to raise the funds through an 11.2 for 1 pro‐rata renounceable entitlement offer of new shares at an offer price of $…
Aker Solutions entered into an agreement to buy 70% of Brazilian CSE Mecânica e Instrumentação Ltda, in which the deal comes with an option to purchase the remaining 30% of the company three years after the expected close of the transaction by the end of Q1 2017…
Verus Petroleum entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Maersk Oil North Sea UK for the acquisition of Maersk Oil’s 9.8% interest in the Boa oil field, increasing Verus’s interest in the Boa field to 11.35%. The deal also adds approximately 1800 boe/d to Verus’s daily production…
Hurricane Energy is looking to raise US$86 million (£70 million) of new capital to fund its Lancaster development, West of Shetland, offshore the UK. Image from Hurricane Energy. The…
Sea Trucks was awarded an inspection maintenance and repair contract for a major oil company in West Africa, expected to begin in Q4 2016. Sea Trucks will use its multipurpose support DP2 vessel, the Jascon 55, a construction barge and a spread of its own conventional vessels for the job…