Geoscience firm Spectrum is to carry out a long-offset Broadband 2D multi-client seismic survey covering the southern Rovuma and north-eastern Zambezi Basins, offshore Mozambique. The survey will be a variable grid with lines spaced from 10km to 20km…
More than 300 oil service employees in Norway have gone on strike this morning after mediation talks yesterday were said to have failed. Industry Energy, a union which represents workers, claimed the Norwegian Oil & Gas association did…
Interest in new licenses in existing exploration plays offshore Norway has dropped by about a quarter. Some 33 companies have applied for licenses in Norway's 2016 awards in pre-defined areas licensing round, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said this morning…
Supermajor Shell is moving most of its employees in Houston from its downtown location to the west side of the city. The changes, which are expected to take effect in Q1 2017, will move about 3400 employees from the Central Business District…
Halliburton (HAL) has released the Acoustic Conformance Xaminer service (ACX), a technology designed to help operators identify and pinpoint wellbore leaks by analyzing sound waves that describe flow patterns in the formation and casing. The…
Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) is once again decreasing its capex by 25%, the company revealed as part of its 2017-2021 business and management plan today (20 September). Libra operations. Image from Petrobras…
FMC Technologies has installed and tested its annulus monitoring system (AMS) in an offshore well in Malaysia owned by Petronas. A winner of the 2015 Offshore Technology Conference Spotlight on New Technology award, FMC Technologies’…
A development by Fugro for its work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) has been utilized successfully in cable lay touchdown monitoring operations at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. Fugro Symphony…
Siemens is set to build a wind project offshore Denmark with innovative foundations and cable systems, the company said today (20 September). Four wind turbines and related equipment take a large step into the future of offshore wind…
Lundin Norway has been given the go-ahead to drill well 7219/12-1, or Filicudi, in the Norwegian Barents Sea, using the Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible drilling rig. The well about 24km south of the Salina discovery, made by Eni in 2012…
Norwegian oil service firm Akastor has agreed to form a joint venture with Mitsui and its subsidiary AKOFS Offshore. The joint venture has already agreed to acquire the Skandi Santos hull from DOF Subsea Rederi and the Skandi Santos topside from AKOFS…
PT Medco Energi Internasional has agreed to acquire two subsidiaries of ConocoPhillips, seeing it take over the South Natuna Sea Block B production sharing contract, offshore Indonesia, with a 40% working interest. Image from ConocoPhillips…
CGG's Fast Trax Reverse Time Migration (RTM) data from its Encontrado multiclient mega-merge project covering the Perdido fold belt has been delivered ahead of Mexico's December Licensing Round. The Encontrado reprocessing project is a merge of over 38…
MacGregor won comprehensive equipment package contracts for a variety of seven specialist support vessels that will operate in the Middle East region. MacGregor will deliver deck cranes and a range of deck machinery to each vessel. The order is booked into Q3 2016 order intake…
Osbit delivered two bespoke subsystems for a Modus autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The AUV systems designed and manufactured by Osbit during testing at the Port of Blyth. Image from Osbit…
Subscribe
