Aker Solutions is introducing a new executive management team as part of a broader reorganization and a goal to boost cost efficiency by 30%. The new organization will have five delivery centers: customer management, front end, products…
The Shah Deniz Stage 2 platforms sailed away from the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory (BDJF) for offshore installation for the BP-led project offshore Azerbaijan. Shah Deniz 2 jacket…
Diamond Offshore Drilling has said it is going to defend a move by Brazil’s Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) to terminate its contract on the Ocean Valor semisubmersible early. The Ocean Valiant…
SeaBird Exploration, a provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, has entered into a contract for the purchase of the vessel Hawk Explorer and its seismic equipment. Hawk Explorer has been a chartered vessel in the SeaBird fleet since 2006…
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has inked a series of several new contracts with a combined value of approximately US$64.5 million (RM264 million) for work offshore Malaysia and Vietnam. The contract will be carried out by the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary…
Italian giant Eni has drilled its fifth well on the Zohr field offshore Egypt, confirming its potential to contain some 30 Tcf, with hopes of first gas by the end of next year. Map of Zohr, from Eni…
Shell, through its subsidiary Shell Brasil Petroleo, extended its contract with MODEC for operations and maintenance of the FPSO Fluminense, effective from August 2016 to December 2020. The FPSO has been operating in the Bijupirá and…
In this video, Statoil shows the arrival of the Mariner B vessel at Global Energy Group’s Nigg Energy Park, north of Inverness, after completing the 15,800nm (18,183mi/29,263km) journey from the Samsung construction yard in South Korea. Read more: Mariner B arrives at Nigg
FAR Ltd. has upgraded its contingent resources estimates for Cairn Energy’s SNE oilfield offshore Senegal in West Africa, and led the firm to suggest a standalone floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) development for the field…
The move towards all-electric subsea facilities will precipitate an evolution in umbilical design. Alan Dobson outlines the challenges and what is already available for the market. Technip Umbilicals R&D Center…
A number of key contracts were awarded in 1H 2016 in Brazil, pointing to a recovery of the local oil and gas sector. The Polvo FPSO (right) while docked at Keppel FELS shipyard. Photo from Keppel…
Putting the Brent field online in 1976 was a feat. Decommissioning the field’s four massive platforms is equally challenging. Elaine Maslin sets out Shell’s latest plans and how it came to them. End of an era at Brent…
Upper position outboard. Images from AXTech. Some companies are looking to reverse the trend of heavier duty vessels with complex deck equipment. Elaine Maslin looks into some lighter concepts…
While French oil major Total has demonstrated the first all-electric Xmas tree, Norway’s Statoil is eager to do the same. Elaine Maslin examines the subsea all-electric initiative. The Åsgard subsea gas compression system…
Being able to see what is happening downhole real-time is one thing. Having the subject matter experts on the job, see the same data, as well as predictive analysis and all helpfully visualized, from wherever they might be, is another. BP and Kongsberg have been working on it…
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