Atlantic Offshore, together with Statoil, have decided to convert the Ocean Response tug/supply vessel to act as full oil recovery and oil spill vessel within the NOFO 2009 regulations. The vessel will then have more flexibility to serve as an emergency and response vessel…
Wintershall Norge has signed a sales agreement with the Norwegian oil company OKEA to sell its 10% share in the Yme license on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Following the transaction, the equity ownership in PL 316 license is: Repsol Norge (operator) 60%…
Trelleborg has manufactured and delivered 52 vertical elastomeric bearings and 156 horizontal bearings for use on the 13 modules onboard Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, as well as 40 turret bogey bearings to enable natural movements of the turret…
Seabed Geosolutions, a joint venture between Fugro and CGG, secured a new extension to its ongoing shallow water operations in the UAE for Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s (ADNOC) Phase-II of the Ghasha Field project. This new survey is due to…
Oil India Ltd. (OIL) and the University of Houston (UH) have entered into an agreement to collaborate on technologies required to maximize recovery from aging oilfields in India. The duo will cooperate in the fields of improved oil recovery and enhanced oil recovery…
Ithaca Energy is edging closing towards first oil from the Greater Stella Area Development in the UK North Sea. First oil, from the FPF-1 floating production unit, is scheduled for next month, as planned. The unit set sail from Poland in August and was safely towed to location…
Dutch heavy weight Allseas marked its biggest milestone yet, late August - and has now released a video showing the operation. The firm's mega-vessel, the US$2.7 billion Pioneering Spirit, successfully completed its first commercial job…
The Subsea Services Alliance, a collaboration between Schlumberger and Helix, have launched the development of the first riserless open water abandonment module (ROAM). The 18¾-in large bore system will enhance well abandonment capacity…
BHP Billiton discovered oil at its Caicos exploration well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and revealed plans to drill at a nearby well in November. Map of Central GoM, including Caicos, Shenzi North…
PSV Frigg Viking in Aberdeen Harbour. Image courtesy of Jim Cargill Nexen has applied software developed by PlanSea Ltd., a Robert Gordon University spin-out company, to remove significant cost from its North Sea operations…
Petrobras has relaunched the bid process for its Libra Pilot floating production and storage offloading vessel (FPSO), following the cancelation of the previous bid process due to “an abnormally high price.” Image of Libra field operations…
Several keynote speakers have been added to the 23rd annual Petroleum Exhibition & Conference of Mexico (PECOM) conference that will be held in March 2017 in Villahermosa, Tabasco Mexico. Image from OE Staff…
UK authorities are hopeful that they may finally have a weather window to move the Transocean Winner semisubmersible rig. With just days to go before the heavy transport vessel due to move it is due to come off contract, contingencies are already being assessed…
Aker Solutions has introduced a new lighter weight and faster to deliver semisubmersible platform that will help producers unlock more marginal oil and gas fields in harsh environments across the globe. Lean Semi…
Searcher Seismic has completed acquisition of the Buscador Near-Shore 2D Seismic Survey, offshore Mexico. The Buscador Near-Shore 2D Seismic Survey was acquired by Searcher’s project partner, BGP and comprises 11,200km of long-offset…