Forum Energy Technologies (FET) had entered into a contract with New Orient Marine to supply three remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for New Orient Marine's multi-purpose ice-class vessel currently under construction in Singapore. Perry XYX 200 ROV…
Quadrant Energy has commenced drilling of the Roc-2 well, offshore Western Australia, said partner Carnarvon Petroleum. The main aims of the Roc-2 well are to appraise the Roc gas-condensate discovery in the Caley section. The information…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted ExxonMobil consent to start-up the subsea facility for production well 25/11-E-29 AH on the Balder field, nearly one week after the supermajor gained approval from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA)…
In this video, Shell shows the history of its Brent field, in addition to its efforts in the decommissioning process. Brent, located some 320mi from Aberdeen, one of several large fields that came on-stream during the global oil crisis of the 1970s…
SapuraKencana Petroleum subsidiaries, Sapura Energy Ventures and Kencana Energy, along with their partner, Petrofac Energy Developments, have reached an agreement with Petronas to cease the Berantai risk service contract (RSC). The Berantai…
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Ltd. has award a number of new contracts for the provision of all maintenance and construction labour, engineering support services and fabric maintenance, covering its offshore assets and the terminal at Flotta…
Reducing drilling and development spend has largely been the focus of services and equipment providers in the Gulf of Mexico – with the aim of lowering costs at the most capital intensive period of asset lifecycles. Often overlooked,…
Ithaca Energy's FPF-1 floating production facility is set to leave its yard in about two weeks and start first oil from the Greater Stella area in about three months from then. UK-based independent Ithaca said modifications on the unit in the Remontowa Yard in Gdansk…
UTEC Survey has completed a significant ROV navigation and seismic node positioning project in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The project, for seismic nodal technology firm FairfieldNodal, was undertaken in 2425m water depth. It involved…
Chevron North Sea has appointed Greta Lydecker as managing director of Chevron Upstream Europe, based in Aberdeen, starting today. Lydecker succeeds Craig May, who was recently appointed to the role of vice president, Upstream Capability…
Faroe Petroleum has successfully side-tracked its appraisal well on the Brasse discovery in licence PL740 in the Norwegian North Sea. The side-track well (31/7-1A) was appraising the south-eastern part of the Brasse discovery. Results based on extensive coring…
Danos’ fabrication facility in Amelia now features on-site instrumentation and electrical services, including automation, safety and control systems. Image of Danos' corporate office, from Danos…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) is retracting an order handed to COSL Drilling Europe in April regarding a fatal accident onboard the COSL Innovator on 30 December 2015, after discovering new information and finding that no deviations were found in the design of the rig…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate is giving BP approval to use the facility on the Tambar field in the North Sea until 1 January 2022. This coincides with the expiry of production licence 065. The lifetime was set at 15 years in the plan for development and operation (PDO)…
Royal Boskalis Westminster has made a drastic decision to cut about 650 jobs worldwide, and take more than two dozen vessels out of service in the next two years as a result of the prolonged, weakened market. Image from Boskalis…
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