Aberdeen, UK-based services firm Proserv has won two significant contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico. The deals with Talos Energy and Hess Corp. will see Proserv carry out work at the operators’ respective Phoenix and Conger field expansion developments…
In advance of the Deepwater Intervention Forum this 9-11 August 2016, Jerry Lee reports on a new approach to riserless plug and abandonment carried out by Wild Well Control in the US Gulf of Mexico. PA Tool component description and diagram…
In this animated video, Magma Global shows how m-pipe and the Magma IDP system can be used for deepwater hydraulic pumping and light well intervention from small vessels. This short video also includes a fly-around of the IDP system…
TIMAS awarded Hilong Petroleum Offshore Engineering a contract to use the Hilong 106 pipe-laying derrick barge to install jackets for the HCML Madura MDA - MBH offshore gas field development project, offshore Indonesia. The project, which is jointly funded by China National Offshore Oil Corp…
Atlantis has unveiled a technical milestone for its flagship MeyGen project in northern Scotland, which is now connected to the 33kV Ness of Quoys distribution network, following the successful installation of one of the longest underground…
Bristow Helicopters Nigeria announced a new dedicated helicopter rescue and recovery (RRS) service for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry to provide critical life-saving assistance currently not available in the country’s aviation landscape. The new service is expected to launch in August 2016…
Sabah Shell Petroleum Co. awarded Sea Trucks Group a contract for the provision of flotel services for the Malikai deepwater development project in the South China Sea. Image of the Jascon 34, from Sea Trucks…
Fugro has secured three contracts using the company’s Q1400 trenching system, to be deployed in the North Sea over the next 12 months. Image of the Q1400 trenching system, from Fugro. At…
InterMoor has completed its marine aspect of the Shell's Malikai tension leg platform (TLP) float off operation in Malaysia. The TLP was loaded onto the Dockwise heavy lift vessel White Marlin at Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE) shipyard in Pasir Gudang…
Sailaway on Ithaca Energy's FPF1 floating production facility to the Greater Stella Area development in the UK North Sea is expected by the end of this month, according to contractor Petrofac. After a series of setbacks on the FPF1 modification project at the Remontowa Shipyard in Gdansk…
UK-based Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has completed its acquisition of the 50% of the Blythe discovery it didn't already own, doubling its reserves. IOG has gained 100% of the discovery by acquiring 50% in a license covering Blocks 48/22b and 48/23a in the Southern North Sea…
Norwegian oil major Statoil is suspending its contract for use of the Songa Delta semisubmersible drilling rig after completion of its current drilling operation. The unit is currently drilling the Slemmestad well in the Norwegian North Sea…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Faroe Petroleum a drilling permit for a side track appraisal well on the Brasse discovery in the Norwegian North Sea. Well 31/7-1 A side track will be drilled using the Transocean Arctic drilling facility in production license 740…
DNV GL is offering a new, and what it describes as pioneering stability analysis solution, that allows for hydrodynamic and stability analysis on one common model, giving naval and offshore engineers unprecedented control over their projects…
Integrity, maintenance and engineered solutions group ICR executive chairman Bob Forbes is to retire. He will be replaced by Bill Bayliss who has held multiple senior level appointments in international oil and gas businesses including Brown and Root…
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