Singapore-based COSCO Corporation is looking for a buyer for ATP Oil & Gas (UK)’s Octabuoy facility. COSCO’s Nantong yard ceased work on the project, a semisubmersible dry-tree production platform, which had been due to be used on ATP’s UK North Sea Cheviot field development…
Fugro Satellite Positioning released its Seastar XP2 PPP GNSS augmentation service on 1 July 2014. The new service provides increased redundancy for mission-critical offshore GNSS position and navigation applications. Like Fugro’s flagship Seastar G2 service…
Flexible Engineered Solutions International (FES) and Francis Brown Ltd. completed contracted work on Inpex’s Ichthys liquefied natural gas project off Australia. FES supplied diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSC) for the floating production…
Brazilian drilling contractor Odebrecht Oil & Gas (OOG) announced that Roberto Simões will take over as the company CEO. Simões has been VP at Odebrecht since 2012, replacing Roberto Ramos. Odebrecht SA incorporated Odebrecht Óleo e Gás in 2006…
DONG Energy released a video showing the installation of the Hejre jacket that occurred on 23 May 2014. DONG Energy has installed the jacket for the Hejre platform in the Danish sector of the North Sea, 292km north west of Esbjerg…
Flowrox released the Flowrox Deposition Watch, a new instrument designed to enhance the monitoring of pipelines and related flow-process equipment affected by paraffin wax and asphaltene depositions. It is a predictive device that allows…
Mexico’s senate passed the secondary legislation that defines new institutional framework for state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) following the December 2013's sweeping energy reforms. After 12 hours of debate and hearing from more than 50 senators…
ABB released its High Integrity (HI) safety system for use with any ABB or third party control system, PLC or operator interface. This TÜV-certified release can be used with any SIL 1-3 application. It can interface all necessary information…
In October, Newpark Drilling Fluids named Phil Vollands president of North America. Vollands is focused on growing the business and positioning Newpark Drilling Fluids as the leader in water-based fluid technology. Vollands has plenty of industry experience…
Developments in the natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) industries are putting new demands on LNG shipping, triggering new specialized LNG carriers. Lars Petter Blikom sets out why. Aside from tanks and machinery, they are all generally the same…
Statoil Petroleum has made a small gas discovery on the 7325/1-1 well on production license (PL) 615 in the Barents Sea. The well was drilled about 56km northeast of the Wisting Central oil discovery 7324/8-1, operated by OMV, in the Barents Sea…
Fugro has opened a new, 7000sq m facility in the SONILS Oil Service Centre in Luanda, Angola. Angola is now the second largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, after Nigeria, the firm said. “Our new site demonstrates Fugro’s strong commitment to the Angolan market…
INTECSEA UK has been awarded a subsea front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for Maersk Oil UK's US$4.7 billion Culzean ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature development in the North Sea. The contract, which includes optional…
Statoil has resumed oil and gas production on the Njord A floating steel platform in the Norwegian Sea after a major reinforcement of the platform structure. Njord A, which produces the Njord and Hyme fields, had been shut down since…
A modern descendant of the first LNG containment system for ships could become one of the key technologies carrying gas transport and trading into tomorrow. Joe Evangeilsta reviews its evolution. When the new Panama Canal opens in late 2015…
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