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Shell hits Norphlet pay

Jul 15, 2014

Shell confirmed a third discovery at the Norphlet play in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the supermajor announced on 15 July 2015. The explorer hit more than 400ft (122m) of net oil pay at its Rydberg well, located 75mi (120km) off the Gulf Coast in Mississippi Canyon Block 525…

GE Wellstream continues FES relationship

Jul 15, 2014

FES International won a contract to supply 12 Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs) to contractor GE Wellstream. FES International has supplied DBSCs to GE Wellstream for more than a decade. The product enables the quick, efficient…

James Fisher, KDM launch joint venture

Jul 15, 2014

James Fisher announced it has formed a new venture with Aberdeen-based company KDM Marine, called  James Fisher Mass Flow Excavation (JFMFE), to jointly offer their subsea excavation capability and resources to the offshore industry in a single entity…

Operators screaming for accommodation units

Jul 15, 2014

Growing demand for offshore accomodation vessels in the North Sea is increasing rates and accomodatoin quality as operators seek to improve spanner time, says analysts Douglas Westwood.  The firm says declining North Sea production and…

Pegasus West spuds in southern North Sea

Jul 15, 2014

Centrica Energy has started drilling on the Pegasus West well 43/13b-7 on P1724 in the UKCS. The well is being drilled with the Noble Julie Robertson jackup rig in 95ft water depthabout 7km WSW of the 43/13b-6Z Pegasus North discovery well…

Blackbird production well flows

Jul 15, 2014

A second production well on Nexen Petroleum's Blackbird field in the UK North Sea has reached 7000bbl/d under a constrained production test, according to partner Atlantic Petroleum.  The well, 20/02a-B3, was constrained by surface equipment…

OMS appoints new CEO

Jul 15, 2014

Oil and gas pipe measurement specialist Optical Metrology Services (OMS) has appointed Denise Smiles as its CEO, replacing former CEO and founder Dr. Tim Clarke, who is appointed as non-executive chairman at OMS. OMS said Denise will…

Wood Group buys Agility Projects

Jul 15, 2014

Wood Group has boosted its Norwegian offshore engineering capability by buying Agility Projects from Agility Group for about US$164 million.  Agility Projects is a Norwegian engineering, procurement, construction management, installation and commissioning company…

Dragon signs Egypt contract

Jul 15, 2014

Dragon Oil secured its first operatorship outside Turkmenistan and expects production to reach up to 90,000bo/d by the end of the year.  Dr Abdul Jaleel Al Khalifa, Dragon Oil's CEO, said: 'We are pleased to report that the contract has been signed for Block 19 East Zeit Bay…

Ophir and WHL begin Seychelles seismic program

Jul 15, 2014

Dolphin Geophysical AS is using the M/V Polar Duchess to acquire a 1500km seismic survey for Ophir Energy and WHL Energy. The ship left the Seychelles port of Victoria on 5 July. The survey will cover the Junon Block, in the Seychelles Exclusive Economic Zone…

MacArtney teams with Meyah Ich Ha for offshore Mexico

Jul 14, 2014

Denmark's MacArtney Underwater Technology Group announced a representative agreement with the Mexican ROV and subsea service company, Meyah Ich Ha, which is set to administer the promotion and sales of MacArtney systems and products within the Mexican part of the GOM region…

Hyundai designs welding robot to build offshore facilities

Jul 14, 2014

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading offshore facilities contractor, announced that it has developed a new automatic welding process to build offshore facilities. The new hot-wire TIG…

Karoon Gas contracts Olinda Star

Jul 14, 2014

Karoon Gas Australia Ltd. reached an agreement with QGOG Constellation S.A. to contract the semisubmersible drilling rig Olinda Star. The contract includes the drilling of up to four wells offshore Brazil, in Karoon’s S-M-1037, 1101, 1102…

Woodside farms-in to Lake Tanganyika South Block

Jul 14, 2014

West Australian independent Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has farmed-in to the 7200sq km Lake Tanganyika South Block, Tanzania. Beach Petroleum (Tanzania) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of South Australia's Beach Energy Ltd., will transfer…

Analyzing wireless machine condition monitoring for offshore applications

Jul 14, 2014

The SKF wireless machine condition sensor collects data on three key machine conditions: temperature; overall machine condition; and rolling element bearing and has ATEX Zone 0 certification. There…

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