Maersk Training, with Oiltec Solutions, and eDrilling, have made training available on the advanced drilling and engineering simulator, wellSim hiDRILL, in Maersk Training’s new training facility in Houston, TX when the center opens in November 2015…
Sustained low oil prices could lead to a long-term drop in upstream oil and natural gas investment, according to a new report by the US Energy Information Administration. “Given the fall in oil prices that began in mid-2014 and the relationship between oil prices and upstream investment…
Primeline Energy Holdings spudded the LS23-1-1 exploration well on 23 September to tap into resources near its LS36-1 gas field production facility, in the East China Sea. Images from Primeline Energy…
Independent Oil & Gas (IOG) has made significant progress towards drilling the Skipper well in the Northern North Sea, located in Block 9/21a, in license P1609. Image from IOG. Alpha…
Baker Hughes released its DeepShield deepwater safety valve, the industry’s first V1-validated subsurface safety valve tested to help ensure fail-safe operations as defined in the new API Spec 14A. DeepShield…
Wood Group has been awarded a contract with Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC) to provide an operator training simulator; supporting training for containment in the event of a deepwater well control incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Image from MWCC…
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) signed a multi-client acquisition agreement with the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) in India. The agreement grants EMGS a two-year permit to acquire 3D EM multi-client data within a 325,000sq km area off West coast India…
Daisy Data Displays, Inc. released an explosion-proof ruggedized workstation specific to oil exploration applications. The Series 4520Cx, an IECEx Zone 2, UL Division 2 certified workstation for oil and gas applications…
All four phases of CGG’s BandaSeis 2D BroadSeis multi-client program targeting the Banda Arc around East Indonesia and Timor Leste have now been fully processed and are ready for delivery. BandaSeis data coverage…
Tidal energy firm Atlantis Resources announced the laying of four subsea cables for its MeyGen project in Scotland's Pentland Firth have been completed. Loading in Hartlepool. Image from Atlantis…
Statoil is targeting 20 MMbbl of additional resources in the Gullfaks area by tapping reservoirs above the main Gullfaks field. Gullfaks was brought on stream in 1981, but the plan for development and operation (PDO) did not include the Shetland and Lista reservoirs…
Africa-focused explorer FAR has agreed a farm-in option deal with Trace Atlantic Oil on the shallow water Djiffere block offshore Senegal, containing at least one lead potentially containing 100 MMbbl, says FAR. Djiffere sits adjacent to the prospective Rufisque…
The Santos-led GLNG project has started producing its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Curtis Island, Queensland, on schedule and within budget, the company said. Train 1, which welcomed its first gas in August, is producing the gas…
Japan's INPEX has launched the central processing facility (CPF) for its US$34 billion Ichthys LNG Project offshore Australia. The CPF, billed as the world's largest semisubmersible by INPEX, was launched from Samsung Heavy Industries' offshore floating dock in Geoje…
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a new three-year contract worth US$110 million for the jackup rig Maersk Resilient with Danish oil company Maersk Oil. The Maersk Resilient. From Maersk. Commencement is expected in October 2015…
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