Hoang Long Joint Operating Co. (HLJOC) has selected Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) to handle critical project management and engineering for the TGT-H5 wellhead platform that will tap energy reserves off the coast of Vietnam. Image from HLJOC…
Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd. (MOUK) awarded Ampelmann a contract to use its motion compensation gangways (MCG). MOUK will use the Ampelmann system for a shutdown campaign in the UK sector of the central North Sea to extend the weather window and increase workability and efficiency…
Woodside Petroleum's proposed acquisition of Houston-based Apache's interests in the Wheatstone, Balnaves and Kitimat projects are moving forward after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that it will not oppose the deal…
Polarcus won a contract from an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project offshore Egypt using Polarcus' RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The project will begin 1Q 2015 and is expected to run for about 50 days.
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority has launched an investigation into an incident on Transocean Barents on 4 March when a roughneck suffered crush injuries. The injured drill floor worker was on the monkey board, about 10-12m in the derrick…
Australian energy company WHL Energy has outlined 'substantial opportunities' offshore the Seychelles following interpretation of a preliminary PreSTM volume of the Junon 3D seismic survey. WHL, which is a partner with operator Ophir Energy offshore the Seychelles…
VAALCO Energy has spudded the post-salt Kindele-1 well, its first exploration well on Block 5 offshore Angola using Transocean's Celtic Sea semisubmersible drilling rig. The well will be drilled to a planned total depth of 2250m in about 100m water depth…
Dubai-based fabrication and engineering firm Lamprell has delivered the jackup drilling rig Greatdrill Chaaru to Greatship Global Energy Services within budget and ahead of schedule. Construction of the rig was undertaken on a fast-track…
ShawCor Ltd.(SCL) completed the acquisition of Dhatec B.V. for an undisclosed amount. “The acquisition of Dhatec will complement our pipeline performance strategy of combining pipe coating products and services into innovative solutions…
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper announced the bureau will offer more than 21 million acres offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development in a lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area…
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) launched two pre-qualification contracts for the construction of the 105km offshore pipeline section under the Adriatic Sea. The contracts are for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI)…
The 50/50 Technip and Techint consortium awarded Aqualis Offshore a contract to be the marine warranty surveyor for all marine operations related to the integration of the P-76 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit at Techint’s yard in the south of Brazil…
Delegates at the Technology Showcase in Aberdeen today (4 March) heard about millions of pounds of funding that is available for new innovations through two funds. Innovate UK’s funding competition for cleaner, more efficient conventional fuels…
Germany's Wintershall has taken over the operatorship of the subsea oil and gas field Vega from Statoil as it gears up to develop the Maria field. Vega is the BASF subsidiary’s first operated subsea tie-in field in Norway. With this transfer…
Lundin Petroleum started drilling exploration well 33/2-2S in PL579 on the Morkel prospect in the Norwegian Sea. Morkel is 180km west of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and approximately 40km northwest of the Snorre field. The main…
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