Dow is introducing technologies developed for multiple oil and gas applications, including extraction, production, refining, gas treatment and oil distribution, at Rio Oil & Gas 2014. Dow says their technologies improve energy efficiency…
Statoil awarded Weatherford International a US$400 million contract for the delivery of tubular running services on 19 drilling units in Statoil’s portfolio. The six-year contract has an option for two consecutive two-year extensions…
GE Oil & Gas is releasing industrial internet solutions at Rio Oil & Gas that include: Sealytics BOP Advisor, Field Vantage, LNG Max Reliability, Naxys A10 and System 1 Fleet Management. The Naxys A10 is an integrated acoustic solution for monitoring equipment and its surrounding environment…
McDermott International, Inc. completed the Jack and St. Malo project for Chevron USA Inc. located in the Gulf of Mexico Walker Ridge area. The just-completed project is part of the first stage of development of the Jack South, St. Malo South and St…
Petrobras awarded Aker Solutions' subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services (AKOFS) a US$465 million contract to provide subsea intervention services offshore Brazil. The five-year contract slated to begin in 4Q 2016 is for the Aker Wayfarer subsea construction vessel…
CAMAC Energy has temporarily halted drilling on the Energy Searcher drillship, which is drilling the horizontal portion of the Oyo-8 well in the Oyo field, offshore Nigeria. This was due to leaks in some control system hoses of the well's blow out preventer…
Denmark is the European Union’s (EU) only net exporter of oil. The Nordic state’s oil exports totalled approximately 13.7MMboe in 2013. This is in stark contrast to the EU’s only other significant oil producer, the UK, which became a…
Fractured basement reservoir explorer Hurricane Energy says post-well data analysis of its 1km horizontal appraisal well 205/21a-6 well test in Q2 this year has shown better than expected results. The firm said the well, which tested…
The Centrica Energy-operated 43/13b-7 Pegasus West well in the Southern North Sea indicated the presence of gas, reported partner Atlantic Petroleum. Following the analysis of available data, the joint venture has decided to drill stem test the well…
Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. acquired 20% of US-based Anadarko Petroleum’s interest in Block C1-103 off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire, becoming the first Japanese company to enter the oil and gas exploration business in the area. Map of Block C1-103…
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to use the COSLInnovator mobile drilling facility for production drilling on the Troll field using the controlled mud level method. The consent covers the use of COSLInnovator for production drilling on 8½in…
Atlantic Petroleum says the Orlando field development in the UK North Sea continues to progress to end of 2016 field oil. The field, in Block 3/3b in the northern North Sea, is being developed as a subsea tie-back to the CNR International operated Ninian Central platform…
Less than a week before Scotland goes to the polls over independence, the heads of BP and Shell have made their opinions clear amid counter claims over North Sea oil. Bob Dudley and Ben van Beurden, the CEOs of BP and Shell respectively…
Statoil has agreed to sell off stakes in the Aasta Hansteen spar development, the Polarled pipeline, and a discovery neighboring Aasta Hansteen to Germany’s Wintershall in a US$1.3 billion deal. As part of the deal, Statoil will also…
Four months after taking to the helm of Italian state-run Eni, CEO Claudio Descalzi is now the subject of a corruption investigation related to the acquisition of the large and lucrative deepwater oil prospecting lease (OPL) 245 offshore Nigeria…