Workers at the Hibernia gravity-based offshore oil platform, represented by Canadian union Unifor, have voted to accept a new collective agreement with their employer. The new agreement includes improvements in wages, benefits and working conditions including for temporary employees…
UK independent explorer Trapoil has been forced to give up a string of licenses in the North Sea after failling to find farm-in partners to help fund work. The firm, which last year cuts its staff and saw its founders leave, 'to maintain value…
McDermott International's Chinese joint venture Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering (QMW) completed a fast-track compression process module fabrication subcontract for Jord Oil & Gas Systems. The company is the prime contractor…
Turkey-based Promer Consultancy and Engineering selected AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design solutions for major engineering projects. AVEVA Everything3D. From AVEVA. In…
Polarcus won a contract to conduct a broadband 3D marine seismic acquisition project in Australasia for an undisclosed client. The Polarcus Nadia. From Polarcus. The two-month project is set to begin this quarter…
Bibby Subsea and Bordelon Marine signed a three-year contract to charter Bibby’s new ultra-light intervention vessel (ULIV) in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Brandon Borderlon. From Bibby. The…
Lundin Petroleum has announced a US$1.45 billion 2015 development, appraisal and exploration budget - representing a 31% drop compared to its forecast 2014 spending. Spending on development projects will drop about 30%, to $980 million…
Petrobras has made new oil discoveries in the Espirito Santo Basin, offshore Brazil, according to exploration partner Inpex. The discoveries, in the BM-ES-23 concession, 115km off the coast of the State of Espirito Santo, southeastern Brazil…
Total has completed the flare out of the Ofon field on Oil Mining Lease (OML) 102 offshore Nigeria. The associated gas of the Ofon field is now being compressed, evacuated to shore and monetized via Nigeria LNG. “The flare-out of the…
Statoil has awarded service contracts for seven supply bases for the company in Norway to NorSea Group, Saga Fjordbase and Asco Norge. The contracts include terminal and warehouse services as well as storage and pipeline handling. “Logistics…
DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF ASA, has been awarded several contracts in the North America region by key clients and oil majors in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract awards will give a utilization of the chartered-in vessels Ross Candies…
Exploration drilling has started on the Tvillingen South prospect in production license 510 in the Norwegian Sea. The prospect is located on the Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 28 km southeast of the Kristin field. The well…
Underground coal gasificatoin (UCG) focused firm Cluff Natural Resources (CLNR) has taken on an environmental and planning consultant for its proposed Kindcardine project in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Environmental Resources Management…
CNOOC encountered oil and gas at its deepwater Lingshui 25-1 prospect in the Qiongdongnan Basin in the South China Sea, the operator confirmed on 6 January 2015. The well was tested to produce about 35.6 MMcf/d of natural gas and 395 b/d of oil…
Chevron has become the latest major operator to join Viper Subsea’s joint industry project (JIP) to develop its subsea integrity monitoring system known as V-IR. The project, which began in October 2013, has already attracted Shell,…