Maersk Oil spudded the Xana (Gita South) exploration well in license 9/95 on the Danish continental shelf, according to partner Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco). The well is being drilled by the Noble Sam Turner jackup. The main target is upper Jurassic sandstones…
Total is changing things up by restructuring its exploration and production branch into five geographical divisions, an exploration division and five functional divisions. Image from Total. Changes…
Schneider Electric and Electronic Power Design (EPD) are creating a partnership to produce Schneider Electric IEC equipment in the United States. Through this partnership, Schneider Electric will manufacture Okkenglobal products in the US for the first time…
Watch as Eni shows the journey of the N’Goma FPSO as it sails away from Singapore and arrives at the Paenal yard for module lifting. SBM Offshore discussed the makings of its Paenal Shipyard in OE's October 2014 issue. The vessel…
Jumbo signed a contract with Technip Oceania for the installation of 13 subsea structures for the Chevron Wheatstone Project. The subsea structures comprise of pipeline termination structures, subsea isolation valve structures, tee protection structures and drill center manifolds…
For Western-based service companies whose products or personnel were at work in the waters off the Russia, projects that were already complex by virtue of the location became substantially more so with the recent Western sanctions against the Russian Federation…
BG Group hit first gas from the program’s first well at the Starfish field, offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Image of Starfish. From BG Group. Located in the East Coast Marine Area (ECMA) of Trinidad…
Self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESV) firm Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has secured its first contract award for its new Mid-Size Class vessel GMS Shamal. The vessel, the first of its kind, is currently being built at GMS’…
Australia's WHL Energy has identified new leads offshore after assessing the Junon 3D seismic dataset acquired within its offshore Seychelles project area. WHL Energy received an interim PreSTM data set for the Junon 3D seismic survey…
New Zealand has awarded 15 new exploration permits, on- and offshore, through its 2014 Block Offer, containing some AU$110 million committed exploration spending, Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges announced today (9 December). Of the 15 permits offered…
Det norske oljeselskap has begun deployment of AVEVA’s Progressive Handover Solution to manage life cycle information for its Ivar Aasen field project in the North Sea. The AVEVA solution allows Det norske to benefit from improved information…
SacOil, the Public Investment Corp. SOC Ltd. (PIC) and the Instituto de Gestão das Participações do Estado (IGEPE) signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of a transnational terrestrial…
Centrica Resources Norge’s wildcat well 6707/10-3S is being permanently plugged and abandoned after making a minor gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Dictorate (NPD). Map of PL 528 B…
A new offshore construction vessel, to be built by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co. will be the first to include ABB’s integrated power and automation solution, which consists of the company’s power, propulsion, and 800xA control and safety system…
Aberdeenshire-based Tritech International has relocated its design and production operations to a new site within the Cumbrian town of Ulverston. The company has been operating in Ulverston since 1986 and in July 2013 began ground works on a new purpose-built building…
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