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Chevron maintains upstream spend

Mar 12, 2014

Chevron’s leadership set out the oil major’s plans out to 2020 this week, including eying exploration opportunities offshore Greenland, to maintain its reserves hopper.  Chevron is planning 20% production growth, from 2.6MMboe/d in 2013…

ROVs take on BOPs

Mar 12, 2014

The first published image of the UHD Gen III ROV (FMC Technologies). Elaine Maslin attended Subsea Expo in Aberdeen to view the latest in ROV technology and learned of a new model FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics plans to release…

Rigless origins

Mar 12, 2014

Running line in open water Rigless intervention hit the scene in 1969 with Abu Dhabi's Zakum pilot program. Reaching Ultra's Fernando Hernandez explains how the technology has evolved to meet new challenges…

Solstad-Vard in new build deal

Mar 12, 2014

Ship designer and builder Vard Holdings has agreed a letter of intent with Solstad Offshore for the design and construction of a large offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV).  The contract will be the largest single vessel order in…

Bibby orders to more ROVs

Mar 12, 2014

SMD has is to supply Aberdeen-based Bibby Remote intervention Limited (BRIL), part of Bibby Offshore, a further two Quasar MkII 150hp 3000m-rated work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), complete with launch and recovery systems (LARs)…

Harkand moves vessel to N Sea

Mar 12, 2014

Subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) group Harkand is to position a second dive support vessel in the North Sea sector after securing a major contract with CNR International (CNRI). The contract will see Harkand deliver jacket life extension works…

Autonomous tractoring

Mar 11, 2014

Wireless tractor on catwalk prior to picking up to the rig floor at onshore well test site. (BP) The first version of a new autonomous tractor unit for well work, developed by Welltec and BP…

Taking nodes to a new level

Mar 11, 2014

A truss node in heat treatment (Vulcan SFM). Deck, leg and truss nodes have been taken to a new level on Statoil's massive Aasta Hansteen spar development. Elaine Maslin reports. “Everything on the Aasta Hansteen project is on a different scale…

Mid-Atlantic weather initiative launched

Mar 11, 2014

BMT Group subsidiary BMT ARGOSS has formed a joint initiative with the Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, and Oceanweather Inc, to help support oil and gas majors with offshore engineering design and operational planning in the mid-Atlantic region…

South Stream offshore pipeline progress

Mar 11, 2014

The supervisory board of South Stream Transport BV approved the signing of a construction contract for the South Stream Offshore Pipeline on 11 March 2014, a day after European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger was quoted by German daily newspaper Die Welt…

Oceanflow gets funding

Mar 11, 2014

Tidal energy developer, Oceanflow Energy, has attracted a £300,000 package of support to further develop and commercialise its second generation tidal energy device, Evopod. The company has developed and patented a technology to generate electricity from tidal streams and ocean currents…

C-NLOPB improves offshore helicopter safety

Mar 11, 2014

As the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) remembers those lost, work continues to improve offshore helicopter passenger safety This week marks the anniversaries of the crashes of Cougar 491 on 12 March 2009 and a Universal helicopter on 13 March 1985…

Appetite for technology in ME increases need for intelligent energy law solutions

Mar 11, 2014

The oil and gas industry is experiencing an increasing demand for advanced technology and expertise in the Middle East at a time when the sector as a whole is changing its approach to acquiring, transferring, and protecting its intellectual capital…

Atwood Oceanics moves head office

Mar 11, 2014

Atwood Oceanics, Inc., a global offshore drilling contractor, announced the move of its corporate headquarters to the Energy Crossing II building at 15011 Katy Freeway, Houston, to accommodate the company's recent record growth. The move…

Barents seismic contracts awarded

Mar 11, 2014

WesternGeco and PGS have been awarded contracts for a joint industry seismic acquisition in the southeastern Barents Sea. The surveys cover blocks proposed for the 23rd concession round by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) and will in total cover about 13…

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