Owners and operators of offshore wells aim at improving efficiency, cutting costs, reducing failures and down time, while maximizing economic benefits. It’s no easy task under the best of circumstances. Reaching these goals requires a sophisticated…
Ask industry executives what trend is top of concerns; unequivocally the answer will be the pending shortage of qualified engineers. You can talk about real-time data exchange, safety, security, Big Data, alarm management, contextualization…
SeaBird Exploration PLC was awarded a US $16 million contract for its 2D Osprey Explorer vessel in the South America region. The client has not been named. In addition, the Hawk Explorer has moved to Uruguay and started a 4000 km survey for Spectrum…
Subsea 7 officially opened its Global Pipeline Welding Development Centre (GPWDC), the result of a £10million in its operations base at Clydebank, Glasgow. The center is to develop welding technology for deployment globally and follows…
Tullow Oil's offshore Ghana Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme Development (TEN project) plan has been given the green light by the country's government. The TEN project is in the Deepwater Tano Contract Area, 60km off the coast of Ghana and about 30km west of Tullow's Jubilee Field…
Edinburgh-based WFS Technologies and Stork Technical Services have unveiled a new subsea wireless cathodic protection monitoring system for the offshore industry. The Seatooth Smart CP, which the firms say is the world’s first subsea wireless cathodic protection monitoring system…
Subsea 7 has been picked to carry out engineering, procurement, installation and construction work on Statoil's UK North Sea heavy oil Mariner field. The work, worth about $170million, will cover 39km of rigid flowlines and flexible riser systems…
Automation is the ideal way to unite technology with company cultures. Through technology, workers in the offshore environment have the potential to form a myopic view on life. Produce now, don’t worry about tomorrow. It makes sense. From drilling to producing…
Tullow Oil plc's Calao-1X exploration well, in the CI-103 licence off the Ivory Coast, encountered thin condensate/gas-bearing reservoirs in an Upper Cretaceous deepwater channel system, the company announced on 30 May 2013. Following completion of logging operations…
GAC Norway AS and Polar Logistics Group APS (POLOG) have partnered to strengthen GAC’s network within the Arctic Circle. The move is the latest stage in the company’s strategy to better serve the Arctic region by bringing together organizations…
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. through one of its subsidiaries, has won a drilling services contract for the semisubmersible rig Atwood Eagle. This contract is for a term of 24 months and will be performed offshore Australia at a day rate of approximately $460…
Several companies have stepped forward to assist in relief efforts for tornado victims in Oklahoma. Apache Corp., BP, Conoco Phillips, Chevron Corp., Noble Energy Inc., Chesapeake Energy, Exxon Mobile Corp., and others have made pledges of at least US $500…
ABB has been picked to supply the power and propulsion systems for a new deepwater pipelay vessel. The vessel, tentatively named Derrick Lay Vessel 2000 (DLV2000), will be constructed at Keppel Singmarine in Singapore and delivered in 2015 to Hydro Marine Services…
Craig Group has launched its latest platform supply vessel (PSV), the Grampian Sceptre, from the Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain. Along with its sister vessel, the Grampian Sovereign, it is the largest built by Craig Group. Both…
Aminex has been given extra time to carry out exploration in its licence in Tanzania's offshore Rovuma Basin. Partner in the licence Solo Oil, said the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation had agreed a variation of the terms of…