There’s been a much greater focus on well integrity since Macondo. However, well integrity is still viewed as a reactive process, with an increased focus on well monitoring and problems dealt with only after occurring. There is a real need…
The complexity of well design and drilling requires teams of talented individuals, yet individual decisions can make or break a well. We have learned that any individual on the team can be liable for the well and that we need even stronger…
Engineering capacity and a lack of standardization are serious challenges to the subsea industry, says a keynote speaker at this week's UTC in Bergen. Werner Menz, president subsea controls in newly formed joint venture OneSubsea, says…
UK-based exploration firm Ithaca Energy has agreed farm-out deals with Edison International and Shell on North Sea blocks. Shell is to take a 50% stake from Ithaca in production license P2048, covering central North Sea blocks 29/24, 29/25…
Oilfield services firm Archer is expanding its coverage in the eastern hemisphere region with the opening of a support office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), a downhole tool repair center in Jebel Ali, UAE and a country office in Doha…
Sakhalin-II is an intergrated, export-oriented oil and gas development, and Russia’s first offshore gas project. It handles production from Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field in the Okhotsk Sea, and is managed and operated by Sakhalin Energy Investment Co…
Chesapeake Energy Corp. chose Robert Douglas Lawler, Anadarko’s senior vice president of international and deepwater operations, to replace Aubrey McClendon. Svein Arild Killingland joins Norwegian Energy Co. (Noreco) as its CEO, succeeding Einar Gjelsvik…
Last month, Christopher J. Wiernicki, President and CEO of ABS added the title of chairman to his credentials after the boards of both ABS and ABS Group of Companies announced the dual appointments. He replaces former chairman Robert D. Somerville…
DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, announced that it has acquired a 50% interest in 3D sonar visualization firm, ADUS, to form ADUS DeepOcean Ltd. Bart Heijermans, DeepOcean Group Holding BV CEO says, “This acquisition…
Ecolab Inc closed its acquisition of Champion Technologies and its related company Corsicana Technologies for $2.3 billion. “Champion strengthens our position in the fast-growing oil and gas services industry. It bolsters our ability to better…
PGS unveiled its Ramform Titan platform in Nagasaki, Japan. The platform has a 70m broad stern and is equipped with 24 streamer reels, 16 reels aligned abreast and 8 reels further forward. “The Ramform Titan will spend her first season working on multi-client projects in the North Sea…
Total Gabon contracted two Smit Lamnalco vessels, the SL Gabon and SL Libreville for a five-year period. The vessels will support offshore oilfield activities and tanker operations at the terminal of Cap Lopez, Port-Gentil. “These two state…
McDermott International Inc. acquired all outstanding shares of the DeepSea operating companies. “The acquisition of DeepSea by McDermott enables us to offer a greater number of subsea engineers with broader specialist services to reinforce our own engineering…
Tidewater Inc. has entered into an agreement with HitecVision to purchase Troms Offshore Supply AS for about $395 million. The acquisition will expand Tidewater’s global footprint into the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and supplement…
The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) North Sea Chapter Safety Awards celebrated its member companies for safety performance in 2012. Northern Offshore and Ensco won in the jackups category while Noble Drilling and Stena Drilling were acknowledged for semisubmersibles…
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