Wood Group has won new contracts in India worth more than US$10 million. Wood Group GTS has secured two contracts to supply its EcoValue gas turbine compressor water-wash systems. The first order is to supply the EcoValue technology,…
Australian exploration firm WHL Energy is to apply for an amendment to its petroleum agreement with Seychelles petroleum industry regulator PetroSeychelles, leading to renewed farm-out talks. The proposed amendment is an extension to agreed work program commitments…
The Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline is now delivering hydrocarbons produced from the Bay of Bengal, offshore Myanmar, to China. The soon-to-be complete, parallel oil pipeline will transport Middle East and African oil. The pipeline projects have five investors from four countries: China…
The oldest permanent production platform on the Norwegian shelf ceased production at the start of this month, after more than 39 years in active service. Ekofisk 2/4 A started producing in the Ekofisk field in the spring of 1974 and has produced 872MM boe…
Wood Mackenzie presented its view of the role of independent oil and gas companies globally in the keynote session: “The independent oil company – mighty oaks from little acorns grow.” This peer group has been at the forefront of conventional exploration…
Craig Group announced the investment of £70million to build six new vessels at the Balenciaga Shipyard in northern Spain. Four D-class IMT 950 Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRV) and two F-class IMT 958 ERRVs will be delivered during 2014 and early 2016…
UK Trade & Investment offered a session on petroleum investment opportunities in Mexico on Wednesday, presented by Enrique Cornejo, head of energy & environment for UKTI in Mexico City. Mexico’s national oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)…
“Establishing a successful rig consortium is a roller-coaster process”, Geir Kristian Pedersen, managing director of Rig Management Norway (RMG), said at the keynote session Planning for Long Term Drilling yesterday. Key factors in building a consortia are being co-operative…
As the North Sea continues to attract record investment, the scale of opportunity for the supply chain is growing, says the EIC. The growth is characterised by four key areas of activity: small or marginal developments, led by a growing number of independents…
Twenty years after it came online, the UK’s longest serving permanently-moored FPSO has been given a new lease on life. Elaine Maslin reports on the extent the UK’s largest offshore project in 2012. When production from the central North Sea Gryphon field came online in October 1993…
High activity levels in the North Sea are making an attractive market for Damen Shipyards. Last year, its biggest newbuild market was in tugs and work boats, with 80 delivered. Now, the firm has turned its attention to oil and gas industry support vessels with its new Damen Offshore Series…
Australia's Woodside Petroleum announced that it will recommend using Shell's floating LNG (FLNG) technology to develop and commercialize the Browse gas fields. Selecting FLNG as the development concept requires the approval from the…
The US Department of Energy will invest US$16 million in 17 projects to harness wave and tidal energy. As part of the Obama Administration’s strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the projects were selected for…
Dockwise provides this video, filmed in November 2012, regarding the launch of the SHP jacket, now located at the SHWE field in the Bay of Begal, off Myanmar. The 22,000-ton jacket was launched at a water depth of 110m, using the HYSY229 installation barge.
TGS has started expansion of a 2D multi-client survey off northeast Greenland.The survey, NEG13, will enable customers to prepare for the announced Greenland Licensing Round in 2013/2014. Due to favorable ice conditions, TGS expects to acquire 4…
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