Helix UK awarded Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, a major upgrade on MSV SEAWELL, a light well intervention/dive support vessel. The SEAWELL is expected at the yard second half of December 2014. As the upgrade will be executed over the winter season…
Maersk Oil North Sea UK (MOUK) awarded DNV GL a multi-million dollar contract for the Culzean field development project. The Culzean project rendering. From KBR. Upon the terms of agreement…
Oceaneering International has entered into a two-year charter for use of the Island Pride, a multi-service subsea support vessel owned by Island Offshore Shipping International. The vessel is expected to be available for work in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in early January 2015…
Statoil is paying US$350 million to take a “time-out” in its Kwanza exploration drilling program offshore Angola. The Stena Carron. From Stena Drilling. The Norwegian giant decided…
Lundin Petroleum’s Kitabu-1 exploration well, in Blocks SB307/SB30, offshore Sabah, Malaysia, came up dry, the Swedish independent announced on 18 November. Lundin said that the primary reservoir interval contained poor quality siltstone…
Pile Dynamics recently announced the release of a new model of Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) System, the PDA-8G, billing it as the culmination of a complete redesign effort of the most widely employed system for dynamic load tests of any type of deep foundation…
Following evidence submitted to the Treasury for its recent consultation on the North Sea tax regime, Oil & Gas UK has this week made a further representation, repeating calls for urgent reform in light of escalating industry costs and the falling oil price…
Shell Gabon awarded Van Oord an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the replacement of a dual 10km long oil export line. The EPC contract began this month and continues until summer 2015. The export line runs from the Gamba terminal…
Vallourec has received a contract to supply premium tubes and connections for the ultra-deepwater Kaombo field off Angola, operated by TOTAL E&P Angola. As part of this contract, Vallourec will supply 27,000 tons of OCTG (oil country…
ConocoPhillips is plugging and abandoning the Kamoxi-1 exploration well as a dry hole after drilling to a total depth of 22,660ft, offshore Angola. Kwanza basin activity. From Deloitte Petroview Kamoxi…
Eni has made a light oil discovery estimated to contain about 1billion boe in place in the Minsala Marine exploration prospect in shallow waters offshore Congo. The discovery, in the Marine XII Block, about 35km from shore and 12km from the recent Nené Marine discovery…
BP is assessing a further phase development on its west of Shetland Clair field, which could see another new, large central processing facility built in the field. The move will seek widely spread areas of the estimated 7-8 billion barrel oil originally in place Clair field…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) that predicts a higher exploration and production scenario than before for the Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193…
Flying offshore is one of the world's safest commutes. Offshore activity drives the global market for oil and gas-related helicopter services, which is estimated to be worth US$24 billion over the next five years, 2014-2018. Companies…
FMC Technologies Inc. signed a 10-year global frame agreement with BG Group to supply subsea equipment and services for BG developments worldwide. FMC mentioned the award from BG Group during its earnings call on 22 October 2014. This…
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