Rio de Janeiro-based AMEC Kromav, specialist company for shipbuilding and offshore activities, is urging the Russian industry to take full advantage of Brazil’s multi-billion dollar offshore industry opportunities. In a comprehensive presentation at NEVA in St Petersburg…
During the opening session of the annual SEG convention in Houston, Barry Smitherman, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) reviewed the improvement in Texas’ production. This had been created by the application of new oil industry technology: better imaging…
The platform supply vessel Blue Protector was delivered from Ulstein Verft to the owner Blue Ship Invest. It will be managed by Atlantic Offshore for the spot market in the North Sea. Blue Protector is the final newbuild in a series of six platform supply vessels (PSV) of the PX121 design…
Leading players in the 3DTV industry will converging on Aberdeen next month for a conference focusing on use of such technologies in the oil and gas and renewables industries. The 3DTV Conference: Vision Beyond Depth event has been organised by Aberdeen University…
Serica Energy has said a drilling campaign will start offshore Morocco in October. Drilling will be carried out on the Foum Draa and Sidi Moussa blocks in October, and H1 2014 respectively. The well on the Foum Draa block (operated by Cairn Energy…
The National Snow & Ice Data Center, based at the University of Colorado in Boulder, issued a news release stating that preliminary data indicates that on 13 September, Arctic sea ice reached its likely minimum extent for 2013. NSIDC…
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,…
A plan by ConocoPhillips (UK) and co-venturer Chevron North Sea to develop the central North Sea Enochdhu field has been approved by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). ConocoPhillips, operator, expects first production to start in late 2014…
Helix Energy Solutions has confirmed an order for a second semisubmersible light well intervention rig from Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard. The US$346 million order is scheduled for delivery mid-2016, and will be built based…
The HAL-PRM-150W-LED-100 surface mount hazardous area light by Larson Electronics features a powerful LED assembly fitted with 30 CREE XLamp XPG® LED emitters. The LED assembly is housed within a cast aluminum fixture with high-strength gasket…
OMV discovered up to164 million barrels of recoverable oil in the Wisting Central exploration well 7324/8-1, within the Hoop-Maud Basin in the Barents Sea. The company found between 63 million and 164 million barrels of oil in the relatively shallow parts of the Barents Sea…
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)…
Ocean Installer has been awarded a SURF (subsea structures, umbilicals, risers, flowlines) contract for subsea lines modification work at several Statoil operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The total contract value is about US$55million…
Thermo Scientific’s Niton Field X-ray Lab (FXL) equipped with the new Thermo Scientific z-CAL, enables users to more accurately detect oil-bearing strata, improve mud-logging and support geo-steering. This capability can be attributed to…
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