Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) has secured a contract to provide a range of mooring services for Repsol's drilling operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Under the contract, DSM will provide marine engineering services and deliver the mooring equipment…
The test frame for Allseas’ mega-vessel Pieter Schelte arrived at BOW Terminal in Vlissingen. The En Avant 20 tugging the test frame. From Muller. Volker Staal en Funderingen (VSF) awarded…
Norwegian exploration and production firm Noreco is facing uncertainty after its chairman resigned with immediate effect as the firm deals with significant write-downs on reserves at key production assets. Noreco says, according to updated reservoir modeling by operator Dong Energy…
Australia’s AG&P ALE Ventures deployed the Hydro Deck to deliver the first modules to the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project. Over the course of the project, the Hydro Deck will offload more than 200 large, pre-fabricated modules from sea to ground…
Downhole video technology company EV has launched its Integrated Video Caliper (IVC) product to the well intervention market, which provides real-time answers to well integrity issues. The technology has been launched globally following two years of development and field trials in Canada…
ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Malaysia Inc. (EMEPMI) announced the startup of the Tapis enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project, off the coast of Terengganu, Malaysia, in the South China Sea. Operations began with water-alternating…
Transocean shareholders elected Merrill A. 'Pete' Miller, Jr., to its board of directors, the company announced on 22 September 2014. Miller’s selection was previously announced in July. The board intends to designate Miller as vice chairman…
London-based Golar LNG Ltd. (GLNG) has appointed Sir Frank Joseph Chapman to the Board of Directors and as the company's Chairman, effective 19 September 2014. Sir Frank Chapman has worked 40 years in the oil and gas industry, culminating…
Germany's RWE Dea is will not submit a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Norwegian Sea Zidane development in October as planned, the firm has said, citing the need to improve the project's economics. ”Further value enhancement…
Allseas' mega-vessel, the Pieter Schelte, is close to leaving Korea for Europe after leaving Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering's quayside on Geoje Island for open water for sea trials. Tests on the 382m-long, 124m-wide vessel,…
CNOOC Ltd. began drilling at the WZ12-10-1 exploration well in the Beibu Gulf Block 22/12, offshore China. Map from Horizon Oil The well is located 4.7km east-northeast from Roc’s existing…
The outlook for the deepwater and ultra deepwater market is positive, with a forecast capital growth rate of around 8% between 2014 and 2018, according to Infield Systems Ltd.’s deepwater and ultra deepwater report. Infield Systems anticipates…
Statoil has brought on stream its two latest “Fast-track” fields, Fram H-North and Svalin C, in the North Sea. Fram H-North, north of Fram West in the Troll area, and Svalin C, in block 25/11 southwest of the Grane platform, are the eighth…
James Fisher Marine Services has been selected by MeyGen to complete the offshore marine installation elements of the initial stage of the project (Phase 1A). The 398MW tidal array project in Pentland Firth, Scotland follows the agreement…
Fractured basement reservoir explorer Hurricane Energy says post-well data analysis of its 1km horizontal appraisal well 205/21a-6 well test in Q2 this year has shown better than expected results. The firm said the well, which tested…