Siemens is opening its new oil and gas headquarters in Houston. Siemens managing board member Lisa Davis, who leads Siemens’ oil and gas and power generation businesses, will be based in the West Memorial Drive office in Houston’s energy…
Northern Offshore is delaying the delivery of two of its high specification jackups due to the downturn of the drilling market. The West Navigator. From NADL. Northern was able to…
After a fire that killed four workers, with three still missing, Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) began to restore production at the Abkatún central processing platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Abkatún A. From PEMEX Flickr…
Four people are dead and several injured following a fire on Petróleos Mexicanos' (PEMEX) Abkatún Permanente platform in the Bay of Campeche, offshore Mexico. PEMEX confirmed the four casualties on its Twitter account around 12:30 p.m…
Harkand Arena secured a US$5 million contract in Mexico to perform saturation diving services in support of an offshore pipeline project for Swiber Offshore Mexico S.A de C.V. Image from Harkand. The…
The attorney general’s office of Mexico is investigating the Petróleos Mexicanos' (PEMEX) Abkatún Permanente platform incident that left four dead, 16 injured and three missing, for possible charges of murder and mischief. The Abkatún Permanente platform…
As the last throes of winter ushered in the grey, misty weather upon the mighty Mississippi River in early March, a soon to be familiar visitor in the Gulf of Mexico sat docked at the Port of New Orleans, Island Offshore’s newbuild subsea support vessel Island Performer…
Statoil hit big at its eighth discovery offshore Tanzania at the Mdalasini-1 exploration well, with an additional 1-1.8 Tcf of natural gas. Map of Block 2. From Statoil. Mdalasini…
The fire that broke out on the Petróleos Mexicanos' (PEMEX) Abkatún Permanente platform, causing the death of four workers and several injuries, was extinguished late last night (1 April). The Abkatún Permanente platform after the fire…
Maersk Oil North Sea awarded Harkand a multi-million dollar contract for the provision of diving support vessel (DSV) services in the North Sea. Harkand Da Vinci. From Harkand. The 12-month contract covers well tie-ins…
Ask about subsea well intervention and most assume it’s riserless light well intervention you want to talk about – for good reason. Elaine Maslin reports. Subsea light well intervention visualized by FMC Technologies…
Adapting to current cost conscious market conditions was the recurring theme of the Aker companies'* open day for investors last week (17 March). Edvard Grieg at Stord yard. Photo from Kvaerner. It…
OneSubsea delivered the world’s first subsea multiphase compressor to Statoil for the Gullfaks South field in the North Sea. The subsea multiphase compressor enables boosting of unprocessed wet gas production fluids, while eliminating…
More than 14,000 oil industry professionals are expected to descend on the Italian city of Ravenna this week for the bi-annual Offshore Mediterranean Conference, starting today (25). The city is home to the country’s offshore oil and gas industry…
International oil spill player Aptomar entered into a service agreement with Hammerfest-based maritime electronics company O.M. Rønning Skipselektronikk to further enhance oil spill detection and combating capabilities at Eni Norge’s Goliat field…
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