HB Rentals completed the installation of an end-to-end package for BHP Billiton, consisting of offshore accommodation modules and operating essentials for water, sewage, power and lighting. The BHP Billiton project is in the Angostura field…
Statoil and its Johan Sverdrup partners awarded Aibel a US$1 billion contract for the engineering, procurement and construction for the deck of the drilling platform on the Johan Sverdrup field. Johan Sverdrup field…
Dana Petroleum has discovered light sweet crude in the Lille John-2 appraisal well and side-track on the Lille John oil field in license 12/06 in the Danish North Sea. The Lille John-2 (LJ-2) appraisal well and side-track confirmed the presence of sweet…
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras confirmed a light oil and gas discovery by at the third extension well in the ultra deepwaters of Sergipe basin’s Farfan area, off Brazil. Farfan map. From Petrobras…
Inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) specialists N-Sea has launched its third diving support daughter craft. The Edradour represents a £1.5 million investment for the company and will be immediately used in its IMR operations across the North Sea…
Eni's Goliat cyclindrical floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform, built in South Korea and now destined for the Barents Sea, has finally been loaded ready for transport to Norway. The 107m-diameter Goliat platform…
The PetroRio acquisition of Shell’s 80% stake in the Bijupirá and Salema fields, and the Fluminense FPSO cost the company US$150 million. PetroRio acquiring the Fluminense FPSO in Shell deal. Image from Modec…
Statoil and its partners have submitted their development plan for the largest oil field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) since the 1980s – a project tipped to have “ripple effects” through the whole Norwegian economy for years to come…
Karoon Gas Australia’s Kangaroo-2 confirmed more pay at the second sidetrack well in the shallow offshore waters of Brazil. Map of the Santos basin. From Karoon. Kangaroo-2 is located in exploration Block S-M-1165 in the Santos basin…
A number of organizations have been looking at ways to reduce energy use and emissions offshore. Sintef has been working on a waste heat recovery project, focusing on gas compressors, with research involving operators and equipment vendors…
Private equity group Epi-V has taken on Talisman Sinopec Energy UK CEO Geoff Holmes to lead its FourPhase portfolio company CEO as it looks to grow its global portfolio. it has also taken on Expro director Tony Kitchener, as Chairman…
Teledyne Technologies has acquired Aberdeen-based Bowtech Products through its UK-based subsidiary. Bowtech designs and manufactures harsh underwater environment vision systems. Founded in 1989, Bowtech is a leading supplier of rugged…
Outland Technology (Outland) has come out with a new underwater HD Camera, model UWC-625. The UWC-625 comes standard with an XSK-5-BCL, allowing it to run on all existing Outland cables still out in the field, and can transmits HD 1080P over standard Outland coax cable…
Damen Maaskant Shipyards, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has delivered two dedicated offshore winches to survey and geotechnical services firm Fugro. The Dutch shipyard was responsible for the design, engineering and manufacturing of…
Russia’s Gazprom announced plans to build a new LNG plant on the Baltic Sea on Thursday (22 January). The project, called Baltic LNG, will be built at Ust-Luga, in the Leningrad region, near the Gulf of Finland. It will be capable of producing 10 MPTA of LNG…
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