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OTC15: GE Oil & Gas expands software portfolio

May 05, 2015

GE Oil & Gas is expanding its oil and gas business, according to a group of GE executives speaking at this week's Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. The company is focusing more closely on its clients’ needs and is expanding…

OTC15: Tata unveils SAWL pipe milestone

May 04, 2015

Tata Steel says it has become the first company to manufacture a submerged arc welded longitudinal (SAWL) line pipe installed through reeling method in the North Sea. Manufactured at Tata Steel’s Hartlepool 42in. UOE mill, the pipe was…

Sterling reasserts Ntem force majeure

Apr 23, 2015

London-based junior explorer Sterling Energy is challenging the expiration of its first renewal period on the Ntem concession offshore Cameroon. The firm declared a force majeure on the 100% owned Ntem concession in May 2014, due to its…

Total, BP report better than expected results

Apr 28, 2015

BP and Total beat analysts’ predictions by reporting better than expected results this morning, despite consistently low oil prices.  French oil major Total saw its fastest production growth in more than a decade and gains in its refining…

Drop in spending means shrinking backlogs

Apr 29, 2015

Oilfield services companies are putting a brave face on the continuing market downturn, despite some reporting shrinking order books.  Subsea 7 and Fugro reported shrinking order books in their 1Q results this morning.  Subsea 7’s…

Developing KMZ

May 01, 2015

Jerry Lee provides an overview of Mexico’s Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) heavy oilfield in the Bay of Campeche. Pemex’s Ku-S central processing installation at the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oilfield in the Bay of Campeche offshore Mexico…

Offshore heavy oil economics

May 01, 2015

Jeannie Stell looks at offshore heavy oil development economics with an eye on the current low-price environment. ExxonMobil expects its 52-well Hebron development project offshore Newfoundland to bring in first oil in 2017…

Maersk Interceptor reaps rewards for Det norske

Apr 22, 2015

The first well drilled using the new build jackup giant Maersk Interceptor (pictured) have reaped successful results for operator Det norske, the firm said this morning.  The new unit, operating in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea…

Headwinds to continue thru 2015

Apr 23, 2015

Strong performance in its subsea business has helped Technip offset “unsatisfactory” onshore and offshore revenues despite industry headwinds, the firm’s CEO Thierry Pilenko announced today. But, the chairman of France’s Technip, which recently launched a new subsea joint venture…

Edvard Grieg module loadout

Apr 14, 2015

In this video, Lundin Petroleum shows the loading of the 16,000-tonne of steel and equipment comprised of both the main deck module and the process module for the Edvard Grieg platform onto barges, that occurred in the last days of March 2015…

Nexans powers Gullfaks subsea compression station

Apr 13, 2015

The Statoil-operated Gullfaks gas field in the Norwegian Sea will use Nexans' innovative power umbilicals combining power, fiber-optic and hydraulic lines in a single cross section. The cables were handed over to Statoil this month.  The…

Zeta in Pan Pacific US$22.5 million bid

Apr 10, 2015

Zeta Energy is offering up US$22.5 million for an unconditional takeover offer for Pan Pacific Petroleum NL (PPP). Map from PPP. The offer equals to $0.04 (A$.05) per share and will be made as an on-market cash offer…

Edvard Grieg topside complete

Apr 14, 2015

The 22,000-tonne topside for the new offshore platform for the Lundin Norway-operated Edvard Grieg field is ready for delivery, in line with the contract awarded three years ago. Image of the Edvard Grieg project…

Polarcus extends Australian seismic scope

Apr 03, 2015

Polarcus has secured further industry prefunding enabling the expansion of the Capreolus 3D multi-client project offshore Australia. The additional pre-funding will see the survey expand northwards with an additional 7130sq km to be covered…

Northern delays jackup deliveries

Mar 31, 2015

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…

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