Audrey Leon chats with Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford to learn about the latest technologies available for artificial lift. Dedicated Schlumberger surveillance engineers monitor alarms to prevent or mitigate adverse events…
BP’s five-year plan has revealed the next wave of its competitive projects with potential new final investment decisions (FID), a list of several offshore projects set to come online this year, and eight projects that are currently under construction set for start-up in 2018-2021…
Ocean Rig has reached a US$25 million settlement agreement with Premier Oil and Noble Energy over disputed invoices for the Eirik Raude semisubmersible. Image of the Eirik Raude, from Ocean Rig…
Statoil is preparing to drill the Verbier prospect in the UK North Sea, with a rig anticipated to be in place by this summer, according to partner Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG). Map of Blocks 20/5b and 21/1d…
Anadarko had to shut-in production at two of its operated facilities last week, following a fatal fire at the onshore Phillips 66 Partners Paradis Pipeline Station west of New Orleans, Louisiana. Image of Heidelberg…
Marine energy developer Minesto is planning to expand the commercial roll-out of its Deep Green tidal energy technology in Holyhead Deep, North Wales, increasing its installed tidal energy array capacity to 80MW. The Swedish firm has developed a technology…
Anadarko has its eyes set on Colombia, announcing further drilling plans in the Purple Angel block, and opportunities it has identified through the Esmeralda 3D seismic survey in the area. Map of Gorgon…
Oil & Gas UK has launched new guidelines, aimed at simplifying subsea developments. Realizing the potential of the North Sea’s “small pool” reserves could be helped by its guidelines, Oil & Gas UK says. The launch follows a call…
Apache’s FNT development may appear a bit “vanilla” on the surface, but a fit-for purpose and fast-to-first-oil ethos under the Apache Projects Group Mission Command management system meant the difference between production and stranded reserves…
Chevron posted total earnings of US$415 million for Q4 2016, however, posted a loss for full-year 2016 that the US supermajor says were due to the low oil prices. Image from Chevron. Chevron’s Q4 2016 earnings reflected a gain…
Tidal energy firm Atlantis Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ideol, a leading developer of offshore wind floating foundation solutions, which could lead to a 100 MW plant by 2021. Atlantis is behind the MeyGen tidal energy project in the Pentland Firth…
W&T Offshore has received approval for a capex of US$125 million that will set up the Houston-based company to drill six to eight wells in the Gulf of Mexico this year, with its priority going to its Mahogany field. Image from iStock…
The Thunder Horse South Expansion project, in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, has started up 11 months ahead of schedule, supermajor BP announced today (23 January). Illustration of the expansion at Thunder Horse…
McDermott will exercise its option to purchase Oceanteam’s 25% ownership in the vessel-owning company North Ocean 105 AS by the end of April 2017, according to joint venture partner Oceanteam. Under McDermott’s main credit facility agreement…
Austrian operator OMV is restarting production from the Maari/Manaia wellhead platform, offshore New Zealand, in which a crack was found late last year. A temporary repair has been made and now OMV, with advisors AMOG and Worley Parsons…