Chevron's Erskine field has restarted production after being shut-in since September last year while a major upgrade was carried out on BG Group's Lomond facility, which it exports production through. Before the shut-down, the field was producing about a quarter of what is able to…
Shell Todd Oil Services (STOS) is a step closer to its latest drilling program on the Māui field offshore New Zealand. New Zealand's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has given a 35-year marine consent to the company, a joint venture between Shell and Todd Petroleum Mining…
Dutch oil and gas producer Oranje-Nassau Energie (ONE) has made its first step into the UK sector by taking over operatorship of the southern North Sea Sean field. The firm says its acquisition of 50% interest in and operatorship of the…
W&T Offshore encountered hydrocarbon pay at Ewing Banks 910 with the successful drilling and evaluation of the Ewing Banks 910 A-5 ST well in the Gulf of Mexico. The company logged 160ft of gross hydrocarbon interval and is currently completing the well…
More than half (56%) of global oil and gas executives are ready to do deals in the next 12 months according to accountants and business advisors EY’s 12th biannual Oil & Gas Global Capital Confidence Barometer. The global survey of 112…
For the US energy industry, 2014 will be remembered as the year when crude oil prices fell below US$50/bbl, resulting in significant realignments in the sector. Aside from the oil price collapse and the historic high of domestic natural gas production…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for well 6706/11-2 on the Gymir prospect. Well 6706/11-2 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig after completing…
OMV's Maari MR7A development well is now online offshore New Zealand, according to joint venture partner Cue Energy. Map of PMP 38160. From Cue. The Maari MR7A well is located in PMP 38160 in the Taranaki basin…
Danish entrepreneurs are taking on the rig tool market. Emma Gordon explains. Rigtool’s bottomhole assembly wash tool. Images from Rigtools. When Rigtools was set up five years ago…
Subsea engineering and training firm Jee has been awarded a contract from Amec Foster Wheeler for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of a jacket rigid polymer injection riser package (including J-tubes) as part of an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) field development for Chevron…
Russian licensing authority Rosnedra awarded Lundin Petroleum a production license for the Morskaya field in the northern Caspian Sea. The production license, in the Lagansky Block, will be valid until 2035 and covers about 50sq km. The Morskaya field…
UK-based offshore Ireland explorer Europa Oil & Gas says an independent review of Frontier Exploration License 3/13 estimates it contains nearly 1.5 billion boe prospective resources and the potential for a “play-opening” first well. The estimate…
Permasense launched the ET210 Integrity Monitoring System to deliver continuous wall thickness and temperature measurements from topside or surface equipment directly to desk, that will help improve the economics and safety of offshore operations…
The Jack/St. Malo development is a bellwether for the Lower Tertiary Trend, Stephen Thurston, vice president of deepwater exploration and projects for Chevron said at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) this week. The Jack and St. Malo fields…
Celebrating its 40th Anniversary, Offshore Engineer (OE) and Hasbro Inc, an American multinational toy and game company, teamed up to create a custom MONOPOLY Game for the offshore industry. The OE 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition MONOPOLY…
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