Audrey Leon speaks with Tom Adams, vice president, Power Business Development, at ABS Group, to find out how the firm is offering its inspection and quality assurance services to the offshore wind industry. Image from iStock…
A total of 32 crude and natural gas projects are expected to commence operations in the North Sea region by 2025, with the UK claiming the highest number at 22, followed by Norway and Denmark with nine and one respectively, according to GlobalData…
Houston's Vaalco Energy is back online at the South Tchibala 2-H well after utilizing a hydraulic workover unit to replace a failed electrical submersible pump (ESP) system, offshore Gabon. Image from Vaalco…
Hess is dedicated to bringing its Stampede project online on-time and on-budget, with safety being the key to success. Jerry Lee dives into the finer details of the project, slated for 2018. In September 2016…
Delek Group completed its deal with Dana Petroleum to gain 13.18% of Faroe Petroleum, expanding the Israeli firm’s North Sea footprint, and making it the majority holder in Faroe. Map of Faroe assets…
Statoil’s Troll B has produced 1 billion boe since coming onstream two decades ago, with a further eight to 10 years of oil production expected, the Norwegian giant revealed today. Image of Troll B…
BW Offshore and the BW Group entered into agreement to acquire 66.67% of the Dussafu production sharing contract offshore Gabon. Subject to closing of this first transaction, the partnership has secured a right to acquire a further 25% of the Dussafu license…
ExxonMobil has picked SBM Offshore to perform front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the floating production and storage offload unit (FPSO) for the supermajor’s Liza development offshore Guyana. In addition, subject to a final investment decision (FID)…
US deepwater player Anadarko has completed a deal to buy Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets and announced two new Gulf of Mexico finds: Warrior and Phobos. Anadarko said the two finds highlighted the value of its…
Australia’s Karoon Gas is going back to court to defend its deal with Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) for stake in two fields, following a rejection to lift the injunction made by the Brazilian state-owned company in the federal court of Sergipe…
Italy's Saipem is to use its Saipem 7000 heavy lift vessel to remove BP's Miller platform topsides and jacket in the UK North Sea. The Miller field, which is 270km north east of Aberdeen, in Blocks 16/7b and 16/8b, in the Central North Sea…
As OE takes a look back on the year that was 2016, our website's most popular stories pretty much tell everything you need to know. It has been a depressing year for the industry with too many job cut announcements, rigs and vessel stacked (or sold)…
Yes, it's that time of the year, when remotely operated vehicles become Santa's reindeer and Christmas trees are, well, actual Christmas trees! Just for you, we've pulled together a selection of some of this year's Christmas videos from offshore industry players…
First oil has been achieved from Shell's deepwater Malikai field, offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The project is Shell's second deepwater project offshore Malaysia, and its first tension leg platform (TLP) in the country, following Gumusut-Kakap…
China Oilfiled Services Ltd. (COSL) has filed a civil action lawsuit against Norwegian giant Statoil for terminating the drilling contract for the COSL Innovator in March. The rig has been under investigations by both the Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA)…
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