Asset Guardian Solutions (AGSL) announced that it received a contract from McDermott Asia Pacific provide its Asset Guardian software management toolset to protect and manage the software installed on the process control systems that…
Oil majors BG Group, BP, Eni, Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil and Total are jointly calling for international governments and the United Nations to introduce carbon pricing systems which could eventually be internationally connected. In what…
Apparently undeterred by low oil prices, oil and gas output from ultra deepwater (>1000m water depth) fields will continue the relentless growth seen in recent years. Image from Shell. In…
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC) and Italian giant Eni entered into a US$2 billion deal for exploration and development activities offshore Egypt. Image from Egypt Ministry of Petroleum…
Atlas Knowledge has been awarded a contract by INPEX to provide training for production workers involved in the US$34 billion Ichthys LNG project. The INPEX-operated project includes some of the world’s largest offshore facilities off the coast of Western Australia…
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…
Following Mexico’s historic energy reforms, Fernando C. Hernandez of Reaching Ultra, discusses what is still needed in order to make Mexico a major deepwater player. Fig. 2: The Perdido Hub as seen from a crew boat…
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…
A review of resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf shows that the current recoverable volume of oil in fields and discoveries exceeds the estimated figure in 2005. Further, it presume that more oil remains to be discovered, according…
Newly formed Norwegian exploration firm Origo Exploration has given a boost to its exploration portfolio by signing three farm-in transactions involving four licenses: two on the UK Continental Shelf, and two on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…
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…
Maintaining a modern fleet with long-term contracts while setting drilling records is Maersk Drilling’s way of doing business. Eloise Logan spoke to the firm’s chief technology officer. The Maersk Voyager drillship…
Viking Life-Saving Equipment is taking PPE to the limit. Meg Chesshyre explains. Viking’s polar liferaft is ready for use—even at -58°F. Photos from Viking Life-Saving Equipment Arctic…
According to Guyanese Online, Reuters, MercoPress and other news organizations, an ExxonMobil subsidiary and its partners have discovered hydrocarbons offshore Guyana, but the Guyanese government reports that it is not sure if the discovery can be confirmed in commercial quantities…
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…
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