N-Sea’s TUP Diving System® can be equipped with a hyperbaric lifeboat, offering a safer, more efficient solution to the market. The system consists of a 3-man diving bell, launch and recovery system, triple-lock decompression chamber, gas diver control…
Dolphin Drilling has won a US$255 million contract with Chevron North Sea for us of the semisubmersible Blackford Dolphin for a minimum 18-months in the UK North Sea, starting Q2 2015. The announcement follows three major contract wins for the same high specification drilling rig this year…
Brazilian independent HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA acquired a 60% working interest and the operatorship stake in the Polvo field from BP Energy do Brasil Ltda, following the Jan. 8 close on a deal worth US$101 million.In the transaction…
Repeated boughts of bad weather around the UK have caused disruption to offshore oil and gas operations in the North Sea. Endeavour International Corporationsaid today that, due to the continued periods of bad weather, timing of first production from second production well…
Petrobras' partners in the BC-10 development, also known as Parque das Conchas, have finalized a buyout worth approximately US$1.6 billion for the Brazilian national's 35% interest in the project. Shell will pay $1 billion for its additional 23% interest…
The importance of safety in the offshore industry will be the subject of discussion at the next evening meeting and supper hosted by the Energy Institute in Aberdeen. Guest speaker Steve Bullock, senior vice president HSSEIA Offshore Projects and Operations at Petrofac…
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has launched a new bid round for exploration licenses in the Gulf of Suez. Fifteen blocks, five in the Gulf of Suez and 10 in the Western Desert sedimentary basins, will be available, with licenses to be agreedon a production sharing model…
After Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) announced that the Siri would not return online until Q2 2014, the Danish Energy Agency approved a temporary production solution to allow for a Q1 2014 restart. Siri, wholly-owned by operator DONG Energy…
Encana Corp. today announced the Production Acceptance Notice (PAN) at the company's Deep Panuke offshore Nova Scotia project, issued after successful completion of a performance test of the platform. The Deep Panuke project is designed to produce up to 300 MMcf/d of natural gas from four wells…
Ceona's high-capacity flexible/umbilical pipelay and subsea construction vessel the Polar Onyx has been floated out of dry dock at Ulstein Verft yard in Norway following an intensive outfitting program. It has now moved to the shipyard quay…
Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company, launched a new service line: Subsea Piling services, which coincides with CIS’s new Subsea Piling system, a remotely operated system that the company developed to drive piles as large as 36in diameter…
Cairn India Ltd. today announced that its board of directors approved a proposal for the buyback of equity shares of the company from its existing shareholders. The buyback would be done from the open market through the stock exchanges…
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments launched the 4100 E09 electronics package for its existing TD-4100XD and TD-4100XDC oil in water monitors. Turner Designs added on-board control and monitoring of two sample streams, including individual calibrations for each stream…
R. STAHL introduces a new signaling solution that withstands extreme environmental conditions, e.g. a wide operating temperature range of 55°C (133° F) to more than 70°C (158°F). The light source is a xenon tube providing a high light output…
Dialight unveiled the SafeSite LED Linear Fixture - Class 1. It is an efficient solution for Class I, Div. 2 certified hazardous applications. The fixture is intended to replace traditional fluorescent and HID lighting fixtures. It is also…
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