Norwegian universities have a great habit of directing their students towards research that quite often results in a new technology – and new businesses. Elaine Maslin reports on a new business bringing micro-electronic mechanical systems to the subsea business…
Three of Latin America’s top oil and gas companies, Pemex, Ecopetrol, and Petrobras, gathered to speak in Houston this morning at IHS CERAWeek with a mirrored message that echoes in the industry across the world: the main challenges that…
Marathon Oil is to reduce its conventional exploration spending to just US$30 million, down from more than $250 million in 2015 and from more than $500 million in 2014. The firm said exploration activity in 2016 would be limited to existing commitments in the Gulf of Mexico and Gabon…
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) staff recently participated in the Alaska Regional Response Team (RRT) meeting to update attendees on BSEE’s Arctic spill response database project. Image from BSEE…
Total may have taken an 18% hit in its net income compared to 2014, but the French company said it was “the best performance among the majors.” Image of Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne. From Total Twitter…
Offshore trade unions have teamed up to form a co-ordinated 'fightback' against cuts and changes effecting workers in the UK's oil industry. The newly formed Offshore Co-ordinating Group (OCG) has representatives from Units, the RMT, the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) the GMB…
DONG Energy has signed and completed an agreement to divest 50% of the 258 MW UK offshore wind farm project, Burbo Bank Extension, to Danish pension provider PKA and KIRKBI, parent company of the LEGO Group. Each investor will obtain a 25% ownership interest in the project…
Denmark's DONG Energy will take over an offshore New Jersey wind lease previously held by RES Americas Developments that had been awarded to RES in an auction held by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in November 2015. The New Jersey lease encompasses 160…
HAWXEYE, developed by Xodus engineers as an alternative to spreadsheets, is a cloud-based web app geared to screen assets for vibration, erosion and corrosion related issues. Complex data from monitors and piping and instrumentation…
The depressed oil price environment is painting a gloomy outlook for North American exploration and production (E&Ps) companies, and further, significant CAPEX cuts are needed in order for the group to demonstrate real financial discipline and align spending more closely with cash flow…
Wood Mackenzie's latest global oil production analysis* indicates that 3.4 MMbbl/d of oil production is cash negative at a Brent oil price of US$35. Since the dramatic drop in prices from late 2014, there have been few halts in production – with around 100…
Audrey Leon chats with Gerald (Jerry) Stone, senior vice president, Fluor Offshore Solutions, about his unlikely career in engineering, his take on the current market situation, and his work in harsh environments. Jerry Stone…
China’s CNOOC commenced production at the Kenli 10-4 oilfield, offshore China. The Kenli 10-4 oilfield is located in the South of Bohai at about 15m water depth. In addition to fully utilizing the existing facilities of Kenli 10-1 oilfield…
Many companies often try to replicate successful prior projects and one such company that has managed to do so is Houston-based independent Anadarko Petroleum. The Lucius spar. Anadarko Petroleum kept the Heidelberg design 87% identical to Lucius’…
Baker Hughes suffered a net loss of US$1 billion in Q4, in addition to a 36% dip in its revenue year-on-year that the company said is from global pricing pressures, and the steep decline in activity. Image from Baker Hughes…
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