Applus RTD announced it has launched an innovative research and development program to incorporate augmented reality systems into its industry-leading technology range. To demonstrate the value and capabilities of the system, the company has integrated the technology into its RTD IWEX system…
UK-based operator EnQuest has agreed to acquire ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia’s interest in the Seligi oil field and the PM8 PSC, offshore Malaysia, subject to approval by Petronas and conditions. The acquisition will…
Woodside announced that the Toro-1 exploration well in permit WA-430-P has intersected approximately 150m gross gas and 65m net gas within the Mungaroo Formation target. The Toro-1 well was drilled to a total depth of 3724m, referenced from the rig rotary table…
UK-based exploration and production firm Ithaca Energy has agreed to buy non-operated stakes in three producing fields from Sumitomo Corporation. The deal, worth about US$170 million, will see Ithaca take a further 20% interest in the Shell-operated central North Sea Cook field…
Royal Dutch Shell is selling a major portion of its stake in Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd., raising AU$5.7billion. Shell is selling 9.5% back to Woodside, and another 9.5% to institutional investors, at a small discount to the closing share price on 16 June 2014…
Laffayete, Louisiana-based Stone Energy agreed to sell its non-core Gulf of Mexico conventional shelf properties to Talos Energy Offshore for US$200 million in cash and $117 million in future undiscounted liabilities, the company announced on 30 June 2014…
Maersk Oil UK has awarded Denmark's Ramboll Oil & Gas the detailed design for the Culzean wellhead jacket. The project will be Ramboll’s first major involvement in the Culzean field, and it also marks the largest substructure design by Ramboll for the North Sea…
UK-based, Africa-focused explorer Bowleven has agreed to sell a 50% stake in the Etinde Permit, offshore Cameroon, to LUKOIL and NewAge, for about US$250 million, under a conditional agreement. LUKOIL is to acquire a 37.5% interest in the Etinde Permit…
Byron Energy Ltd. announced that the Byron Energy SM 6 #1 BP01 well reached a measured depth of 2338m and a true vertical depth of 2321m as of 23 June. Current operations are circulating in preparation to trip out of the hole to change the drill bit…
Canada’s SNC-Lavalin has agreed to buy Jersey-based oil and gas services company Kentz Corporation in a deal valuing the Kentz at £1.2 billion (C$2.1 billion). SNC-Lavalin said the move was part of its strategy to become a global Tier-1 engineering and construction company…
Ceona, a SURF and heavy subsea construction contractor, announced it has appointed Jean-Luc Laloë to its advisory committee. With over 35 years of experience in the offshore engineering and construction industry, Jean-Luc Laloë has assumed a variety of positions in areas such as engineering…
Figure 1: The Cygnus field is the sixth largest gas field in the southern North Sea and the largest to be discovered in the last 25 years within the southern North Sea gas basin.Image from GDF Suez. A…
IHC Merwede has introduced the world’s first four-tracked subsea trencher, specifically developed for shallow water operations and targeted towards cable burial in offshore wind farms. Read an in-depth feature here: Traq-ing underwater…
The Oyo-8 development well, located offshore Nigeria in OML 120, was spudded on 15 June 2014, operator CAMAC Energy Inc. announced. The Oyo-8 well, which CAMAC Energy owns and operates with 100% interest, lies within the Oyo field, which…
Denmark's Ramboll has acquired Apply Altra in Aberdeen from Norway's Apply Group, and renamed it Ramboll Oil & Gas. Under the Ramboll name, the former Apply Altra will continue to deliver facilities engineering capability to the oil…