Outland Technology (Outland) has come out with a new underwater HD Camera, model UWC-625. The UWC-625 comes standard with an XSK-5-BCL, allowing it to run on all existing Outland cables still out in the field, and can transmits HD 1080P over standard Outland coax cable…
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions’ (Trelleborg) new website, the Knowledge Center, will showcase best practice in sealing technology and aim to bridge the gap between design engineers’ needs and standard technology documentation, bringing useful information together as part of one digital portal…
EMAS AMC's flagship ice-classed, DP3 multi-lay construction vessel Lewek Constellation is on track to turn fully operational by March 2015. The vessel, which has heavy lift capabilities, has already secured a backlog of nearly US$0.5 billion…
New York-headquartered Hess says it is cutting its 2015 capital and exploration budget by 16%, compared to 2014, to US$4.7 billion. While the firm said most of the cash (45%/$2.1 billion) would be spent on its unconventional shale resources…
Danish engineering house Ramboll Oil & Gas is to perform detailed design work for the two jackets for Maersk Oil's ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) UK North Sea Culzean field. The jackets are for a central processing facility…
BPZ Energy spudded a new well in the Albacora development well, offshore Peru. Map of Block Z-1. From BPZ. Well A-22D was spudded on 10 January due to positive results from Albacora well A-27D…
Independent oil firm Premier Oil is sticking to an eight-well exploration campaign in 2015, including its four-well campaign in the Falkland Islands, due to start in March, and its first well in the emerging Mandal High play offshore Norway…
A new oilfield consultancy has been launched by GE Oil & Gas and McDermott International to “transform the development of front-end solutions for offshore fields.” Io oil & gas consulting, deliberately spelled without capital letters by the firms…
Italy's Edison is to acquire Apache Beryl I's assets in license P185 Block 15/22 in the UK Central North Sea, including non-operated stakes in the Scott (10.5%) and Telford (15.7%) fields. This deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions…
First oil production has started from ConocoPhillips Eldfisk II project in the Norwegian North Sea. The Eldfisk II project includes plans to drill 40 new production and water injection wells from the new Eldfisk 2/7 S platform. One of four pre-drilled wells is currently online…
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has moved into full Russian ownership after United Shipbuilding Corporation bought the other half of the company's shares from STX Finland. Finland based Arctech Helsinki Shipyard was founded in December 2010…
Drilling rig operator Seadrill has exercised a purchase option for the West Polaris, a 6th generation ultra-deepwater drillship, from Ship Finance International Limited. The West Polaris was acquired by Ship Finance in 2008, and subsequently…
Gazprom has agreed to buyout its South Stream Transport partners Eni, Wintershall and EDF just weeks after the project, which was already in construction phase, was cancelled. South Stream Transport was owned 50% by Gazprom, with Eni holding 20%…
BPZ Energy completed the Corvina CX15-14D development well offshore Peru. Block Z-1 map. From BPZ. The CX15-14D well is located in Block Z-1 and is to the west of the six previously drilled CX-15 wells…
EXMAR is ordering its second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit from China’s Wison Offshore & Marine. Wison's yard. From Wison. Wison will be responsible for the turnkey engineering…
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