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Maersk spuds Tvillingen South probe

Jan 07, 2015

Exploration drilling has started on the Tvillingen South prospect in production license 510 in the Norwegian Sea. The prospect is located on the Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 28 km southeast of the Kristin field. The well…

Pegasus West find for Centrica

Nov 12, 2014

Centrica Energy discovered gas at the Pegasus West discovery in the southern North Sea. Image of the Paragon 391 jackup at Pegasus. From Centrica.   The Pegasus area is 150km east of Teesside…

Wärtsilä donates engine to South Africa

Dec 29, 2014

Wärtsilä donated its Wärtsilä 20 engine to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in an initiative to support and stimulate the maritime economy in South Africa. The donation handover. People in the picture from left to right…

Proserv gets US$20 million Hess subsea contract

Dec 01, 2014

Hess Corp. awarded Proserve a contract worth in excess of US$20 million for the provision of a 12-well subsea control system along with associated topside and subsea interface equipment for the deepwater Stampede development, in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM)…

The biggest oil and gas discoveries

Dec 01, 2014

With help from experts Infield and Gaffney Cline & Associates, OE compiled a list of the biggest oil and gas discoveries in the last 12 months, and of the last 10 years. The year’s top oil discovery: Gila (Gulf of Mexico) In December 2013…

O3b launches offshore comms service in GOM

Nov 12, 2014

O3b Networks launched the O3bEnergy 20 service for offshore communications in the Gulf of Mexico. O3bEnergy 20 provides energy clients with an aggregate of 20Mbps throughput to a single site at less than 150 msec roundtrip latency delivered over the O3bEnergy 1…

Reaching 20K

Nov 01, 2014

GE’s new 20,000psi-rated BOP recently secured a contract with Maersk Drilling as part of BP’s own Project 20K program. Jerry Lee reports on the new BOP and its control system. Completed GE BOP stack. All images from GE…

Teekay vessel to be converted to Libra FPSO

Oct 28, 2014

Deltamarin Ltd. entered into a contract with Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd. for the conversion of Teekay’s Navion Norvegia to the Libra floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO), for operations in the Libra field, offshore Brazil…

Petrobras confirms Libra oil

Oct 27, 2014

An oil discovery has been confirmed in the Libra field, offshore Brazil, Petrobras announced on 27 October. The Brazilian state-owned firm said the well 3-RJS-731 (informally known as NW-1) confirmed the discovery of good quality oil in the northwestern portion of the structure…

Eni, Kogas strengthen African presence

Oct 17, 2014

Italian major Eni and Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas) signed a cooperation agreement that will allow the two to jointly pursue global opportunities in a number of areas including the upstream and LNG sectors.  Image from Kogas…

Japex seals UKCS farm-in with Apache

Oct 16, 2014

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. (JAPEX) has farmed-in to four licences in the UK North Sea with Apache North Sea.  As part of the move, JAPEX has formed a new subsidiary, JAPEX UK E&P CENTRAL (JUKC), with financial backing from Japan Oil…

Mozambique approaching 5th licensing round

Oct 08, 2014

Mozambique will announce their fifth licensing round later this month in London. A total of 15 blocks at a total acreage of 76,800sq km will included in the competitive bidding round for hydrocarbon exploration that include areas offshore Rovuma…

Shell begins Gumusut-Kakap off Malaysia

Oct 08, 2014

Shell began its first deepwater development in Malaysia with the Gumusut-Kakap floating platform. Shell's Gumusut-Kakap. From Shell.   The Gumusut-Kakap field is off the coast of Malaysia…

Petrobras hits gas at Espírito Santo basin

Oct 07, 2014

Brazil’s Petrobras hit a new gas accumulation at the Tanganika well in Block BM-ES-21 located in the Espírito Santo basin, 72km off the coast of the Espírito Santo state. The Cidade de Vitória FPSO. From Saipem…

Petrofac to manage GDF assets

Aug 05, 2014

GDF Suez E&P UK has renewed its Integrated Services Contract (ISC) with Petrofac.  The contract covers operations, maintenance and engineering services support to GDF SUEZ E&P UK throughout its operations in the UKCS, including Cygnus, the…

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