Oil services giant Schlumberger awarded Sirius Petroleum a contract for the provision of an integrated services management (ISM) contract at the Ororo field, off Nigeria. The contract is for a multi-well campaign, which will start in 1H 2017…
Weatherford International has appointed Christoph Bausch as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective 13 December 13. Bringing many years of financial and operational management experience, Bausch joined the…
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) appointed Derrick O’Keeffe as the head of division for safety and integrity. In this role, O’Keeffe will ensure regulatory requirements around…
The Subsea Integration Alliance (a collaboration between Schlumberger, OneSubsea, and Subsea 7) has been awarded a deepwater integrated subsea engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) multiphase boosting…
2016 has been a year of challenges for the oil and gas industry. Audrey Leon surveys some of the year’s notable starts. Shell’s Stones project came online in September 2016, using the Gulf of Mexico’s second ever FPSO…
Ophir Energy, Golar LNG and oilfield services giant Schlumberger have agreed to form a joint operating company to develop the Fortuna field, offshore Equatorial Guinea, Africa. The project will use Golar's floating LNG technology and…
Providence Resources has inked a contract for a drilling rig to explore its southern Porcupine Basin license, containing the Druid and Drombeg prospects, starting June next year (2017). The Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 2/14 is…
Douglas Stephens will assume the role of president and chief executive officer of Frank’s International effective 15 November 2016. Image of Douglas Stephens, from Frank's International. Stephens was most recently with Baker Hughes…
Click to view larger. Source: Dominican Republic Ministry of Energy and Mines. The Dominican Republic's Ministry of Energy and Mines reported six areas on- and offshore that could be the starting…
Bernard J. Duroc-Danner, chairman of the board, president and CEO, of Weatherford International has resigned, effective immediately. Robert Rayne, current vice chairman of the board, will serve as chairman of the board. Krishna Shivram take over as interim CEO…
Daniel Sack, of EMAS Chiyoda Subsea, has spent three decades in the oil and gas industry following and participating in the next big step changes in technology – one subsea project at a time. Audrey Leon found out more. Daniel…
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has received initial results from new interpretations of 3D seismic data covering the Blythe Hub licenses in their Southern North Sea (SNS) portfolio and also provides a further update on the Cronx acquisition…
Petronas entered into a deal to license a part of the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) deepwater multiclient seismic survey in the southern Gulf of Mexico. The deal was reached through Schlumberger and Petronas subsidiary, Petronas (E&P) Overseas Ventures…
After three weeks of strike, Norwegian workers union Industry Energy says its call for equal pay between operator, drilling, catering and oil service staff on the Norwegian Continental Shelf has been accepted, ending the strike. More…
The Subsea Services Alliance, a collaboration between Schlumberger and Helix, have launched the development of the first riserless open water abandonment module (ROAM). The 18¾-in large bore system will enhance well abandonment capacity…
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