Aker Solutions secured a framework agreement from Shell to provide brownfield modifications services and maintenance support for the Nyhamna and Draugen facilities in Norway. The agreement has a fixed period of four years and may be extended by up to seven years…
CHC Helicopters has marked the inaugural flight of its new Airbus H175 super-medium aircraft to the Ocean Patriot semisubmersible drilling rig in the North Sea. The aircraft, which can carry up to 16 passengers, will be the first of three in the CHC fleet and is working for operator Shell…
DNV GL has launched a new recommended practise (RP) focusing on cyber security as the increasing digitalization of the industry poses the threat of it becoming more vulnerable, at SPE Offshore Europe. DNV GL says almost 68% of oil and…
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy received a record response for the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2017 round, with a total of 39 companies submitting applications for new acreage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Map…
The floating production systems (FPS) market has been heavily impacted by the oil price downturn. Orders declined significantly from 17 in 2014 to four in 2015 and zero in 2016. There have been signs of a recovery in 2017, with seven orders booked year to date…
Wood Group has led a global project to improve industry knowledge and understanding of flexible pipe integrity management. The findings of the Sureflex joint industry project (JIP) are published today (Tuesday 5 September) in a report…
Engineered composite wraps are becoming the solution of choice for dealing with corrosion issues in the North Sea on an increasing range of offshore pipework and structures. Elaine Maslin reports. Caisson repair using Technowrap Splashzone…
The hull for Royal Dutch Shell’s Appomattox field development project has set sail from Geoje, South Korea to Ingleside, Texas for completion of construction. Source: Shell Fabrication on…
Shell has chosen the Mærsk Developer semisubmersible to drill and complete three wells offshore Trinidad beginning in January. Mærsk Developer. Image from Maersk Drilling. According to Maersk Drilling…
Shell has been given two safety warnings from the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on its Lomond facility in the Central North Sea. Map of Lomond and surrounding Shell assets. Map from Chrysaor…
New players are entering the aging North Sea basin, but there’s still ambitions to increase exploration as well push forward with decommissioning. Andrew Scutter, of EIC, gives his view. While the North Sea is one of the most developed oil and gas basins in the world…
Statoil has said it has made a small, but non-commercial gas discovery in its much anticipated Korpfjell well in the Barents Sea. The well is the first exploration well drilled in the Norwegian section of a formerly disputed area between Norway and Russia…
According to the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP), the majority of the 1484 fatal incidents reported over the last 20 years could have been prevented if the industry and its workforce had rigorously complied with the organization’s Life-Saving Rules1…
Chrysaor has signed a deal last month to use the EnergySys Cloud Platform to manage their production data. The contract will see Chrysaor use EnergySys to deliver hydrocarbon accounting and production reporting for the North Sea assets they recently acquired from Shell…
SPE Offshore Europe 2017 has secured Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Jones MP as a speaker at the opening plenary and has also confirmed its line up for its all new Tech Trek. Andrew Jones…
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