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…
Operators are evacuating platforms and rigs as Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 hurricane, spins in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). Hurricane Harvey's path…
Oil and gas operators are preparing for the approach of Tropical Storm Harvey in the Gulf of Mexico, as the US National Hurricane Center warns Harvey could form into a hurricane by Friday. Coastal watches/warnings and forecast cone for storm center…
Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Norske Shell for the disposal and demolition of the Subsea Compression Pilot at Nyhamna. Image from Kvaerner. The scope of work consists…
The US Bureau of Ocean Management's (BOEM) Lease Sale 249 brought in high bids of US$121 million from 27 companies with a total of 99 bids earlier today (16 August). Image from BOEM Facebook. A total of 90 blocks were offered…
SBM Offshore revealed that it has inked a deal for its Fast4Ward standardization program, signing a contract in June for the first newbuild hull with China Shipbuilding Trading Co. (CSTC) and the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) shipyard…
Shell has confirmed that its massive Prelude floating LNG (FLNG) facility has arrived at its location in the Prelude field, offshore Australia. An aerial view of the Prelude FLNG, on its journey from South Korea to Australia…
Caspian Sea focused Dragon Oil has awarded a US$100 million contract to offshore support vessel (OSV) firm Topaz Energy and Marine for use of six vessels. Dragon Oil is the upstream oil and gas subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC)…
Major offshore drilling contractor Transocean has moved to purchase Cyprus-headquartered Songa Offshore in a US$3.4 billion deal, the two companies announced today (15 August). Transocean expects the merger to close in Q4 2017. The Songa Endurance…
Island Constructor. Image from Island Offshore. Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Norske Shell consent to use the Island Constructor mobile drilling facility for the start-up of well 6407/9-G-5 on the Draugen field…
New North Sea well abandonment firm Well-Safe Solutions has made its first acquisition - Intervention Project Management (IPM) for an undisclosed sum. IPM’s founder and managing director, Phil Milton, has been appointed CEO of Well-Safe Solutions…
Transocean seems to be shaping up with a busy quarter of reactivating rigs and extending contracts, as the offshore drilling contractor sets its sights on nearly 60 floater programs that could begin within the next 18 months. The Transocean Nautilus…
ASV Global has started phase 2 of a multi-phased project with Shell aiming to develop an unmanned seismic energy source vessel as part of their Rapid Autonomous Marine 4D (RAM4D) source concept. Upcoming trials for the project will include…
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