Woodside is considering development options on its two discoveries offshore Myanmar, as well as a 4-7 well drilling campaign next year, the firm said this morning. The plans, potentially involving tie-backs or even a standalone development…
Erik Milito, director of upstream and industry operations, American Petroleum Institute (API), will serve as the first keynote speaker at the 12th Annual Deepwater Intervention Forum (DIF) in Galveston, Texas, on 10 August 2016. Milito…
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has appointed Harke Jan Meek as chief commercial officer as of 1 June 2016. In the role, Meek will be member of the HMC board and be responsible for the commercial and technology departments. Meek…
Baker Hughes has implemented organizational and leadership changes effective this week in an effort to align with plans to build on its strength as a product innovator, in addition to achieve cost efficiencies, and support its enhanced commercial strategy…
Russia’s Novatek and Thailand’s PTT signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate and study potential joint opportunities in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons, the implementation of LNG projects, the supply of LNG and the development of LNG markets…
Wood Group has been awarded a three-year contract, extending its support of Shell’s eight UK Continental Shelf offshore assets. Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will continue to deliver maintenance and construction services to the Shearwater, Gannet…
US drilling contractor Noble Corporation is due to cold stack two semisubmersibles and warm stack two drillships. In its latest fleet status report, the firm said it is preparing to cold stack the Noble Jim Day, a Bingo 9000 semisubmersible drillship built in 1999…
French engineering house Technip and US-based underwater technologies firm FMC Technologies are to combine, creating a new US$13 billion business, the firms announced this morning. The companies, which firmed a joint venture, Forsys Subsea…
On first glance, the 23rd Norwegian Licensing Round doesn’t look too exciting. Ten licences split between 13 companies could be seen as a sign of the times for the exploration industry. However with a high level of committed wells, the opening of a new frontier…
Rosneft and Vietnam's PetroVietnam have signed a cooperation agreement setting out the expansion of cooperation around oil and gas exploration, including offshore, between the parties in Russia, Vietnam and elsewhere. The agreement also covers processing…
West Africa’s reputation as a place to work in has never been that high in the eyes of many offshore oil and gas workers, particularly Nigeria. After a period of relative calm, recent events have put oil firms in Nigeria back on high alert…
ALE loaded-out the 27,500-tonne Malikai tension leg platform (TLP) at Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE) West in Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia. Load out operations of the Malikai TLP, from ALE…
Oil major BP has bought a 16% stake in the high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) Culzean development project in the North Sea, doubling its stake to 32%. BP has acquired the stake from JX Nippon. Maersk Oil North Sea operates the US$4…
Aberdeen-based upstream consultancy Add Energy has agreed to a new, global maintenance integrity and asset performance management agreement with Shell. The contract, valued at approximately £3 million (US$4.3 million), will secure jobs for more than nine people over the next three years…
Russian oil giant Rosneft has started drilling on the Lebedinskoye oil and gas condensate field, which sits under the Sea of Okhotsk, in Sakhalin region, Russia. It will drill a 5.3km-long, horizontal extend-reach well, drilled from the coast of Sakhalin Island…
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