Shell Russia News

Gazprom finds new Sea of Okhotsk field

Sep 22, 2016

Russia's Gazprom has made a discovery on the Kirinsky block in the Sea of Okhotsk.  The firm was drilling an exploration and appraisal well on the Yuzhno-Lunskaya structure within the Sakhalin III project. As a result, a substantial gas and condensate inflow was reported…

Lund takes advisor role at CD&R

Sep 21, 2016

US private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has appointed former Statoil and BG Group boss Helge Lund as an operating advisor to CD&R's funds.  Lund. Image from BG Group/Shell. Lund…

Day of the drones

Oct 01, 2016

In a short period of time, drones have shot to popularity as a tool for offshore oil and gas facility inspection. Elaine Maslin profiles the technology and its providers. Flying high. Image from Sky-Futures…

Emerson bags Shell Prelude automation gig

Sep 07, 2016

Shell Australia awarded Emerson a contract to provide automation maintenance and reliability services for Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility. Prelude. Image from Emerson…

Shell brings Stones online

Sep 06, 2016

Supermajor Shell started production from its Stones development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the firm reported on 6 September 2016. The field’s FPSO, Turritella, is the deepest floating production unit in the world, operating in 9500ft of water…

New Russian arctic exploration on hold

Sep 12, 2016

The Russian government is temporarily banning new licenses for offshore field development on the Russian Arctic shelf, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sergei Donskoi has said. The move appears to be aimed at focusing investment on existing development projects…

Teekay inks Glen Lyon job

Sep 23, 2016

Teekay Offshore has been awarded new three-year shuttle tanker contracts of affreightment (CoA), plus extension options, with BP plc, Royal Dutch Shell and OMV Group, to transport the oil produced from the new Glen Lyon FPSO, which is part…

Wood Group, union resolves dispute

Sep 22, 2016

Union members have voted to end a strike in the North Sea, after Wood Group allowed members to reduce cuts to wages. Image from iStock. Members of Scotland’s biggest offshore union…

Chevron restarts at Erskine

Sep 06, 2016

Production at Chevron’s Erskine restarted late last month in the central North Sea, following the completion of maintenance work at Shell’s Lomond platform. Erskine. Image from Chevron. Erskine…

Norwegian workers lay down tools

Sep 21, 2016

More than 300 oil service employees in Norway have gone on strike this morning after mediation talks yesterday were said to have failed. Industry Energy, a union which represents workers, claimed the Norwegian Oil & Gas association did…

Shell divests GoM Brutus, Glider assets

Aug 30, 2016

Shell is divesting 100% of its Brutus and Glider assets in the Gulf of Mexico in a US$425 million cash deal with Houston-based and privately held EnVen Energy Corp. Brutus, during dockside integration…

Shell extends Fluminense contract

Sep 01, 2016

Shell, through its subsidiary Shell Brasil Petroleo, extended its contract with MODEC for operations and maintenance of the FPSO Fluminense, effective from August 2016 to December 2020. The FPSO has been operating in the Bijupirá and…

Breaking new frontiers

Sep 01, 2016

Shell’s Stones development will be home to the Gulf of Mexico’s second FPSO, but while it may be No. 2, the FPSO may hold a few firsts itself. Audrey Leon found out more. Aerial views of the Turritella FPSO while docked at Keppel’s yard…

Shell completes Ormen Lange subsea compression pilot testing

Aug 30, 2016

Oil major Shell has completed system testing of the Ormen Lange subsea compression pilot in Norway, technology provider GE Oil & Gas has said.  GE says it is the world’s first subsea gas compression system with a full subsea power supply…

Wood Group, unions agree new proposal

Sep 06, 2016

Talks between engineering firm Wood Group and two unions over pay cuts and changes to allowances have resulted in a 'mutually agreeable proposal,' it has been announced. Nearly 400 workers in the RMT and Unite unions staged strikes earlier…

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