Shell Russia News

Russians and DSME sign yard MOU

Nov 15, 2013

Rosneft, Gazprombank, Sovcomflot and Korean shipbuilding company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on key terms of cooperation to establish shipbuilding and industrial cluster in the southern part of Primorskiy Krai (Russian Far East)…

Fewer bidders for blocks offshore Myanmar

Nov 25, 2013

Twenty-one companies have dropped out of the final cycle of bidding in the Myanmar offshore license round, Reuters news service reported on Friday. The licensing round offers 30 offshore areas, including 11 shallow water blocks and 19 deepwater blocks…

Arctic entry for Sea Trucks

Nov 15, 2013

Sea Trucks Group has won a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) to provide an accommodation vessel for the Arkutun-Dagi Project, operated by Exxon Neftegas Limited, in Sakhalin, Russia. Sea Truck’s Jascon 25 vessel will be used for the project…

US DoD declares Arctic strategy

Nov 25, 2013

By Karen Parrish, American Forces Press Service The US Defense Department’s new Arctic strategy is an 8-point approach to maintaining peace and security in a new frontier that climatic forces are poised to open in the coming years…

EQT acquires Aker well intervention business

Nov 22, 2013

EQT VI has entered into an agreement to acquire Oslo-listed Aker Solutions ASA’s Well Intervention Services Business for an enterprise value of NOK 4 billion. “The acquisition has come to fruition through close cooperation with Aker Solutions…

SE Asia comes to LAGCOE

Nov 11, 2013

Laissez les bons temps rouler. Deep in the heart of Louisiana oil country, US representatives from two Asian trade organizations made the case for local investment at the 2013 Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition (LAGCOE), held in Lafayette…

OTC Brasil: Corporate marriages

Oct 31, 2013

A partnership between companies is a lot like a marriage: some are good, some are strained. That was the tenor of a Wednesday morning panel discussing perspectives on E&P in the South Atlantic that included operators Petrobras, Total, Shell…

Pipeline market to grow in Europe, Asia, and Africa

Nov 14, 2013

Since the turn of the millennium, global pipeline investment has undergone sustained and, in recent years, robust growth as a result of favorable market conditions and industry trends, including: the continued high levels of investment in offshore development…

Russian diplomats talk trade

Oct 29, 2013

The US-Russia Business Council (USRBC) held its 21st annual meeting on 29 October in Houston, Texas. Various panels discussed topics ranging from Russia’s global integration to its over-dependency on oil and gas to investment in the country…

Chevron UK extension for WGPSN

Nov 05, 2013

Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured a 1-year contract extension from Chevron North Sea Limited to deliver engineering and construction services to its assets in the Alba and Captain fields in the UK North Sea. Effective immediately, the…

Allseas tops Pieter Schelte

Nov 11, 2013

Allseas Group is to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel that will exceed the lifting capacity of its Pieter Schelte unit by 50%. The new vessel will be able to remove all platform topsides in the North Sea…

Voices: How can technology innovation improve?

Nov 05, 2013

Innovate or die. Newer and better tech is always needed in the oil & gas industry –even when companies aren’t exactly shouting to be first in line, OE asked: “How can technology innovation improve?” The offshore opportunity is vast…

Sharing intervention lessons

Nov 08, 2013

A group of operators in the North Sea is taking a joint approach to barrel chasing through well intervention. Could other regions do the same? In many cases, total annual production associated with well intervention operations exceeds annual production from new wells drilled in the same year…

Shell consortium wins 35-yr PSC for Libra pre-salt

Oct 21, 2013

A consortium of companies, including Royal Dutch Shell plc, Petrobras, Total, CNPC and CNOOC, won today a 35-year production sharing contract to develop the giant Libra pre-salt oil discovery located in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The Brazilian regulator…

Global Briefs: November 2013

Nov 07, 2013

Transboundary may head to committee The US Senate bill ratifying the US-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement, S. 812, is reportedly on its way to a conference committee. The Senate’s version of the bill, passed last month (October)…

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