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Det norske to appraise Langfjellet

Sep 05, 2016

Det norske oljeselskap is to move ahead with an appraisal well on the Langfjellet discovery in the Norwegian North Sea.  The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted the firm a drilling permit for well 25/2-18 A using the Maersk Interceptor drilling rig in production license 442…

Statoil to use Floatel Endurance at Gina Krog

Sep 02, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway has granted Statoil consent to use the Floatel Endurance mobile accommodation facility at Gina Krog in the North Sea. Floatel Endurance is a semisubmersible facility, which is to operate for Statoil…

Old fields, new tricks

Sep 01, 2016

Time and greater understanding makes most people and companies look at projects and assets differently and it’s no different for oilfields. Elaine Maslin reports from Devex. The Britannia BLP…

Beginning of the end

Sep 01, 2016

Putting the Brent field online in 1976 was a feat. Decommissioning the field’s four massive platforms is equally challenging. Elaine Maslin sets out Shell’s latest plans and how it came to them. End of an era at Brent…

E-volving umbilicals

Sep 01, 2016

The move towards all-electric subsea facilities will precipitate an evolution in umbilical design. Alan Dobson outlines the challenges and what is already available for the market. Technip Umbilicals R&D Center…

A 21st century platform

Sep 01, 2016

Applying digital technology to the Culzean HPHT development could provide efficiency savings of at least US$10 million per annum and introduce the iPad and tablet as standard offshore equipment. Maersk Oil’s Troels Albrechtsen explains. The…

Electrifying

Sep 01, 2016

The all-electric subsea Xmas tree, complete with electric downhole safety valve, has finally made its debut. Elaine Maslin spoke to Total’s Frederic Garnaud about the achievement. The K5F-3 subsea all-electric Xmas tree from OneSubsea…

OGA awards contracts to Schlumberger and DownUnder Geosolutions

Aug 31, 2016

The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded two contracts worth more than £2.5 million to Schlumberger WesternGeco and DownUnder Geosolutions (DUG), in collaboration with Geopartners, to supply around 15,000km of reprocessed multi-client…

Discovery for Det norske on Langfjellet

Aug 31, 2016

Norway's Det norske oljeselskap has made a 24-74 MMboe oil discovery on exploration well 25/2-18 S on the Langfjellet prospect in license 442 the Norwegian North Sea. The well encountered a gross oil column of 109m in the Vestland Group…

Wood Group inks DONG frame agreement

Aug 30, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by DONG Energy, to support the firm's oil and gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves.  Front end development, maintenance and modifications…

Ithaca's FPF-1 on location

Aug 30, 2016

Ithaca Energy’s FPF-1 floating production facility (FPU) is now on location on the Stella field in the UK North Sea, according to partner Petrofac. Illustration of the Greater Stella Area, from Ithaca…

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…

Statoil gets early start at Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen

Aug 30, 2016

Statoil has gotten a four-month early start at its Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) field, which was scheduled for start-up on 24 December. The project has worked faster and now the field is onstream – at lower costs than planned, the company said…

ONS: 2017 the time to FID, suggests Wood Mack

Aug 29, 2016

Some US$50 billion has been dropped from the Norwegian oil and gas investment hopper from 2014 up to 2020, according to figures presented at the ONS exhibition and conference in Stavanger today. The fall, amid a $1 trillion drop in global spending in the same period…

Wood Group inks Utgard tieback work

Aug 29, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded the detailed design scope of the subsea tie-back from the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Sleipner facilities, in the Norwegian North Sea. The three-year, US$1million workscope is the first call off…

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