UK-based explorer Faroe Petroleum has awarded a rig contract for the drilling of Brasse exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea. The firm also says production has restarted from the Enoch field, in which it has a 13.86% stake. The…
The acquisition of 100% of the shares of E.ON E&P Norge by DEA Norge has been completed on the 16 December, 2015. With the deal, DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG enhances its presence in Norway and its long-term commitment to the country’s oil and gas industry…
Peak Well Systems has made a further investment in its Aberdeen Technology Centre in support of ongoing research and development and commercialization of its newly launched SIMULTRA range. The range is a new generation of flow control…
Norway, Cyprus-based drilling contractor Songa Offshore has taken delivery of its third Cat D drilling rig from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea. The Songa Encourage follows delivery of the Songa Equinox and the Songa Endurance earlier this year…
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded three contracts by BP to provide services to the Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel as part of the Quad 204 project, 175km west of the Shetland…
Wellhead servicing specialist Well-Centric secured a US$12 million (£8 million) contract to provide offshore and onshore maintenance and repair services to Apache’s North Sea subsidiaries. The three-year deal will see Dyce-based Well-Centric provide offshore wellhead maintenance services…
Det Norske's Alvheim floating production, storage and offloading vessel has returned to full capacity after an electric fault was fixed. The fault, which occurred late November, was in the high voltage drive motor for one of the gas export compressors on Alvheim…
Petrofac has won contract extensions from its customers on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) totaling US$400 million. Petrofac secured a two-year extension from Centrica Storage to its Services contract on the 8A platform in the Rough field…
North Sea focused explorer Independent Oil and Gas has signed a rig contract with Transocean for use of the John Shaw semisubmersible drilling rig. The rig will be used to drill an appraisal well on IOG's 100% operated Skipper oil discovery in Block 9/21a in the Northern North Sea…
The Steam Oil Production Co. has agreed a deal with EnQuest to acquire a 100% interest in License P1996, made up of blocks 28/2b and 28/3b, containing the Elke and Narwhal discoveries. The transfer of the interest and assumption of operatorship…
Statoil and Repsol have agreed deals covering acreage in Norway, UK, US and Brazil. Statoil is to farm down 15% in the Norwegian Gudrun field to Repsol, retaining operatorship and 36% interest. Pending Repsol partner approval, Statoil…
BP has reached a major milestone with its Quad 204 redevelopment project 175km west of Shetland. The firm's new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, the Glen Lyon, has left Hyundai Heavy Industries' yard in South Korea and started sea trials…
Swedish heat transfer and centrifugal separation and fluid handling firm Alfa Laval has won an order to supply Framo pumping systems to an oil platform in the UK North Sea. The order is worth about SEK 100 million and delivery is scheduled for 2016…
Germany's Wintershall has made a minor oil discovery on the Syrah exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The operation, in production license 248, included wild cat well 35/11-18, targeting Middle Jurassic rocks in the Brent group…
Independent Oil and Gas has executed a well management contract with AGR Well Management for the drilling of the North Sea appraisal well on Skipper, which is on track to spud in late January or early February 2016. As part of its payment…
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