Don Wallette, Jr., currently ConocoPhillips executive vice president, commercial, business development and corporate planning, has been named executive vice president, finance, commercial and chief financial officer (CFO), after the announcement of the retirement of Jeff Sheets…
Det norske oljeselskap has received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Transocean Winner mobile drilling facility for production drilling and completion on the Volund field. Transocean Winner is a semi-submersible facility of the GVA 4000 type…
Statoil’s largest ever steel jacket has been laid to rest on the sea bed 150km east of the Shetland Isles, marking a major milestone in the Mariner heavy oil field development. The 22,400-tonne mariner jacket, which stands some 134m high…
Statoil’s largest steel jacket in its history is on its two-week, 1835 nm journey to the North Sea after setting sail from the Spanish Dragados yard on 10 August. Mariner steel jacket sails away…
Norwegian giant Statoil’s Mariner field in the North Sea is a US$7 billion investment for the company. It is located in Block 9/11 on the East Shetland Platform, about 150km east of the Shetland Isles, and lies in water depths ranging between 97-112m…
BP has started a US$1 billion in its Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) in the North Sea as part of a platform renewal life extension project. The investment will see the facilities (pictured), which produce oil and gas from nine different reservoirs…
Det norske completed the drilling of appraisal wells 16/1-22 S, 16/1-22 A and 16/1-22 B on the Ivar Aasen field, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The field is in the central part of the North Sea and was proven in 2008…
Wintershall, a 100%-BASF subsidiary, plans to optimize its portfolio by selling to Tellus Petroleum its interest in assets in four non-operated fields in a US$602 million deal. The fields include Knarr (where Wintershall owns a 20% interest)…
Final preparation of the Goliat platform is well under way in the Barents Sea. Goliat. From Eni. With more than 600 people now working offshore at the Goliat field, activity levels…
Statoil has handed out the largest contracts for the UK North Sea’s Mariner field that are worth more than US$1.57 billion (£1 billion) to the companies established in Aberdeen. Mariner. Image from Statoil…
Statoil awarded an eight-year contract for the design and supply of production chemicals and services for the Mariner Field to Baker Hughes in the UK. Contract start date is anticipated to start in July 2015 and also includes an extension option of four years…
Det norske installed the 8900-tonne steel jacket for its Ivar Aasen platform in the North Sea. The Ivar Aasen steel jacket. Images from Det norske. The Saipem-built jacket was lifted in place down to the seabed at 112m water depth…
Det norske oljeselskap received a green light for drilling an appraisal well on the Ivar Aasen field, from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Ivar Aasen. From Det norske. Drilling at well 16/1-22 A…
BP awarded Technip a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit in the Gulf of Mexico…
Statoil awarded Coor Service Management a US$134 million five-year contract to provide offshore facility services on the Statfjord and Snoore fields. The Statfjord A. From Statoil. The…
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