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Light at the end of the pipeline

Jan 01, 2017

Is the subsea market poised for a comeback? Jon Fredrik Müller, of Rystad Energy, sets out the detail. An oil and gas Xmas tree. Photo from GE Oil & Gas. The subsea market has…

Aker BP starts at Ivar Aasen

Dec 27, 2016

Aker BP started first oil at the Ivar Aasen field earlier this week, just four years after the plan for development and operations (PDO) was submitted.  Image of Ivar Aasen, from Aker BP. Production…

Vaalco back online off Gabon

Dec 22, 2016

Houston's Vaalco Energy is back online at the South Tchibala 2-H well after utilizing a hydraulic workover unit to replace a failed electrical submersible pump (ESP) system, offshore Gabon.   Image from Vaalco…

Petronas to cut 2017 production

Dec 21, 2016

Malaysia's Petronas will voluntarily make some adjustments to its crude oil production beginning in January 2017, a decision that stems from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers made earlier this month…

Empyrean awarded PRMB permit

Dec 20, 2016

Empyrean Energy has been awarded a permit for 100% of the exploration rights for Block 29/11, located in the Pearl River Mouth Basin (PRMB), offshore China, following a successful application to the China National Offshore Oil Corp. Empyrean…

Statoil's Troll B hits 1 billion boe

Dec 20, 2016

Statoil’s Troll B has produced 1 billion boe since coming onstream two decades ago, with a further eight to 10 years of oil production expected, the Norwegian giant revealed today.  Image of Troll B…

Petrobras starts at Lapa

Dec 20, 2016

Brazilian giant Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) started production at the Lapa field, in the Santos basin pre-salt layer offshore Brazil. Image of the Cidade de Caraguatatuba, from Sofec. Petrobras…

9 missing, 1 dead after Caspian accident

Dec 16, 2016

Nine offshore workers are missing and one has died following an accident offshore Azerbaijan, just over a year after dozens were lost in a previous tragedy. High winds of 41m/s caused a 150m high part of the pier on the right and left sides of the oil gathering station of the No…

Year in review: 2016

Dec 13, 2016

As OE takes a look back on the year that was 2016, our website's most popular stories pretty much tell everything you need to know. It has been a depressing year for the industry with too many job cut announcements, rigs and vessel stacked (or sold)…

ALE in final stages of UZ750 operation

Dec 12, 2016

ALE is approaching the final stages of its load-out operations for the Upper Zakum 750 Island Surface Facilities (UZ750) Project, based 84km offshore, northwest of Abu Dhabi, UAE. The heavy lifting contractor secured the scope to deliver almost 100 different modules to the north…

Zilift installs ESP in a live well

Dec 08, 2016

Zilift, a developer of permanent magnet technologies for innovative artificial lift applications for the energy sector, has successfully achieved the installation, operation and retrieval of a slim-line cable deployed electrical submersible pump (ESP)…

Mitra changes name to Jadestone Energy

Dec 07, 2016

Mitra Energy has changed its name to Jadestone Energy, effective immediately.  'We are moving in a new direction and we want to be defined by our actions in the years ahead rather than by the past,” said Paul Blakeley, executive chairman…

BP's Mad Dog Phase 2

Dec 06, 2016

In this video, BP shows an overview of its recently sanctioned Mad Dog Phase 2 project.  The supermajor sanctioned the US$9 billion Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the Gulf of Mexico on 1 December, with the anticipation of first production set to start in late-2021…

Mitsui joins Shell in the GoM

Dec 05, 2016

Japan's Mitsui & Co. has reached an agreement with Shell to acquire 20% working interest in the supermajor's 100%-operated Kaikias and Circius fields in the US Gulf of Mexico, the firm announced on 5 December. The two fields sit in four blocks (MC-767…

Fertile fiber 

Dec 01, 2016

New products, more data and leaner ways of working can change the way the industry identifies, develops and produces reserves. AnTech’s Tim Mitchell outlines the role fiber optics have to play. AnTech’s hybrid wellhead outlet…

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