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Wild Well buys Shell capping equipment

May 18, 2017

Wild Well Control purchased subsea capping equipment from Shell EP Wells Equipment Services BV. Wild Well’s WellCONTAINED capping stack located in Singapore. Image from Wild Well. The…

China successfully mines gas hydrates

May 18, 2017

China has successfully mined flammable ice, or natural gas hydrates, at the Shenhu area of the South China Sea. Image from iStock The mining of gas hydrates marks a major breakthrough that could lead to a global energy revolution…

Ophir sanctions Bualuang phase IV

May 17, 2017

Ophir Energy has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the fourth phase of its Bualuang oil field in the Gulf of Thailand, with first oil set for next year. Operations in the Gulf of Thailand…

Eni brings Jangkrik online off Indonesia

May 15, 2017

Italian giant Eni has gotten a jump-start at its deepwater Jangkrik Development Project offshore Indonesia, starting gas production ahead of schedule. The Jangkrik FPU. Image from Eni Twitter. Jangkrik consists of two gas fields…

Atlantis, Hyundai sign partnership agreement

May 15, 2017

Tidal energy firm Atlantis Resources has signed a strategic partnership agreement (SPA) with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction over collaborating on ocean power renewable projects, including targeting a 100MW tidal stream project in South Korea…

Wood Group inks Kazakhstan agreement

May 10, 2017

Wood Group has secured a new framework agreement to provide study engineering for North Caspian Operating Company’s (NCOC) offshore and onshore asset portfolio in Kazakhstan. The contract extends Wood Group’s support of NCOC. The company…

SLB develops fluid mapping service, SpectraSphere

May 03, 2017

Schlumberger (SLB) has released their new SpectraSphere fluid mapping-while-drilling service at the 2017 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. The service delivers downhole fluid composition during drilling with real-time pressure measurements-while-drilling…

Total starts production from Myanmar field

May 02, 2017

Total has started production from the offshore Badamyar project, 220km south of Yangon, Myanmar. The project will enable an extension of the Yadana gas field’s 8 Bcm per year production plateau beyond 2020. The Badamyar project involved installing a new wellhead platform…

End of life or afterlife?

May 01, 2017

Susan Gourvenec offers a down under outlook for decommissioning offshore oil and gas facilities. Operating pipelines provide habitat for marine life. Photos from Woodside. Australia’s…

Yinson awarded Vietnam FPSO contract

Apr 27, 2017

Yinson Clover Ltd. (YCL), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysian offshore services provider Yinson Holdings, was awarded a contract from Talisman Vietnam 07/03 BV (TLV) for the supply, operation and maintenance of a floating production…

Vietnam to have first 3-leg TLP

Apr 27, 2017

Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel FloaTEC has won a US$40 million contract for design and management support work on the first three-column tension leg wellhead platform. The contract, from PTSC Mechanical & Construction (PTSC M&C)…

Thailand launches Future Energy Asia Exhibition & Conference

Apr 24, 2017

The Future Energy Asia Exhibition & Conference was launched by Areepong Bhoocha-Oom, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy of Thailand today (24 April), in an initiative towards securing the path to Thailand’s Energy 4.0. The…

PTTEP awards Neptune Cash Maple work

Apr 21, 2017

Neptune has been awarded a major geophysical and geotechnical work scope by PTTEP, Thailand's national petroleum exploration and production company, at the Cash Maple Field, approximately 630km North-Northeast of Broome, Australia. Neptune…

Ampelmann develops Icemann crew transfer system

Apr 20, 2017

Ampelmann, a provider of safe offshore access to the energy industry, has released it latest Walk to Work system which has been specially designed for operation in extreme cold conditions. The N-type, nicknamed Icemann, was officially launched in Rotterdam…

Woodside ups Myanmar well count

Apr 20, 2017

Woodside Petroleum has added a fifth well to its Myanmar drilling program, following successful results from the Thalin deepwater discovery. The company also revealed it has made some progress in narrowing alternative ideas for the development of Browse basin offshore Western Australia…

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