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Aibel inks Greater Enfield modifications job

Jul 01, 2016

Aibel in Singapore has been awarded a contract for modifications on Woodside Energy Nguijma-Yin floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) off Western Australia. The work will be so that the FPSO, which operates on the Vincent oil field…

Kris Energy CEO retires

Jul 01, 2016

KrisEnergy's CEO Keith Cameron is to retire. He will be replaced by Jeffery S. Macdonald, a non-executive independent director of the company since 2009. Kris Energy was founded in 2009, to focus on exploration in southeast Asia. Macdonald…

Will it float?

Jul 01, 2016

Floating offshore wind projects are gaining momentum in Europe and elsewhere, including Japan. But, the concepts on offer still vary. Elaine Maslin reports. Hywind schematic. Images from Statoil…

Indian summer wind

Jul 01, 2016

In India, there are two main regions, the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, on the west coast, which are most likely to see activity, says Mark Leybourne, senior engineer at IT Power Consulting to the All Energy conference and exhibition in Glasgow in May…

Harnessing heave

Jul 01, 2016

The wave energy sector has always provided something of a more mixed bag of concepts than the tidal sector. Elaine Maslin looks at some of them. The Perth wave energy project. Photo from Carnegie Wave Energy…

Sembcorp acquires 50% stake in Kanfa Aragon

Jun 29, 2016

Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine will acquire 50% interest in Norwegian process design and engineering group KANFA Aragon, from Sevan Marine in a US$2.3 million (NOK 20 million) deal.  Image from Kanfa Group…

PIM IM awarded Petronas license

Jun 29, 2016

PIM Integrity Management has recently been awarded a license by Petronas. PIM IM, which was set up in Selangor, Malaysia in December 2015, is an associate company of UK-based Plant Integrity Management (PIM). Both firms specialize in…

Keppel delivers Lapa FPSO

Jun 28, 2016

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) subsidiary Keppel FELS Brasil SA's BrasFELS shipyard has recently completed the integration and completion works on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Modec Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte…

Santos in Indonesia spike

Jun 28, 2016

Santos has achieved an averaged stabilized flow rate of 828 bo/d, revealed in a drill stem test (DST) conducted on the G Sand reservoir at the AAL-4XST1 appraisal well in the Northwest Natuna permit area offshore Indonesia. Joint venture…

JX Nippon gears up for Malaysia drilling campaign

Jun 28, 2016

Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) is gearing up to drill three wells offshore Malaysia after agreeing a contract for the rig for the campaign.  JX Nippon is to hire the semi-tender drilling rig SKD Berani from a SapuraKencana Petroleum subsidiary…

Keppel, ABS collaborate on rigs, data and subsea technology

Jun 28, 2016

Classification society ABS is pursuing multiple major joint development projects (JDP) with Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre (KOMtech) covering topics such as special purpose rigs, data analytics, and subsea technology. Senior…

UH researcher develops new tertiary recovery method

Jun 27, 2016

As oil producers struggle to adapt to lower prices, getting as much oil as possible out of every well has become even more important, despite concerns from nearby residents that some chemicals used to boost production may pollute underground water resources…

SKE, Petronas sign SK310 UGSA

Jun 27, 2016

SapuraKencana Energy Sarawak (SKE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (SKPB) has signed the SK310 Upstream Gas Sales Agreement (UGSA) in relation to the production of gas from the B15 Gas Field between Petronas as…

Mariner FSU sets sail for UK

Jun 27, 2016

A floating storage unit built to serve the Mariner heavy oil field in the UK North Sea has set sail from its yard in Korea. The Mariner B vessel was built at the Samsung yard in South Korea. Before reaching the North Sea the FSU will sail some 15…

AccessESP appoints Asia Pacific manager

Jun 22, 2016

AccessESP, a provider of rigless electric submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions, has appointed Ed Sheridan as its Asia Pacific region manager. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he will be responsible for increasing market share in the region…

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