FMC Technologies awarded McDermott International a sizeable manifold and subsea safety isolation valve module fabrication contract for the Jangkrik fields located offshore Kalimantan, Indonesia. McDermott’s Batam Island facility in Indonesia…
Otto Energy Philippines Inc. signed a farm-in agreement with Red Emperor Resources NL for a 15% working interest in SC55, offshore the Philippines. The Maersk Venturer. From Otto. SC55…
The Mariner heavy oil discovery on the East Shetland Platform in UK block 9/11 will be one of the largest offshore developments on the UK Continental Shelf in more than a decade. Meg Chesshyre checks on its progress. Chris…
Flow measurement isn’t always foremost in industry debates, but the role it plays – and getting it right – is key. Elaine Maslin found out more. NEL’s flow measurement facility. Image from NEL…
Saipem awarded Schneider Electric a contract to design, fabricate and pre-commission two E-House modules, fully-integrated technical buildings, to support the Total E&P Angola-operated deep offshore Kaombo FPSO project. Located 260km offshore Luanda in water depths ranging from 1400-1950 m…
Noble Energy is suspending any further investments in the expansion of Tamar, and initial development of Leviathan until regulatory issues are resolved with Israel. Image of the Tamar field. From Delek…
Ikon Science is launching Ji-Fi (joint impedance and facies inversion), a process that delivers a most accurate and detailed 3D model of complex reservoirs comprising different seismic facies, including shale, brine-filled sand, oil-bearing sand and gas-bearing sand…
Fugro launched its G4 service, in the field of GNSS augmentation systems for offshore positioning applications. The new satellite correction service is the first to take advantage of all four GNSS (global navigation satellite systems): GPS…
Singapore-based KrisEnergy increased its stake in Blocks 105 and 120 offshore Vietnam. Map of Block 105. From KrisEnergy. KrisEnergy now holds 33.33% in each block after Neon Energy…
Maersk Drilling’s third XL Enhanced ultra harsh environment jackup was officially named Saturday morning at the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore. Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President in Statoil, named the rig - the third in a series…
Norway based geoscience firm Dolphin Geophysical has been awarded a contract for 3D data acquisition and processing of 10,000sq km. with Ophir Energy in Myanmar. The work will start in Q1 with a vessel already in the region planned to tow an industry first configuration…
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), signed two production sharing contracts (PSCs) with SK Innovation Co., Ltd. (SK) for Blocks 04/20 and 17/03 in the South China Sea. The two blocks are located in the Pearl River Mouth basin. Block…
JGC Corp awarded ABB a US$50 million contract to supply the electrical system for one of the world’s first commercial floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facilities, and the second to be owned by Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas, the PFLNG2…
The North Caspian Operating Co. (NCOC) awarded Saipem a US$1.8 billion engineering and construction contract to build two pipelines for the Kashagan field project, offshore Kazakhstan. Image from NCOC…
A unique and long-awaited sight arrived at one of Europe’s busiest ports early January - Allseas’ 382m-long, 124m-wide platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay mega-vessel Pieter Schelte. KOTUG…
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