The full impact of cost reduction measures and the deferral or cancellation of capital projects in the UKCS is yet to be fully felt, according to professional services firm KPMG. The next six-12 months will be critical for oilfield services…
Total is expecting to finally achieve first gas on its Laggan-Tormore project in 3Q 2015, according to contractor Petrofac which is set to take a further hit on the project. Petrofac's losses on the 125km subsea-to-shore west of Shetland…
Statoil has awarded Tenaris the contract for the supply of casing, tubing and all related services for the Mariner project. Discovered in 1981, Mariner is the largest field development on the UK Continental Shelf in more than a decade…
The main theme of ONS 2016 has been decided. Transition will set the scene for the conference when the world’s energy industry gets together for ONS 2016 in Stavanger, Norway. According to the organizers, transition is a relevant theme today in both the energy industry and the world…
Two additional contracts have been awarded for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 project, offshore Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea, some 100km south of Baku, operator BP announced. FMC Kongsberg Subsea won a US$297 million contract for the supply of the subsea production system hardware…
Tullow Oil is plugging and abandoning its Zumba exploration well (6507/11-11) in license area PL 591 in the Norwegian Sea, after failing to encounter hydrocarbons. The primary objective of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in the Upper…
Edison Norge spudded its first well as operator in the Norwegian Continental Shelf on the Haribo prospect. Exploration drilling started 21 June 2015 in the production license PL616 in the southern portion of the Norwegian North Sea at 8km southwest of the Valhall Field…
With the sail away on Friday 19 June 2015, Gina Krog, the largest launch jacket ever built by Vlissingen yard of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), is ready for installation. The launch jacket for client Statoil and its partners began its journey…
Canada’s Antrim Energy entered into a contract with Offshore Installation Services (OIS) to permanently plug and abandon Antrim's four suspended subsea wells in the United Kingdom Central North Sea. United Kingdom Seaward Licenses require…
Norwegian yard Westcon has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 to deliver equipment to be used on the Martin Linge field. Westcon's contract with Subsea 7 covers three riser bases and associated protection structures, to be used on Total's Martin Linge field…
US space agency NASA deployed for the first time oil spill detection technology in Norway's annual oil spill cleanup exercise in the North Sea, June 8-11. Scientists flew a NASA airborne instrument, called the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR)…
Swedish explorer Lundin Petroleum has appointed a new CEO after long-serving CEO Ashely Heppenstall announced he is to step down, as of 1 October. Alex Schneiter will resume the role of President and CEO, which Heppenstall (pictured) has held since 2002…
Gibraltar-based ship repair company Gibdock has built up a close working relationship with Solstad Offshore, with a number of the Norwegian operator’s specialist offshore craft being repaired at the yard over the past few years. This…
Norway-based technical adviser DNV GL launched a research paper exploring the viability of moving offshore oil and gas processing subsea, including the techno-economics of an 'all subsea' solution. The report, released during this week's Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen…
A senior executive at new joint venture Forsys Subsea has been appointed chairman of the ONS Foundation Board of Directors - the organization behind Norway's biennial ONS conference and exhibition. Arild Selvig (pictured) is senior vice president and head of front-end…
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