Earlier this year, Marathon Oil’s North Sea business was issued with an improvement notice after its failure to inspect the integrity of an 8in high-pressure pipe on its Brae Alpha facility. A failure in the pipe on 26 December 2016 resulted…
Switzerland-headquartered Sulzer is promoting single-phase boosting supported by subsea separation. The industrial engineering and manufacturing firm launched itself into the subsea separation business in 2014, when it bought Ascom and ProLabNL…
In 1975, the UK’s national oil company (NOC), BNOC, was formed. It didn’t last long, while others are still going strong. Alex Kemp takes a look at the whys and wherefores of NOCs. National oil companies have been in existence for many years…
Weatherford’s Snorre Lutnes examines managed pressure drilling applications across key regions. MPD deployment. Images from Weatherford. Once reserved as a last resort for wells defined as undrillable…
Structural integrity monitoring should be a lifecycle tool and could make jackup moves safer. Meg Chesshyre reports from Oceanology International. Jackups. Photo by staff. A…
Fugro will further reduce its workforce by an additional 600 jobs this year, as the company reported a 23% decline in revenue in Q1, and announced plans to stack and retire vessels. Image from Fugro…
UPDATE: According to Reuters, Statoil restarted production at Gullfaks B, as of 2 May, following a helicopter crash that killed 13 people. Read the latest here Statoil has released the names of several offshore workers who died on Friday…
US supermajor Chevron has taken a big fall in Q1 2016, reporting a loss of US$725 million, compared to earnings of $2.6 billion in the same period last year. Image of Jack/St. Malo, from Chevron…
Key activities for the Ivar Aasen project are progressing according to plan and budget with first oil scheduled for Q4 2016, Det Norske said this morning. Topside construction at SMOE's yard in Singapore is now 98% complete, with sail-away from Singapore scheduled for the first week of June…
UK-based independent Premier Oil has completed its deal to by E.ON's UK North Sea assets. On 13 January 2016, Premier announced that it had agreed to acquire the whole of E.ON's UK North Sea assets for a net consideration of US$120 million…
Subsea mooring specialist, First Subsea, has achieved American Bureau of Shipping ABS 2009 Approval for its larger R4 steel forgings up to 562mm diameter. According to First Subsea, these are the largest diameter forgings to have received the approval…
In this video, Statoil shows the Aasta Hansteen platform taking shape in the Norwegian Sea. Earlier this month, the third mega block was lifted into place, weighing 5700 tons. The hull will be 200m long and have a diameter of 50m…
Tullow Oil’s production levels fell some in Q1, following issues at its Jubliee field, offshore Ghana, which the company said is due to resume operations in the next few days. Image of the FPSO Prof…
Petrofac has been awarded a duty holder contract from BP to support the late life management of the Miller platform, in the UK central North Sea. The contract is for 'life of asset' but has a four-year ceiling at which point extension options will be reviewed as required…
Paris-headquartered subsea and engineering house Technip has come out of Q1 2016 with a better than expected profit, but its CEO expects front end market activity to remain damp until late-2016, early 2017. Meanwhile, Subsea 7 has seen…
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