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Shell names new Director of Projects & Technology

Aug 06, 2014

Royal Dutch Shell plc has named Harry Brekelmans as Projects & Technology Director, effective 1 October 2014. Brekelmans is currently Executive Vice President Operated, Upstream International. He joined Shell in 1990 and has held a variety of international management positions in Geosciences…

North Sea optimism falls

Aug 06, 2014

Oil & Gas UK's Q2 2014 Business Sentiment Index has revealed that industry optimism has fallen for the fifth consecutive quarter, but remains positive, just, at two points above zero on the -50 to +50 index. The industry body described…

Lundin spuds Barents well

Aug 06, 2014

Lundin Petroleum has announced a successful initial appraisal campaign offshore Malaysia and the start of drilling on a new exploration well in the Barents Sea.  The Barents well is exploration well 7220/11-1 in PL609 in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea…

STATS opens UK facility

Aug 05, 2014

Left: Martin Wilson; Right: Dr. Mark Burton The Aberdeenshire-headquartered STATS Group opened a new intervention engineering and technical support hub and recruited two pipeline intervention services team members…

Tomax drilling jet impact

Aug 05, 2014

Norwegian drilling technology specialist Tomax released a video from an internal research program with recordings of the actual pressure impact from the drill-bit nozzles.  The video gives an insight to a “blind-zone” that is often critical for pressure-sensitive deepwater operations.

Petrofac to manage GDF assets

Aug 05, 2014

GDF Suez E&P UK has renewed its Integrated Services Contract (ISC) with Petrofac.  The contract covers operations, maintenance and engineering services support to GDF SUEZ E&P UK throughout its operations in the UKCS, including Cygnus, the…

Genesis wins CO2 storage study

Aug 05, 2014

National Grid Carbon Limited (NGC) has awarded the multi-million pound front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for its carbon capture and storage pipeline to oil and gas engineering firm Genesis (a Technip subsidiary). Genesis…

Marathon picks Aibel for engineering

Aug 05, 2014

Aibel has been awarded a framework agreement by Marathon Oil Norge for the supply of front end engineering design (FEED) and study assignments. The first assignment has already been specified - a study to clarify upgrade solutions on the floating production…

Centrica snaps up Serica stakes

Aug 05, 2014

Serica Energy has completed a farm out on UK East Irish Sea Blocks 113/26b and 113/27c (License P.1482) with Centrica, through its subsidiary Hydrocarbon Resources Limited (HRL). Under the agreement, HRL has acquired an operated 45% interest in the license…

BW inks Catcher loan

Aug 05, 2014

BW Offshore has agreed a US$800 million, 10-year credit facility for the Catcher floating production, storage and offloading project.  The facility is a combined construction and long term financing facility. The credit facility was substantially…

Simplifying decommissioning

Aug 04, 2014

An ILT being placed inside a pile. IHC Handling Systems has a tool which may prove useful removing no longer required platform jackets. Elaine Maslin reports. Operators are finally…

Focusing on Europe

Aug 04, 2014

Cable laud sling production at Hendrik Veder Group in Rotterdam. Photo from Hendrik Veder Group.  Rotterdam-based Hendrik Veder Group moved into the fiber rope domain last year when it bought manufacturing firm G…

Magellan’s journey

Aug 04, 2014

GustoMSC’s sixth-generation Magellan-class drillship.Images from GustoMSC Ferdinand Magellan became the first to circumnavigate the globe with a brutal three-year journey beginning in 1519…

Positive outlook

Aug 04, 2014

The HelWin Beta platform, on its way out to sea. Photos from HFG. The North Sea is set to continue to provide work for fabricators for 10-20 more years, says Heerema Fabrication Group’s CEO…

Tackling blast-proofing

Aug 04, 2014

An A60 fire door from InterDam. Just seven years after launching, fire- and blast- resistant door and wall manufacturer InterDam has added some impressive names to its project portfolio…

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