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Xcite inks Bentley jackup MOU

Nov 17, 2014

Xcite Energy has agreed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) over the provision of a new-build Keppel FELS N Class Plus, harsh environment jackup drilling rig, to be used on the North Sea Bentley heavy oil field…

VBMS completes umbilical installation

Nov 14, 2014

VBMS completed a remote platform tieback project - platform L8-P4 to L6-B - for Wintershall Noordzee B.V. in the North Sea. Image of the Ndurance. From Boskalis. The scope of work for VBMS included the engineering…

Latest Ormen Lange appraisal completed

Nov 14, 2014

Ormen Lange field operator Norske Shell has completed its latest appraisal well, 6305/8-2, on the field.  The well encountered a 28m gas column with an underlying water zone in the “Egga reservoir unit” with very good reservoir quality…

Total chooses Bibby for Grant and Ellon

Nov 14, 2014

Bibby Offshore has won a multi-million pound contract award by Total E&P UK for services in the UK North Sea. The project, including associated project management and engineering, will be carried out on the Ellon and Grant field, 270 miles north-east of Aberdeen and in up to 135m water depth…

Technip upgrading French flexible pipe plant

Nov 13, 2014

Technip is investing more than US$84.7 million and more than four years to modernize its flexible pipe manufacturing plant, Flexi France, in Le Trait, France. This plan focuses on the installation of new-generation machines and site optimization to fit 12m diameter reels…

McDermott completes Ichthys installation

Nov 12, 2014

McDermott International delivered its 7,200-ton riser support structure (RSS) tower for the Ichthys project in the Browse basin, about 124mi off Western Australia. Engineered in Singapore and fabricated on Batam Island, Indonesia, the RSS tower is more than 328ft tall…

Pegasus West find for Centrica

Nov 12, 2014

Centrica Energy discovered gas at the Pegasus West discovery in the southern North Sea. Image of the Paragon 391 jackup at Pegasus. From Centrica.   The Pegasus area is 150km east of Teesside…

Interwell gets Statoil NCS contract

Nov 11, 2014

Statoil Petroleum awarded Interwell a frame agreement for the scope of completion services in the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The six-year contract has an initial period of two years with two additional optional periods of two years.

Fugro wants to stay independent

Nov 10, 2014

Following Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster’s acquisition of 14.8% stake in Fugro on Friday, Fugro reaffirmed the company’s intent to stay independent on Monday, 10 November. “Fugro highly values its position as the world leading…

RSI gets GDF Suez Norge geophysical contract

Nov 10, 2014

GDF Suez Norge awarded RSI a three-year, US$2 million quantitative geophysical services frame agreement in Norway. The scope of the services covers geophysical well log analysis, rock physics, seismic reservoir characterization and electromagnetic inversion and integration.

OGIC to address SPE ICoTA well intervention conference

Nov 10, 2014

Oil & Gas Innovation Centre’s (OGIC) Ian Phillips, OGIC chief executive, will highlight how the pace of innovation in the oil and gas industry is significantly lower than in comparable industries at the 20thSPE ICoTA Well Intervention Conference in Aberdeen this week…

Licensing round not all roses

Nov 09, 2014

Underlying structural issues with the North Sea exploration sector will need to be ironed out before the true impact of the latest licensing round and other recent UK licensing rounds is known, says oil and gas advisory firm Hannon Westwood…

BHI international rig count for October 2014

Nov 08, 2014

Baker Hughes Inc. issued the October 2014 international rotary drilling rig count today, showing a total of 1308 rigs operating worldwide in October 2014, outside of the US & Canada. International activity in October was down 15 rigs from the 1323 rigs drilling in September 2014…

Statoil comes up dry at final well

Nov 07, 2014

Statoil’s final well in its 2013-2014 drilling campaign, wildcat well 7227/10-1, has come up dry and is permanently being plugged and abandoned, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Map from Statoil…

Atkins installs Solan subsea storage tank

Nov 06, 2014

Atkins installed the subsea oil storage tank on the 40 million barrel Solan field west of Shetland, in the UK. Solan tank arrives on site. From Atkins. Fabricated at Dry Docks World Dubai…

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