Industry contributors are wanted to scope the demand for a UK-based, large composites structures center as part of a study for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The National Composites Centre (NCC), in conjunction with the University of Southampton…
BP provides this video on its LoSal enhanced oil recovery (EOR) remedy and how it applies to the Clair Ridge development. See more on this technology in the June 2014 issue of OE.
Total will exit the Shah Deniz field, following an agreement the French explorer reached with Turkish state-owned oil company TPAO. Total will sell its 10% interest in Azerbaijan field and associated South Caucasus pipeline for US$1.5 billion…
An appeal by Greenpeace against Statoil’s plans to drill in the Barents Sea has been rejected, but the group is defending its right to occupy the location the rig is due to drill at. Activists scaled the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig on Tuesday…
Work will continue this summer and autumn on installing a permanement seismic monitoring system on the Snorre field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. A dedicated system, with a seismic streamer, will also be installed on Grane…
Petroceltic International's Muridava-1 exploration well on the Muridava (EX-27) license in the Romanian Black Sea has been plugged and abandoned after failling to find commercial hydrocarbons. The well, spudded on April 11 and drilled to 2747m total depth…
Polarcus has opened its first office in Norway. The new office is in the center of Stavanger, and adds to the firm's global network of regional marketing offices in London, Houston, Singapore, Moscow, and Rio de Janeiro. The firm says…
Singapore-based ASL Marine Holdings has won new shipbuilding contracts worth about S$91 million for the construction of three infield support vessels (of ART 100-42 class Rotor Tugs design) and one seismic support vessel (SSV). The…
UK-based explorer Trapoil has agreed a deal with private equity firm Prostar Capital, which could see Trapoil help Prostar sweep up undervalued North Sea assets. According to Trapoil, Prostar’s management believes that there is considerable value in the North Sea…
Eni has announced a restructure of its business into an “integrated operational structure”, under new business units. The new units will be: exploration; development, operations and technology; upstream; downstream and industrial. These replace the E&P…
Petrofac is set to continue to support EnQuest’s North Sea assets, after securing an operations and maintenance contract for up to 10 years. The contract, worth an estimated US$630 million, supersedes an initial five-year contract awarded to Petrofac in 2013…
Greenpeace activists who boarded the semisubmersible drilling rig Transocean Spitsbergen (pictured) 300km offshore Norway are now in the hands of Norwegian police, says Statoil. But, Greenpeace's ship, the Esperanza, has moved to the location where Statoil plans to drill…
Norwegian offshore services and shipbuilding firm Bergen Group and Calexco have finalized a deal which sees Bergen Group sell its majority interest in NorYards to Calexco. NorYards is now 70% owned by Calexco, and 30 % by Bergen Group…
Oil & Gas UK has published three new guidance documents on the management of ageing and life extension (ALE) of oil and gas installations on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The technical guidance documents focus on three specific topic areas…
Specialist downhole tool provider Peak Well Systems has relocated its European regional headquarters to a newly constructed, office and workshop facility in Aberdeen which will meet the needs of its expanding North Sea business. Peak’s investment…
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