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Trowell named Ensco CEO

May 09, 2014

Ensco plc has named Carl Trowell chief executive officer and president, effective 15 June, the company announced on 9 May 2014. He succeeds Dan Rabun who is retiring after eight years as CEO. Rabun’s retirement was announced in November 2013…

Norshore inks Malaysia top hole contract

May 09, 2014

Norwegian drilling contractor Norshore is to carry out top hole drilling in the Malikai field in Malaysia as part of a contract with Sabah Shell Petroleum Company, Far Frontier Energy Sdn. Bhd. Norshore said the contract was a breakthrough…

Ceona picks Nautronix for survey work

May 09, 2014

Through water technology and survey company Nautronix has been awarded a five-year frame contract - based on a non-exclusive agreement - by SURF and subsea contractor Ceona, with an initial one year call-off for the supply of survey services…

Norway needs to halve well costs

May 09, 2014

Norway’s state oil firm Petoro has said it wants to double the number of wells on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and halve their cost in order to realize the great potential of discoveries and existing fields in the Norwegian State’s Direct Financial Interest (SDFI) portfolio…

Hybrid vessel JIP launched

May 08, 2014

DNV GL has launched a JIP to assess how hybrid power concepts used in the maritime industry could be used in the offshore oil and gas sector.  Hybrid power concepts use batteries in combination with traditional power generation equipment…

Deep Sea Mooring backs new business

May 08, 2014

Norwegian mooring solutions and services firm Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) is backing a new, specialist business dedicated to subsea installation solutions. Deep Sea Installation (DSI), which will initially focus on the floating production, storage and offloading vessel segment…

TGS and EMGS expand Barents coverage

May 08, 2014

TGS and Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) have agreed to further expand the companies' previous cooperation agreement in the Barents Sea.   TGS will partner with EMGS to acquire electromagnetic (EM) data over four additional blocks in…

Wood Group/Siemens JV sealed

May 07, 2014

Wood Group and Siemens Energy Service have received all the necessary regulatory approvals to close the previously announced joint venture between the Gas Turbine Services (GTS) business of Wood Group and the Siemens Energy Service TurboCare business unit…

RWE Dea, SOCAR to partner in Caspian

May 06, 2014

RWE Dea and the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) have signed a joint study agreement to evaluate the hydrocarbon prospectivity in an area south of Baku in the Caspian Sea. The agreement was regarding the joint evaluation…

173 North Sea round applications

May 06, 2014

More than 170 applications have been received for the latest offshore licensing round in the UK, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) says.  The 28th Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round closed for applications on Friday 25 April…

Xcite, Shell, Statoil join forces

May 06, 2014

UK heavy oil explorer Xcite Energy has entered into a collaboration agreement with Statoil and Shell over the Bentley and Bressay fields in the North Sea. The move could see the two heavy oil fields developed using the same infrastructure…

Transocean to spin off North Sea units

May 06, 2014

Transocean is to create a new business unit called Caledonia Offshore Drilling Company to run its eight-strong North Sea midwater drilling rig fleet. The company expects to establish the new business unit during 2H 2014 and, at an appropriate stage…

Wood Group challenges rising costs

May 06, 2014

Wood Group subsidiary Wood Group PSN has put its money where its mouth is and announced plans to address cost escalation in the North Sea by reducing rates paid to its UK-based onshore contract workers. The firm said the move was in response…

OTC14: JDR expands in Brazil

May 05, 2014

Umbilical, cable, and IWOCS firm JDR is increasing its global footprint with the opening of a new service and maintenance facility in Brazil. The JDR facility will be the latest addition to the bustling port city of Macaé when it opens for business in Q3 of 2014…

OTC14: First SURF IM networking

May 05, 2014

The first meeting of a new knowledge-sharing forum on subsea integrity management practice will take place in Houston during OTC week.   The SURF IM Network is being led by Wood Group Kenny with support from the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) and 13 operating companies…

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