Saudi Aramco has begun producing natural gas at its Hasbah field, offshore Saudi Arabia. Hasah is located 150km northeast of Jubail in the Arabian Gulf. It has seven single-well platforms, and is expected to provide up to 1.3 Bcf/d of natural gas…
The NG-3500X is the latest design in GustoMSC’s series of self-propelled jack-up designs – the NG series. Based on the NG-2500X and NG-1800X designs, the NG-3500X comes in two distinct versions for accommodation, services and well intervention…
Offshore accommodation and workspace specialist HB Rentals was granted an ABS Certification of Design Assessment for its high demand 11ft by 32ft– eight-man sleeper – accommodation module. This achievement now sees this latest generation…
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract from the National Petroleum Construction Co. of Abu Dhabi, UAE for dredging work related to the installation of an offshore gas pipeline of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. as well as to an existing offshore gas pipeline…
Gas production has started from the Zora gas field offshore the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to operator Dana Gas. The project, using a fixed wellhead platform, started on 14 January, with sales gas produced by 28 February due…
As ExxonMobil decreases its capital spending budget this year by 25%, the supermajor looks to start up 10 new upstream projects between now and 2017 that will see its production capacity increase. Tillerson…
iOG Solutions and eDrilling today announced the formation of a partnership aimed at better serving exploration and production companies operating in the Middle East and India. iOG Solutions and eDrilling has partnered up to provide an…
UK-based subsea power cable and umbilicals manufacturer JDR has been awarded two umbilical contracts by McDermott for two projects in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The first project includes three umbilicals with a total combined length of 9km…
ExxonMobil added 1 billion boe of proved oil and gas reserves in 2015 for a total of 24.8 billion boe that was a result of new developments, and a significant discovery offshore Guyana. Image from ExxonMobil…
The Middle East’s Dana Gas started production at its Zora gas field last month, offshore the Sharjah coastline, United Arab Emirates. Image from Dana Gas. Zora is located in the Sharjah Western offshore concession…
Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM), the joint venture shipyard between Qatar’s Nakilat and Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has successfully delivered its first liftboat unit, Al Safliya, to Qatari rig operator Gulf Drilling International (GDI)…
In the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) oil market report for February 2016, signs of a demand slowdown surface, with higher OPEC output only partly offsetting non-OPEC decline. Having peaked, at a five-year high of 1.6 MMb/d in 2015…
So much for a happy new year! The first few weeks of 2016 have given no cause for cheer with crude falling a further 20%, more job losses, and further project delays or cancellations. Colin Welsh…
Jan De Nul Group will install two additional power cables for Saudi Aramco’s Marjan Field, offshore Saudi Arabia, in the Persian Gulf. For the Marjan gas oil separation plant project executed by McDermott, Jan De Nul Group will install two 115 kV cables…
Saudi Aramco, Dubai based rig builder and engineering firm Lamprell, the national shipping company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) and Hyundai Heavy Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding over establishing a Maritime Complex in Saudi Arabia…
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