Offshore Middle East News - page 94

 

Workover-free option restores safety value functionality

Feb 01, 2014

Intermediate spool inserted below the Chrtistmas tree; spool provides a profile for landing the control line hanger and hydraulic penetration to allow control on WCS Safety Valve Weatherford’s Brian Marr…

Tracerco opens Muscat facility

Jan 30, 2014

Tracerco is expanding its reservoir-tracing services in the Middle East with a move to a larger premises in Oman and a new purpose built lab in Abu Dhabi, adding to the existing operational base. The new Oman building sits in an industrial area of Muscat called Al Jufneen…

Middle East job for Technip

Jan 28, 2014

Technip has won a contract from Dubai Petroleum Establishment (DPE) for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation on the Jalilah B field development project, in 60m water depth, 90km offshore Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Technip’s…

Iran woos western oil co's

Jan 24, 2014

Tehran’s leadership has promised a new, attractive investment model for oil contracts by September, to woo Western business back into Iran. The pledge was made at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday.  According to the Financial Times…

Pakistan sweetens terms to increase exploration

Jan 22, 2014

The Pakistani government has announced a new petroleum policy, attracting investment of about US$2.02 billion for oil and gas exploration in the country during the last three years. The policy projects incentives including: better gas price…

Topaz buys AHTSVs

Jan 22, 2014

Middle East-based offshore support vessel company Topaz Energy and Marine has acquired two large and modern anchor handling towage and supply vessels (AHTSV) for about US$100 million. The vessels, the Caspian Challenger and the Caspian Endeavour…

Upper Zakum extension granted

Jan 21, 2014

The Government of AbuDhabi has extended the concession for the Upper Zakum oil field,offshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) to 2041. The extension adds more than 15 years to the previous term. Upper Zakum is being jointly developed by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)…

Enventure sets liner record in Middle East

Jan 20, 2014

Houston-based Enventure set a record for the longest  5.5in. SET solid expandable CHL liner. The liner was installed with zero recordable safety incidents for an operator in the Middle East. The installation was performed in a power-water injector well to repair a corroded 7in…

Petrofac designs multipurpose vessel

Jan 20, 2014

London-listed oil and gas industry service provider Petrofac has placed the first long-lead orders for its new in-house-designed deepwater derrick lay vessel, to be built at the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd (ZPMC) yard in China…

New shipyard opens in Sharjah

Jan 16, 2014

Albwardy Marine Engineering opened the Damen Shipyards Sharjah FZE (DSS) in the Sharjah Hamryah Free Zone on 13 Jan 2014. In a joint venture between the Damen Shipyards Group and Albwardy Marine Engineering, the core activities at DSS will…

Contract Briefs: January 2014

Jan 16, 2014

Petronas awards integrated contracts Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) has announced a new gas discovery offshore Malaysia and the award of a three-year integrated offshore installation contract. PETRONAS awarded its Pan Malaysia Integrated…

Total inks Oman deepwater drilling deal

Jan 16, 2014

Total has signed an exploration and production-sharing agreement for deepwater Block 41 with Oman’s Ministry of Oil & Gas, the company announced today. The block is off the northern Omani coast, northwest of the capital, Muscat. It spans 23850sq km…

Giant jackup order for Drydocks

Jan 13, 2014

Drydocks World (DDW) has signed an agreement with Drill One Capital to build what it is describing as the largest jackup ever built. The Dubai Expo 2020 NS jackup rig will be the first Gusto MSC CJ 80 design rig to be built. It has been designed to be operated in harsh environments…

Halliburton opens Dharan tech center

Jan 10, 2014

Halliburton opened its new Unconventional and Reservoir Productivity Technology Center at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran Techno-Valley. The new center enables Halliburton to provide research and development…

Rig refurbishment renaissance

Jan 08, 2014

Rising requirements for rigs in the Middle East is increasing competition for jackup refurbishment and conversion. Elaine Maslin reports. About quarter of the world’s 480-strong jackup drilling rig fleet resides in the Persian Gulf and…

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