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Leviathan’s FID on the horizon

Nov 02, 2016

Noble Energy is expecting the final investment decision (FID) for its giant Leviathan development offshore Israel by year-end or early next year, the Houston-based explorer said in its Q3 2016 earnings call. The Noble Sam Croft…

Optime gets hyperbaric testing system contract

Nov 01, 2016

Optime Subsea Services has signed a contract with an undisclosed US-based customer to supply a new hyperbaric testing system that simulates hydrostatic pressures found at water depths up to 14,000m. The 20,000psi hyperbaric pressure vessel…

Anadarko to close FCX deal in Q4

Nov 01, 2016

Anadarko Petroleum posted a net loss of US$830 million in Q3 2016, as the US independent moves forward with its deal with Freeport McMoRan (FCX) and shifts its focus to oil with the deepwater Gulf of Mexico on its priority list. Walker…

Hebron GBS time-lapse

Nov 01, 2016

In this video, Exxon shows a timelapse video of the construction of the Hebron gravity based structure (GBS), which took about five years to build.  Exxon's  Hebron heavy oil project off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, sits in the Jeanne d’Arc basin about 350km southeast of St…

M² Subsea acquire 32 ROVs

Nov 01, 2016

A recently formed subsea services business has secured private equity investment in order to buy a fleet of 32 remotely operated vehicles. Aberdeen- and Houston-based M² Subsea was able to buy the fleet from the administrators of failed…

One step ahead

Nov 01, 2016

Daniel Sack, of EMAS Chiyoda Subsea, has spent three decades in the oil and gas industry following and participating in the next big step changes in technology – one subsea project at a time. Audrey Leon found out more. Daniel…

A heavy burden

Nov 01, 2016

More and more heavy oil is coming into production pipelines. Measuring it, in a multiphase flow, is a challenge, says NEL’s David Millington. Heavy Oil. Photos from NEL. Cost…

Developing US offshore wind

Nov 01, 2016

Offshore wind turbines have been successfully deployed in several European nations since 1991. Over the past five years, the US offshore wind industry has achieved major milestones. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has awarded…

Shear compliance

Nov 01, 2016

Enovate Systems’ Michael O’Sullivan and Stuart Ellison examine the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s new well control rule and its implications for BOP casing shear rams. Photo from iStock…

Three’s company

Nov 01, 2016

EMAS Chiyoda Subsea’s John Meenaghan discusses challenges and solutions employed at three back-to-back tieback projects the company recently carried out in the US Gulf of Mexico The Lewek Constellation during reel exchange operations with the RB1…

Sky-Futures, Flyability launch Expanse-Elios package

Oct 31, 2016

Sky-Futures and Flyability have partnered up to bring to market a fully integrated solution for drone-based industrial inspection. The Flyability Elios is the collision-tolerant drone allowing access to complex and confined spaces where manned entry is not possible or desirable…

GE, Baker Hughes to merge

Oct 31, 2016

GE and Baker Hughes are teaming up to form the “new” Baker Hughes, a company that will be led by current GE Oil & Gas CEO Lorenzo Simonelli and have dual headquarters in Houston and London. Image of Simonelli…

Exxon down 38% in Q3

Oct 28, 2016

ExxonMobil took a 38% decline in its Q3 2016 earnings, in addition to reducing its capital and exploration expenses by 45% during the period. Image from Exxon. The supermajor’s earnings for Q3 2016 took a US$1…

EIA: Deepwater, UDW oil production increasing

Oct 28, 2016

Global offshore oil production (including lease condensate and hydrocarbon gas liquids) from deepwater projects reached 9.3 MMb/d in 2015. Deepwater production, or production in water of depths greater than 125m, has increased 25% from nearly 7 MMb/d a decade ago…

Chevron posts 35% fall in Q3

Oct 28, 2016

US supermajor Chevron reported a 35% decline for Q3 2016 when compared to 2015, and an even more drastic drop when looking at its total earnings for the first nine months of the year. Big Foot…

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