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ABB inks Castberg safety, automation gig

Feb 06, 2017

ABB has signed a project specific agreement for the safety and automation system with Statoil for the Johan Castberg offshore oil field development. Statoil has issued the first call-off from the agreement covering front-end engineering and design (FEED)…

Contracts awarded for SW Britain and East Shetland Platform

Feb 06, 2017

As part of the 21st Century Exploration Road Map initiative (21CXRM), the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), in collaboration with the 21CXRM Technical Advisory Committee, has awarded two contracts for petroleum system related studies for the East Shetland Platform and South West Approaches areas…

Saudi Aramco donates plasma generator to Aberdeen university

Feb 06, 2017

The UK's Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) has helped to secure a plasma generator for the University of Aberdeen thanks to a donation from Saudi Aramco. Through its Aberdeen Technology Office, which specializes in upstream research and technology…

NU-Oil raises $2.56 million for marginal fields project

Feb 06, 2017

Independent NU-Oil raised raise US$2.56 million (£2.05 million) in new shares to help it with its stranded and marginal field strategy with 50% owned MFDevCo (Marginal Field Development Co.). NU-Oil says its next logical stage being the acquisition of a project…

Israel's Delek in Ithaca takeover bid

Feb 06, 2017

Israel's Delek Group has made a US$524 million offer for UK independent explorer and producer Ithaca Energy. The offer, a 12% premium on Ithaca's last closing price on the Toronto Stock Exchange, would see Delek take over Ithaca's UK North Sea portfolio…

DOF inks Asia Pacific IMR work

Feb 03, 2017

DOF Subsea has been awarded a three-year inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) frame agreement with one of the major oil and gas companies in the In Asia Pacific region.   DOF Subsea has recently secured a safety case for Geoholm…

Oil & Gas UK guidelines to simplify subsea development

Feb 03, 2017

Oil & Gas UK has launched new guidelines, aimed at simplifying subsea developments. Realizing the potential of the North Sea’s “small pool” reserves could be helped by its guidelines, Oil & Gas UK says.   The launch follows a call…

Wintershall to tieback Skarfjell

Feb 03, 2017

Wintershall is to develop the Skarfjell field in the Norwegian North Sea via a subsea tieback to the nearby Engie-operated Gjøa platform. The Gjøa platform. Image from Engie/Jan Inge Haga. Skarfjell is in the northeastern North Sea…

JIP on pipeline anchoring, monitoring launched

Feb 03, 2017

The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) is welcoming additional participants to a new joint industry project (JIP) to develop pipeline anchoring and monitoring systems which could mitigate the risk of pipeline walking and cut pipeline anchor installation costs in half…

Subsea firms expect export growth

Feb 03, 2017

British subsea companies are expecting to increase overseas activity in the next 12 months, according to a survey conducted by industry body, Subsea UK. Of the 300 member companies surveyed, 27% are predicting increasing exports by 50% or more in 2017…

New firm M2 expands

Feb 03, 2017

Newly formed subsea firm M² Subsea has opened its new office in Aberdeen and created 30 jobs.  The business, which secured private equity investment towards the end of 2016, has moved people and equipment into premises in Arnhall Business Park at Westhill in Aberdeenshire…

IMCA raises ire at Jones Act changes

Feb 03, 2017

Members of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) with vessels active in US waters, together with their clients, have expressed serious concern over the hasty proposals by the Customs and Border Protection agency to revoke…

OCTP FPSO ready to sail to Ghana

Feb 03, 2017

The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is set to depart for Ghana to work on Eni's Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) development offshore Ghana after being named.  The 1.7 MMbbl capacity John Agyekum Kufuor was named after Ghana’s President Emeritus…

UES Seanic wins Tunisian contract

Feb 02, 2017

Newly merged Aberdeenshire-based Underwater Engineering Services (UES) and Houston-headquartered Seanic Oceans Systems secured its first contract in Tunisia, a region which neither firm had previously operated in. UES…

Shell's 2016 income up by 136%

Feb 02, 2017

Shell welcomed a hefty 136% increase to its full-year 2016 income, as the supermajor looks ahead to strengthen its finances in 2017. Image of Malikai, from Shell. The Anglo-Dutch firm reported an income of nearly US$4…

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