Aberdeen-based well management firm Zenith Energy has successfully completed the plug and abandonment (P&A) of the Ombrina Mare development well, offshore Italy, for London’s Rockhopper Exploration. The Atwood Beacon…
A threatening storm in the Gulf of Mexico has forced oil and gas operators to evacuate six production platforms and one rig, and shut-in oil and natural gas production, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said today (29 August)…
Dutch outfit GustoMSC has launched a new harsh environment drilling semisubmersible series, OCEAN-HE. The OCEAN850-HE and OCEAN1600-HE have been designed for mid-water and deepwater harsh environment regions. The series' semisubmersible…
The Mariner B vessel arrived and is safely berthed at Global Energy Group’s Nigg Energy Park, north of Inverness, after completing the 15,800nm (18,183mi/29,263km) journey from the Samsung construction yard in South Korea. Mariner illustration…
Some US$50 billion has been dropped from the Norwegian oil and gas investment hopper from 2014 up to 2020, according to figures presented at the ONS exhibition and conference in Stavanger today. The fall, amid a $1 trillion drop in global spending in the same period…
CGG launched TopSeis, its latest offshore broadband seismic solution specifically designed to overcome the intrinsic lack of near offsets inherent in 3D towed-streamer seismic, at the 2016 Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference today (29 August)…
Wood Group has been awarded the detailed design scope of the subsea tie-back from the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Sleipner facilities, in the Norwegian North Sea. The three-year, US$1million workscope is the first call off…
Statoil has reduced the cost of its massive Johan Sverdrup develop even further, to reach a full field break even cost of US$30/bbl, the Norwegian oil major revealed this morning. Drilling operations at Johan Sverdrup…
The price tag for developing a field on the Norwegian shelf has declined by an average of more than 40% since the autumn of 2014, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD) analysis of eight planned developments that are approaching start-up…
In this drone video, Statoil shows its Njord A semisubmersible production platform as it was being towed to the Kværner Stord yard in Norway for reinforcement and renovation works that will enable it to return to production up to and beyond 2030…
Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine is on track to deliver the Armada Kraken floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Bumi Armada, marking the Malaysian oilfield service company's entry into the North Sea. The Armada Kraken…
UAE-based Lamprell has delivered the delayed Ensco 140 newbuild jackup to Ensco, after signing an agreement with Ensco to settle all claims arising from the late delivery. Image from Lamprell. The…
The NorSea Group (NSG) has signed a US$9.8 million (NOK 80 million) contract with Statoil for intermediate storage of the Johan Sverdrup export pipelines. The contract involves receipt of over 36,000 pipe sections, 36in and 18in in diameter…
Houston-based Vaalco Energy’s Avouma project is back online offshore Gabon, West Africa, following issues with its electric submersible pump (ESP) that date back to late June. Map from Vaalco. According to Vaalco…
There could be 25.5 billion bbl in place and 20.6 Tcf of gas in the West Orphan Basin, in the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) 2016 Eastern Newfoundland Call for Bids, according to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador…
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