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EY: Don’t expect too many traditional tax giveaways this year

Dec 03, 2014

Business taxes: What could be in the Chancellor’s Red Box? Cathy Taylor, EY’s tax partner in Cambridge comments on her business tax predictions for the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. “In the last Autumn Statement before the general election…

Kara Sea JV cancels Siem Offshore contract

Dec 02, 2014

The ExxonMobil-Rosneft joint venture Karmorneftegaz SARL notified Norway's Siem Offshore that it has terminated Siem's contract for the 2015 season. The contract involves the charter of two AHTS vessels Siem Topaz and Siem Amethyst, and one PSV Siem Pilot…

McDermott installs single point mooring tower off Indonesia

Dec 02, 2014

McDermott International has concluded the transportation and installation of a Yoke-type single point mooring tower and hook-up to a floating storage offloading (FSO) vessel for PT Rekayasa Industri offshore Indonesia in the Banyu Urip field…

Helideck Analytics acquires inspection service company HCA

Dec 02, 2014

Privately held Helideck Analytics Ltd. has acquired the Helideck Certification Agency (HCA), which provides inspection and certification services for offshore helidecks. Alex Knight. Photo from HCA. HCA is based in Aberdeen…

Cameron wins Hebron equipment supply contract

Dec 02, 2014

Cameron has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Canada Properties for wellhead equipment and production trees for the Hebron project, a 52-well development located offshore Newfoundland. Cameron will supply large-bore, high-pressure equipment including wellheads…

Acteon finalizes UTEC acquisition

Dec 02, 2014

Acteon Group Ltd. has acquired UTEC, a specialist provider of offshore survey services to the worldwide oil & gas industry. UTEC offers a complete range of marine survey services, from pre-engineering geophysical, geotechnical and metocean…

ENAP gets helicopters for rigs in Strait of Magellan

Dec 02, 2014

Chilean helicopter services operator EcoCopter has prepared for a new contract with ENAP (Empresa Nacional del Petróleo), the Chilean national petroleum company, which started on 1 December 2014. Eurocopter…

Keppel ready to deliver 3rd jackup to Jindal Group

Dec 02, 2014

Keppel FELS Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd., is ready to deliver the Jindal Explorer, a KFELS B Class jackup drilling rig to Star Drilling Pte. Ltd., an associate company of India’s D P Jindal Group (Jindal)…

The economics of exploration in the UKCS

Dec 02, 2014

Ahead of the autumn statement by British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on Wednesday, 3 December 2014, Ignacio Fernandez provides an economic analysis of fiscal terms for the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). UKCS exploratory drilling…

GlobalData: Australia should not overcommit to FLNG

Dec 02, 2014

While high development costs are deeming many Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects economically unfeasible, the country should stay focused on these rather than gambling on floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) technology too soon…

Statoil, EMGS enter multi-client agreement

Dec 02, 2014

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) entered into a data licensing agreement with Statoil ASA worth US$10 million for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS' multi-client data library in Norway. After adjustment for partner's share of the revenues…

Putin: South Stream pipeline at a halt

Dec 02, 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will discontinue current plans for the South Stream pipeline, citing continuing opposition from Europe, specifically Bulgaria. Instead, he announced preliminary plans to create a gas hub for southern Europe at the Turkish-Greek border…

Jack/St. Malo flows for Chevron

Dec 02, 2014

Production of crude oil and natural gas began for Chevron Corp.’s Jack/St. Malo project in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Jack/St Malo semisubmersible floating production unit. From Chevron…

Petrobras picks Modec-Schanin for FPSO gig

Dec 02, 2014

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) awarded Modec, Inc. and Brazilian partner Schahin Group a contract to supply, charter, and for the operation of a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Tartaruga Verde and Tartaruga Mestica fields offshore Brazil…

First oil from Maari field

Dec 01, 2014

Oil production has started at from a previously undrained compartment at OMV’s US$255 million Maari redevelopment, located around 80km off the Taranaki coast of New Zealand. The MR-8A well, the second in the drilling campaign, was side…

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