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Groen Offshore contracts new vessel

May 27, 2015

To develop its large fleet, Groen Offshore, Guard & Support selected the first Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2610 to be customized with offshore oil and gas standby capabilities. The Netherlands-based company will deploy…

Total reaches 2 billion bbl off Angola

May 27, 2015

Total achieved a milestone of producing a cumulative 2 billion bbl from its operated deep offshore Block 17 located 150km off the coast of Angola, Africa. CLOV. From Total. With the recent start up of CLOV…

Harris CapRock wins Stampede contract

May 27, 2015

Harris CapRock Communications, a provider of managed communications services for remote and harsh environments, has been selected by Hess Corp. to provide a turnkey, integrated telecommunications solution to support the Stampede offshore field development project…

CNOOC in eastern South China Sea find

May 27, 2015

China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) discovered a mid-sized oil find at Liuhua 20-2 in the eastern South China Sea. Oil was found at the LH20-2-1 well, located at the Liuhua 20-2 structure in Northern Slope Belt of Baiyun Sag in…

Applus RTD announces new office opening

May 27, 2015

Applus RTD, provider of integrity technology services, will open an office in Corpus Christi, Texas following increased demand for its non-destructive testing (NDT) services from the region’s energy industry. The new office adds…

Origo snaps up UK and Norway assets

May 27, 2015

Newly formed Norwegian exploration firm Origo Exploration has given a boost to its exploration portfolio by signing three farm-in transactions involving four licenses: two on the UK Continental Shelf, and two on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…

More to play for on NCS

May 27, 2015

A review of resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf shows that the current recoverable volume of oil in fields and discoveries exceeds the estimated figure in 2005. Further, it presume that more oil remains to be discovered, according…

Wood Group Kenny inks CCS advisory role

May 27, 2015

Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will provide technical advisory services for carbon capture and storage (CCS) policies, as well as potential projects across the UK, as part of a framework agreement with the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC)…

TGS poaches Prosafe CFO

May 27, 2015

TGS has taken on a new CFO, accommodation vessel operator Prosafe's CFO Sven Børre Larsen. Larsen's start date has yet to be determined, says TGS, but it will be no later than 1 December 2015.   Larsen has been CFO at Prosafe since 2011…

Aibel inks Oseberg FEED

May 27, 2015

Aibel has been chosen to conduct a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for Statoil's Oseberg Future Development Brownfield Topside project. The Oseberg Future Development Brownfield Topside project involves connecting what would…

Pemex restructures E&P subsidiary

May 27, 2015

Pemex’s board of directors approved a restructuring plan for its subsidiary Pemex Exploration and Production (PEP) on 22 May, the Mexican national oil company announced. The board of directors created a steering committee for PEP, designating Juan Javier Hinojosa Puebla…

Brazil in flux: epic fail or opportunity boom?

May 26, 2015

If the stars align, and if foreign investors and engineers are up for the challenge, Brazil’s massive oil and gas industry could be on the brink of a massive opportunity boom for non-Brazilian oil and gas companies. Conversely, with a major…

Agency lays claims against Hibernia operators

May 26, 2015

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has laid four charges against the consortium behind the Hibernia field after an oil spill. The charges were made against the Hibernia Management and Development…

Eni strikes Libyan gas and condensate

May 26, 2015

Eni has made a new gas and condensate discovery offshore Libya. The discovery is in the Bouri North A1-1/1 exploration well in 125m water depth, in Area D, 140km from the coast and 20km north of the Bouri production field.  Eni says…

McDermott to build 12 Saudi Aramco jackets

May 26, 2015

McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 12 jackets for offshore oil and gas fields in Saudi Arabian waters. The work, McDermott's second…

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