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OMV in Wisting Barents well success

Apr 06, 2016

OMV has successfully completed drilling and testing of the Wisting Central II appraisal well in the Barents Sea, with flow rates hitting just above 5000 boe/d. The Transocean Spitsbergen, from OMV…

Statoil - costs down but more to come, uptick or no uptick

Apr 06, 2016

Statoil has cut its average project cost per barrel from US$70/bbl to around $40/bbl, but the work has just started and the changes need to be permanent, even if prices increase, CEO Eldar Sætre said this morning.  Speaking at the Subsea Valley conference in Oslo…

Company cuts could see us back to cost inflation

Apr 06, 2016

Oil company cuts could be going too far, leading to another period of high cost inflation as the oil price returns and capacity is found to be lacking, a Norwegian industry analyst has warned.  Speaking ahead of the Subsea Valley conference…

FMC to cut 700 Norway jobs

Apr 05, 2016

FMC Technologies will reduce its Norwegian operations by 700 jobs in coming months, after taking a number of efforts to adjust to the low oil price environment, the company told OE. Image from FMC…

Zennor spuds Finlaggan appraisal well

Apr 05, 2016

Zennor Petroleum’s subsidiary Zennor Pathway has spudded an appraisal well at its Finlaggan discovery in the Central North Sea. Well 21/5c-7, spudded on 5 April, is being drilled with Transocean Sedco 704 semisubmersible drilling rig…

Asco inks BP Norway renewal

Apr 05, 2016

BP has renewed its contract with Asco for its Norwegian operations.  The supply services contract will be delivered across Norway, providing support in Tananger and Farsund, as well as further services in the northerly base of Sandnessjøen…

BOEM announces lease sale offshore Texas

Apr 05, 2016

As part of President Obama’s continued commitment to safe and responsible domestic energy production, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) director Abigail Ross Hopper has announced the bureau will offer approximately 23.5 million acres…

Freeport-McMoRan axes top execs

Apr 05, 2016

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) subsidiary Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas (FM O&G) has shaken up its workforce with a reorganization that sees four top executives depart the company in a move that will reduce costs, streamline functions, and enhance capital allocation…

Honeywell appoints new president, COO

Apr 05, 2016

Honeywell has appointed Darius Adamczyk to the company’s newly created role of president and chief operating officer (COO) effective immediately, reporting to chairman and CEO Dave Cote. Image of Adamczyk…

Kvaerner EVP and CFO steps down

Apr 05, 2016

Kvaerner's executive vice president and CFO, Eiliv Gjesdal, has decided to step down from the role as CFO as of 6 April 2016. He will work with special tasks until his notice period ends 30 June 2016. 'Gjesdal started as CFO in Kvaerner…

Bibby gets North Sea decom work

Apr 05, 2016

Bibby Offshore (BOUK), a subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has secured a multimillion dollar contract with a North Sea Operator, to deliver decommissioning operations in the Northern North Sea East Shetland Basin.  The agreement…

Jee wins Tullow North Sea decommissioning work

Apr 05, 2016

Tullow Oil awarded subsea engineering and training firm Jee a contract to investigate the most appropriate options for decommissioning their Thames area assets in the North Sea. Awarded in February 2016, the contract relates to the decommissioning of the Horne…

Tullow to start Jubliee production this week

Apr 05, 2016

Tullow Oil is set to start up production at its Jubilee field offshore Ghana later this week, after declaring force majeure on two cargoes last month. Image of the Kwame Nkrumah, from Tullow. In a statement from the company…

DNV GL: Industry future to be automated, digital, smarter

Apr 05, 2016

The future of oil and gas technology looks increasingly automated, digital and smarter according to a new technology outlook report published by DNV GL. Image from DNV GL. The…

Oil & Gas UK names new board officers, members

Apr 05, 2016

Oil & Gas UK, the representative organization for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, announced the appointment of a number of member company representatives and a new team of officers to lead its board. All changes are of immediate effect…

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