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HB gains accommodation module certification

Mar 18, 2016

Offshore accommodation and workspace specialist HB Rentals was granted an ABS Certification of Design Assessment for its high demand 11ft by 32ft– eight-man sleeper – accommodation module. This achievement now sees this latest generation…

Eni in US$7.9 billion asset disposal

Mar 18, 2016

In an effort to restructure and transform, Eni’s 2016-2019 strategic plan is aimed for a competitive cost structure, which includes a total of US$7.9 billion (€7 billion) of disposed assets by 2019, in addition to an efficient operating model…

Prosafe in Talisman Monstrose start up

Mar 18, 2016

Prosafe’s Safe Boreas harsh environment accommodation vessel has commenced an eight-month contract with Talisman Sinopec Energy in the North Sea. The US$60 million contract comes with options. The Safe Boreas commenced operations…

Siem wins North Sea, Auz gigs

Mar 18, 2016

Siem Offshore has been awarded two contracts for operation in the North Sea, and off Australia. Image of the MV Siem Marlin, from Siem. Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned…

BOEM to update offshore emissions regulations

Mar 18, 2016

As part of the Obama Administration’s on-going commitment to a cleaner, more secure energy future, Janice Schneider, assistant secretary, Land and Minerals Management and Abigail Ross Hopper, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)…

OAA awards offer industry light

Mar 18, 2016

Well-SENSE Technology’s technology director Dan Purkis has been singled out for his efforts in the offshore oil and gas industry with the award of the Society of Petroleum Engineer’s (SPE) Aberdeen section Significant Contribution accolade…

PSA to investigate Statoil Visund halt

Mar 17, 2016

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has begun an investigation of a well control incident on the Visund field on 17 March 2016 that caused Statoil to put a halt to production and evacuate workers in the North Sea.  Visund…

EnQuest shaves costs off Kraken

Mar 17, 2016

UK-based independent has now cut US$425 million off its North Sea Kraken heavy oil development budget as it looks to continue reining in costs.  After initially shaving $300 million, or about 10%, off the project's original $3.2 billion costs…

Big data adoption lagging in oil and gas

Mar 17, 2016

Only one in five oil and gas companies see themselves as highly digitalized today. However, close to half of senior oil and gas professionals (45%) already see solid or high potential for big data and analytics to transform the operating efficiency of the industry in 2016…

Blockage causes Erskine hiccup

Mar 17, 2016

Chevron's North Sea Erskine field production has been temporarily suspended during maintenance work to remove a pipeline blockage, according to partner Serica Energy.  Erskine. Image from Chevron…

VNG inks Reinertsen for Pil and Bue support

Mar 17, 2016

Operator VNG Norge has signed a frame agreement contract for the Pil and Bue (arrow and bow in Norwegian) project owner’s engineering services (OES) with Norwegian engineering firm Reinertsen. The OES contractor will provide necessary…

Frames finishes Petrobras FPSO work

Mar 16, 2016

Frames Flow Control & Safeguarding has completed the flow control and safeguarding equipment for the Petrobras FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29. Modec Offshore Production Systems (Singapore), a Modec group company, awarded Frames…

Blackhawk opens Mexico facility

Mar 16, 2016

Blackhawk Specialty Tools expanded its international operations in Mexico with the opening of a new subsidiary and operating facility in Villahermosa, Mexico. The new facility will located at Cardenas S/N KM 8 R/A. Anacleto Canabal 2da…

Statoil must improve at Gudrun

Mar 16, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) has given orders to Statoil to make improvements at the Gudrun platform in the North Sea, following an investigation of one of the largest hydrocarbon leaks on the Norwegian Continental Shelf that occurred more than a year ago…

Taxes halved for North Sea operators

Mar 16, 2016

North Sea producers have been given a tax break in the UK Government's 2016 Budget, announced today.  Amid falling oil prices, high costs and falling production, Chancellor George Osborne had already made some tax reductions and created…

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