DOF Subsea has been awarded more than US$61.6 million (NOK 500 million) in IMR and subsea installation contracts in several regions, including key work on Eni's OCTP project offshore Ghana. DOF was awarded an FPSO mooring installation…
Aquatic Engineering & Construction, an Acteon company, has expanded its team based in Houston, Texas. Bob Terrell joined Aquatic last month as regional manager, focusing on growing Aquatic’s business in the Americas. OE spoke to him about the business environment…
Aker Solutions has opened its new subsea plant in Curitiba, Brazil. The facility will employ about 850 people and is dedicated to machining, welding, surface treatment, assembly and testing of christmas trees and other subsea equipment. It…
PGS, in partnership with TGS, will offer support for the two calls for bid in the Eastern Newfoundland and Jeanne d’Arc regions issued on 7 April 2016. The partnership offers for license MC2D GeoStreamer data, and the 4550sq km MC3D-NL02-EN Orphan Basin GeoStreamer survey…
Qatar-based Milaha has taken delivery of a new lift boat which will be deployed offshore, particularly in support of field maintenance efforts. Abdulrahman Essa Al-Mannai, president and CEO of Milaha, and Vivek Seth, CEO of Halul Offshore Services…
Byron Energy has encountered three discrete hydrocarbon bearing intervals at its latest exploration development in the South Marsh Island block in the Gulf of Mexico. Hercules 205 jackup, from Hercules…
The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has invited seismic companies to tender for its 2016-2017 UK Government funded seismic acquisition and processing program. The contract will cover survey work over South West Britain, including the Celtic Sea…
BP's massive newbuild Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has arrived in Haugesund, Norway, for final commissioning work before heading west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. The 270m…
Aker Solutions is to carry out a study on a design for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for Lundin's Alta and Gohta oil development in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The work is under a new three-year framework…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil a drilling permit for well 30/11-13, tobe drilled from the Songa Delta drilling facility in production license 035. The drilling program for well 30/11-13 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well…
Sequa Petroleum is dropping out of two deals to acquire stake in the Gina Krog and Ivar Aasen projects in the North Sea due to the current market conditions. Image of Ivar Aasen, from Det Norske…
ExxonMobil has started oil production at its US$4 billion Julia oil field in the Gulf of Mexico with the first production well currently online, and a second well set to start production in the coming weeks, the supermajor announced. Image…
Offshore drilling firm Paragon Offshore has picked up two contract extensions, having reduced day rates. In the Middle East, a contract with ADMA OPCO for the M1162 jackup has been extended from mid-January 2017 to late January 2019 and…
Increased production from Chevron's high-pressure, high-temperature Erskine field has helped boost profits and reserves for UK independent Serica Energy. The firm acquired an 17% stake in the field, at a time when it was expected to produce 2100 boe/d net to Serica at $30/bbl operating costs…
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) is planning to submit a field development plan for the southern North Sea Blythe field and nearby discoveries. The move is likely to involve a small unmanned platform, with pre-installed risers for future tie-back opportunities…
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