The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has issued calls for nominations for areas of interest in the Eastern Newfoundland and the Jeanne d’Arc regions. The call for nominations in the Eastern Newfoundland…
Aker Solutions is introducing a new executive management team as part of a broader reorganization and a goal to boost cost efficiency by 30%. The new organization will have five delivery centers: customer management, front end, products…
The Shah Deniz Stage 2 platforms sailed away from the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory (BDJF) for offshore installation for the BP-led project offshore Azerbaijan. Shah Deniz 2 jacket…
Diamond Offshore Drilling has said it is going to defend a move by Brazil’s Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) to terminate its contract on the Ocean Valor semisubmersible early. The Ocean Valiant…
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has inked a series of several new contracts with a combined value of approximately US$64.5 million (RM264 million) for work offshore Malaysia and Vietnam. The contract will be carried out by the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary…
Italian giant Eni has drilled its fifth well on the Zohr field offshore Egypt, confirming its potential to contain some 30 Tcf, with hopes of first gas by the end of next year. Map of Zohr, from Eni…
Shell, through its subsidiary Shell Brasil Petroleo, extended its contract with MODEC for operations and maintenance of the FPSO Fluminense, effective from August 2016 to December 2020. The FPSO has been operating in the Bijupirá and…
In this video, Statoil shows the arrival of the Mariner B vessel at Global Energy Group’s Nigg Energy Park, north of Inverness, after completing the 15,800nm (18,183mi/29,263km) journey from the Samsung construction yard in South Korea. Read more: Mariner B arrives at Nigg
FAR Ltd. has upgraded its contingent resources estimates for Cairn Energy’s SNE oilfield offshore Senegal in West Africa, and led the firm to suggest a standalone floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) development for the field…
The market for floating production systems may have stalled, but FPSs will still be a key part of the offshore technology tool kit, outlines Douglas-Westwood’s Ben Wilby. The FPSO Cidade de Saquarema…
Being able to see what is happening downhole real-time is one thing. Having the subject matter experts on the job, see the same data, as well as predictive analysis and all helpfully visualized, from wherever they might be, is another. BP and Kongsberg have been working on it…
Time and greater understanding makes most people and companies look at projects and assets differently and it’s no different for oilfields. Elaine Maslin reports from Devex. The Britannia BLP…
While French oil major Total has demonstrated the first all-electric Xmas tree, Norway’s Statoil is eager to do the same. Elaine Maslin examines the subsea all-electric initiative. The Åsgard subsea gas compression system…
A corner of Norway has something of a heritage when it comes to cranes and lifting equipment. The area has developed its own cluster, which held its first conference this year. The Molde area has a heritage in cranes lifting equipment…
SBM Offshore’s Fast4Ward project aims to cut costs for FPSOs by standardizing as much as possible. The Dutch firm sets out the details. Modules under construction at the BRASA shipyard in Niterói…
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