Houston-based, Africa-focused explorer Erin Energy, formerly CAMAC, has been granted a 24-month extension on two of its offshore Gambia licenses. Erin Energy, which operates the blocks with 100% interest, received approval to extend the…
Maersk Drilling and Awilco Drilling reported operational updates for 1Q 2015. Maersk Drilling realized a profit of US$116 million during 1Q 2015 due to fleet growth and operational performance, despite two idle rigs. The result is attributed…
Encana Corp. shut in production from its Deep Panuke platform. The offshore Nova Scotia facility produces and processes natural gas from the Deep Panuke field, found nearly 155 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the Scotian Shelf…
The North Sea operation of a global independent energy company has just completed a contract and was the first to use what is believed to be the world’s largest oilfield drilling bit. Varel Oil & Gas Dill Bits was commissioned by Hess Corp…
Noway-based Aibel reports that the Troll A platform project received three new modules. The Troll field lies in the northern part of the North Sea, around 65 km west of Kollsnes, near Bergen. The field is comprised of the main Troll East and Troll West structures in blocks 31/2…
A leading control and instrumentation firm has been awarded a six-figure contract to supply control systems to Awilco Drilling’s (AWDR) semi-submersible drilling unit, the WilPhoenix. The Aberdeen-based RCP control system upgrade on…
Access solutions firm Ampelmann has been contracted by Acta Marine for equipment for its newbuild wind farm support vessel, the Acta Orion. The Acta Orion will be fitted with an Ampelmann motion-compensated gangway. The Ampelmann…
North Sea operator EnQuest says its North Sea projects - Alma/Galia and Kraken are both on track, with the first due to start up mid-2015 and the second in 2017. The firm is currently preparing to start pulling in risers on the EnQuest Producer floating production…
Innovation, ingenuity and perseverance must take centre stage in the current oil and gas environment, attendees at a breakfast in Aberdeen heard this week. The event, jointly hosted by RBS and Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm…
Unique Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, delivered two new dive systems and a diving vessel worth around £5million to global services provider, Vertech. The Hydracraft 1500 Daughter Craft vessel…
London-based Borders & Southern (B&S) completed a comprehensive seismic reservoir characterization study to investigate the Early Cretaceous shallow marine play fairway of its Darwin discovery offshore the Falkland Islands. The objective…
Work on UK independent Ithaca Energy's Greater Stella Area (GSA) floating production unit is reaching a peak in Remontowa's Polish shipyard. Ithaca says manning levels on the FPF-1 vessel have been at historic highs over recent weeks…
BP has appointed a former MI6 chief to its board of directors, the firm announced this morning. Former Chief of UK Secrete Intelligence Service MI6, Macro Advisory Partners chairman Sir John Sawers (pictured left) has been appointed a non-executive director of the oil major…
Offshore Ireland focused Providence Resources is narrowing its focus on to the Polaris oil prospect after a survey over its Rathlin Basin license. The firm has relinquished some 70% of the 100% operated license, P1885, containing Polaris…
International testing, inspection, certification and consulting engineering group RINA has acquired Houston-based QIC as part of its strategy to expand and internationalise services to the oil and gas industries. QIC is a leading testing…
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