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Trinidad deepwater bid round to close 31 Jan 2014

Dec 30, 2013

The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago invites participation in its 2013 Deep Water Competitive Bid Round for six offshore blocks located in the East Coast Marine Area and Trinidad and Tobago Deep Atlantic Area to be governed by production sharing contract agreements…

Subsea Expo gathers momentum

Dec 30, 2013

Preparations for Europe’s leading annual subsea conference and exhibition are well underway with up to 5000 delegates expected to attend from across the globe, reaffirming the world-leading status of the British subsea supply chain. Subsea…

Technip agrees China JV

Dec 20, 2013

Technip and China's China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd (COOEC) have signed an joint-venture agreement in September. The five-year agreement will target deepwater engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) subsea umbilicals risers…

Trouble in deepwater?

Dec 16, 2013

Deepwater drilling rig contractors are facing an uncertain future, with an increasingly fragmented market favoring those who contract the vessels, according to an analyst. The comments follow market updates from rig operators including Transocean Ltd…

Total signs PSC for deepwater Oman block

Dec 13, 2013

Total has signed an exploration and production-sharing agreement for deepwater Block 41 with Oman's Ministry of Oil & Gas, the company announced today. The block is off the northern Omani coast, northwest of the capital, Muscat. It spans 23…

BG: Tanzania now at 15Tcf

Dec 10, 2013

BG Group has said its latest drilling campaign offshore Tanzania has increased its resource base across its three Tanzanian blocks to 15Tcf natural gas. BG Group said Blocks 1, 3 and 4, which it operates, with partner Ophir Energy, also had further exploration upside…

Noble Energy makes deepwater discoveries

Dec 04, 2013

Noble Energy has made two deepwater discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Israel. The Dantzler exploration well, located 12 miles west of the firm’s Rio Grande development in Mississippi Canyon 782, has encountered over 120 ft of net pay…

Dealing with pipeline expansion

Dec 04, 2013

DNV GL has developed a new concept to deal with HPHT pipeline expansion design. Chia Chor Yew explains. Transporting oil and gas through pipelines from high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) reservoirs continues to be a major challenge as the industry pushes into new energy frontiers…

Managing frontier risks

Dec 03, 2013

Strategic decision-making in the boardroom is vital for those operating on the new frontiers, a new report says. Elaine Maslin reports. “A single event can transform the fortunes of an entire industry,” warns a recent report on frontier hydrocarbon exploration…

Self-installing buoyant tower offers production solution

Dec 03, 2013

GMC Inc.’s Clyde Crochet discusses a self-installing tower, currently deployed off Peru, which offers a new substructure solution compared to conventional jackets/piles. The buoyant tower concept represents an innovative bridging design…

Statoil EVP: Subsea factories are business critical

Nov 26, 2013

Statoil is targeting 2020 to deploy a subsea factory, or a fully-functioning process plant atop the sea floor, according to a technology briefing held by some of the Norwegian company’s top executives at its Houston headquarters in mid-November…

Keppel enters R&D partnership

Nov 25, 2013

Keppel Corporation and the National University of Singapore have agreed to set up the Keppel-NUS Corporate Laboratory, with backing from the National Research Foundation (NRF), to develop technological solutions for the offshore industry…

Rethinking Chevron's Rosebank

Nov 22, 2013

Chevron and its partners on the multi-billion dollar Rosebank development in the UK North Sea have revealed they are going back to the drawing board on the project. Partner OMV said, at its annual media summit today in Vienna, that it had “been vocal” to Chevron…

ONS 2014 - change is coming

Nov 19, 2013

The organizers of next year's ONS conference and exhibition in Stavanger are marking the event's 40th anniversary with a look back at the first time the event was held in 1974. However, next year's event will also very much be looking forward…

Papa-Terra FPSO starts up

Nov 14, 2013

Chevron Corporation's Brazilian subsidiary and Petrobras have started crude oil production from Papa-Terra’s floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) offshore Brazil. Chevron holds a 37.5% interest in the Papa-Terra field…

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