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Low oil prices cast shadow on Middle East’s FPSO market

Jan 19, 2016

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s chances for taking on some of the world’s future floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) vessel construction are diminishing as the global market looks set to stall for at least five years, with local demand for floating facilities little better…

Middle Eastern resilience

Jan 01, 2016

Both maintaining and launching new offshore production is high on the agenda in the Middle East, not least in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iran. IHS’ Mirzi Moralde outlines current activity in the region. Total’s…

NOV’s Devin package

Oct 28, 2015

In this illustrated video, National Oilwell Varco (NOV) shows its Devin subsea completion and intervention package and what it does for deepwater operations. Devin provides various surface support equipment packages and technicians in support of both lower/upper completion operations…

EIA: UAE seeks 30% production boost

Oct 23, 2015

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported today (23 October) that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) intends to increase its production 30% by 2020 using EOR techniques.  For the UAE, EOR technologies will be the best way to…

Repsol comes up dry in Barents

Oct 13, 2015

Repsol Norge is plugging its wildcat well 6306/5-2 (Hagar) on production license 642 after the well was found to be dry. The Hagar well was drilled about 65km southwest of the Njord field and 35km southeast of the 6406/12-3 S and A discoveries (Pil and Bue) in the Norwegian Sea…

Statoil North Sea wildcat comes up dry

Oct 01, 2015

Statoil, operator of production license 169, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 25/11-28, 13km south of the Grane field in the North Sea. The well is dry, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The objective of the…

Amec Foster Wheeler expands UAE operations

Sep 30, 2015

Image: Garry Dryburgh, Amec Foster Wheeler’s president for the Middle East and Africa with engineering manager Bindu Satheesh at the opening of the company’s new office in Abu Dhabi/Amec Foster Wheeler Amec…

ADMA-OPCO picks Sparrows

Sep 15, 2015

Offshore lifting products and services related firm Sparrows Group has won a five-year deal with Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. (ADMA-OPCO) in the Middle East. The successful retender through the company’s local partner, Abu Dhabi Oilfield Services…

Shell comes up dry in Norwegian wildcat

Sep 14, 2015

Norske Shell, operator of production license 793, came up dry at the wildcat well 6407/10-5, offshore Norway. The well has been drilled about 20km southwest of the Draugen field, less than 10km southeast of the Njord field in the southern…

Amec inks Upper Zakum extension work

Aug 18, 2015

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded an extension to its existing project management consultancy (PMC) contract for the UZ750 project in the Upper Zakum (UZ) field, 84km northwest of Abu Dhabi.  The contract was award by the Zakum Development Co…

Xodus awarded vibration contract

Jun 29, 2015

Xodus Group has secured a contract for the vibration assessment and analysis on the oil train piping and structures for Zakum Development Co. at Zirku Island, 140km northwest of Abu Dhabi. The work, valued at over US$600,000, will pull in services from Xodus’ process…

Dry Snømus well for Talisman

May 20, 2015

Talisman Energy's Snømus exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea has been classified as dry.   The 15/12-24 S Snømus well - the first exploration well on production license 672 - was drilled in 86m water depth using…

ADNOC plans $25 billion offshore spend

Apr 28, 2015

In a break from the energy industry’s current contraction trend of spending cuts, employee layoffs, contract delays and cancellations, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) recently announced plans to spend more than US$25 billion on various offshore fields…

First oil flows from Nasr field

Feb 05, 2015

First oil from the Nasr oil field, 130km offshore Abu Dhabi, started 24 January, according to partner, Japan's INPEX.  First production has been achieved through existing facilities - the Abu Al Bukoosh (ABK) and Umm Shaif oil fields…

Dry hole on GOM Madison prospect

Jan 20, 2015

The US Gulf of Mexico deepwater Madison well has been plugged and abandoned after failing to find commercial hydrocarbons. Operator Noble Energy drilled the well to a total depth of 16,850ft, in 7149ft water depth, on Mississippi Canyon 479…

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