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…
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 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…
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…
Will subsea tech join fracking slowdown? There may be too much momentum. Bruce Nichols reports. Testing for Train 2 of the Asgard subsea compression system was completed in December at Aker Solutions’ dockside yard in Egersund…
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…
The shallow waters of the Persian Gulf, also known as the Arabian Gulf, belie the plethora of offshore infrastructure – new and old – in the Middle East. Elaine Maslin probes beneath the waves. In 2005…
The previous article Rigless Origins (OE: March 2014) detailed the Zakum project, which was carried out in 1969 offshore of Abu Dhabi, where all methods of running wireline from a vessel—in open water—were executed and assessed(1) (2). More importantly…
United Arab Emirates' Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) has awarded Technip a contract for project management consultancy (PMC) services for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works of the Nasr Phase II full field development project – Packages 1…
The Middle East will be one of the key markets for oilfield services companies for decades to come as countries across the region seek to maximize recovery from maturing assets and bring new fields into production, according to leading energy specialist corporate advisory firm Simmons & Co…
Atkins has been awarded two contracts by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) for structural analysis services worth over US$3 million. The work will support ADMA-OPCO’s expansion program for its offshore production facilities…
Aging assets and a push to develop more offshore assets is helping to make the Middle East a growth area and push research into CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery, according to Prajeev Rasiah, regional manager, Middle East & India, DNV GL – Oil & Gas (pictured)…
Production has started on the Umm Lulu oil field offshore Abu Dhabi, Inpex Corp. said today (17 October). Umm Lulu is about 30km northwest of Abu Dhabi city. Inpex subsidiary Japan Oil Development Co. jointly developed the field with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)…
Dubai based oil and gas engineering and fabrication firm Lamprell has been contracted by Petrofac Emirates to fabricate 29 modules for the Upper Zakum artificial island field development being developed by the Zakum Development Company, part of Abu Dhabi Oil Company (ADNOC)…
Running line in open water Rigless intervention hit the scene in 1969 with Abu Dhabi's Zakum pilot program. Reaching Ultra's Fernando Hernandez explains how the technology has evolved to meet new challenges…
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