- NKT to install second-phase Sverdrup power cables
Equinor and its partners have issued a letter of award to NKT for an NOK1 billion-plus ($121-million) EPCI contract...
- Slow improvement ahead for drillers, report claims
DNV GL’s 2018 Oil and Gas Industry Outlook research has re-affirmed the general view that confidence is rising...
- Aker to supply presalt Mero subsea trees
Petrobras has contracted Aker Solutions to provide a subsea production system and associated services for the Mero 1...
- Boskalis to install North Sea Tyra subsea spread
Total E&P Denmark has awarded Royal Boskalis Westminster the Tyra redevelopment subsea installation Phase II...
- Culzean FSO on station at North Sea location
Maersk Supply Service has completed hookup of the FSO Ailsa for Total at the Culzean field complex in the UK...
- HAF consortium to remove Brae Bravo platform
Marathon Oil Decommissioning Services LLC has contracted Heerema Marine Contractors and AF Offshore Decom for the...
- Contractor trio to manage ONGC’s largest deepwater India development
ONGC has awarded a consortium of Baker Hughes, a GE company, McDermott International, and L&T Hydrocarbon...
- Chevron retains Petrofac for North Sea engineering
Chevron North Sea has extended Petrofac’s engineering services contract extension by a further 12 months.
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- Subsea Integration Alliance wins Katmai contract
Fieldwood Energy has contracted Subsea Integration Alliance for the deepwater Katmai field development in the US Gulf...
- Equinor expands North Sea Sverdrup monitoring system
Equinor has contracted Alcatel Submarine Networks to undertake a second stage of development of a permanent reservoir...
- First condensate departs Ichthys FPSO
INPEX has completed the first shipment of condensate from the Ichthys LNG project offshore northwest Australia.
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- Rex reaffirms commitment to oil production offshore Oman
Rex International Holding aims to start oil production from block 50 offshore Oman next year following new studies of...
- Equinor to take control of Rosebank west of Shetland
Chevron has agreed to sell its 40% operated interest in the deepwater Rosebank project west of Shetland to Equinor,...
- Timor-Leste government enters Greater Sunrise project
ConocoPhillips has entered an agreement to sell its 30% stake in the Greater Sunrise fields in the Timor Sea to the...
- Wintershall cleared to proceed with North Sea Nova development
Wintershall Norge has received sanction from Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for its plan for development...
- SARB fields offshore Abu Dhabi enter ramp-up phase
The full production start-up of the ADNOC-operated Umm Lulu and SARB (Satah Al Razboot) fields offshore Abu Dhabi...
- Tests confirm integrity of North Sea Thames gas pipeline
Independent Oil & Gas has issued a report on its latest measure to re-commission the Thames pipeline in the UK...
- Neptune assimilating VNG Norge
Neptune Energy Group has completed its acquisition of VNG Norge.
- BP gets go-ahead for North Sea subsea tieback
BP has received approval from the Oil and Gas Authority to proceed with the Vorlich development in the central North...
- Etame field partners secure approval for further development
VAALCO Energy and its partners have received a presidential decree approving an amendment to the Etame Marin...
- Qatar authorizes fourth new LNG train for North Field gas
Qatar Petroleum has committed to a fourth liquefaction train to increase the capacity of its Qatar LNG expansion...
- More South Pars platforms awaiting delivery
The main topsides for the B13 platform and D13 satellite platform have been loaded at the Iran Marine Industrial Co....
- Wood to assist well hookup on North Sea Brage platform
Wintershall Norge has commissioned Wood to provide engineering and construction services to the Brage offshore...
- Chevron seeking to offload Rosebank west of Shetland
Chevron is looking to sell its 40% operating stake in the deepwater Rosebank oil field.
- Consortium to remove heavy North Sea platform
AF Gruppen, in partnership with Heerema Marine Contractors, will remove and dispose of an unnamed platform in the UK...
- Chevron agrees to sell Danish North Sea interests to Total
Total will acquire the entire share capital of Chevron Denmark, pending regulatory and partner approvals.
- ADNOC authorizes gas expansion program
ADNOC LNG has signed an EPC contract for the second phase of Abu Dhabi’s Integrated Gas Development Expansion...
- Monitoring device aids placement of North Sea Utgard template
Ashtead Technology has completed a subsea installation monitoring project to support Equinor’s Utgard field...
- Mitsubishi to work with Gazprom Neft on offshore Sakhalin developments
Gazprom Neft and Mitsubishi Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on developing...
- North Sea Brage going strong after 25 years
Wintershall has commemorated 25 years of oil production from the Brage field in the Norwegian North Sea.
- Offshore upturn to continue through 2022
There has been a recent surge in final investment decisions on offshore oil and gas projects globally, with a...
- North Sea Blake FPSO future under review
RockRose Energy has commissioned ERC Equipoise to assess remaining upside potential in the producing Blake field and...
- Sea Lion offshore the Falklands on track for investment decision
Negotiations continue with service providers for the Premier Oil-operated Sea Lion development in the offshore North...
- Fairfield close to sanctioning Dunlin topsides removal
Fairfield Betula is set to contract Heerema Marine Contractors and AF Gruppen to remove and dispose of the topsides...
- Aqualis completes Egina station keeping job
Aqualis Offshore has completed its position keeping role for the Egina FPSO, which is now safely moored...
- Energean drilling more wells at Epsilon offshore Greece
Development drilling is under way at Energean’s Epsilon oilfield development offshore western Greece.
- Phase 14 platform in place offshore Iran
Pars Oil and Gas Co. has completed installation of the second platform for Phase 14 of the South Pars gas field in...
- Aker to modify Petrobras platforms
Petrobras has contracted Aker Solutions to provide maintenance and modifications services for nine platforms at oil...
- First steel for Karish/Tanin FPSO by year-end
Energean has issued a progress report on its Karish/Tanin gas project in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, offshore...
- Eni implements strengthened safety measure on Goliat platform
Eni Norge, in cooperation with Safetec and SINTEF, has developed a web-based tool for compiling, systematizing, and...
- BW starts up Tortue offshore Gabon
BW Energy has produced first oil from the Tortue field in the Dussafu production-sharing contract offshore Gabon...
- Fluor, IBM develop predictive analytics solution for megaprojects
Fluor Corp. and IBM have developed artificial intelligence-based systems to predict, monitor, and measure the status...
- Ophir planning gas field tieback in offshore Madura PSC
Ophir Energy has closed its acquisition from Santos of various producing assets in Southeast Asia.
- Lancaster FPSO close to sailaway from Dubai
Installation has finished of the subsea umbilical, risers, and flowlines for Hurricane Energy’s Lancaster early...
- SNE offshore Senegal nearing FEED phase
Cairn Energy and its partners are aiming for approval later this year of their development plan for the deepwater SNE...
- West of Shetland driving the UK’s offshore future
Production is set to grow west of Shetland over the next decade, according to Wood Mackenzie.
- Oceaneering nets umbilical order for Vito
Subsea 7 has contracted Oceaneering International Inc. to supply an umbilical and flying leads for Shell’s...
- Johan Sverdrup pipeline installed offshore Norway
The Saipem Castorone has completed installation of the oil export pipeline serving the Johan Sverdrup field in...
- Deepwater Zohr building to peak gas offshore Egypt
Production from the Zohr field in the deepwater Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea has now reached 2 bcf/d of...
- Veolia-Peterson to dismantle giant North Sea topsides
The Veolia-Peterson joint venture has signed a contract with Allseas to provide dismantling and disposal services for...
- Bao Vang gas to feed Vietnam power plant
Heads of Gazprom and PetroVietnam have signed a memorandum of cooperation concerning a gas field development offshore...
- EnQuest pursuing full control of Magnus in the North Sea
EnQuest is looking to raise $138 million via a shares issue in order to acquire outright ownership of the Magnus oil...
- Iran seeking outside help for heavy oil Ferdowsi development
National Iranian Oil Co. is looking for assistance to develop the giant heavy oil Ferdowsi field in the Persian Gulf,...
- PG Flow pump scope broadened for North Sea Sverdrup project
PG Flow Solutions will provide mono ethylene glycol and chemical injection pump packages for Equinor’s Johan...
- BP deploys asset management technology on Gulf of Mexico platforms
BP has deployed Plant Operations Advisor, a cloud-based advanced analytics solution developed with BHGE, across all...
- UK offshore digital take-up could be faster, report finds
A new UK offshore study suggests that adopting data analytics and digital technologies for asset maintenance and...
- Aker Solutions to continue North Sea maintenance for Point
Point Resources has extended Aker Solutions’ offshore maintenance and management contract in the Norwegian North...
- BHGE to provide drilling services for Marjan offshore Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco has awarded the first large-scope integrated services contract for its Marjan oilfield to Baker Hughes,...
- LLOG sanctions Stonefly tieback
LLOG Exploration Co. has issued an update on its development projects and recent discoveries in the deepwater Gulf of...
- McDermott connects GWF-2 fields to Goodwyn A
McDermott International has completed a pipelay program for the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 project offshore...
- Norwegian Petroleum Directorate green lights Aasta Hansteen for start-up offshore Norway
Equinor has the go-ahead from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to start up the Aasta Hansteen production...
- Latest South Pars topsides prepared for installation
The topsides for the C14 platform at the South Pars field has departed the SADRA shipyard, according to news service...
- Israeli offshore gas projects could supply wider regional market
Israel’s attempts to attract more outside investors to it natural gas sector have brought mixed results to date....
- Fifth Circuit Court makes ruling on decommissioning contracts
With eddies still spinning in the aftermath of its landmark en banc opinion in In Re Larry Doiron, Inc. 879 F.3d 568...
- Exploration and production expenditure to reach $920 billion in 2024, says analyst Rystad Energy
Rystad Energy expectsÃthe global oilfield service market to be back at pre-downturn market levels by 2024 with $920...
- Egyptian shallow-water platform adapted to withstand problematic soil
Aquaterra Energy has adapted the piling arrangement for a conductor-supported platform to support installation through...
- ExxonMobil lines up five FPSOs for deepwater Guyana block
ExxonMobil continues to raise oil estimates from the Stabroek block offshore Guyana following a run of successful...
- North Sea operators sanction gas, incremental oil projects
Two UK operators launch major new North Sea field developments. Others have submitted plans to decommission some of the...
- CNOOC commissions Aker Solutions for power umbilical systems
Aker Solutions will supply power umbilical systems to CNOOC’s Liuhua oil fields in the South China Sea. Wood has...
- Operators support value proposition of digital transformation
Many oil and gas companies are investing in the notion that digital technologies can solve some of the ongoing...
- ONS 2018: Wintershall pursuing more gas in the Norwegian Sea
Wintershall plans to spend NKr2 billion ($240 million) on exploration and development in the Norwegian sector in the...
- ONS 2018: Alvheim licensees win IOR prize
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has awarded its improved oil recovery prize to the licensees for the Alvheim...
- ONS 2018: Aker BP steps up digitalization at Ivar Aasen
At ONS, Aker BP has signed a smart service contract with Cognite and Framo Services AS to increase the digitalization...
- Yokogawa to deploy chemical injection metering valves offshore Norway
Equinor has contracted Yokogawa TechInvent AS to provide 59 FluidCom chemical injection metering valves for two...
- Total re-engages Stena Don west of Shetland
Total E&P UK Ltd. has awarded the semisubmersible Stena Don a one-well contract for the Laggan field west...
- ONS 2018: Equinor makes big exploration commitment offshore Norway
Equinor’s current activity offshore Norway is an all-time high for the company, said Arne Sigve Nylund, executive...
- FPSO sets sail for Egina oil field offshore Nigeria
The FPSO Egina has departed the SHI-MCI yard in Lagos, Nigeria, and is on its way to the Egina oil field,...
- Ocean Installer wins first assignment in China
COOEC Subsea Technology has contracted Ocean Installer for third-party verification and engineering support work for...
- Analyst assesses impact of redeveloping the Campos basin’s mature oil fields
Brazil’s Campos basin is awaiting a resurgence in production, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie.
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- Partners submit Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 PDO
Equinor and its partners Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP, and Total have submitted the development plan for the second...
- Go Electra completes inspection duties at Stella in the North Sea
M2 Subsea has completed a subsea system survey for Ithaca Energy UK Ltd. at the Stella field in the UK...
- Wood to deliver Tyra maintenance management system
Total Denmark E&P has awarded Wood a new four-year maintenance data build contract for the Tyra redevelopment...
- Alcatel, Nexans to supply Castberg reservoir monitoring system
Alcatel Submarine Networks will provide permanent reservoir monitoring for Equinor’s Johan Castberg project in the...
- Natuna Sea gas project on track for mid-2019 start-up
Development of the BIG-P project in the Natuna Sea offshore Indonesia is on schedule and on budget, according to...
- Woollybutt decommissioning set to start next year
Eni Australia looks set to initiate well P&A operations next year at the Woollybutt oil field in the WA-25-L...
- Premier awards more contracts for North Sea Tolmount
Premier Oil has issued more details of contracts for its Tolmount Main gas field development in the UK southern North...
- Tortue offshore Gabon on track for first oil
Panoro Energy has issued an update on development activities in the Dussafu Marin permit offshore Gabon.
- Cyviz, Neptune overhaul North Sea Gjøa offshore control center
Cyviz has worked with Neptune Energy on a project to upgrade key functions in the offshore control room of the...
- Aramco highlights benefits of Red Sea surveys
Saudi Aramco has outlined some recent technical achievements in its 2017 annual report.
- Goliat FPSO audit reveals deficiencies
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has asked Eni to act following an audit in May of the company’s management...
- Saipem wins wide-ranging SURF contract for Liza Phase 2
ExxonMobil has awarded Saipem further contracts for the deepwater Liza field development in the Stabroek block...
- Total backs out of South Pars 11, report claims
Total has officially withdrawn from the Phase 11 development of the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf,...
- Gas still ramping up at Zohr offshore Egypt
Rosneft has issued a progress report on the deepwater Zohr gas development in the Egyptian sector of the...
- Premier, Dana give go-ahead for North Sea Tolmount gas project
Premier Oil and its partner Dana Petroleum have sanctioned development of the Tolmount Main gas field in the UK...
- Wood to oversee Malampaya maintenance
Shell has awarded Wood a new six-year contract for the Malampaya deepwater gas-to-power project in the...
- Browse LNG could go ahead through two FPSOs
Woodside Energy says the Browse Joint Venture has made significant progress in the development concept for the...
- PSA authorizes two Norway field programs
Aker BP has permission from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority to use the jackup Maersk Invincible on the...
- Amarinth adapts pumps for Coral FLNG demands
Amarinth has won two orders for API 610 OH2 pumps with Plan 53B support systems for Eni’s Coral South development...
- Infinity to support North Sea Seagull design studies
Infinity will provide engineering assistance for the Seagull development in the UK central North Sea, a subsea...
- Equinor adds more hookup to Aibel’s Sverdrup responsibilities
Equinor has contracted Aibel to perform hookup of the P1 process platform and connecting bridge UB002 to the living...
