Repsol taps DeepOcean for Yme Beta North tieback
DeepOcean has secured an EPCI contract for marine operations on Repsol’s tieback of Yme Beta North reservoir to existing facilities. The award to DeepOcean covers project management, engineering,...
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Woodside moves ahead with plans for drilling and subsea installation off...
Australian energy giant Woodside has filed its environment plans for the Greater Western Flank 3 and Lambert Deep development drilling and subsea installation activities to the Australian offshore...
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Australia’s Woodside in management reshuffle
Australia’s largest LNG producer and energy giant Woodside unveiled this week a new management reshuffle. Image: Woodside The company has promoted four executives in its team saying the move will...
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Norway to offer 136 new blocks in upcoming licensing round
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has announced its plans to offer up to 136 new oil exploration blocks in Norway’s 25th licensing round. The Ministry said on Wednesday that the 25th...
View ArticleUK well specialist sets up Norwegian unit
Aberdeen-headquartered Exceed, a well management and performance improvement specialist, has established a Norwegian subsidiary, Exceed Norge. Exceed said on Wednesday that the Stavanger-based...
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BHP picks three companies for Trion FSO engineering study
Australian firm BHP has selected three companies to deliver an early engineering study for floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit for the Trion field in the Mexican part of the Gulf of Mexico....
View ArticleAker BP hands in Hod development plans
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Hod project off Norway to the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Hod field will be...
View ArticleSovcomflot withdraws Vyacheslav Tikhonov redelivery with Polarcus
Russian company, Sovcomflot, has withdrawn redelivery notice for Vyacheslav Tikhonov seismic vessel with Polarcus. In December of last year the companies agreed to postpone the redelivery of the...
View ArticleAker BP gets licence to drill Norwegian Sea well duo
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells located in the Norwegian Sea. According to the NPD’s statement on Wednesday, the two wells – 6607/12-4 and...
View ArticleAker Solutions gets LoI for Breidablikk subsea system from Equinor
Aker Solutions has received a letter of intent from Equinor for the delivery of a subsea system for the Breidablikk project in the North Sea. The potential contract value is approximately NOK 2...
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FAR inks new operating agreements for Gambian blocks with Petronas
Location of prospects in blocks A2 and A5, the Gambia. Source: FAR Australia’s FAR has signed new joint operating agreements (JOAs) for the A2 and A5 Blocks in The Gambia, with Malaysia’s Petronas...
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Petrobras appoints new board member
Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has named a new member of its board of directors. Illustration; Source: Petrobras Petrobras said on Wednesday that Ruy Flaks Schneider was appointed to the...
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GALLERY: Shell’s Brent platform reaches UK port ahead of final dismantling
Following its recent removal from the UK North Sea, Shell’s oil and gas platform Brent Alpha has arrived at a decommissioning yard in the UK. The Brent Alpha was the third of four platforms, after...
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Lukoil vice-chairman promoted to chairman role
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has elected a new chairman of the company’s board of directors following the death of its long-time chairman. Ravil Maganov; Source: Lukoil Lukoil said on Thursday...
View ArticlePetrobras gives Sete Brasil more time to fulfill settlement terms
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has prolonged the deadline for certain conditions of an agreement and settlement with Sete Brasil related to a charter of four and termination of contracts for 24...
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Pipelaying work complete on Energean’s Karish field
Oilfield services provider TechnipFMC has completed pipe laying works and subsea systems installation on Energean’s Karish located offshore Israel. Energean said that its partner, TechnipFMC,...
View ArticleOffshore energy industry navigating 100-year-old US law
Section 27 of the U.S. Merchant Marine, sponsored by Senator Wesley L. Jones and enacted in June 1920, requires vessels traveling between any two U.S. points to be U.S.-manufactured, -owned, -flagged,...
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Petrobras kicks off production from Atapu field off Brazil
Petrobras has started the production of oil and natural gas from the shared deposit of Atapu, through P-70 FPSO, located in the eastern portion of the Santos Basin pre-salt, near the Búzios field...
View ArticleReport: ONGC suspends work on two rigs after 54 positive COVID-19 cases and...
India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) has temporarily suspended operations at two drilling rigs in the Arabian Sea after 54 positive tests for COVID-19 and one death. According...
View ArticleMDL backs Ocean Installer on Balder decom job
MDL has completed a double decommissioning scope providing support to Ocean Installer on the Balder X field. MDL SURF equipment, project engineering team as well as offshore personnel facilitated the...
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