Husky Energy has moved forward with its White Rose project offshore eastern Canada by awarding a multi-million dollar engineering contract to the UK's Wood Group. Wood Group will complete detailed engineering for the White Rose topsides…
MAN Diesel & Turbo has agreed to acquire a 40% participation in Candian company Aspin Kemp & Associates (AKA). AKA based in Montague, Prince Edward Island (PEI), which specializes in power supply, energy management and drive systems for marine applications…
Husky Energy has firmed up plans for its West White Rose Project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador with first oil set for 2022, while announcing a new discovery at Northwest White Rose. The SeaRose FPSO…
TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) have expanded their jointly owned multi-client library offshore Eastern Canada. Map of Cape Broyle 3D, from TGS. The new Cape Broyle 3D survey…
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a six-year contract by a partnership composed by Hibernia Management & Development Co. (HMDC) and ExxonMobil Canada Properties, for the provision of inspection services for both the Hibernia and Hebron offshore oil production platforms…
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has issued a Call for Bids in the Jeanne d’Arc Region under the Scheduled Land Tenure Regime in the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area. Call for Bids NL17-CFB01 map…
Global Maritime Consultancy and Engineering has appointed Espen Thomassen as regional manager for the Americas. Thomassen will grow Global Maritime’s business throughout the region, which - in addition to Houston - includes offices in Brazil and Canada…
Seadrill has been awarded a firm two-well contract, plus a two-well option with Statoil Canada for the West Aquarius, offshore eastern Canada. The contract is expected to start in Q2 2017, following the conclusion of the vessel’s current contract with Hibernia in early April 2017…
Canadian junior firm Corridor Resources was issued exploration license EL-1153 from the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) in exchange for the surrender of exploration license EL-1105 covering the Old Harry Prospect in the Gulf of St…
Canada's Cellula Robotics has completed factory acceptance testing of its third CRD100 seafloor drill for Fukada Salvage & Marine Works and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)…
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) received nearly US$563 million (CAD $758 million) in work commitments in its latest deepwater bid round for the East Newfoundland and Jeanne d’Arc regions, offshore the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador areas…
The Canada - Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) has not received any successful bids for its Call for Bids NS16-1 issued on 2 May 2016. The parcels are no longer up for bid and remain as Crown land. The next Call for Bids (NS17-1) will be issued in spring 2017…
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) advises that exploration licenses (ELs) 1127 and 1128, located off Newfoundland’s west coast held 100% by Black Spruce Exploration, have been cancelled due to non-compliance…
In this video, Exxon shows a timelapse video of the construction of the Hebron gravity based structure (GBS), which took about five years to build. Exxon's Hebron heavy oil project off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, sits in the Jeanne d’Arc basin about 350km southeast of St…
More and more heavy oil is coming into production pipelines. Measuring it, in a multiphase flow, is a challenge, says NEL’s David Millington. Heavy Oil. Photos from NEL. Cost…