AGR and SP Offshore Energy Services signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which AGR will provide a range of exploration services and the drilling of an ultra deepwater (UDW) well off the Comoros Islands, between Mozambique and the Comoros…
At this week’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, DNV GL revealed a study that analyzes current regulatory regimes, outlining possible future developments and DNV GL’s recommendations to reduce the risk of major accidents. Safety model…
Downhole Products secured US$19 million in contracts in Malaysia and Angola in a mixture of three and three to five-year projects. The Asia Pacific region remains an important part of the world for the company and, since the creation of regional headquarters in Kuala Lumpur five years ago…
Houston-based Africa focused Erin Energy Corp. began production from the Oyo-8 well offshore Nigeria. Oyo-8 flare. Image from Erin Energy. Oyo-8 is located in OML 120 in 1000ft of water…
The oil and gas industry must rely on technology, collaboration and several industries, including academia to excel in the advances of emerging offshore technology trends, BP Chief Operating Officer of Reservoir Development and IT&S James…
Chariot Oil & Gas and partners secured a one-year extension on its current exploration phase of the C-19 license offshore Mauritania, North Africa. Map from Chariot. As part of the extension…
For Shell, exploration isn’t just about the seismic, it’s about joining up the petabytes’ worth of seismic dots between its global team of experts. Meg Chesshyre reports. Subsurface imaging, but…
Halliburton Energy Services’ Harvey J. Fitzpatrick, Jr. shows how wellbore stimulation fluids can increase production. Fig. 1—Example of acid-etching properties of SandStim service. The service…
Italian engineering companies could offer competitive engineering, procurement and construction services in the Mediterranean Sea, should activity pick up, but West Africa is currently the hot spot for contracts. Litchendjili…
John Bradbury profiles Tullow Oil’s major TEN development offshore Ghana, its second development in the area following its success at the deepwater Jubilee field. TEN project location offshore Ghana…
During the past decade, our industry has applied new technologies and adapted old ones that enabled us to meet the world’s energy needs more efficiently, productively and safely. Bond. From Hess. As an engineer…
Infield Systems’ Catarina Podevyn takes a look at recent oil price movements and market conditions on the deepwater (500m+) capex spending up to 2019. Olympus platform in deepwater US Gulf of Mexico…
While methanol/glycol cleaning could be considered the primary removal method, its efficiency in open water is limited. BOURBON has started using high-pressure water jet cleaning as an alternative. The…
Jeannie Stell looks at offshore heavy oil development economics with an eye on the current low-price environment. ExxonMobil expects its 52-well Hebron development project offshore Newfoundland to bring in first oil in 2017…
ExxonMobil started oil production at the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 subsea development project off Angola. The Kizomba B FPSO. From BP. Phase 2 of Kizomba is a subsea infrastructure development of the Kakocha…