Fugro has decided to no longer pursue the divestment of its subsea services business in Asia Pacific to Shelf Subsea. On 4 August 2016, Fugro announced that it had signed an agreement for the sale of its subsea services business in Asia Pacific to Shelf Subsea…
Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd. (OWC) has been appointed by a Taiwanese renewables company to provide consultancy services related to wind turbine installation vessels and their suitability for different wind turbines and site locations offshore Taiwan…
Renco Elang Energy is set to spud the Amanah Timur-1 exploration well in the South Block A PSC, in the North Sumatra basin of Indonesia. Assuming satisfactory rig inspection by government officials, the well is currently scheduled to spud on 5 December…
India plans to invest US$20 billion in deepwater natural gas development in the next five to seven years, the country’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said this week, according to news reports. Image from India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas…
2016 has been a year of challenges for the oil and gas industry. Audrey Leon surveys some of the year’s notable starts. Shell’s Stones project came online in September 2016, using the Gulf of Mexico’s second ever FPSO…
For the offshore oilfield equipment and services industries, 2016 was a difficult year. Douglas Westwood’s Joel Hancock looks forward to see if there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The Maersk…
For the first time, wireless technology has been used downhole on a subsea well. John Sheehan speaks with FMC Technologies to learn more. Communicating beneath the waves. Images from FMC Technologies…
Royal IHC has entered into a contract with Shanghai Salvage in China for the supply of an integrated 550t reel lay system, making it the first reel lay system in the Chinese market. Illustration from Royal IHC…
Work to repair five separate areas on board floating production unit FPF-003, operated by Petrofac South East Asia Pte, using SPS has been completed on-station in the Mubdala, Jasmine oil field, off the coast of Thailand. The repair work on this ABS classed vessel…
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has unveiled high-tech spool base facilities at L&T’s fabrication facility at Kattupalli, in Chennai. These facilities are being employed to execute a prestigious…
PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk (MedcoEnergi) has completed the acquisition of ConocoPhillips Indonesia Inc. (CIIL) and ConocoPhillips Singapore Operations (CSOP), both subsidiaries of ConocoPhillips (COP). CIIL is the operator of the…
In this video from Shell, the supermajor shows its efforts, along with six other major oil and gas companies, to invest US$1 billion to reduce methane emissions and accelerate deployment of carbon capture utilization and storage. The companies…
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into a firm contract with an oil company in Malaysia, confirming the provisional agreement announced oN 1 November 2016. The contract extension is worth approximately US$8 million and relates to a 3D EM data acquisition offshore Sabah…
Malaysia’s Petronas has achieved first gas from its first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, PFLNG SATU earlier this week (14 November) from the Kanowit gas field, offshore Sarawak. Image of the PFLNG SATU…
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is following through with part of its improvement plan that will see the company split into four. Image from HHI. Under the company’s plan…