Falklands exploration firm Falkland Oil & Gas (FOGL) has said it will be continuing its 3D seismic acquisition campaign and looking for drilling targeting for exploration drilling in the second half of this year. The firm's 3D seismic programme is covering more 10…
The Board of Royal Dutch Shell today announced that Peter Voser, as Chief Executive Officer, has elected to retire from the Company in the first half of 2014. Peter Voser was appointed CEO with effect from July 2009 and has been an Executive Director since 2004…
Norwegian innovation in the oil and gas industry will be celebrated in Houston with the marking of a major milestone this year. Norway is marking its 40th anniversary of attending the Offshore Technology Conference with an impressive line…
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO). David Kemp joins Wood Group's largest division from Trapoil, an independent E&P company where he was financial director. He replaces Duncan Skinner, who is retiring from the industry…
Nordic Energy PLC, a company focussed on making investments in the North Sea oil and gas sector, is pleased to announce that NikOil Limited (‘NikOil’), a private company jointly owned by the Directors of Nordic, has been awarded by the Danish Government the 3…
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO). David Kemp joins Wood Group's largest division from Trapoil, an independent E&P company where he was financial director. He replaces Duncan Skinner, who is retiring from the industry…
Gardline Marine Sciences, the world’s largest independently owned survey group, and OceanPact, Brazilian leading oil spill response company in Brazil, today announced the establishment of a joint venture\. he new company is to be called Gardline Marine Sciences do Brasil S…
Aberdeen-based oilfield services firm Coretrax Technology Limited has appointed an operations manager to focus on the planning, development and execution of wellbore cleanup and displacement. In his new role, Jim Hepburn is responsible…
The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of DNV 2.7-1/EN12079 certified containers, tanks, baskets, refrigeration containers, accommodation and engineering modules to the offshore energy sector, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Alpha Logistics Services (EPZ) Ltd…
Fairfield Energy, the North Sea-focused independent oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the start of a 400km² Broadband 3D seismic survey over their recently awarded 27th Round Licence P2089 Block 43/28. The survey will be acquired…
Siem Offshore has entered into a shipbuilding-contract with Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Poland. The contract has been signed for the construction of a dynamically positioned Cable Lay Vessel (“CLV”) scheduled for delivery in April 2015…
Corac Group plc, a group of innovative UK based engineering companies, active in energy and environmental technologies, is pleased to report that its subsidiary Corac Energy Technologies (CET) will commence a funded feasibility study on behalf of FTSE 100 global oil and gas explorer…
Safety, efficiency and productivity are the key features of the 24-streamer Ramform Titan which was named today at MHI yard in Nagasaki, Japan. The new ship will be the most powerful and efficient marine seismic acquisition vessel ever and the widest ship in the world at the waterline…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order for two vessels capable of three-dimensional (3D) seismic data acquisition for sea bottom resource exploration from Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS), a leading company in marine seismic and reservoir data acquisition…
Statoil and partner Petoro have proven considerable additional resources in the Shetland Group/Lista Formation in the Gullfaks licence. The Shetland Group and the Lista Formation are younger and slightly shallower deposits with different…