The Board of Directors of Oman Oil Co. (OOC) has announced the appointment of Eng Isam bin Saud al Zadjali as the new Chief Executive Officer. Al Zadjali joins the company with over two decades of experience in the oil & gas sector,…
Houston-based Bristow Group Inc., which provides helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today that Chet Akiri has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Development, New Ventures and Strategy Officer…
Schlumberger today launched the Quanta Geo photorealistic reservoir geology service at the Offshore Northern Seas Annual Conference and Exhibition (ONS). The new service includes the industry’s first microresistivity imager that produces oriented…
Sweden's SKF Group announces that President and CEO Tom Johnstone has decided to step down, effective 1 January 2015. Photo at right from SKF. Leif Östling, Chairman of the Board of SKF, comments: “Under Tom’s leadership, SKF has developed into a knowledge engineering company…
McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a fast-track fabrication contract by PC Ketapang II Ltd., a subsidiary of Petronas. The contract is for the BTJT-A jacket, as part of the Bukit Tua development project in the Ketapang block off east Java…
CNOOC Ltd. began production at its Wenchang 13-6 oilfield, offshore the Western South China Sea. The Wenchang 13-6 oilfield, located in the west of Pearl River Mouth basin has an average water depth of approximately 120m. The main…
In new analysis prepared for ONS 2014, Wood Mackenzie says the role of incremental projects in Norway is growing in importance, which account for almost half of Norway’s US$200 billion (NKr 1,250 billion) upstream development spend over the next decade…
On Friday, The US International Trade Commission endorsed anti-dumping duties on steel pipe imports from four Asian countries, Turkey, and Ukraine. The USITC voted on 22 August that imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from South Korea…
Statoil’s CEO Helge Lund has continued the Norwegian industry focus on standardization, in light of rising costs, on the opening day of ONS (Offshore Northern Seas) in Stavanger today (August 25). Referring to subsea developments specifically…
Houston-based ABS has been selected to class the Remora HiLoad dynamic positioning (DP) BR loading unit, a second generation of the HiLoad DP system that connects to and keeps conventional tankers in position during crude oil offloading from floating production installations…
Singapore-based KrisEnergy completed drilling on the Mancharee-1 well off the Gulf of Thailand with no significant pay zones identified. KrisEnergy says gas shows were encountered at several levels but no significant pay zones were identified…
Welltec, in partnership with Saudi Aramco, has produced what it it describing as the industry's first e-line tool designed to provide reliable, efficient, rigless access into laterals from the main wellbore. WellLIT detects each sidetrack window depth and then directs unmodified…
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is unveiling its new “next generation” seal – the Multi-Contact Turcon Variseal – at the ONS in Stavanger hits week. The Multi-Contact Turcon Variseal from Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has been developed to…
With demand for hydrocarbons increasing and costs rising, the exploration and production industry is also facing numerous technical challenges including the development of high-pressure – high-temperature (HPHT) reserves. HP / extreme-HP typically refers to borehole pressures between 10…
Stavanger’s ONS 2014 will open its doors today, creating a global oil village stretching out across nearly 1km, with large delegations expected from the Middle East and Mexico. The event covers a larger footprint than in 2012, when the last ONS was held…