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Rio Oil and Gas: Advancing recovery through nanotechnology

Sep 19, 2014

Rio Oil and Gas’ final day included a presentation on how nanotechnology can play a role in exploration and recovery. The oil and gas sector, with the support of IBP (Brazilian Petroleum Institute), is working on a nano agent capable of increasing oil recovery by 20%…

17th Rio Oil & Gas closes with record business volume

Sep 19, 2014

The 17th Rio Oil & Gas, one of three major events of the industry in the world, has come to a close on 18 September. Some points highlighted by João Carlos de Luca, president of Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute (IBP) included the volume of business conducted…

Marine Contracting gets EPCI contract for Cantarell bridge

Sep 19, 2014

Singapore-based Marine Contracting Pte Ltd. has received an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract (EPCI) from Rotterdam-based Jord Oil & Gas Systems BV (JOGS) to install an interconnecting bridge and tripod support…

Exxon, Rosneft to end Kara Sea drilling

Sep 19, 2014

ExxonMobil and Rosneft will end drilling operations in the Kara Sea due to Western sanctions. The West Alpha ExxonMobil released a statement today (19 September), which said the supermajor will comply with all US sanctions…

Petrobras to sign ship contract this month

Sep 19, 2014

Brazil's state-run oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro, will sign a contract to build and lease a floating production ship for its Libra offshore project this month, company Chief Executive Maria das Gracas Foster said on 18 September, as reported by Reuters…

Côte d’Ivoire to offer new concessions

Sep 19, 2014

The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire will offer new petroleum exploration concessions, delineating new offshore blocks in deep and ultradeep water of the Côte d’Ivoire sedimentary basin. The details will be presented on 14 October, in Houston, Texas…

Fairmount tows Knarr FPSO to Norway

Sep 19, 2014

Three tugs of Fairmount Marine have towed the new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Petrojarl Knarr from South Korea to Norway in just 61 days. Petrojarl Knarr, one of world’s largest FPSOs for harsh environments, was delivered to the port of Haugesund…

Chevron exits the Netherlands

Sep 19, 2014

Chevron has agreed to sell its shares in Chevron Exploration and Production Netherlands, including its interest in Chevron Transportation, to Petrogas International E&P Coӧperatief, a subsidiary of Oman-based Petrogas E&P. 'Our decision…

2015 Barryroe drilling planned

Sep 19, 2014

Planning is underway for further drilling on the Barryroe discovery in the Celtic Sea offshore Ireland during 2015 with a view to reaching first oil by 2018, according to partner Landsdowne Oil & Gas.  The work is subject to a farm…

Dolphin cleared for Kara Sea work

Sep 19, 2014

Dolphin Geophysical has received confirmation from the Export Control Division of the Norwegian Foreign Department that the recently announced contract in the Kara Sea is not subject to the current trade restrictive measures against Russia…

Scotland votes no to independence

Sep 19, 2014

Scotland is to remain a part of the United Kingdom after the results of a historic referendum revealed this morning (September 19) that a majority had voted no to independence.  However, despite many keen to maintain the status quo…

Better together, but still questions

Sep 19, 2014

Scotland has voted to remain part of the United Kingdom, results from the referendum held yesterday revealed this morning. Sanjoy Sen gives his view.  So, Alistair Darling and the “Better Together” campaign overcame a late scare in the…

Wild Well unveils Singapore capping stack

Sep 18, 2014

Houston-based Wild Well Control has unveiled its new subsea capping stack for response to a global deepwater well control incident that will be located in Singapore. Image from Wild Well The Singapore capping stack…

Trelleborg secures supply contract

Sep 18, 2014

Trelleborg’s offshore unit secured a contract to supply a range of cable protection products for phase two of the offshore wind farm Fukushima FORWARD project, lead by Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Trelleborg…

DTU opens new research center

Sep 18, 2014

The Technical University of Denmark’s (DTU) new Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre opened 18 September. DBU platform Image: DTU DTU said that it wants to train…

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