Statoil received consent to use the Songa Dee mobile drilling facility to permanently plug exploration well 34/10-52 A/B, according to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway. Well 34/10-52 A/B is located at the Statoil-operated Gullfaks Sør…
A consultation period over the environmental impact assessment for the giant Johan Sverdrup development and its power supply proposal has started, Statoil announced today (November 3). Johan Sverdrup is one of the biggest discoveries…
Ophir Energy has confirmed that it has made an offer to the board of Salamander Energy setting out the terms of a possible takeover. Ophir says there is a “compelling strategic logic for a combination of the two businesses,” with assets in both Africa and South East Asia…
Gregory Hale explains why real-time data transfer doesn’t always cut it in the offshore oil and gas environment. Real-time information is not enough anymore. When a compressor was showing signs of possible overload, a team of engineers watching the data noticed some subtle…
A CNC (computer numerical control) tube bending machine with advanced programmability is helping Siemens Subsea Products to improve the precision and production efficiency of subsea hydraulic components and systems. Steve Hadrell explains…
Rio Oil & Gas also highlighted the growth in development of nanotechnology within the oil industry. The debate concluded that nanotechnology could definitely be an important tool to increase the efficiency of oil recovery in any field and specifically in mature fields…
A multi-model approach is being used to take into account new phenomena and any number of structures, whatever their type, for ice-load modeling offshore. Philippe Cambos explains. Ice modeling conical structure side view…
Claudio Paschoa provides insights from technical sessions at this year’s Rio Oil & Gas event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Petrobras Geophysics Manager Paulo Johann. Photo from IBP. At Rio Oil & Gas…
Gazprom Neft, the fourth largest oil producer in Russia and the subsidiary of Gazprom, may consider the possibility of suspension of implementation of several projects on the Russian shelf, due to sanctions, imposed on Russia. Alexander Dyukov…
First oil from ExxonMobil’s giant Hebron project off Newfoundland and Labrador is set for 2017. Sarah Parker Musarra received an update on the development from Geoff Parker, Hebron senior project manager, and examines its place in the Canadian energy economy…
Noble Energy has targeted an early 2018 start-up date for its giant Leviathan gas field off Israel, according to its 3Q earnings statement. In addition, the Houston-based independent received government approval for a gas delivery point for the field in the northern part of Israel…
Apache North Sea Ltd. awarded STATS Group a contract to safely isolate the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) in the North Sea. The contract is for subsea isolation valves (SSIV) and piping spools to be safely installed and leak tested. This…
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) is making its entrance into Thailand after receiving a US$7 million letter of intent for 3D EM data acquisition in Thailand and Myanmar. The survey will be done using the vessel BOA Thalassa and…
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has acquired two previously shot 2D seismic surveys totaling 2922 line km on its Sharon Block 2213 A&B in the Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia. Eco Atlantic is also the operator of its Cooper Block, where, in partnership with Tullow Kudu…
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has been selected by Saipem to supply the riser integrity monitoring systems for Total's Egina development located 150km off the coast of Nigeria. The Egina field, discovered in 2003…