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OneSubsea wins Egypt deal

Mar 03, 2014

Pharaonic Petroleum Company (PhPC) awareded OneSubsea an US$80 million subsea supply contract for the East Nile Delta END-3 development offshore Egypt. The contract calls for the supply of four well systems including subsea production equipment…

Cairn founder to retire

Mar 03, 2014

Sir Bill Gammell, the founder and now non-executive chairman of Edinburgh-based exploration firm Cairn Energy, has announced he is to retire on May 15, at the company's AGM. Sir Bill founded Cairn and was appointed to the board as chief executive on its initial listing in 1988…

Produced water monitoring tool launched

Mar 03, 2014

Oil and gas chemical monitoring firm LUX Assure is to present a new produced water monitoring technology at the ITF Technology Showcase in Aberdeen this week. MOTEYE has been developed to monitor produced water being used for reinjection…

Atwood Achiever inked for Morocco drilling

Mar 03, 2014

Pura Vida Energy says a rig share agreement has been signed for the drilling of two wells in the Mazagan permit offshore Morocco by the Atwood Achiever deepwater Drillship. The Atwood Achiever is contracted to Kosmos Energy under a long term hire arrangement…

Intertek buys UAE's INSPEC

Mar 03, 2014

Intertek Group has acquired International Inspection Services Ltd (INSPEC), a UAE-based provider of non-destructive testing (NDT) and associated services to the oil and gas industry.  Intertek bought INSPEC from Lamprell Energy, a subsidiary of rig builder Lamprell…

EnQuest completes Kittiwake acquisition

Mar 03, 2014

EnQuest has completed the acquisition of the UK Continental Shelf Greater Kittiwake Area (GKA) assets previously owned by Centrica North Sea Oil Limited (Centrica), as well as Centrica’s 100% interest in the Kittiwake to Forties oil export pipeline…

Statoil boosts Tanzanian LNG prospects

Mar 03, 2014

Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil have carried out a successful first drill stem test on their Tanzania Block 2 offshore discovery Zafarani-2. The data acquired will help reduce technical uncertainties in a possible future Tanzania offshore and LNG development…

Barents Langlitinden well disappoints

Mar 03, 2014

Det norske oljeselskap is to plug and abandon its exploration well on the Langlitinden prospect after getting disappointing results. The well was the first well in Barents Sea production license 659. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said the well…

Dana Western Isles development project

Mar 03, 2014

Paul Griffin, managing director, Dana Petroleum, North Sea, outlines the latest developments on the company's Western Isles development on the UK Continental Shelf to Aberdeen's Society of Petroleum Engineers Young Professionals section.

ThoughtStream: Intelligent energy in the Middle East

Mar 01, 2014

The Middle East has long been associated with “easy oil” and “low tech, low cost” production models. But the volume, scale and complexity of energy projects across the region are creating increasing demand for advanced technology and expertise…

Colloquy: EnergyQuest and the Court of Last Resort

Mar 01, 2014

Editor's Column: Colloquy Raising awareness of the energy industry needs to begin long before students are enrolled in college. The World Affairs Council of Houston recently held its fourth annual EnergyQuest competition for Houston-area public and private high school students…

Baker Hughes: 28 Feb rig count

Feb 28, 2014

The Baker Hughes rig count for the week ending 28 Feb reported that the US is down two rigs from last week to 1769. Both of the rigs were drilling offshore, bringing the total to 55—and a year over year increase of three. Land-based rigs…

Hardbanding launches Duraband NC

Feb 28, 2014

Non-cracking Duraband NC, developed by Hardbanding Solutions, a business unit of Postle Industries, is the first product ever developed that offers 100% crack-free protection. Without cracks, high temperatures, steam, abrasives, and drilling…

Fairmount delivers semisub to Singapore

Feb 28, 2014

Fairmount Marine has safely delivered rig ENSCO 5002 in Singapore. The rig was towed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, via Cape Good Hope, by tug Fairmount Expedition. ENSCO 5002 is a 1975 built 70m long and 61m wide semisubmersible drilling rig…

Noble rig stabilized after tilt

Feb 28, 2014

Noble Corp.’s drilling rig, Noble Paul Wolff (pictured), experienced a “ballast control incident” off Brazil at 1 a.m. local time, the company reported 28 Feb 2014. The rig’s crew has secured the well, and Noble said that measures are underway to resolve the matter…

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