2013 SPE Offshore Europe–held at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center from September 3-6–will demonstrate that the industry’s engineering, manufacturing and technology excellence is set to assure a long-term sustainable future. Anthony Onukwu…
Aberdeen-based CNR International has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for Block CI-12 off Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), with a 60% working interest. CI-12 is the second high impact exploration block in Cote d'Ivoire that CNR has secured…
Edinburgh-based oil and gas chemical monitoring firm LUX Assure has appointed Charles Cruickshank as its new CEO and opened new offices in Aberdeen. Cruickshank has 27 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, having previously…
Subsea 7 is to build and operate three flexible pipe-lay support vessels (PLSV) for Petrobras under three five-year contracts worth about US$1.6 billion. The contracts include project management, engineering and installation of flowlines…
East Africa-focused exploration firm Aminex is to carry out a new seismic survey offshore Tanzania after being granted an appraisal license. The license, in the Rovuma production sharing agreement (PSA) area, covers the Ntorya-1 discovery well…
Rosneft acquired the remaining 49% of ITERA Oil and Gas Company LLC from Itera Holdings Ltd. for US $2.9 billion. As a result, Rosneft’s share in the company has increased to 100%. Rosneft said the consolidation of ITERA Oil and Gas Company…
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, was contracted by PNBV, a subsidiary of Petrobras, to supply UOP Separex™ membrane systems to process natural gas aboard four FPSOs. The vessels will process natural gas extracted from Petrobras’ Lula pre-salt oil reserves…
Oil and natural gas production in May On May 18, 2013, Petrobras set a new pre-salt production record, with output of 322,100 bo/d. 11,000 bo/d up from the previous record of 311,500 bo/d set on April 17, 2013. In addition to encouraging figures for pre-salt production…
Strainstall, a James Fisher and Sons plc subsidiary, has been awarded a contract to provide Total with an integrated marine management system (IMMS) for the Moho Nord tension leg platform for installation off Congo, West Africa. Strainstall…
FMC Technologies, Inc. received an order from Petrobras for the supply of subsea trees for its pre-salt fields, located offshore Brazil. The value of the award is estimated at $500 million and represents the call-off of the remaining value of the $1…
Wood Group acquired Pyeroy Group Limited (Pyeroy), a provider of specialist coatings, access and fabric maintenance services to the oil & gas, marine and rail industries. Headquartered in Gateshead, UK, Pyeroy was founded in 1973 and employs approximately 1…
Aker Solutions won a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) to deliver a drilling equipment package for the production platform at the Mariner oilfield in the UK North Sea. The parties agreed not to disclose the value of the order…
This event aired on July 16, 2013 Click to AccessJoin marine meteorologists Eric Brozefsky and Francis Kredensor, of Wilkens Weather Technologies LP, a Rockwell Collins Company for a live presentation and Q&A session. Brozefsky and…
BG Group has made a gas discovery in the Ngisi-1 well in Block 4 offshore Tanzania. The Ngisi-1 well, drilled by the Deepsea Metro 1 drillship, was also used to appraise the Chewa gas field, resulting in an upgrade in estimated recoverable resources in the block…
NASA directors and staff gathered at Johnson Space Center in Houston to sign a new alliance with risk management firm Deloitte on June 27. The new partnership aims to utilize NASA’s proven practical applications such as risk analysis programs…