EDP Renewables (EDPR), Mitsubishi (through its subsidiary Diamond Generating Europe), Chiyoda (through its subsidiary Chiyoda Generating Europe), Engie and Repsol entered into an agreement to implement a floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Northern Portugal…
Weatherford Secure Drilling Services and Maersk Training have entered a strategic partnership to enhance scenario-based training and competency for critical wells. The training will provide Weatherford, operator and rig-crew personnel with…
Ceragon Networks announced that Statoil, has formally awarded Ceragon Networks a five-year frame agreement, with an option to extend for five consecutive two-year periods. Most recently, Statoil has placed orders for Ceragon's IP-20 platform…
Image: Francis Neill/Ziebel Ziebel, a provider in composite rod well intervention for the oil and gas industry, announced that Francis Neill has been appointed to the position of chief executive officer…
Oil and gas decision-makers are coming under increasing pressure to reduce asset downtime, according to new research. Commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Energy, the research polled 80 senior decision-makers in the oil and gas industry in October 2015…
Schlumberger and Ikon Science has announced an agreement to further develop the existing quantitative seismic interpretation capability in the Petrel exploration and production software platform. The collaboration will make high-value seismic…
Image from Ashtead Technology. Ashtead Technology has secured a global asset management agreement with Blue Ocean Monitoring to store, maintain and supply underwater gliders for ocean data monitoring…
Cyberhawk Innovations completed its first ROAV inspection of a cargo oil tank on an operational floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The inspection took place on board the Gryphon FPSO, owned and operated by Maersk Oil in the UK North Sea…
René Larsen, of Inspection and maintenance software specialists SafeEx, discusses how Ex inspection software was deployed on a gas compression jackup rig destined for the Cantarell field offshore Mexico. Data collection…
Gregory Hale discusses how managed pressure drilling helps to eliminate the guess work. Automated managed pressure drilling is the future of conventional drilling. Photos from Weatherford. Realizing…
ROV technology developers gave an update on their progress at the Subsea UK ROV Conference. Elaine Maslin reports on some progress, as well as where one operator thinks ROV and AUV technology could improve. Platform-based ROV being deployed…
Melanie Luthi, Sanna Zainoune, and Stephen Forrester, of NOV, discuss how streaming downhole data on a job in the Norwegian North Sea helped improve both the drilling process and decision making. The time-based log shows the annular pressure…
A new report reveals that whilst the current environment is creating opportunities for innovation, almost half of oil and gas executives admit they have fallen short of their innovation goals. The number of respondents saying they have fallen…
Retrieving an unreliable blowout preventer (BOP) is a necessary but expensive operation, costing upwards of US$1-2 million dollars. This cost can easily escalate in developing ultra deepwater regions such as Brazil, West Africa and Gulf of Mexico…
Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) delivered the ARABDRILL 70 jackup rig to Arabian Drilling (ADC). ARABDRILL 70 is the fourth KFELS B Class jackup rig to work for ADC. Keppel FELS had previously delivered two jackup rigs…