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Global Marine completes repeater installation

Sep 14, 2015

Image: Lagos shore end landing/Global Marine Systems Global Marine Systems has just completed a major fiber optic installation project in the Gulf of Guinea.  This telecommunications project for customer Huawei Marine Networks (HMN)…

Erin Energy completes Gambia 3D seismic

Sep 14, 2015

Erin Energy Corp. has announced that it has successfully completed acquisition of a new 3D seismic survey off the coast of The Gambia. The A2 and A5 blocks are located approximately 28mi (45km) offshore The Gambia and are on-trend with…

Ocean Installer inks Moho Nord installation job

Sep 11, 2015

Total E&P Congo awarded Ocean Installer a contract for deepwater umbilicals, flowlines, and risers (UFR) installation work at the Moho Nord field, off the coast of the Republic of Congo. Image from Total…

Shell’s Portrush comes up dry

Sep 11, 2015

Shell’s Portrush prospect in the Norwegian Sea encountered no hydrocarbons and will be permanently plugged and abandoned, according to partner Faroe Petroleum. Image of the Transocean Barents. From Transocean…

Adding EOR to Quad 204

Sep 10, 2015

BP has been making strides in LowSal enhanced oil recovery techniques and Bright Water. It now has its sights set on polymerized water for its Quad 204 development. Elaine Maslin found out more.   Onshore…

Husky begins second South White Rose well production

Sep 09, 2015

Husky Energy has commenced production from a second oil well at the South White Rose extension drill center offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. The two wells are expected to ramp up to a combined net peak production of 15,000 b/d. South…

Bibby completes two UKCS decommissionings

Sep 09, 2015

Bibby Offshore, a subsea services provider, has delivered two multimillion dollar decommissioning contracts to the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Endeavour Energy appointed Bibby Offshore to perform operations in the Renee and Rubie fields…

EMAS bags BHP T&T gig

Sep 08, 2015

Ezra’s subsea services division, EMAS AMC, finalized a contract with BHP Billiton for the Angostura phase 3 development offshore Trinidad and Tobago in the eastern Trinidadian sector of the Venezuela basin. The total scope of work includes the project management…

Red Marine expands testing capabilities

Sep 04, 2015

Only two months after announcing the launch of their expanded test facilities, Hexham based Red Marine has announced another expansion of its testing capabilities with the development of a new high capacity test rig. The 200-tonne capacity…

Rosneft, JDC enter Vietnam exploration deal

Sep 04, 2015

Rosneft Vietnam B.V. and Japan Drilling Co. (JDC) represented by its subsidiary Hakuryu 5, Inc. signed an agreement to drill two wells in Blocks 06.1 and 05-3/11 in the Nam Con Son basin offshore Vietnam in 2016. The wells will be drilled using the marine drilling rig HAKURYU-5…

Production begins at Smørbukk South Extension

Sep 04, 2015

Two and a half years after project sanction, production began from Statoil’s Smørbukk South Extension at the Åsgard field. Installation of Smørbukk South Extension subsea template. Images from Statoil…

Vantage vessel gets Petrobras axe

Sep 03, 2015

Amidst its international corruption investigation, Petrobras terminated its US$1.6 billion contract with Vantage Drilling for the use of the Titanium Explorer ultra deepwater drillship citing a breach in Vantage’s obligations under the contract…

C-NLOPB investigates White Rose leak

Sep 03, 2015

Husky Energy has reported a major hydrocarbon gas release from subsea equipment on its White Rose development.  According to the Canada-Newfoundland & Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB), the release happened on 31 August from…

YFP hits hydrocarbon pay off Nigeria

Sep 02, 2015

Nigerian operator Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum (YFP) has hit hydrocarbon pay at the Aje-5 production well on the OML 113 license, offshore Nigeria, according to partner Panoro Energy. Aje is an offshore field located in the western part of…

COSL in Statoil, Rosneft drilling gig

Sep 02, 2015

Magadanmorneftegaz, Lisyanskmorneftegaz (joint ventures of Rosneft and Statoil) and China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) signed a contract to drill two exploration wells in 2016. The wells will be drilled in the Magadan-1 and Lisyansky areas of the Okhotsk Sea…

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