Faroe Petroleum has completed the acquisition of a 53.1% operated interest in the Schooner field and a 60% operated interest in the Ketch field in the UK southern North Sea gas basin from Tullow Oil. Both fields are in Blocks 44/26a and 43…
VAM USA celebrated its 30th anniversary on 9 October. The company hosted a gathering at its Houston headquarters to mark the event. Among the participants were customers, the board members from Vallourec, NSSMC and Sumitomo Corporation, the group’s North American leadership…
The DNV GL-led CO2PIPETRANS joint industry project (JIP) is releasing new data that will focus on the transportation component of carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) projects, to enhance the design of CO2 pipelines. DNV GL is…
DeepOcean UK completed work on the Liwan 3-2 development offshore China. The project is part of the Liwan gas project, located 300km southeast of the Hong Kong, and includes the Liuhua 34-2 and Liuhua 29-1 fields. All three fields share a subsea production system…
Houston-based exploration and production independent Endeavour International appointed a consultancy firm and recruited a chief restructuring officer. The firm, which has assets in the US and North Sea, has been struggling with debt and…
Stone Energy Corp. contracted the ENSCO 8503 dynamically-positioned deepwater drilling rig for Stone Energy's multi-year drilling program in the Gulf of Mexico. The 30-month contract will commence during 2Q 2015 at a rate of approximately US$350…
Geoscience firm Benthic relocated its company headquarters to its new technology center in Houston on 29 September. The facility, which contains 13,410sq ft of office space and 17,840sq ft of warehouse space, is located in Hammerly Business…
ExxonMobil chief executive officer Rex Tillerson spoke at the first-ever Greater Houston Partnership’s “State of Energy” event, giving his perspectives on the intrinsic ties between the energy industry and the city of Houston and highlighting North America’s…
Laffayete, Louisiana-based Stone Energy is ahead of schedule on the deepwater Cardona development project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Cardona South well (MC 29 #4), located in Mississippi Canyon 29, is expected to begin initial production by 1 December 2014…
Singapore’s Swissco completed the acquisition of four additional mobile offshore drilling units, bringing their rig fleet to eight. Swissco’s previous four rigs have contracts for an oil major in Latin America worth approximately US$94…
Murphy Oil Corp. entered into an agreement with PT Pertamina Malaysia Eksplorasi Produksi to sell 30% of Murphy's Malaysian oil and gas assets in a US$2 billion all-cash deal. The contract will take place in two phases: the first phase…
The fifth biennial Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Russian Oil and Gas (ROG) Exploration and Production Technical Conference and Exhibition is set to focus on sustaining production levels by challenging the limits with technology. This year’s conference…
Oil and gas engineering services business Plexus has won an order from BG Group for surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an exploration well in the UK Continental Shelf in the North Sea. The contract is due to run for 150 days and will involve Plexus' 18-3/4” 15…
Houston-based AFGlobal completed its integration of VerdErg Connectors, a customized subsea pipeline and control connection after acquiring the UK-based company in late June 2014. AFGlobal subsea…
Glacier Energy Services acquired Aberdeen-based MLS Heat Transfer to improve its heat transfer service division. Heat exchanger maintenance work. From Glacier Energy Services MSL Heat Transfer…
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