Shell has appointed Houston-based consulting firm, Endeavor Management to advise the supermajor in preparation for a possible revamp of Shell's Chukchi Sea drilling campaign. Endeavor said it will provide support and advice for a third…
Aker Solutions’ former well intervention services business, which was acquired by private equity fund EQT VI in January this year, has been restructured and will operate under two brands from 22 Apr 2014: Altus Intervention and Qinterra Technologies…
Roc Oil Ltd. has farmed in to a production sharing contract (PSC) in three fields about 50m off Malaysia. The D35, D21 and J4 fields are 100% owned and operated by Malaysia’s Petronas Carigali, with Roc Oil holding 50% participating interest…
Schlumberger announced that it has acquired Rock Deformation Research (RDR), a UK-based company specialized in geological software development and structural geology consultancy for the oil and gas industry. By integrating with the Petrel*…
Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops (Well Ops), a business unit of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (Helix ESG), has moved to a new location in Dyce, Aberdeen. The firm took on a six-year lease of the 27,682sq ft building. This is double the space it previously occupied at Helix House…
Norwegian oil services technology firm Cubility AS has been bought from private equity firm Energy Ventures by a Triton Partners fund. The firm, based in Sandnes, has developed MudCube, a solids control and waste management system for drilling operations…
The challenges associated with the analysis and design of offshore engineering equipment will be discussed at the next SPE talk in Aberdeen. Offshore marine equipment can be physically complex, expensive, safety critical and required to operate in harsh environments…
Weatherford International Ltd. and Baker Hughes Incorporated have signed an agreement for the sale of Weatherford’s pipeline and specialty services business to a subsidiary of Baker Hughes for a total consideration of US$250 million, including…
BP and Fletcher Technical Community College celebrated the grand opening of the college’s BP Integrated Production Technologies (IPT) building today. The new home of Fletcher’s IPT program, which the Louisiana board of regents recently designated a Deepwater Center for Workforce Excellence…
Houston-based UTEC Survey Inc. provided survey services aboard the Ocean Spur jackup rig for rig move operations in Amistad Field, Gulf of Guayaquil, offshore Ecuador. The survey work was staffed and project managed from UTEC’s Houston headquarters…
Oil and gas asset integrity and corrosion management firm LUX Assure has established a sales and service agreement with Houston-based Brown Corrosion Services Inc. Brown Corrosion Services will be handling the business development of…
Norway-based DNV GL has opened a new office in Vietnam. The facility was officially opened by Prince Haakon of Norway and Henrik O. Madsen, president & CEO of DNV GL. The new office which is located in the heart of the business district…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received 380 bids on 19 Mar 2014, for 326 blocks in the central Gulf of Mexico, totaling more than US$850 million. Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 231 attracted operators to bid on almost 40 million acres…
OneSubsea™ has shipped its 100th subsea tree from its manufacturing facility at Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johor, Malaysia. The state-of-the-art facility has been operating since 2007 providing subsea wellhead systems, valves and trees across the globe…
CB&I announced it has been awarded a contract by Bechtel valued at about US$625 million to provide structural, mechanical and piping construction work for all outside battery limits modules and associated units for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project at Ashburton North in Western Australia…
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