Trendsetter Engineering and Add Energy have teamed up to develop the Relief Well Injection Spool (RWIS), designed to enable pumping of up to 200 bbl per minute of kill mud through a single relief well utilizing multiple vessels as opposed to the conventional method of multiple relief wells…
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring signed a contract with Norwegian operator Det norske oljeselskap to support Prosafe’s semisubmersible Safe Zephyrus accommodation rig in the Ivar Aasen North Sea field. The contract also includes support to…
Schlumberger released the GeoTesting geology-based well test design and interpretation services at the 2016 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. GeoTesting services, built in the Petrel exploration and production software platform…
Quest Offshore, recently acquired by Wood Mackenzie in August, outlines the highlights of the global deepwater drilling market, region by region. Melissa Sustaita sets out the details. Top…
Petrofac’s differentiated approach to decommissioning, in support of Tullow Oil’s well plugging and abandonment campaign in the Southern North Sea (SNS), has delivered significant results and saved US$2.5 million compared to traditional approaches…
Production has resumed at the Goliat field early Tuesday morning (27 September), in the Norwegian Barents Sea, according to operator Eni Norge. Eni says full production is expected to be reached shortly, with full reinjection of gas and produced water…
io oil & gas consulting, the independent venture backed by GE Oil & Gas and McDermott, has announced the appointment of Richard Dyson as its new CEO. Dyson will be based in io’s head office in The Shard, London and oversee all its global operations including offices in Houston…
Woodside Energy and its partner Petrel Resources successfully completed the Bréanann 3D seismic acquisition program that covered over some 2392sq km of the northern Porcupine Basin, 150km west off the Kerry coast, south-western Ireland. The…
Following the finalization of the Maersk Resolve jackup for DONG Energy's planned work scope at the Hejre field in the Danish sector of the North Sea, Maersk Drilling received a letter of early termination. The original contract was scheduled to end in January 2017…
Bureau Veritas appointed Paul Shrieve as chief executive officer (CEO) of North Sea offshore operations, marine and offshore. Shrieve. Image from Bureau Veritas. Shrieve is based at the company’s Aberdeen office…
Lamprell has received a new contract from Jacktel, a wholly owned subsidiary of Master Marine, for the upgrade of the mobile operating unit Haven as an accommodation service vessel for the Statoil Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway. The scope of works includes procurement…
Teekay Offshore has been awarded new three-year shuttle tanker contracts of affreightment (CoA), plus extension options, with BP plc, Royal Dutch Shell and OMV Group, to transport the oil produced from the new Glen Lyon FPSO, which is part…
Statoil’s investigation following the Turøy helicopter accident on 29 April has been finalized, offering conclusions and recommendations for how the company can further improve its helicopter safety work. Image of a helicopter landing at Snorre A…
A containment boom deployment training exercise ahead of moving a rig which had grounded on the Scottish coast has been postponed for at least two days due to windy weather, according to the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The…
A two-week mission involving 10 marine robots has commenced off northwest Scotland. The third in a series of demonstrator missions, this latest phase sees the largest fleet of marine robotic vehicles simultaneously deployed in UK waters…
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