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Northern delays jackup deliveries

Mar 31, 2015

Northern Offshore is delaying the delivery of two of its high specification jackups due to the downturn of the drilling market. The West Navigator. From NADL.   Northern was able to…

Deadly PEMEX fire under investigation

Apr 03, 2015

The attorney general’s office of Mexico is investigating the Petróleos Mexicanos' (PEMEX) Abkatún Permanente platform incident that left four dead, 16 injured and three missing, for possible charges of murder and mischief. The Abkatún Permanente platform…

PEMEX platform fire out

Apr 02, 2015

The fire that broke out on the Petróleos Mexicanos' (PEMEX) Abkatún Permanente platform, causing the death of four workers and several injuries, was extinguished late last night (1 April). The Abkatún Permanente platform after the fire…

Statoil makes 8th hit off Tanzania

Mar 30, 2015

Statoil hit big at its eighth discovery offshore Tanzania at the Mdalasini-1 exploration well, with an additional 1-1.8 Tcf of natural gas. Map of Block 2. From Statoil.   Mdalasini…

Four dead from fire aboard PEMEX platform

Apr 01, 2015

Four people are dead and several injured following a fire on Petróleos Mexicanos' (PEMEX) Abkatún Permanente platform in the Bay of Campeche, offshore Mexico. PEMEX confirmed the four casualties on its Twitter account around 12:30 p.m…

Total spuds Shango probe

Mar 16, 2015

Total has spudded exploration well 25/6-55, named Shango by partner Faroe Petroleum, in license 627 (Skirne East) in the Norwegian North Sea. Shango is on the northern part of the Utsira High about 5km from the producing Skirne field…

OneSubsea delivers first subsea multiphase compressor

Mar 20, 2015

OneSubsea delivered the world’s first subsea multiphase compressor to Statoil for the Gullfaks South field in the North Sea. The subsea multiphase compressor enables boosting of unprocessed wet gas production fluids, while eliminating…

GDF Suez hits at Dalziel

Mar 12, 2015

GDF Suez E&P UK made a new discovery at the Dalziel structure in the UK Central North Sea. The Transocean Galaxy II jackup. From Transocean.  Well 22/16-6 flowed at rates in excess of 8000…

Companies adapt to new price realities

Mar 24, 2015

Adapting to current cost conscious market conditions was the recurring theme of the Aker companies'* open day for investors last week (17 March). Edvard Grieg at Stord yard. Photo from Kvaerner.    It…

Gullfaks wet gas compression nears launch

Mar 19, 2015

The world’s first subsea wet gas compression system is ready to be installed on the seabed and tied back to the Gullfaks C platform, Norwegian oil firm Statoil has announced. The Gullfalks subsea wet gas compression system is being progressed…

New ERRV for Statoil's Mariner

Mar 09, 2015

Statoil has chosen Sentinel Marine to provide a new multi-role emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) to support operations on the Mariner field on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Aberdeeen-based Sentinel Marine owns and operates…

Drydocks wins Johan Sverdrup contract

Mar 09, 2015

Norway's Kvaerner has chosen Dubai-based Drydocks World to fabricate components for Statoil's Norwegian North Sea Johan Sverdrup riser platform jacket. Drydocks World will carry out the fabrication of pile clusters and floatation…

Ceona inks GOM project for flagship

Mar 09, 2015

SURF contractor Ceona has secured a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the company’s newbuild flagship field development vessel, the Ceona Amazon in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract will be the Ceona Amazon's first as well as Ceona’s first…

Constructing Mariner

Mar 01, 2015

The Mariner heavy oil discovery on the East Shetland Platform in UK block 9/11 will be one of the largest offshore developments on the UK Continental Shelf in more than a decade. Meg Chesshyre checks on its progress. Chris…

Kosmos makes Morocco play-opener

Mar 02, 2015

Kosmos Energy is to plug and abandon its CB-1 well in the Cap Boujdour permit area offshore Morocco after gas and condensate was found – but not in commercial quantities. Despite the non-commerciality of the well, Kosmos CEO Andrew Inglis says the results are positive…

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