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OE15: How to survive Europe's biggest oil show #3

Aug 24, 2015

With less than two weeks now left to SPE Offshore Europe, Shreyasi Bhaumik, Client Services Director, BCM Public Relations, gives her top 12 tips to surviving Europe's biggest oil show:  Always plan ahead of the event. Review…

Statoil's latest Cat-D rig delivered

Aug 24, 2015

Songa Offshore has today taken delivery of Songa Endurance from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea. Songa Endurance will shortly depart South Korea en-route to Norway to start an eight-year drilling contract with Statoil…

Johan Sverdrup gets thumbs up

Aug 21, 2015

Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup has received the official green light for phase one of its plan for development and operation (PDO) by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Johan Sverdrup field center…

Lime acquires North Sea stake

Aug 21, 2015

Image: North Sea license PL410/Hibiscus Petroleum Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad has announced that its jointly-controlled entity, Lime Petroleum Norway has executed an agreement…

BALPA supports pilot strike

Aug 20, 2015

North Sea Helicopter Pilots have indicated strong support for strike action if helicopter companies do not make serious improvements in the way they deal with job losses.  They have also highlighted the serious impact on safety the threat of redundancy is having…

Transocean inks extensions

Aug 20, 2015

Transocean was awarded approximately US$35 million for two different contract extensions that are about 11,000mi from each other. The Transocean Barents. From Transocean.  US…

Weak demand helps Premier reduce costs

Aug 20, 2015

Weak demand for services in the oil sector is helping operator Premier Oil to reduce costs on its Vette and Sea Lion projects, the firm said this morning.   While the now expected prolonged low oil prices could put pressure on future projects…

OE15: EIC hosting largest show pavilion

Aug 19, 2015

The Energy Industries Council (EIC), the leading trade association for UK companies that supply goods and services to the energy industries worldwide, will be the focal point of attention at Offshore Europe this September as the largest single exhibitor at the show…

Alma/Galia first oil due "within weeks"

Aug 19, 2015

North Sea independent EnQuest expects to reach first oil on its Alma/Galia development within a few weeks, the firm announced this morning.  The development, a subsea project tied back to the EnQuest Producer floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel…

Prosafe inks another contract

Aug 18, 2015

Lundin Norway has exercised a one month option for the provision of the Safe Boreas semisubmersible accommodation vessel at the Edvard Grieg Project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The one month option extends on site operations…

Wood Group revenues slide 20%

Aug 18, 2015

Engineering firm Wood Group has since its revenues slide 20% to US$3 billion as it suffers from the reduction in activity in the oil and gas sector caused by operators tightening their belts amid low oil prices. The firm, which has reduced its headcount 13% since December…

Helicopter pilots to ballot for strike action

Aug 17, 2015

Helicopter pilots in Aberdeen have agreed to run a ballot for strike action over offshore helicopter operator redundancies in the North Sea. Helicopter operators have been feeling the brunt of the oil market downturn, precipitated by low oil prices…

Positive MMO market fundamentals

Aug 17, 2015

Today’s oil and gas environment has been impacted by a myriad of issues including restrained capital spending, curtailed investment and employment cuts for struggling companies across the supply chain. Recovery from current market conditions is expected to be slow…

Prosafe inks first Safe Notos contract

Aug 17, 2015

Norway-based semisubmersible accomodation vessel provider Prosafe has signed its first job for the newbuild accommodation vessel Safe Notos under a new contract in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract, which covers eight months…

Maersk Drilling increases profits

Aug 14, 2015

Maersk Drilling has posted an increase in profits in 2Q to US$218 million ($117m in 2014) despite three rigs being idle in the period. Maersk said the result was thanks to strong operational performance, fleet growth, general cost savings and its 2014 Venezuelan business divestment…

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