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Year in review: 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Year in review: 2014 - OEDigital’s top stories Mozambique NG flow test.   OE staff presents a look back at 2014’s top stories posted on OEDigital.com. It was a year filled with highs and lows…

BP starts up Kinnoull

Dec 30, 2014

Production from the Kinnoull field in the North Sea has started, operator BP said this morning. The Kinnoull field, BP's seventh and final major project in 2014, has been developed as part of the Andrew field area rejuvenation, extending production there by a decade…

Chevron inks subsea seismic contract

Dec 30, 2014

Norwegian seismic acquisition technology firm Magseis has won a contract with Chevron North Sea. The contract is for seabed seismic acquisition in the UK sector of the North Sea using Magseis' proprietary MASS system and the Artemis Athene…

Lindarormen a dry hole

Dec 30, 2014

Lundin Petroleum's exploration well 6405/12-1 on the Lindarormen prospect is being plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. The well was in production license 584, 150km northwest of Kristiansund on the Norwegian coast, about 80km northeast of the Ormen Lange field…

Transocean Winner to drill on Alvheim field

Dec 29, 2014

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) has given Det norske oljeselskap ASA consent to use the Transocean Winner mobile drilling facility to drill two new subsea production wells on the Alvheim field. The Transocean Winner…

BG ok’d for Jordbær Sør

Dec 29, 2014

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) is giving BG Norge the go-ahead to drill the exploration well 34/3-5 in the Jordbær Sør prospect, in the northern North Sea.  The exploration well is located in production license PL 373 in the Tampen area…

Brynhild finally on stream

Dec 29, 2014

First oil from the delayed Brynhild field in the Norwegian North Sea has finally been achieved, a year after it was first due on stream, says operator Lundin Petroleum. The field, which started production on Christmas Day, in production license 148…

New COO for Ithaca as Stella nears

Dec 23, 2014

Ithaca Energy has appointed Roy Buchan as its Chief Operations Officer, starting 5 January 2015, and announced that Chief Development Officer John Woods is to leave the company on 31 January.   The move comes as Ithaca nears first production…

Storm prospect sub-commercial

Dec 23, 2014

Swedish exploration and production firm Lundin Petroleum says it has made a sub-commercial discovery on the Storm prospect, offshore Norway. The Storm wildcat well 33/2-1 on production license 555 was drilled 200km northwest of Florø…

OAA trophy design chosen

Dec 22, 2014

Alexandra Pate, a Robert Gordon University student, has won a competition to design the trophy for the 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards (OAA), taking place in March.   The brief was to design a trophy which encompassed the key themes of the OAA…

Aberdeen to host oil jobs summit

Dec 22, 2014

Aberdeen City Council has called for a summit, bringing together governments, trade unions and industry bodies, to see if there are way to save jobs in the city. The industry has seen a tide of cut backs and redundancies in the facing of the plummeting oil price…

Gentle Giant headed for Sandbank wind farm

Dec 19, 2014

MENCK’s “Gentle Giant” will be used to assist Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems with the installation of subsea foundations for Project Sandbank, a new 72 turbine strong wind farm in the North Sea. The Gentle Giant…

Ennsub unveils DEEP 4000

Dec 19, 2014

Ennsub has completed the design and manufacture of two innovative workclass remotely operated vehicle (WROV) deployment systems, designed and manufactured for ROVOP and are due to be installed into a new build, tier one pipelay vessel early 2015…

Gazelle field nears sanction

Dec 19, 2014

The Gazelle gas field offshore Cote d'Ivoire has taken a step forward after the country's president signed an Exclusive Exploitation Authorization (EAA). The field, operated and 86% owned by Vioco, which is a joint 35/65% venture between…

Schlumberger inks Mariner deal

Dec 19, 2014

Schlumberger Oilfield UK has been awarded the contract to provide integrated drilling and well services on the Statoil-operated Mariner heavy oil development in the UK North Sea. Mariner is the largest field development on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) in more than a decade…

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