This year's ONS, which ended Thursday 28 August, has seen record attendance numbers, at 91,682, without counting those visiting the event's festival in Stavanger harbour. Organisers said 30,531 visitors attended the show, at Stavanger Forum…
Operating costs have been listed as the critical “change issue” by the offshore industry, according to research at this week’s ONS 2014 in Stavanger. A Lloyd’s Register Energy survey of exhibitors at ONS 2014 revealed more than 44% of…
Norway's oil industry has been warned by Anne Myhrvold, director-general of the country's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), against making cost cuts and savings at the expense of safety. “I’m convinced it’s possible to look after safety in a good way while also cutting costs…
Kongsberg Maritime division Kongsberg Maritime Engineering (KME) has won a contract to deliver an integrated control and safety system for the new BW Offshore Catcher FPSO. The contract follows BW Offshore’s signing of a lease and operate…
Aker Solutions, with a total of 51 contracts, is leading the field on contracts won on the UK Continental Shelf (UKS) and Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) over the past four years, according to the latest report from the Energy Industry Council (EIC)…
Statoil awarded Nordic Maritime a contract for its newest DP2 vessel, Mokul Nordic in the North Sea. The 30-day contract has an optional 15-day charter. Mokul Nordicis a DP2 VS470 MKIII subsea service vessel capable of ROV and inspection…
A UK-based energy expert has called for the Norwegian and UK governments to agree a united regulatory regime to enable better standardization efforts around the North Sea. Philip Lambert, CEO at Lambert Energy (right), said there should be a pan-North Sea effort at standardization…
Oil companies operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) were this morning warned that cost cutting should not lead to fewer projects and leaving behind economically viable fields, Norway’s Minister of Petroleum told ONS conference delegates in Stavanger this morning…
UK-based engineering firm Aquaterra Energy has launched a Riser Monitoring System (RMS) it believes will revolutionize integrity management and bring improved reliability and accuracy of data acquisition to the offshore oil and gas industry…
Schlumberger today launched the Quanta Geo photorealistic reservoir geology service at the Offshore Northern Seas Annual Conference and Exhibition (ONS). The new service includes the industry’s first microresistivity imager that produces oriented…
With demand for hydrocarbons increasing and costs rising, the exploration and production industry is also facing numerous technical challenges including the development of high-pressure – high-temperature (HPHT) reserves. HP / extreme-HP typically refers to borehole pressures between 10…
There are currently 271 projects proposed or under development on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) and a total potential investment of US$262.3 billion. These were among the topline figures according…
AGR has been awarded software contracts with Det norske oljeselskap, VNG (Norge) and OMV (Norge) worth in total about US$1 million. AGR will be delivering its bespoke software products P1, CT and iQˣ, which has been shortlisted for the ONS Innovation Award…
Oilfield services company, Expro, plans to open a major new base in Tananger, Norway in summer 2015. The 19,000sq m facility will consolidate the company’s three current Stavanger area locations and house Expro’s Well Testing and Drill…
EMAS AMC has a new frame agreement with Apache North Sea for subsea construction in the UK North Sea. The awarded frame agreement includes pipeline construction, umbilical/cable lay, structure installation and other related offshore construction services…
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