Oceaneering International’s acquisition of Blue Ocean Technologies is set to reap returns in terms of new technology. Elaine Maslin reports. IRIS and BORIS. Images from Oceaneering. When…
In an industry first, achieved last year, 3M ceramic sand screens were deployed from a light well intervention vessel, Helix’s Well Enhancer. Deploying the screens offshore last year. Photos from 3M…
Elaine Maslin chats with Helix Energy Solutions to find out how the intervention services provider is keeping afloat with new collaborative offerings, and, yes, new vessels entering the market. Helix’s newbuild the Siem Helix 1…
Cutting and sealing has been combined into a neat package in Interventek’s Revolution valve design. Elaine Maslin reports. An in riser valve assembly, above, and landing string system, right. Images from Interventek…
Nido Petroleum started drilling at the Galoc-7 appraisal well, off The Philippines. The Deepsea Metro I. Image from Odfjell Drilling. The Deepsea Metro I recently set sail from Malaysia for the project…
Schlumberger has introduced the Lift IQ production life cycle management service, which offers monitoring, diagnostics and optimization of artificial lift systems in real time. This new service securely collects, transmits, evaluates and…
Eni's Goliat reserves are set to increase by 1.2 MMcm or 7.5 MMbbl, following the approval to tie in the Snadd discovery in the Barents Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Two wells will be drilled from Goliat…
Aker BP has approved the redevelopment of Tambar in the southern North Sea that is expected to extend the production period by some 10 years. Image of Ula, from Aker BP. The plan consists of two additional wells and gas lift…
Petsec Energy is estimating first production at its Hummer oil and gas field in late Q3 2017. The company provided an update on the development of field, which extends over Main Pass Blocks 270, 273 and 274, in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Louisiana…
International compressor supplier TMC Compressors (TMC) has completed its delivery of a marine compressed air system to BW Offshore’s Catcher floating production, and storage offloading (FPSO) vessel. The system consists of 3 x 185…
Schlumberger has opened a new purpose-built Production Technologies Center of Excellence aimed at solving customers’ global challenges related to oil and gas production chemistry, particularly those encountered in deepwater, heavy oil and other extreme environments…
The eelReel Tool is an extended reach solution to clean plugged flowlines and pipelines. With an established track record of resolving a multitude of blockages comprised of hydrates, scale, paraffin, and asphaltenes, the eelReel Tool is a…
Halliburton (HAL) has developed a new offering in the SPECTRUM family of real-time coiled tubing services, the SPECTRUM FUSION service. The FUSION service includes the first real-time system in the market using hybrid cable technology that…
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd. (LTHE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has bagged an offshore contract for the Neelam Re-Development and B173AC Project from the Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) valued at US$245 million. The contract…
Premier Oil has revealed plans to drill offshore Mexico; the next phase of growth at Tolmount off the UK; and for the sanctioning of its BIGP project offshore Indonesia. Map of Block 2, Block 7 offshore Mexico…