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WellPartner acquired by Circle Group

Nov 28, 2014

Newly formed Circle Group has acquired Stavanger WellPartner, an equipment and services company servicing the Norwegian subsea, completion and intervention markets. The deal is Circle Group’s first acquisition and the foundation for the Well Service division…

First Dutch offshore grid connection takes off

Nov 28, 2014

Dutch consortium Pondera Consult and Arcadis says they have been awarded a contract by TenneT to provide an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the first offshore grid connection in the Netherlands. TenneT TSO is responsible in…

MacArtney buys Callidus Subsea

Nov 28, 2014

Offshore systems supplier MacArtney UK has announced the acquisition of Ellon-based Callidus Subsea. The acquisition supports MacArtney UK’s targets to become a market leader in the design and production of cable assemblies and moldings…

Technip wins Gullfaks GRD contract

Nov 28, 2014

Technip has won a lump sum contract with Statoil for the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) marine operations pipelay and subsea installation project. The project is an option to the Snøhvit CO2 Solution project awarded in 2013. The GRD project…

PSA - Cuts shouldn't impact safety

Nov 27, 2014

The director general of Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has said the industry's attitude to the impact of costing cutting measures on safety is 'far too passive' and warned that she expects the industry to deal with its economic challenges without affecting safety…

Pemex installs compression platform at Tsimin-Xux

Nov 26, 2014

Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) installed the CA-Litoral-A production processing and compression platform in the Tsimin-Xux development project in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Image from Pemex…

Damen bags Seawell upgrade work

Nov 26, 2014

Helix UK awarded Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, a major upgrade on MSV SEAWELL, a light well intervention/dive support vessel. The SEAWELL is expected at the yard second half of December 2014. As the upgrade will be executed over the winter season…

PGS moves Asia Pacific headquarters

Nov 26, 2014

Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) will relocate its regional headquarters from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next July as part of the company's plan to restructure its Asia Pacific business.  'Kuala Lumpur is the hub of the vibrant…

Karoon hits at Kangaroo-2

Nov 26, 2014

Australia’s Karoon Gas encountered oil in five separate zones in the Kangaroo-2 appraisal well in the Santos basin, offshore Brazil. Map of the five wells located in the Santos basin. From Karoon.    Kangaroo…

Woodside increases Morocco assets

Nov 26, 2014

Woodside has entered into a contract for an exclusive Reconnaissance License (RL) with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines, the national oil company of the Kingdom of Morocco, to explore a block offshore Morocco. The block…

Decommissioning warning for UKCS

Nov 26, 2014

Concerns about agreements around decommissioning costs on the UK Continental Shelf have been added to a rising tide of warnings about the future of the North Sea oil and gas industry. The warnings, which focus on the future sustainability of the North Sea…

Shift needed to maximize UKCS potential

Nov 26, 2014

Companies operating in the North Sea require a cultural shift to make the most of its potential, according to a new report from Deloitte, the business advisory firm. Image from Statoil.   The report…

Essar Oil appoints new CEO for E&P

Nov 26, 2014

Mumbai-based Essar Oil Ltd. announced the appointment of Manish Maheshwari as the new chief executive officer of the company’s exploration and production business. New CEO Manish Maheshwari. Photo from Essar…

Gazprom Neft, PetroVietnam sign Arctic agreement

Nov 25, 2014

Russia's Gazprom Neft and state-owned PetroVietnam have begun exclusive talks to potentially cooperate in the development of the Dolginskoye field, located about 75km off the Russian coast in the Pechora Sea. Gazprom Neft said in a statement…

JDR awarded Abo umbilical contract

Nov 25, 2014

Service company Royal Niger Emerging Technologies has awarded JDR a fast-track contract supporting the West African Abo project for the manufacture of a 1.55km hybrid steel tube and thermoplastic umbilical. The umbilical, designed to…

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