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KCA snaps up Johan Sverdrup contract

Jul 07, 2014

KCA Deutag group company RDS has been awarded a US$10 million contract to carry out front-end engineering design (FEED) work on Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea. The FEED work will be undertaken by the RDS team in London…

4Subsea gets Viking investment

Jul 07, 2014

Norwegian private equity firm Viking Venture has acquired 40% of the shares in Norway-based 4Subsea. 4Subsea specializes in providing monitoring solutions, software, and expert services for flexible risers, as well as well intervention and wellhead systems…

Subsea solution for Butch?

Jul 07, 2014

Concept select to develop the Butch discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea is due to be made by Centrica in early 2015, according to partner Faroe Petroleum.  The move follows an unsuccessful well on the Butch South West exploration well 8/10-6S…

Croatian production starts, finally

Jul 07, 2014

Industrija nafte (INA), d.d. and Edison International have finally launched production on the North Adriatic Izabela gas field project, 60km off Pula, Croatia.  Total gas reserves are estimated at about 1.4 billion cu m (8.5MMboe), with production expected at about 280 million cu m/y (4…

Aker reacts to MMO slump

Jul 07, 2014

A slowdown in the Norwegian maintenance and modifications (MMO) market has led Aker Solutions to seek alternative work for more than 200 staff at the business.  About 100 engineers are to be transfered to a new subsea engineering hub in Stavanger…

Providence begins Drombeg seismic

Jul 05, 2014

Ireland’s Providence Resources announced Monday that 3D seismic survey operations have begun on its Drombeg oil prospect in the southern Porcupine basin, off southwest Ireland. The Lower Cretaceous Drombeg prospect is in the FEL 2/14 license area…

Global Tubing earns API monogram licensing for CT

Jul 05, 2014

Global Tubing, a Texas-based, worldwide provider of coiled tubing products for the oil and gas industry, has achieved API Monogram licensing for its entire line of coiled tubing products. The API Monogram is a warranty to purchasers that…

Woodside expands into Morocco

Jul 04, 2014

Australia’s Woodside has finalized an agreement with Chariot Oil & Gas to farm-in to the prospective Doukkala basin, offshore northwest Morocco. Under the agreement, Woodside acquires an initial 25% interest in the Rabat Deep Offshore permits I-VI…

Rovuma gas for GTL?

Jul 04, 2014

Sasol has announced a joint pre-feasibility study for a large-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, which will be based on gas from the Rovuma Basin in northern Mozambique. The study, which is being conducted in conjunction with Mozambique’s national oil company…

Xcite inks Aibel MOU

Jul 04, 2014

Xcite Energy has agreed a memorandum of understanding with Norway's Aibel, setting out the principles for executing the engineering, procurement and construction self installing platform for its UK North Sea Bentley heavy oil field. The platform…

Osbit supplies cable system to Technip

Jul 04, 2014

North-England based Osbit Power (OP) has supplied a bespoke cable handling system to Technip Offshore Wind, to support Technip's cable installation operations at Dong Energy’s Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. Osbit says the modular…

Technip bags Edradour contract

Jul 04, 2014

Total E&P UK has picked Technip to perform work on the West of Shetland Edradour subsea development.  The development will form part of a new West of Shetland hub, taking in the Laggan-Tormore, Edradour, and Glenlivit fields, all…

Ayatsil-B platform complete

Jul 03, 2014

McDermott International has completed Ayatsil-B, one of Pemex’s four drilling platforms for use in the Mexican national’s Ayatsil-Tekel heavy oil field. The Houston-based company provided engineering, procurement, fabrication, pre-commissioning…

Enegi looks to self-installing tower

Jul 03, 2014

UK-based exploration junior Enegi Oil says a self-installing floating tower (SIFT) would be the best development option for the central North Sea Phoenix discovery.  Enegi’s preference for a SIFT follows a work program by Azimuth Limited…

Hagar Qim-1 offshore Malta a duster

Jul 03, 2014

The Genel Energy-operated Hagar Qim-1 exploration well in Area 4, offshore Malta, has been plugged and abandoned after finding no hydrocarbons.  The well was drilled to the Eocene using the Noble Paul Romano (pictured), which will…

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