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Glacier buys Ross

Aug 23, 2013

Glacier Energy Services boosts portfolio and specialist offering with acquisition of Ross Offshore International oilfield specialist Glacier Energy Services today confirms the acquisition of Aberdeen-based Ross Offshore in a multi-million pound deal…

ALS acquires Reservoir and Earth Data

Aug 23, 2013

ALS entered into an agreement to acquire Reservoir Group for US $533 million (9.6 x Reservoir's FY2013 EBITDA). The transaction follows extensive due diligence undertaken by ALS on Reservoir as a part of an exclusive sale process. Reservoir…

Technip wins Stones work

Aug 23, 2013

Shell picked Technip to provide engineering, procurement, and installation services covering subsea infrastructure at the Stones field in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract's scope includes installation of the subsea production system and Stones lateral gas pipeline…

EnQuest to consolidate in new North Sea office

Aug 23, 2013

EnQuest will have a new prestigious North Sea base in the Granite City after planning permission was granted for a high-quality office development on the derelict Aberdeen Seafood Park site in the harbour area. The firm, which is the largest UK independent oil producer in the UK North Sea…

Harland & Wolff to drydock Blackford Dolphin

Aug 23, 2013

Aberdeen-based Dolphin Drilling Ltd has awarded Harland and Wolff the contract for the dry docking of the Blackford Dolphin mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU). The project will include upgrade work and repairs and renewals for its class renewal survey…

Deepwater gas strike off India

Aug 23, 2013

Reliance Industries (RIL) and BP have made a second deepwater gas condensate discovery in the Cauvery basin offshore India. The discovery, named D-56, was made in well CYIIID5-S1 on Block CY-DWN-2001/2, in 1743m water depth, 62km off the coast…

QGEP discovery at 1-QG-5A-BAS well

Aug 22, 2013

QGEP Participações S.A. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção S.A. (QGEP) filed a Notice of Discovery with the ANP (Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Combustível) for well 1-QG-5A-BAS, located…

Santos gains 50% PSC interest

Aug 22, 2013

Santos announced the acquisition of a 50% interest in the Northwest Natuna Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in the South China Sea offshore Indonesia from AWE Ltd. The NW Natuna PSC contains the undeveloped Ande Ande Lumut oil field, which…

Höegh selected for FLNG FEED

Aug 22, 2013

Höegh LNG has signed a contract with an Asia based national oil company to conduct pre-front-end engineering design (FEED) engineering work for an offshore floating LNG facility (FLNG) with a two million-tonne per annum production capacity…

Record spending in North Sea

Aug 21, 2013

Upstream oil and gas investment on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) reached a record £13.5 billion this year, according to a new study. But, despite the high spending, production efficiency continues to be an issue in the North Sea, says Oil & Gas UK’s 2013 Economic Report…

Technip forms GTL alliance with Sasol

Aug 21, 2013

Technip has joined forces with South African energy and chemicals firm Sasol to offer front-end engineering services on future Sasol gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects. The new alliance will also enable Technip to be part of the execution of GTL projects with Sasol…

Statoil to study Johan Castberg

Aug 21, 2013

Norway’s Statoil has awarded Aker Solutions a NOK250 million contract to carry out an extended concept study for a floating production system for the Johan Castberg oilfield development in the Barents Sea. The Johan Castberg field, in PL 532…

Sembcorp signs Aramco MOU

Aug 20, 2013

Sembcorp Marine has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Aramco and the National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), one of the largest shipping companies in the world, with the objective of preparing a detailed feasibility…

TGS gathers NE Greenland survey

Aug 20, 2013

TGS has started expansion of a 2D multi-client survey off northeast Greenland.The survey, NEG13, will enable customers to prepare for the announced Greenland Licensing Round in 2013/2014. Due to favorable ice conditions, TGS expects to acquire 4…

Sulzer to Supply Pumps for Brazilian FPSOs

Aug 20, 2013

Sulzer Pumps will supply 42 pumps for installation on two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels (P-66 and P-69) that will operate in the pre salt Iracema cluster areas located in the Santos Basin, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro…

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