Saudi Aramco has reported achieving a landmark by energizing its largest Tie-in Platform with a 230 kilovolt 46 km submarine composite cable. The Tie-in Platform, named ‘TP-20’ lies in on of the the world’s largest offshore fields, Safaniya in the Persian Gulf, offshore Saudi Arabia, and energizing
Weekly offshore rig count in the U.S. rose from the previous week, Baker Hughes Incorporated has revealed in its Weekly Rig Count report on Friday. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +2 to 859 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 2 rigs from last week to 859, with oil rigs down 3 to 628, gas rigs […]
Statfjord C production platform, located in the North Sea, is celebrating 30 years today, June 26, 2015, since it started producing oil. Statfjord, one of the North Sea’s oldest and largest oil fields, was developed at water depths of roughly 145 metres with the Statfjord A, B and C production platf
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has moved an oil rig at the centre of last year’s violent dispute with Vietnam closer to Vietnam’s coast in the disputed South China Sea, just weeks ahead of the first visit by a chief of Vietnam’s Communist Party to Washington. The move, announced by China’s maritime safet
Odfjell Drilling has awarded Aibel the yard stay contract for the rig Deepsea Bergen. According to Aibel, the rig will arrive at its yard in Haugesund early in the autumn 2015. During the stay of approximately one month, Aibel will be performing various tasks in connection with SPS (Special Periodic
Red Emperor Resources NL has announced an oversubscribed placing, through its London Broker, Brandon Hill Capital, and its Australian Broker, 708 Capital, of 72,000,000 new ordinary shares at 4 pence (A$0.08) per share to raise £2.88 million (A$5.76m) before expenses. Proceeds from the raise and exi
Seadrill Partners LLC, a London-based company formed by Seadrill Limited to own, operate and acquire offshore drilling rigs, has appointed Andrew Cumming to its board of directors. The company says that Cumming will also serve on the conflicts committee of Seadrill Partners. As said in the statement
British oil giant BP has reached a significant milestone with the second phase of its Clair Ridge field development, located west of the Shetland Islands, UK. The company has today said it has installed the quarters and utilities topside modules at the new Clair Ridge platform. Dutch firm Heerema lo
Norwegian rig workers’ unions and The Norwegian Shipowners’ Association have reached a settlement on wages increase, avoiding a strike that would have otherwise kicked off today on several offshore installations. The talks had gone to overtime, as the deadline to reach a deal had been set for midnig
Suncor Energy has drilled the Niobe exploration well, in licence P1889 in the UK North Sea, to target depth without encountering hydrocarbons. Spudded on June 8, 2015 the well was drilled by the jack-up drilling unit Ensco 100 in the P1889 licence, close to the Beatrice oil field in the Outer Moray
Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG), the North Sea focused oil and gas company, has informed that discussions with certain FPSO providers are ongoing for the Skipper field development located in licence P1609 in the UK North Sea. The licence was awarded in 2009 and currently Alpha Petroleum Resources
From 11 to 13 May 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s control and management of materials handling, the technical condition of lifting equipment and the company’s management of lifting equipment maintenance at Grane platform, in the central North Sea.
Ampelmann, a company focusing on development, construction and lease of offshore access solutions, has been awarded a contract by an oil & gas major operating in the Southern North Sea to provide access solution for its offshore assets. The Ampelmann A-type system is used for deploying workforce mor
COSL Drilling Europe is facing a tough decision after Statoil said it would cancel the contract for the COSL Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig in Norway, citing overcapacity and lack of work. “This is the heaviest day in our company’s relatively short history. With this cancellation, we come to
