2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has signed a contract to deliver a lightweight conductor-supported platform for EQ Petroleum Developments Malaysia Sdn Bhd for installation in the Tanjong Baram field, offshore Malaysia. EQ Petroleum Developments Malaysia is a subsidiary of EnQuest PLC. According to 2
Statoil and its partners have decided to develop the Rutil discovery located in the Gullfaks Rimfaks valley in the North Sea. According to Statoil, providing close to 80 million barrels of oil equivalent, the development will extend the lifetime of the Gullfaks A platform. The plan for development a
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske oljeselskap AS a drilling permit for wells 16/1-21 S and 16/1-21 A, located offshore Norway. Wells 16/1-21 S and 16/1-21 A will be drilled from the Maersk Interceptor jack-up drilling rig from the joint position in production licence 0
Husky Energy and CNOOC Limited have started production at the Liuhua 34-2 gas field in the South China Sea, the second field to be brought online at the Liwan Gas Project this year. The Liwan 3-1 field began production in March 2014. “Liuhua 34-2 will contribute to the ramp up of Liwan next year,” s
Amec Foster Wheeler has announced the award of a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Chevron North Sea Limited to an Amec Foster Wheeler company for the Captain Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) development in the North Sea. The value of the contract has not been announced. According to the co
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd (AGSL) has been awarded a contract by Dolphin Drilling AS of Tananger, Norway. This is the first contract awarded to AGSL by a Norwegian-based company. Asset Guardian AGSL will provide Dolphin Drilling AS with Asset Guardian, a fully configurable process software managem
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website. According to Baker Hughes, offshore rig count is up this week. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -27 to 1893 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 27 rigs from last week to 1893, with oil rigs down 29 to 1546, gas rigs up [&hel
DeepWell has been awarded a four year contract with Lundin for wireline services on the Edvard Grieg field, in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract also includes two options for a one year extension. The contract applies to all cased hole services, including tractor and electric wireline logging, a
Songa Trym, which was recently suspended from operations, is expected to resume operations on or about January 1, 2015.
Talisman Sinopec is returning its workers back to the Buchan Alpha platform in the North Sea, following an evacuation earlier this week. The company yesterday said it had flown 61 non-essential personnel from the semi-submersible platform, located 83 miles North East of Aberdeen, following severe we
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to carry out exploration drilling of well 30/11-11 in the Krafla prospect, in the North Sea. Statoil is the operator for exploration licences 272 and 035 in block 30/11 in the northern part of the North Sea. Exploration we
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for modifications at Sleipner for connecting a gas pipeline from Gina Krog, in the North Sea. Gina Krog is an oil and gas find, located in blocks 15/5 and 15/6 in the central North Sea. Statoil is the operator of the field
Danish drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has received the Petroleum Safety Authority’s (PSA) Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the Maersk Interceptor jack-up drilling rig. Maersk Interceptor is a jack-up drilling rig, delivered by the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore in 2014. The unit, one of th
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has informed that drilling of the Xana exploration well in licence 9/95 on the Danish continental shelf has started. Noreco is partner in the licence with an ownership of 20.1 per cent. The licence is located close to the gas discovery Svane, in the Danish sector of
