Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum, held its annual general meeting last night in Dunblane, with nine new directors elected from across all sectors of the decommissioning industry. The meeting heard that the supply chain body now has around 160 members. Attendees wer
Wood Mackenzie’s analysis of the giant Aldous/Avaldsnes discovery appraisal programme reveals the potential value of the field could now be as much as US$13 billion. Geoff Gillies, Wood Mackenzie’s North West Europe Lead Analyst puts the revised size of the discovery in context; “At the upper end of
Noble Corp inaugurated the Noble Globetrotter I ultra-deepwater drillship at Huisman’s new production hall in Schiedam, the Netherlands, on 1 October. The drillship, which was designed around Huisman’s multipurpose tower (MPT), is on schedule to be delivered later this year. It will then mobilize to
Independent Risk Management Systems B.V. (IRM Systems), suppliers of independent guidance and hands-on support for emergency pipeline repair systems (EPRS) and pipeline repair, announced that it has opened its doors for business. In order to mitigate risks associated with critical pipeline networks,
Caterpillar today announced that it has been selected to power 16 offshore supply vessels for use in operation in the Brazilian offshore market. Caterpillar received orders requiring a total of 56 Cat and MaK Diesel Electric Propulsion Engine (DEP) generator sets for offshore supply vessel newbuilds
SOCO International plc is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, provides update on its offshore Vietnam operations. Te Giac Trang (“TGT”) The Company announces that TGT Phase II development drilling operations have commenced offshore Vietnam with the spudding of the first
Det norske has signed three important contracts in preparing for the Jette development. The contractors are Cameron, Subsea7 and Aker Solutions. September 5th, 2011, Det norske oljeselskap ASA presented a plan for development and operation (PDO) of Jette to the Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Ola
Safety culture was on the agenda for the second day of the International Regulators’ Forum offshore safety summit in Stavanger. This has been a key issue for the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) over the past 10 years. Norway’s regulations require the building of a safety culture, and this is
Talisman Energy Inc’s said its production has been set back by about 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d)during the third … Source: Reuters [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 5, 2011;
Italy’s ENI and Spain’s Repsol are waiting for Venezuela to approve the extraction of gas from a field that has the biggest deposits found… By Marianna Parraga (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters , October 5, 2011
British oil producer Premier Oil is to buy North Sea-focused Encore Oil for 221 million pounds ($340 million), continuing its strategy of… By Tom Bergin (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters , October 5, 2011;
Caterpillar today announced the release of the new Cat® C280-16 generator set with 10 percent increased power. The C280-16 60 Hz generator set is now available at 5359 ekW, 900 rpm and features numerous electronic upgrades. This increased power provides industry-leading power density while maintaini
Sri Lanka will soon tender for oil exploration in five blocks in the northwestern offshore Mannar Basin after Cairn India Ltd. discovered a… By Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 5, 2011
Indonesia’s state-run Pertamina has planned for maintenance at the offshore North West Java oil and gas field in the second and third weeks… Reporting by Andjarsari Paramaditha; Writing by Ramthan Hussain; editing by Miral Fahmy (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters , October 5, 2011;
