A 50-50 joint venture of South Australian explorer Strike Energy Ltd and Scotland-based independent Warrego Energy Ltd has made a natural gas discovery with the West Erregulla-2 well in the onshore Perth basin about 1,000 metres above its primary target. The gas was found…
Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore (TVO) will deploy its new wellhead fatigue mitigation system for Tamarind Resources in the Taranaki basin offshore New Zealand. This is said to alleviate the impact of modern, large Blow Out Preventer system (BOPs) on legacy wellheads by arresting the motion…
Shell Offshore Inc has taken the final investment decision (FID) for the PowerNap deep-water project in the US Gulf of Mexico. PowerNap is a subsea tie-back to the Shell-operated Olympus production hub. The project is expected to start production in late 2021 and…
GE Renewable Energy has revealed the first manufactured components of the Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine at its production site in Saint-Nazaire. The new offshore wind turbine boasts unparalleled dimensions and the use of advanced technologies. GE has taken a new step…
TAG Oil has announced that final approval has been received from New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals for the sale and transfer of TAG’s operatorship of its New Zealand operations to Tamarind Resources TAG and Tamarind are working diligently to close the transaction within the…
Saudi Aramco has let an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contact to McDermott International Inc for a production deck module (PDM) in Hasbah gas field with hook-up and modification works in Saudi Arabia’s Karan gas field in the Persian Gulf. The scope of work…
Written by Zachary Gray, BEng.Biosci, Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering Electricity is in, and fuel is out — The Royal Dutch Shell’s 50-year plan is in motion. Much to long-time shareholder’s chagrin, the 112-year-old global behemoth is pivoting their business model away from fossil fuels in…
Production from Lukoil’s Vladimir Filanovsky in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea recently passed 15 MM metric tons (16.5 MM tons), nearly three years after start-up. Work continues on the third-stage of infrastructure development focused on the western part of the field, with…
Markel hires AIG’s Burgess to lead cyber Markel has appointed Chris Burgess to head up its cyber team in London. ArgoGlobal appoints new active underwriter for Lloyd’s Syndicate 1200 Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, ArgoGlobal, has appointed John Moffatt to serve as…
As tensions continue to mount between the US and Iran, the role of Middle Eastern oil in the global market is again in the spotlight. The US is now the leading global oil and gas producer, so the Trump administration wants to flex its…
