Rockrose Energy Plc spudded the second of two infill development wells at West Brae in the central North Sea on the 9th March following completion of the first. Production from the first well is delivering in line with expectations and first production from the…
BP Angola has awarded TechnipFMC an integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) contract for the Platina field development in Block 18 offshore Angola, TechnipFMC reported on the 10th March. “We are very pleased to have been selected by BP for this important deep-water…
Norwegian offshore shipping company Island Offshore has secured long-term contracts for several of its platform supply vessels from Swedish oil and gas company Lundin as well as contract extensions with other operators. Island Offshore said on the 11th March that Lundin’s Norwegian entity awarded…
As a clean energy supply, hydrogen could revolutionise the heating technology sector. The first experiments are already on the market and ebm-papst is also prepared for gas condensing boilers featuring climate-neutral fuel with its NRV 118 Hydrogen composite system. Technical requirements Many manufacturers are…
Pars Oil and Gas Company has installed the fourth and final platform at the South Pars Phase 13 complex in the Persian Gulf. POGC official Payam Motamed told news service Shana that the HL5000 barge was used to install the 2,500-ton Platform 13C, which…
Fugro has partnered with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (NOAA OER) to establish a new ‘opportunistic’ approach for mapping deep-water areas of the US Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). As Fugro’s survey vessels transit to project sites…
As global markets reel in the wake of the oil price crash, the collapse “could be the trigger for a new phase of deep industry restructuring – one that rivals the changes seen in the late-1990s,” said Tom Ellacott senior vice president, corporate upstream, Wood…
Saudi Arabia is preparing to unleash so much oil on the world that its own fleet cannot handle it all. The kingdom’s National Shipping Company, also known as Bahri, has booked on a preliminary basis at least eight supertankers to load this month and…
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has accepted ConocoPhillips’ plan for the construction and installation of a gas export pipeline on the offshore Barossa field. The plan for the pipeline construction was submitted on the 2nd August 2019, and was…
On the 27th February, the European Union imposed sanctions on two people for their roles in Turkey’s drilling operations off the Cypriot coast. In June 2019, Turkey stoked tensions with the EU after it sent a second drillship, the Yavuz, to Mediterranean waters thought…
