Fossil Energy
DNV GL sets up JIP to deal with corrosion, integrity in ageing wells
The global oil and gas industry is now facing the reality that many of its on and offshore wells are being used beyond the original lifespan. This presents significant uncertainty around the integrity, safety and productivity of the remaining service life, DNV GL says. DNV GL has established a Joint
PSA gives nod to Shell to plug well at Draugen (Norway)
Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents for well plugging at Draugen, in the Norwegian Sea. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwgeian Sea in 250 metres of water. A/S Norske Shell (Shell) is the field’s operato
AMEC in Foster Wheeler takeover
AMEC plc and its subsidiary AMEC International Investments BV, have announced today that the offer to purchase all of the issued and to be issued registered shares of Foster Wheeler AG has been successfully completed. The company says that all conditions to the offer have been satisfied. AMEC is mak
PA Resources gets two blocks in UK 28th round
PA Resources has been provisionally awarded Blocks 22/18c and 22/19d, located in the North Sea Central Area, in the UK’s 28th Seaward Licensing Round. PA Resources has been awarded these blocks as part of a group comprising of PA Resources (25 percent), E.On (40 percent), Cairn Energy’s wholly-owned
Eni hires Vroon’s VOS Hestia
Eni Spa has awarded Vroon Offshore Services’ VOS Hestia a long-term contract. VOS Hestia is an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel. It will perform duties as a utility vessel in the Adriatic, operating from Eni Spa’s base in Ravenna, Italy. The vessel will be employed in maintenance, utility an
LOC names Group Director, Energy Services
London Offshore Consultants (LOC) has announced that Alex Harrison has assumed a new LOC Group role as Group Director, Energy Services after stepping down as Managing Director of LOC Australia. Harrison was a Director of LOC in London before transferring in 2005 to head LOC Australia which is now th
SBM Offshore pays $240M to settle bribery case
SBM Offshore, world’s largest provider of floating production storage and offloading units, has reached an out-of-court settlement with the Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office (Openbaar Ministerie) over the inquiry into alleged improper payments. This settlement relates to improper payments to sales
Eni, KMG award Kazakhstan shipyard design gig
International consultancy and engineering firms Royal HaskoningDHV and Witteveen+Bos have been awarded the $18 million contract by energy company Eni to design a new shipyard in Kazakhstan, near the town of Kuryk on the Caspian Sea. The new shipyard is of great strategic importance to Kazakhstan’s e
Atlantic Petroleum ‘extremely pleased’ with Pegasus West test
Atlantic Petroleum has informed that the 43/13b-7 Pegasus West gas discovery drill stem test (DST) flowed at a combined rate of circa 91 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMscfpd) from three Carboniferous intervals. The discovery, operated by Centrica is located in the UK part of the North
BP’s Valhall Flank North in PSA probe
On 23 and 24 September 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of BP Norge AS (BP) and Valhall Flank North located in the North Sea. The PSA says the audit was focused on working environment and emergency preparedness. Valhall Flank North is an unmanned well head platf
PSA audits barrier management on Ivar Aasen
From 23 to 25 September 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) and barrier management in the Ivar Aasen development project, in the North Sea. The Ivar Aasen field is situated west of the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea
DNV GL working to improve safety in high-risk ops
The “Viking Lady”, an offshore supply vessel in daily operation in the North Sea, is a full-scale “test laboratory”, DNV GL says. At the Greener Shipping Summit – Ships of the Future conference held in Athens yesterday (November 11), Dr Nikolaos Kakalis, Head of DNV GL Strategic Research & Innovatio
Oil & Gas Innovation Centre launched in Aberdeen
At its official launch hosted by Hydro Group plc in Aberdeen last night (Monday, November 10), the newly established Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) revealed that it now has its first approved and funded projects coming on stream and is in discussion with more than 50 companies regarding technolo
Oil & Gas Skills Navigator revealed (UK)
A new resource developed to help people source accurate information about the UK oil and gas sector has been unveiled in Aberdeen, OPITO has informed.