Fossil Energy
Rosneft plans marine fauna monitoring in Northern Sea Route
Rosneft will conduct marine fauna monitoring in the Northern Sea Route in 2014. The studies will be organized by the Arctic Research Center, a joint venture of Rosneft and ExxonMobil. The objective of the said studies is a collection of data on marine fauna in Rosneft License Areas with a view to bu
TGS schedules two studies offshore Canada and Barents Sea
TGS has announced two multi-client geochemical seafloor sampling and seep studies offshore Canada and in the Barents Sea. Sampling locations for both programs were identified using recently acquired multi-client seismic data. The Labrador Sea Sampling 2014 will be collected in partnership with VBPR
BW Offshore takes full ownership of FPSO ‘Petroleo Nautipa’
BW Offshore has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Yinson to take 100% ownership of the FPSO Petroleo Nautipa, owned through Tinworth Pte. Ltd. Tinworth, and correspondingly the FPSO, has been 50/50 owned between BW Offshore and Yinson Holdings Berhad through their respectively wholly owned N
Songa Offshore wraps up rigs sale
Songa Offshore SE, a Cyprus-headquartered offshore drilling contractor, has today completed the previously announced sale of the Songa Mercur and Songa Venus rigs to the Opus Offshore Group. In line with the press release dated 25 April, 2014, Songa Offshore SE entered into an agreement with Opus Of
Bristow provides AW189 flights to Cygnus field
The first commercial flight of the much anticipated new generation AgustaWestland AW189 helicopter took place on July 21, 2014, as Bristow flew eight passengers out to the Cygnus field in the Southern North Sea. The aircraft is the first of two AW189s to be stationed at Bristow’s Norwich base and is
ITF names new Chairman
Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF), the organisation driving oil and gas technology development and collaboration, has appointed John Wishart as its new chairman with effect from 1st August, 2014. Wishart is group director for Lloyd’s Register Energy and will take on the additional responsibility
Oil & Gas UK welcomes Government’s Consultation on uHPHT Allowance
Oil & Gas UK has welcomed the announcement that today (July 23) the government has published a consultation on a new cluster area allowance to support investment in ultra high pressure, high temperature (uHPHT) oil and gas fields. Michael Tholen, Oil & Gas UK’s economics director, said: “We welcome
UK Government encourages investment in uHPHT O&G fields
Today (23 July 2014) the government (UK) has published a consultation on a new cluster area allowance to encourage investment in ultra high pressure, high temperature oil and gas fields. There is still a considerable amount of oil and gas to recover in the North Sea – up to 21 billion barrels of oil
Centrica hits dry well in North Sea
Centrica Resources Norway AS, operator of production license 405, has completed drilling of wildcat well 8/10-6 S. The well is dry. The well was drilled 13 km southwest of the Ula field in the southeastern part of the North Sea. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in Upper Jurassic reserv
Claxton’s expansion starts with new VP
Claxton Engineering Services, an Acteon company, has appointed Martin Jolley as vice president of sales and commercial to spearhead its global sales and commercial strategy. Providing leadership and vision to direct the company’s sales, marketing, commercial and tendering divisions, Jolley will be b
SPE Aberdeen marks 40th anniversary
SPE Aberdeen reaches its landmark 40th anniversary in 2014. “Having arrived shortly before the first drop of oil was extracted from the North Sea, SPE Aberdeen hopes to be here when the last drop of oil comes out of it,” SPE Aberdeen said in the press release SPE is an oil and gas industry membershi
Transocean in IPO launch
Transocean Partners LLC, a Marshall Islands limited liability company formed by Transocean Ltd., has announced that it has started an initial public offering of 17,500,000 common units representing limited liability company interests pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 previously filed
PSA audits communications on BP’s Ula (Norway)
From 11 to 13 June 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), with technical assistance from Telenor Maritim Radio, Radioinspeksjonen, carried out an audit of the Ula platforms. The objective of the audit was to assess whether BP Norge AS meets the regulatory requirements within emergency pr
NOF Energy members in Ichthys FPSO deal
Two NOF Energy members have joined forces to complete contracts on a production and storage vessel which will be used off the Australian coast. Flexible Engineered Solutions International of Ashington, supplied Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors for the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (