The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the seismic company PGS have entered into a million kroner agreement to support mathematics initiatives in Norway and Africa Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters have signed a cooperation agreement regarding s
A Bowtech camera system has been successfully deployed to observe decommissioning operations on the L13FH well which is operated by Shell in the Dutch Sector of the Southern North Sea. Bowtech was requested by Shell UK to supply a camera system to be fitted to the L13FH well. Bowtech engineers, work
Statoil has restarted production on two offshore oil platforms after they were shut on Friday due to severe weather conditions alert. Statoil’s spokesperson Ola Andres Skauby told Reuters that the company on Saturday resumed operations at the Aasgard and Heidrun platforms in the Norwegian sea but di
Lundin Petroleum said today that drilling of the appraisal well 16/5-2S on the Avaldsnes discovery located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), has started. The planned total vertical depth is approximately 2,150 meters below mean sea level and the well will be drilled u
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by Centrica Energy Upstream to provide engineering, construction and project support services for their East Irish Sea onshore and offshore gas production assets. The 5-year contract is valued at £75 million (USD
Trapoil, an oil and gas exploration and appraisal company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, has farmed out 80% of its working interest in its Kew asset (P.1864, Block 9/24d) to Centrica North Sea Oil Limited ( (60%) and JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.)
Statoil, a Norway based oil & gas exploration and production giant, has started with production reductions at some of its Norwegian sea facilities due to extreme weather conditions. Statoil’s spokesperson Ola Anders Skauby told Reuters that the measures taken were precautionary and that the company
AGR has been awarded a Frame Agreement that is to provide personnel services to GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS. As a global provider of recruitment and consultancy solutions to the upstream oil and gas industry – with offices in Aberdeen, Stavanger, Dubai and Perth – AGR will be responsible for seeking indiv
WFS Technologies, a supplier of radio and acoustic solutions for underwater communication, navigation and power transfer, and MCS Kenny, aspecialist in compliant riser design have announced the delivery of a wireless riser monitoring system for use in deep water environments. Donogh Lang, senior ris
Deep Sea Metro Ltd. has today taken delivery of the drillship Deepsea Metro II from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The naming ceremony for the vessel was held on November 10 in Hyundai Heavy’s shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. President & CEO of Odfjell Drilling, Simen Lieungh states: “This is the se
Russian oil company, Lukoil, reported today that its net income was $9,012 million in the 9 months of 2011, which is 32.1% higher y-o-y, including $2,244 million in the third quarter. EBITDA in the 9 months of 2011 was $15,316 million, which is 27.8% higher y-o-y. Sales revenues were $99,101 million
Global provider of offshore cargo carrying units and associated services, Swire Oilfield Services, has started work on its £4million Aberdeen headquarters, which will create up to 50 new jobs on completion. The construction is part of a £50million investment for the company this year, supporting its
Offshore Survival and Health & Safety experts, Falck Nutec Limited, have appointed Michael Findlay, former owner of Technical Lifting Solutions (TLS) Training (Scotland), as a non-appointed Director of Lifting and Mechanical Maintenance. Managing Director for Falck Nutec UK, Graham Gall, said of the
On November 23, SOCAR President Mr. Rovnag Abdullayev met with a delegation led by Mr. Yoichi Kobayashi, Itochu Corporation’s vice president and co-chair of the Azerbaijan-Japan Intergovernmental Commission. Welcoming the guests, Mr. Abdullayev noted the development of bilateral relations between Az
