MCS Kenny, Wood Group Kenny’s riser engineering and software solutions company, has launched Version 8 of its industry-leading Flexcom™ riser design and analysis software. This new release will make it easier for engineering teams to model the characteristics of all types of oil & gas riser systems,
CGGVeritas announced today that it completed acquisition of a 3D survey with BroadSeisTM, its unique broadband marine solution, for Chevron Norge AS. The minimum commitment for the program comprised acquisition of a 3D survey over a 2,190 km2 area west of Bodø in the Norwegian Sea. Due to good progr
Aker Solutions has been selected to supply a subsea umbilical to Det norske oljeselskap ASA’s Jette field. The order is worth approximately NOK 60 million(USD 10.4 million). Subsea umbilicals are deployed on the seabed to supply necessary control and chemicals to subsea oil and gas wells, subsea man
TGS has commenced the acquisition of a new multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore Sierra Leone. This survey marks over ten years of investment for TGS in the West African region and will add 1,038 km2 to the existing TGS data library. Upon completion, TGS will have over 6,200 km2 of contiguous mult
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/2-10 in the North Sea with the Transocean Leader mobile facility. Statoil has previously received consent to carry out exploration drilling of wells 16/2-8 and 16/2-9S with Transocean Leader. The new consent relates to drillin
French oil company Total has raised its medium-term oil and gas production growth target, as acquisitions, project start-ups and new… By Marie Maitre (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 26, 2011
John Fredriksen, the owner of supertankers and oil rigs, remained the richest person in Norway this year after his wealth dropped … By Meera Bhatia (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source:Bloomberg ,September 26, 2011;
A BP Plc-led group may consider a another pipeline project to transit natural gas from the Shah Deniz deposit in the Azeri sector… By Stephen Bierman (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source: Bloomberg,September 26, 2011;
Statoil and its partners have submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Skuld field on the Halten Bank to the authorities. Norne operations vice president Anita A. Stenhaug, handed over the plan to Norwegian state secretary Per Rune Henriksen during a ceremony at Statoil’s office i
Lundin Petroleum AB announces that drilling of appraisal well 16/2-10 on the Espevær/Aldous Major South structure has commenced. The well is located in licence PL265 in the Norwegian North Sea. The Espevær well will test the northern continuation of the Aldous Major South discovery and the western e
Nautical Petroleum plc announces that the Kraken 9/02b-5Z horizontal well, located in UKCS North Sea Block 9/2b, has been successfully completed and tested. The horizontal section of the well was drilled from 5,257 feet Measured Depth (MD) to a total depth of 7,260 feet MD, a horizontal displacement
AGR Field Operations announced today that they have been awarded a global Framework Agreement with Statoil for the delivery of pre-operational Operations and Maintenance studies. This agreement will supply Statoil with analysis and support to their Capital Value Process for Operational Assurance pro
Rocksource ASA announced today that the drilling rig “Borgland Dolphin” is in the process of completing operations on the “Phoenix” prospect in PL 559 in the Norwegian Sea. The well has encountered reservoir sands in the Jurassic upper Åre formation, the lower Åre formation, the Grey Beds and in the
The marine division of Renaissance Services has recently acquired the Caspian Provider , an advanced Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), to join the company’s fleet on a four-year contract in Azerbaijan with a value in excess of Rial 15.4 million (US$40m). The Caspian Provider will be working out of Baku,
