Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women around the world are still facing restrictions in the energy industry; specifically within oil & gas. 440,000 people in the UK employed within the energy sector, only 3.7% were female. Undoubtedly the oil
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the worldwide offshore rig count for February 2015 rose to 379 active units. The number rose up from January this year, which had 370 rigs, and February 2014, with 374. The rig data provider separates the rigs into two groups, North America (U.S. and Ca
McDermott Middle East, Inc. has been awarded initial work for a significant power supply system replacement contract by Saudi Aramco for the Marjan field, offshore Saudi Arabia. Work is expected to be executed through the fourth quarter of 2016 and will be included in McDermott’s first quarter 2015
McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a project for a new jacket, temporary deck and replacement umbilical by Qatar Petroleum for the North Field Alpha gas development, offshore Qatar. According to McDermott, work is expected to be executed through the second quarter of 2016 and will be inc
What sparked your interest the most in the previous week was an article containing an infographic that details how oil prices affect everything. A research was carried out to investigate how the price of oil has had a huge effect on the global economy and how it impacts our lives in general. You wil
Royal Dutch Shell plc updated today that the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, in Qatar has entered planned maintenance in February 2015. Pearl GTL comprises two identical GTL `trains’, with a total capacity of 140,000 barrels per day of GTL products plus 120,000 barrels per day of natural gas liqui
After it has been announced that Diamond Offshore is facing early termination for several of its rig contracts, another U.S.-based drilling contractor is facing a similar faith. Namely, Hercules Offshore has received a notice from Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco terminating its drilling contr
As every week, we have compiled a list of the most read stories of the week on Offshore Energy Today. Spoiler alert: bad news dominates this week’s list. An article on an oil rig catching fire in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico tops the list, followed by a piece on a North Sea worker […]
“The Fossil Fuel Economy; How oil prices affect everything” is the title of an infographic, sent to Offshore Energy Today by Vouchercloud. Vouchercloud carried out a research to investigate how the price of oil has had a huge effect on the global economy and how it impacts our lives in general. The
Houston-headquartered ProSep, the oil, gas and water treatment specialist, has launched an Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) joint industry project (JIP) with Qatar Petroleum and Petroleum Development Oman. The 12 month project, which started in December 2014, will see ProSep work collaborativel
Maersk Oil Qatar, the country’s largest offshore oil producer, held its annual Qatarization awards ceremony this week, to recognise the people and initiatives that have supported the company’s efforts to hire and develop the nation’s future Qatari leaders. In his opening address Sheikh Faisal bin Fa
The end of 2014 saw Petrofac’s Offshore Capital Projects (OCP) business reach 5 million man-hours without any recordable lost-time incidents on the Satah Al Razboot (SARB) package 3 project, offshore Abu Dhabi. Located on an artificial island about 120 km off the north-west coast of Abu Dhabi, SARB
Saudi Aramco has informed that the heavy lift barge Lan Jing completed the installation of the Hasbah tie-in platform (TP) using its 7,500-ton crane, carrying weight that reached about 5,000 tons – which is, according to the company, its new record for heavy lift operation. The new tie-in platform w
The week before this one was filled with stories about the vessel Pieter Schelte and the controversy regarding its name. Namely, the unions in the UK did not want the vessel named after a Nazi Germany’s Waffen-SS officer to be working in the UK. What followed was an announcement that indeed the vess
