Atkins has been selected to provide safety engineering services to Shell under a new Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA). The contract, which began in January and is set to run for four years, will position Atkins to provide technical and safety engineering services to Shell’s onshore and offshore
Saudi Aramco announced the first phase production start-up at the Manifa field commenced on April 10th, 3 months ahead of schedule and well under the program’s approved budget. The Manifa field’s production capacity is expected to reach 500,000 bpd by July 2013, and is planned to reach its full desi
Polarcus Limited (Polarcus) announce the appointment of Duncan Eley as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company. Effective May 01, 2013, Eley will assume the position of COO and head the Company’s three business lines; Sales and Marketing, Multi-Client and Marine Acquisition, together with the E
Iran started drilling four wells at the offshore section of the phase 1 of the South Pars gas field, IRNA quoted National Iranian Drilling Company official Mohammadreza Takaidi as saying. South Pars Oil and Gas Company will drill the wells within 280 days, he noted. The managing director of Pars Oil
Top News of the Week April 8 – 13, 2013
Hyundai E&C sets to expand its portfolio into the construction of offshore plants, a field in which global leading construction companies run into stiff competition over state-of-the-art technologies. Korea’s primary builder received a deal valued at about 1.8944 billion dollars, or approximately 2.
CGG announced today that three acquisition crews operating in Saudi Arabia on behalf of Saudi Aramco have achieved impressive safety records. Two OBC crews have completed six million and five million man-hours of continuous operations without a Lost Time Incident (LTI) respectively while a third vib
Petrofac has announced that Petrofac Emirates, its Joint Venture with Mubadala Petroleum, has been awarded a contract by Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) for the Upper Zakum, UZ750 field development in Abu Dhabi. The contract is worth approximately US$3.7 billion and has been secured by Petrofac Em
Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum and Gulf International Services (GIS), inaugurated a Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig, Al Jassra. It is one of the most technologically advanced offshore drilling rigs to ever work in
McDermott International, Inc. announced today that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded two projects for a customer in the Arabian Gulf. The value of these contracts is approximately US$900 million and is included in McDermott’s first quarter 2013 backlog. The first project includes engineering,
Oil Firms Welcome UK’s Decision on Easier Foreign Workers Employment Oil and gas companies facing a chronic skills shortage have received a boost with news that the UK Government is to relax the rules on employing engineers from outwith Europe. Newfield Reports Largest Gas Discovery in Company’s H
Israeli oil and gas company Adira Energy Ltd. on Friday informed that it had, on March 27, 2013, applied to the Ministry of Energy and Water of the State of Israel for an extension of the dates for the execution of a drilling contract and for the spud of the first well on the Samuel license, offshor
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s medium-speed propulsion packages have gained another foothold in Middle Eastern offshore operations. After successfully completed seatrials, Abu Dhabi-based Adyard has earlier delivered the ‘Topaz Dignity’ – which is now followed by the ‘Topaz Triumph’ AHTS. Topaz Energy and Mar
After several media have reported that natural gas from Tamar field, offshore Israel, had started flowing last Saturday, Noble Energy, operator of the field today confirmed the information. In its press release, the U.S.-based company said that the field has been successfully brought online with all
