Fossil Energy
BP looking for next generation of leaders
BP today started its 2015 Future Leaders Programme (FLP), a recruitment campaign which aims to fast-track early career recruits to be the business leaders of the future. The FLP is a highly selective global recruitment and development programme, run by BP for candidates around the world to work in i
Statoil, DNV GL to apply LEGO bricks logic on subsea equipment
Statoil has entered into an agreement with DNV GL to establish an industrial cooperation to introduce an international industry standard for subsea process technology. DNV GL will lead a joint industry project (JIP) with important subsea operators to find industrial standards which will make it more
Rosneft, ExxonMobil start 2D seismic studies in Laptev Sea
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook 2014 preliminary projections
EIA: Energy reforms could lift Mexico’s long term oil output by 75%
Energy reforms in Mexico will improve the long-term outlook for growth in Mexico’s petroleum and other liquids production, the U.S. Energy Information Administration writes in its analysis of the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world. On August 11, Mexico’s president signed into law le
FPSO works call for Huntington field shutdown
Certain equipment on board the FPSO Voyageur Spirit will need to be replaced before production can be restored to full rates.
Vard equips PSVs with PARAT boiler plants
PARAT Halvorsen AS has during the last month collected four new boiler plant orders from the Vard Group and their multi purpose platform ships of Vard 1 08 design. Part of and included in PARAT’s scope of supply will be combined electric steam & hot water boilers with capacity each of 1250kW. In nor
Alewijnse completes Rowan Viking work
Alewijnse Marine Systems has informed it has completed the electrical installation for remodelling the drilling rig Rowan Viking.
All North Sea helicopters equipped with EBS
Every helicopter flying for the offshore oil and gas industry in the UK is now equipped with a new CAT-A Emergency Breathing System, the Step Change in Safety has revealed.
Van Oord orders new subsea rock installation vessel
Van Oord has ordered a new subsea rock installation vessel. Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Shanghai will build the vessel at its Ningbo yard in China. The vessel will be delivered in 2016. Subsea rock installation is a proven technique for the protection and stabilisation of offshore structures and
IKM’s MRR technology to be used in Malaysia
Norway’s IKM Group will provide a riserless top-hole mud circulation system to Shell on the Malikai project offshore Sabah, Malaysia.
Polarcus expands presence within Brazilian market
Polarcus has entered into a new representation agreement effective 01 September 2014 for the management of Polarcus do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro.
Repsol, RWE Dea farm-out deal put on ice pending arbitration (Guyana)
Spanish oil giant Repsol has been prevented from selling a stake in an offshore Guyana block by the Caribbean country’s authorities. CGX Energy Inc. has informed it has obtained an order from the High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Guyana upholding the injunction from the Commercial Cou
Talk directly to employers at Scottish Energy Careers Festival
Non-management roles in the oil and gas sector earned the highest average wages in Scotland in 2014 – sitting at £47,168.
UAE Energy Minister to open OPITO Safety and Competency Conference in Abu Dhabi
Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, the Minister of Energy for the United Arad Emirates, will open the OPITO Safety and Competency Conference – OSCC 2014 – at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE on Tuesday 4 November 2014. This year’s event will be the fifth annual gathering of oil and gas operat