FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by BG Norge, a subsidiary of BG Group, for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Knarr oil and gas field. The contract has a value of approximately $135 million in revenue to FMC Technologie
Per Hatlem has been appointed CEO of Apply ASA, following Per Bjørn Habbestad. Apply has over the last few years gained an attractive position in some of the fastest growing segments within the oil and gas industry. The company has about 2,000 employees and is targeting its business towards the acti
CGGVeritas has completed the processing of its Three Corners Extension Wide-Azimuth (WAZ) survey. The deliverables for the multi-client survey, located in the Western Gulf of Mexico, include Prestack Depth Migrated (PSDM) VTI RTM, Controlled Beam and Kirchhoff volumes. The survey extends the origina
GE Oil & Gas has entered into an agreement with Technip to supply two steam turbine-driven compressors for the Shell Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project. The facility, which is to be based offshore Australia, will be the largest floating offshore facility in the world. Technip and
GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a major contract from OGX Petróleo e Gás Ltda. to supply drilling and production equipment for three offshore fixed production platforms to be deployed in the Waimea and Waikiki oil and gas fields of the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil, where OGX plans to drill a signific
India’s federal investigative agency is considering filing a case against Reliance Industries over alleged favored treatment for its… Reporting by Sumeet Chatterjee and Henry Foy (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 20, 2011
Falkland Islands exploration company Argos Resources released Monday morning interim results and CEO Ian Thomson told investors that the … Source: MercoPress [mappress] Source: en.mercopress,September 20, 2011;
Husky Energy Inc said on Monday it will go ahead with the $6.5 billion Liwan gas project offshore China, which will supply as much as 500 m… Reporting by Scott Haggett (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 20, 2011;
Royal Dutch Shell has won two critical permits it needs to drill in Arctic waters off Alaska in the next two years, federal officials said… By Yereth Rosen (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters,September 20, 2011;
Cyprus has begun the process of exploratory offshore drilling for gas, its energy chief said on Monday, defying Turkey which has demanded it… Reporting By Michele Kambas (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 20, 2011;
International energy company Statoil and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) have signed an Energy Partnership agreement providing the university with an annual funding of USD 1 million for 5 years. The agreement is Statoil’s largest of its kind outside Norway, and UT has been chosen as the compa
Dong E&P Norge AS (Dong) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling in the Barents Sea with the Aker Barents mobile facility. The consent relates to drilling of exploration well 7121/9-1 which is part of production licence 518 with DONG E&P Norge AS as the operator (40%). The other licen
The Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation Cristina Garmendia, the Catalonian Regional Minister of Economy and Knowledge Andreu Mas-Colell, BSC executives, and Repsol Chairman and CEO Antonio Brufau yesterday jointly presided over the opening of the Repsol–BSC Research Center. The opening was pr
Aminex PLC announced today the appointment of Mr. Stuard Detmer to the Board of the Company and to the post of Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Mr. Brian Hall, who is currently both Chairman and Chief Executive, will remain as the Company’s Executive Chairman. A resolution to approve M
