BP Norge AS has received consent for continued use of the Hod 4” gas lift pipeline until 31 December 2014. Hod is located in the North Sea in block 2/11, 13 kilometres south of Valhall. The licensees are Amerada Hess Norway AS (62.5%) and BP Norge AS as operator (37.5%). The field was discovered in
Petrobras’ oil and natural gas output in Brazil was 2,407,366 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in June, 4% more than the 2,315,117 barrels produced a year earlier and a 2% increase over May 2011. Domestic natural gas production was 57.317 million cubic meters per day in June. This was 6.9% m
Keppel Shipyard Ltd’s (Keppel Shipyard) conversion of the FPSO Aseng is on track to complete. The FPSO will be operated by Aseng Production Company Ltd, a joint venture by SBM Offshore and Compania Nacional de Petroleo de Guinea Ecuatorial (GEPetrol), the national oil company of Equatorial Guinea. C
In Europe and Asia, Hertel’s offshore teams are breaking milestones in terms of safety performance. On 30th June, a total of 700 days without an LTI was passed. Peter van Aken, Managing Director of Hertel’s offshore business in The Netherlands commented “700 days ago, one of our colleagues hurt his
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan predicts huge gas reserves from offshore field Absheron. By Rufat Abbasov (News.az) [mappress] Source: News.az, July 15, 2011;
Today the Danish Energy Agency granted Nord Stream permission to operate the first of its twin pipelines that will transport natural gas from Russia to Europe. The application for Line 1 was sent in March – exactly two years after Nord Stream applied for permission to construction of the Nord Stream
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced today it has issued an Invitation to Tender for a 3-D seismic survey covering approximately 4,000 square kilometers on its exploration block offshore Republic of Guinea. Acquisition of the new 3-D survey was approved by the Guinea project’s Petroleum Operations Ma
BP Exploration & Production Inc. will implement a new set of deepwater oil and gas drilling standards for its operations in the US Gulf of Mexico, demonstrating the company’s commitment to safe and reliable operations.The announcement was made in a letter to the director of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean
The German shipping group Harren & Partner / Offshore Installation Group (OIG) placed an order for the installation of three OCTOPUS-Onboard systems. Harren & Partner was founded in 1989 and has been expanding ever since. Today H & P operates a fleet of about 60 vessels consisting of tankers, contai
Oil & Gas UK, the leading representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, responds to reported drop in UK Exploration. Mike Tholen, Oil & Gas UK’s economics director, said: “The drop in UK exploration and appraisal activity compared to other sectors of the North Sea since the B
Piping technology specialist, STATS Group, has recently completed a 20” valve change-out on the Yanga platform, offshore the Republic of Congo. The Aberdeen-based company was contracted by Halliburton, on behalf of Total E&P, to provide pipeline isolation to replace a launcher valve located downstre
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a meeting of the Coordinating Committee for Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency. The meeting was moderated by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Chairman of the Coordinating Committee. Taking part in the mee
As a result of the still ongoing concentration on shipbuilding activities in the Far East region and especially China’s position as the number one shipbuilding nation, Rockwool Marine & Offshore increases focus by establishing a sales office in Shanghai centre. The Rockwool Group, the world’s larges
Sea Trucks Group (“Sea Trucks”), announces a contract award from Hyundai Heavy Industries for Total in Nigeria. The project comprises the charter of a DP3 accommodation support vessel and associated services for 430 company personnel at the USAN FPSO, located 100 km offshore Nigeria in water depths
