A former senior vice president at top Asian oil refinery Sinopec Corp has officially taken office as the new head of state-run Sinochem Group, officials at the two companies said on Tuesday.Cai Xiyou, Sinopec's vice president in charge of oil trading and sales…
Piracy’s gone away, right? You’d be forgiven for thinking that. The predominant narrative for the Indian Ocean is that Piracy has been suppressed to an extent that ship-owners are requesting fewer guards, even unarmed in some cases. Certainly…
Schlumberger today launched the Quanta Geo* photorealistic reservoir geology service at the Offshore Northern Seas Annual Conference and Exhibition.The new service includes the industry’s first microresistivity imager that produces oriented…
NorSea Group (U.K.) Limited is making a major, long-term commitment to the U.K. with the announcement that it will take over operatorship of Smith Quay and Embankment at Peterhead on a 10-year agreement as of September 1. NorSea Group also has…
On the 50th anniversary of the issuing of the first licenses for the extraction of oil and gas from the UK continental shelf (UKCS), Lloyd’s Register asked oil executives what their main concerns were in an increasingly challenging period in the sector’s turbulent history…
DNV GL (uniting DNV, KEMA, Garrad Hassan and GL Renewables Certification), a leading global energy advisory and independent testing authority will offer key insights into the most pressing issues facing the energy industry today and in the…
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has appointed Paul Hopkins as principal engineer, to develop 2H Offshore’s growing client base in Norway. Hopkins worked for 2H Offshore from 2001 - 2006 on a diverse range of riser projects, including Exxon’s…
C & C Technologies Inc. announced that Jill Rivette has joined the Geotechnical Division in Houston as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer. Jill is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas and brings with her many years of experience in geotechnical engineering…
Lloyd’s Register has launched its new Rules for Offshore Units in one single document following an in-depth consultation with industry. It signals a move by the world’s oldest classification and certification society, to modernise the way…
Oil major BP has appointed a chief executive to look after its U.S. onshore oil and gas assets, months ahead of its plan to spin off the business to boost the profitability of its shale gas portfolio in the country.SandRidge Energy Inc's…
CWind, a provider of integrated services to the offshore wind industry, announced it has appointed Jemma Eaton to the board of directors as Commercial Director. The former Commercial Head of U.K. Offshore Project Site Execution joins CWind after nine years with Siemens…
Decom North Sea (DNS) announced that Karen Seath will join the organization in September, in the role of General Manager.With the total cost of UKCS decommissioning expected to reach approximately £4.5billion in the next five years, these…
The Mærsk Deliverer rig team has initiated seven local acceleration programmes in Angola. The goal is to train and develop local talent to take on increasingly challenging positions on-board the rig. To do so, experienced employees play a key role…
Independent oil producer EnQuest has achieved a safety milestone after recording a total of 11 years without a lost time incident (LTI) across three of its North Sea producing assets.The Heather drilling team achieved eight years without an LTI…
Tanker Shipping: Crude oil tankers out-perform their oil product peers in a market full of surprisesDemandSome time ago, BIMCO expected the first signs of a solid recovery in the oil tanker industry to appear in the product tanker market…