Offshore Energy News


New Helicopter and Helideck Courses from Maersk

Mar 04, 2014

Maersk Training announced the launch of two new offshore emergency courses: the OPITO Helideck Emergency Response Team Member Training and the OPITO 6 Day Combined Helideck and Team Member Training. These two OPITO Accredited courses will kick…

Murray Selected to Lead ICoTA

Mar 03, 2014

Oil and gas industry body, the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) European Chapter, has appointed Former vice-chair Kelly Murray as the new chair and vice-chair. Murray will be the first women to take the helm as chair of the organization in the chapter’s 20-year history…

Construction and Drilling Training Center Opens

Feb 27, 2014

TQ Construction and Drilling Training Center Inaugurated in Dammam.Leading representatives from Saudi’s oil and gas sector gathered in Dammam on Thursday, February 27, to launch the newest Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic (SPSP), the Construction and Drilling Training Center…

BSEE's Salerno Visits Arctic Challenger, USCG, ABS Leaders

Feb 27, 2014

On February 20 and 21, 2014 Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Brian Salerno and BSEE Alaska Region Director Mark Fesmire traveled to Bellingham, Wash. to meet with senior leaders from the U.S. Coast Guard and the…

BP Loses Bid to Block Seafood Fund Payments

Feb 27, 2014

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday denied BP Plc's request to halt payments from the $2.3 billion fund it created to compensate commercial fishermen for financial losses after the British company's 2010 offshore oil spill, according to court records…

Accident Prompts TAQA to Shut Down UK North Sea Platform

Feb 27, 2014

The 12,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Harding oil platform in the UK North Sea is being shut down as a precaution after a worker fell off and died early on Thursday, a spokesman for operator TAQA said.'Production is being shut down,' the spokesman for the Abu Dhabi National Energy Co…

Study Finds Power Flexibility is Key

Feb 26, 2014

Any country can reach high shares of wind, solar power cost-effectively, study shows transformation of power systems is necessary to guarantee flexibility over long term, but this will be more difficult in some markets than in othersWind…

Chesapeake Plans to Cut Drilling Costs by $900M

Feb 26, 2014

Reuters - Chesapeake Energy Corp said it planned to cut drilling and well-completion costs by nearly $900 million in 2014 after reporting quarterly results that missed analysts' estimates.The No.2 U.S. natural gas producer, whose shares fell 3 percent in premarket trading…

Sembcorp Marine Q4 Net Profit Up 9.2%

Feb 24, 2014

(Reuters) Singapore's Sembcorp Marine Ltd, one of the largest offshore drilling rig producers in the world, said its net profit in the fourth quarter rose 9.2 percent as higher operating profit offset lower contributions from associates and joint ventures…

Drydocks World Repairs Self-elevated Crane Vessel

Feb 24, 2014

Drydocks World, an international provider of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors, completed major repair and refurbishment of National Drilling Company’s (NDC) self-elevated crane vessel Al Ghweifat at its Dubai-based shipyard…

Drydocks World Receives Tatweej Award

Feb 19, 2014

Drydocks World, a provider of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors, received Tatweej Academy’s Award for Excellence at the 7th Tatweej Arab Business Leaders and Leading Organizations, for being one of the…

Two Senior Appointments at Hytemp

Feb 19, 2014

Premier Hytemp, a leading manufacturer of engineered alloy components for the oil and gas industry, has announced the appointments of two experienced industry professionals to its senior management team.Campbell MacPherson, who has spent…

Tendeka to Present at Next SPE Event

Feb 19, 2014

Advanced completion technology: past, present and future.Advanced completion technology covers a powerful range of equipment and techniques in the oil and gas industry and is set to be the focus at Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section evening meeting later this month…

Aasta Hansteen Project Creates 200 Jobs

Feb 14, 2014

The Aasta Hansteen and Polarled development projects will have significant spinoff effects in the north. So far the projects are set to ensure jobs for 200 people on the Helgeland coast.'Aasta Hansteen is a pioneer project in Northern Norway…

Assessing O&G Manpower Demands

Feb 14, 2014

Many headlines throughout the world say much the same in a myriad of languages: “Oil and gas sector poised for jobs and wages boom.” But where are the people to come from to fill the positions?Neil Evans, Technical Adviser – Competence &…

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