Wood Group Mustang’s Pipeline Business Unit has received ISO 9001 certification for its quality management system. Certification was awarded following a rigorous audit by ABS Quality Evaluations, the certification auditing agency. About 1200…
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has launched the country's 7th North Sea Licensing Round, covering the Central Graben, where the majority of Danish fields have so far been discovered, and areas further to the east, where oil discoveries were made in the 6th Licensing Round…
Maersk Drilling’s second drillship, Maersk Valiant, has started its voyage to the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) today after being delivered from Samsung Heavy Industries' (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South-Korea. Maersk Valiant (pictured) will…
Total has selected Aker Solutions to provide a subsea production system for the Kaombo Block 32 development in Angola. The NOK14 billion contract will see Aker Solutions deliver 20 subsea manifolds and 65 vertical subsea wellsets. The…
The new accommodation and field centre platform on the Ekofisk Complex - now the largest accomodation platform in the North Sea - was officially opened on Tuesday, 1 April. The new platform, now entering use, is the largest accomodation platform in the North Sea…
MAN compressor installed offshore MAN Diesel & Turbo in Zurich was awarded a contract to deliver a HOFIM (high-speed, oil-free, integrated motor) compressor to Det norske oljeselskap ASA. It is MAN’s first hermetically-sealed compressor to be installed on an offshore production platform…
Missed out on the top stories this week? Here are our top three most-viewed stories from the past week: OAA winners shine - More than 500 industry professionals came together at the sparkling 28th Offshore Achievement Awards ceremony in Aberdeen…
North Sea independent EnQuest plans to spend about US$1 billion on new projects in 2014, including about $400 million on the Kraken FPSO development. A further $200 million will be spend on the Alma/Galia development, due on stream in H2 this year…
More than 500 industry professionals came together at the sparkling 28th Offshore Achievement Awards ceremony in Aberdeen, last night. The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section organized and hosted the awards, “the industry Oscars”…
CB&I announced it has been awarded a contract by Bechtel valued at about US$625 million to provide structural, mechanical and piping construction work for all outside battery limits modules and associated units for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project at Ashburton North in Western Australia…
Australia-based AWE Limited will now attempt to drill a sidetrack well in New Zealand after drilling issues encountered last week on the Pateke-4H were unable to be resolved. The lower part of the hole has been abandoned. Read more on Pateke drilling:http://www…
Operator Statoil is to use Technip for intervention services on its Åsgard subsea compression project in the Norwegian Sea. The Åsgard field lies on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, about 200km off Norway. TheÅsgard subsea compression…
Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, and Emilio Lozoya, General Director of Mexico’s Pemex, signed a cooperation agreement today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The document was signed in the presence of Enrique Peña Nieto…
Norway’s government has offered a record 48 companies stakes in 65 new production licenses in its 2013 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA 2013) licensing round. The move sets a record, both in the number of production licenses offered and the number of companies involved…
Fundy Tidal Inc.'s turbine project in the Bay of Fundy, off Nova Scotia. www.fundytidal.com