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
Schlumberger released the Vx Spectra surface multiphase flowmeter, which enables operators to obtain flow rate measurements in production testing and permanent monitoring. The Vx Spectra 19mm monitors low-rate producing wells down to 30 b/d…
Aker Solutions developed the Casing Stabilizer Arm (CSA), which eliminates the need for a person to be elevated on a derrick for tubular makeup. The stabilizing mechanism is stowed approximately 33 ft. above the drilling floor and includes…
GAC EnvironHull has launched HullWiper, a new innovation offering diver- free, cost effective and eco-friendly underwater hull cleaning. The compact, remotely-operated vessel cleaning vehicle is capable of cleaning up to 2000sq m of hull per hour without damage…
N-Sea’s TUP Diving System® can be equipped with a hyperbaric lifeboat, offering a safer, more efficient solution to the market. The system consists of a 3-man diving bell, launch and recovery system, triple-lock decompression chamber, gas diver control…
Emerson creates new reservoir modeling software Emerson Process Management released Roxar RMS 2013, the latest version of its reservoir modeling software. RMS 2013 includes model-driven interpretation capabilities and new solutions for seismic…
