Oak Ridge Labs chooses Quintus HIP to advance US manufacturing competitiveness
Dec 2, 2015
Quintus Technologies, a manufacturer of high pressure systems, will supply a Hot Isostatic Press (HIP) to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Carbon Trust: New collaborative approach can reduce cost of clean energy by US$550 billion by 2025
Dec 2, 2015
The world can save an estimated US$550 billion on the cost of deploying clean energy technologies over the next decade if countries work together to accelerate innovation by unlocking global collaboration.

Evaluation of Yet-to-Find (YTF) Oil in the Pre-salt area of Brazil
Dec 1, 2015
Part 1: Report from Peter Howard Wertheim and Dayse Abrantes, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, based on papers and interviews with Professor Cleveland M. Jones, DSc., and Professor Hernani Aquini Fernandes Chaves, DSc., geologists.
By Peter Howard Wertheim & Dayse Abrantes

SPIE expands its footprint in Australia with a contract for QGC
Dec 1, 2015
SPIE Oil & Gas Services, through its local Australian subsidiary – SPIE Oil & Gas Services Pty Ltd (formerly Plexal Group), will provide maintenance services to QGC (Queensland Gas Company),

Solo Oil gets consent of flow test at Horse Hill-1
Dec 1, 2015
Solo has been informed by the Operator, Horse Hill Developments Limited, that the Environment Agency has formally granted the permit necessary to carry out a flow test of the Horse Hill-1 oil discovery well.

Shell to expand Alpha Olefins production at Geismar chemical plant in US Gulf Coast
Dec 1, 2015
Shell Chemical LP (Shell) announces the final investment decision to increase Alpha Olefins (AO) production at its chemical manufacturing site in Geismar, Louisiana , making the site the largest

New third generation HIPAP system takes acoustic positioning performance to the next level
Dec 1, 2015
The third generation of Kongsberg Maritime’s de facto industry standard High Precision Acoustic Positioning and Navigation System – HiPAP, is now available. Smaller, lighter, more durable

Sterling Energy completes acquisition of an interest in Block C-10
Dec 1, 2015
Sterling Energy says that completion has now occurred under the sale and purchase agreement between its wholly owned subsidiary, Sterling Energy Mauritania Limited(‘SEML’) and Tullow

Rosneft and BP complete transaction to sell 20% share of Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha to BP
Dec 1, 2015
Rosneft and BP announce the completion of the transaction to sell a 20 per cent share of Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha LLC to the British company.

Protea delivers 23rd BOP handling system
Dec 1, 2015
Over the last 15 years, Protea has successfully delivered a wide range of BOP handling equipment to global offshore drilling contractors and very recently Protea delivered its 23rd BOP handling

Tuscany Energy makes new heavy oil pool discovery
Dec 1, 2015
Tuscany Energy Ltd. has drilled and cased a new Dina heavy oil pool discovery at Winter, Saskatchewan. The Tuscany Winter HZ 91/5-36-42-25W3 encountered 713 metres of porous oil saturated

Sirius Petroleum makes directorate change and appointment of Company Secretary
Dec 1, 2015
Sirius Petroleum is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Hawkins as a Non-Executive Director. Simon has 29 years experience working in oil and gas finance

Oilex appoints Jonathan Salomon as director
Dec 1, 2015
Oilex Ltd has pleasure in announcing the appointment of Jonathan (Joe) Salomon as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Pan Orient Energy plans to pay a $0.40 per share special distribution
Dec 1, 2015
Pan Orient Energy Corp. plans to pay a $0.40 per share special distribution to shareholders, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.

Tendeka enhances R&D and training facilities
Dec 1, 2015
Tendeka, the provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has invested in a new facility at Minto Drive, Aberdeen.

Newly developed LWD service withstands ultra high temperatures
Dec 1, 2015
Weatherford International plc announced the development of the HeatWave™ Extreme service for commercial use by Chevron Thailand. The HeatWave Extreme service includes an enhanced logging-while-drilling (LWD) tool

Long Run Exploration makes amendments to bank credit facilities
Dec 1, 2015
Long Run Exploration Ltd. announces amendments to our bank credit facilities.Long Run has completed the semi-annual review of our credit facilities with our bank syndicate.

Intertek acquires Hi-Tech Testing Services Inc. (Hi-Tech)
Dec 1, 2015
Intertek has announced the successful completion of the transaction to acquire Professional Service Industries, Inc. (PSI), under which Hi-Tech Testing Services, Inc. (Hi-Tech), a provider of non-destructive testing (NDT)

Tallgrass Energy Partners increases revolving credit facility
Dec 1, 2015
Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP has increased its revolving credit facility from $850 million to $1.1 billion, and has an option to further increase the revolving credit facility by up to an additional $400 million of commitments

Fugro performs offshore survey programme in Equatorial Guinea
Dec 1, 2015
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Ophir Equatorial Guinea (Block R) Limited for the provision of survey services for the development of large scale assets and infrastructure offshore

Bibby Offshore- The Depth of Innovation
Dec 1, 2015
In February 2013, Bibby Offshore was awarded a contract by Premier Oil to provide subsea support during the installation phase of its Solan field development project, in Block 205/26a

Expro enters Qatar with five-year contract
Dec 1, 2015
International oilfield services company, Expro has achieved a significant milestone as it enters Qatar for the first time and expands its Middle Eastern presence with a five-year contract win.

DNV GL reveals top ten cyber security vulnerabilities for the oil and gas industry
Dec 1, 2015
With the exploitation of new cost-effective operational concepts, use of digital technologies and increased dependence on cyber structures, the oil and gas industry is exposed to new

NPD grants 16/4-10 drilling permit to Lundin Norway
Dec 1, 2015
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/4-10, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.