Norwegian Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2016 Announced
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has announced this year’s licensing round for mature areas on the Norwegian continental shelf – Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2016...

Fugro Commences ROV Drill Support Contract
Fugro reports it is to supply ROV drilling support services on board the Ocean Guardian MODU under a new contract awarded by Dana Petroleum (E&P) Ltd...

Weekly Rig Counts from Baker Hughes

Emerson to Support Maersk Oil’s Culzean Project
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, has been awarded a contract to automate the Maersk Oil Culzean gas field development in the North Sea. One of the largest gas discoveries in the area, the Culzean field...

Sparrows Group Wins Statoil Mariner Cranes and Lifting Services...
Harkand to Support Start-Up Work for Maersk Oil
Statoil Exercises Ocean Installer Option at Vigdis
Kongsberg Signs Contract With Statoil
iSURVEY Group Strengthens North Sea Presence
OneSubsea Inks Global EPC and Subsea Aftermarket Services Frame Agreements

Kongsberg GlobalSim Management Buyout
Kongsberg GlobalSim, the wholly owned land-segment crane simulation subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime is to become an independent business following a management buyout announced on 21st March 2016...

Cargotec Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Total and CNPC Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement
Dr Mario Ruscev Joins Weatherford International
New President, Marketing & Services, at Total
Asco and Swire Oilfield Services Announce Collaboration
XACT Gulf of Mexico Project Hits High Note
New CEO for Odfjell Terminals
Siemens Opens Cyber Security Operation Centers for Industrial Facilities Protection

New energy business

Batwind Launched - Battery Storage for Offshore Wind
Statoil has announced that a new battery storage solution for offshore wind energy will be piloted in the world’s first floating wind farm, the Hywind pilot park off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland...

Production

First Chevron Gorgon LNG Cargo Departs for Japan
Chevron Corporation has announced that its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gorgon Project has departed Barrow Island off the northwest coast of Western Australia...

Technology

Trelleborg Seawater Intake Hoses for FLNG Applications
Trelleborg’s oil and marine hoses operation is once again pushing the boundaries of technology for the sector, this time with the launch of a dedicated seawater intake hose engineered specifically to meet the unique requirements of floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) extraction facilities...

“Eyes in the Sky” Technology for Rapid, Safe and Repeatable...
Big Data – Industry Caught In Catch 22, Says DNV GL
New Revolution, the Loc-Ex® 01 - BLE Beacon
Model 1171 Field Rangeable Pressure Sensor
New Monitoring Service for Predicting Operational Failures in Subsea BOPs

Shipping / Yard News

First Operation of New AHTS Vessel for Lundin Petroleum
BOURBON has announced that it has taken delivery, as scheduled, of the Bourbon Arctic from the Vard Brattvåg shipyard (Norway) and completed her first anchor handling operation...

Unique New Prepaid Card Covers Crew Voice and Data Access

General News

Risk-Based, Data-Centric, Cyber-Influenced Decision-Making Defines a New Absolute Value of Talent
Speaking at the opening session of the CMA Shipping 2016 Conference, ABS Chairman, President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki shared his views on developing the talent needed...

Statoil Clarifies Situation at Krechba Plant in Algeria
Industry First for Ashtead Technology
E2S Adds Light to Family of Hazardous Location GRP Warning...
Platts Survey: OPEC Pumped 32.34 Million Barrels of Crude Oil...
New SPE Offshore Europe 2017 Chair Urges Industry to Embrace Reinvention for the Next Decade

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