StatoilHydro in the forefront of new technology testingAug 29, 2008Never before has the testing of new technology on the Norwegian continental shelf been as systematic as after the merger between Statoil and Hydro’s oil and energy business.
StatoilHydro puts rig money on "robot roughneck"Aug 28, 2008StatoilHydro has quietly invested in a new sub-sea drilling technology aimed at drilling exploration wells without rigs, risers or ...
Expro secures North Sea contract from TotalAug 27, 2008After competitive tender, international oilfield service company Expro has been awarded a five-year contract with Total E&P UK Limited, covering exclusive provision of slickline and well test services and ad hoc provision
Halliburton “swells” R&D in StavangerAug 25, 2008Oilfield tools giant Halliburton has opened an R&D centre for its trademark Swell Technology near Stavanger, a move aimed to ...
Chevron to develop the Hebron Heavy Oil projectAug 21, 2008Chevron Corporation says that its wholly owned subsidiary, Chevron Canada Limited, and its co-venturers have finalized legal agreements with the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to develop the Hebron heavy oil project offshore the east coast of Canada.
Remora’s HiLoad ready for oil-industry debutAug 13, 2008An offshore loading device to give hundreds of tankers the ability to load from any offshore field will be shown to visitors attending the ...
VetcoGray completes challenging project in Egypt’s Gulf of SuezJul 31, 2008VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas business, applied its latest technology to overcome unique challenges, reduce project costs and risks, and successfully convert an exploration well to full production service
Change in U.S. shale rules airedJul 23, 2008The U.S. Department of the Interior’s ha said it supports a proposal by Washington to ease rules on developing shale, which a new estimate says could ...
SkyHook “blimp” to speed Arctic projectsJul 23, 2008The Canadian supply chain has come up with a novel way to speed the development of ...
World’s First DTS in an ICD SystemJul 1, 2008Global provider of advanced monitoring solutions, Sensornet, has successfully installed the world’s first multi-point open-hole distributed temperature sensing (DTS) technology for a major operator in the Middle East...
Universal Security Systems select IPSecurityCenter™Jun 30, 2008Computer Network Limited (CNL) has been selected by Universal Security Systems to supply a security management control system that will integrate CCTV,
Four-Year Global Software LOIJun 27, 2008Technology solutions provider to the upstream oil and gas industry, Roxar ASA, has announced the signing of an LOI for a four-year global software contract for the full suite of its reservoir modeling solution...
Additional SeaBat 7125 Multibeam Sonar Systems for AllseasJun 26, 2008Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A reports the award of a new contract to Reson B.V. for the delivery of a total of eight SeaBat 7125 Multibeam sonar systems...
Schlumberger signs new contract with Hess CorporationJun 16, 2008Schlumberger has signed an agreement with Hess Corporation to provide geological, geophysical, reservoir engineering, economics, drilling, and production software.
Stern: world emissions treaty in 2009Jun 6, 2008Nicholas Stern — the economics professor whose climate-change report earned him an English knighthood — has said he ...
DNV hints at sub-sea well “standard”Jun 5, 2008Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas is preparing to submit a risk analysis for subsea wellheads which could change ...
Light-well intervention driving ROV’sJun 5, 2008The skilled worker gap created by the oil industry’s rapid expansion since $20-a-barrel oil has reached the ROV business, just as ...
UTC 2008 readies receptionJun 2, 2008Full-scale testing of a sub-sea pump destined for Murphy Oil’s Azurite project in West Africa is the highlight of one of two “warm-up” field ...
Opening of Aker Solutions' Well Intervention AcademyMay 30, 2008Aker Solutions will open its new 'Well Intervention Academy,' in Stavanger, Norway.
Goliat enters “ice design” stageMay 23, 2008Italian oil-company Eni has ruled out the use of a ship-based floating production storage and offloading vessel, or FPSO, at its near-arctic ...
Total becomes a global leader in computing powerMay 16, 2008Total has acquired a high-performance computer that makes it a global leader in scientific computing power. This investment aims at efficiently enhancing the ability to process data needed to explore and produce oil and gas.
Halliburton develops new stimulation methods to reduce costsApr 21, 2008Halliburton has developed four complementary fracture stimulation technologies to help reduce operators' production cost per barrel of oil equivalent (BOE) and to reduce the use of fresh water in oil field operations.
Scientists unlock energy Holy GrailApr 17, 2008Canadian and Japanese researchers appear to have unlocked the Holy Grail of energy supply after achieving test flows from a methane gas hydrate ...
StatoilHydro to invest 20 per cent more on research in 2008Mar 31, 2008With a research budget of NOK 2.14 billion StatoilHydro is investing 20 per cent more in research activities in 2008 than Statoil and Hydro did separately in 2007.
Shell and Virent to develop biogasolineMar 27, 2008Shell and Virent Energy Systems, Inc., (Virent (TM)) of Madison, Wisconsin USA, declared a joint research and development effort to convert plant sugars directly into gasoline and gasoline blend components, rather than ethanol.
