Drilling & production - 19 August 2014

PIRA Energy Group looks at movements in the oil sector over the last week.

The President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, and Eni’s Chief Executive Officer, Claudio Descalzi, met in Libreville.

FMC Technologies has received an order for five subsea manifolds from Petrobras, for its pre-salt fields located offshore Brazil.

Norway’s Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, has officially opened the Gudrun platform in the North Sea.

Cairn Energy has announced its H1 2014 operational and financial results.

EY reports of changing trends in oil and gas transaction activity by region.

SM Energy Company announced improved production outlook and a revised guidance for 2014.

EY reports on changing trends in oil and gas transaction activity.

DBR Generatorsets is on schedule to complete construction of a gas engine driven generator set for GDF Suez E&P.

Independent oil and gas operator, Apache North Sea, has joined Subsea UK as the organisation’s 300th member.

Independent oil producer EnQuest achieves a significant safety milestone.

The International Well Control Forum has commissioned Oilennium to create a eLearning course on well control.

Reftrade UK has been awarded a contract with a major operator in Norway ahead of this year’s ONS exhibition.

Sale made to Ingersoll Rand for US$ 850 million.

XPD8 Solutions has secured more than £2.25 million in combined contract wins for work in the North Sea and Malaysia.

Honghua Offshore Oil & Gas Equipment has ordered an European-designed semi-submersible drilling rig from Orion.

Provides update of a discovery at BNG asset in Kazakhstan

Derrick Barge 50 to be deployed for decommissioning support.