Drilling & production - 27 June 2014

A selection of upstream oil and gas news stories from this week.

Dräger’s calibration and asset management tool helps to protect oil and gas workers in harsh offshore environments.

Degremont awarded a new engineering and procurement contract of four water treatment units for two FPSO operated by Petrobras in Brazil.

Suez Environment, through its subsidiary Degremont, has completed the acquisition of Process Group.

The expanding presence of ISIS in Iraq has put billions of barrels of Iraq’s oil under immediate threat, according to GlobalData.

Aker Solutions secured a contract from Statoil to provide maintenance and modifications services for the Mariner oilfield development in the UK North Sea.

The US Energy Information Administration has released the June edition of India Country Analysis Brief, discussing domestic energy usage and activity.

Bayat Energy and Schlumberger have signed an MoU for sale and lease of oilfield equipment in Afghanistan.

LCI has entered into new partnership with Indwe Aviation to meet growing offshore oil and gas sector demand in South Africa.

Fendercare Marine hosted an Open Day for customers to celebrate the expansion of its Great Yarmouth base.

Scotland’s job market is showing signs of starting to stabilise after years of recession-fuelled unpredictability.

The agreement is expected to be worth US$ 1.25 billion.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation has signed an agreement with TWI to provide £15 million funding to establish a structural integrity research centre.