Drilling & production

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Statoil its consent for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea.

Ion Science will be showing a wide range of high performance gas detection instrumentation at SPE Offshore Europe 2017.

Wood Group has been awarded a contract for the Culzean gas condensate field in the UK central North Sea.

Streamlining permitting processes and decisions will improve confidence to invest in federal energy projects that will create jobs and benefit consumers.

Apache Corporation has announced that it will complete an exit from Canada upon the closing of three recent transactions.

Statoil has chosen to develop the Snefrid Nord gas discovery, which will be tied back to Aasta Hansteen.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC has announced that the Environment Agency has formally granted the necessary permit to flow test the Broadford Bridge-1 oil exploration well.

New Zealand Oil & Gas has inked a sale and purchase agreement for its Kupe gas and light oilfield interest with Mitsui E&P Australia.

Sound Energy has reported the success of operations at the Koba-1 well at Sidi Moktar, onshore Morocco.

Further to the conditional letter of award as announced on 1 March 2017, Odfjell Drilling has now been awarded the contract as described in the CLOA.

Summit’s electric submersible pump system expands Halliburton artificial lift portfolio.

Regional offshore oil and gas services have never been better placed with the technical expertise and experience to support a returning North Sea sector, says Joe Orrell, managing director at engineering services firm RED Engineering.

The collapse of oil prices has taken a toll on foreign direct investment (FDI), export revenue and government revenues in Colombia, forcing action to be taken to relieve budgetary pressure and maintain natural gas self-sufficiency.

Fugro has been awarded a two-year contract by Petrobras to provide comprehensive inspection, repair and maintenance services in Brazil.

Total E&P has awarded Odfjell Drilling a contract to drill a well with a semisubmersible.