Drilling & production

President Barack Obama has permanently banned offshore oil and gas drilling in the 'vast majority' of US-owned northern waters in a move to protect the region from the upcoming Donald Trump administration.

Intertek appointed for specialist study related to possible impacts of rock dump from oil and gas decommissioning on mobile sandbanks.

The Rumaila Operating Organisation (ROO), has announced that the Rumaila oilfield has produced three billion barrels of oil since the joint venture began operating in January 2010.

The company has secured a three year framework with Dubai Petroleum for UAV inspections across all of its offshore assets.

Each agreement has a contractual duration of three years with an option on each to extend for two additional years.

Contract awarded for the ultra-deepwater rig, Atwood Osprey, offshore Australia.

Roxar API extensibility solution enables users to respond quickly to changing environments, customise workflows with their own IP, and analyse models in different ways.

Aberdeen-based downhole technology specialist, Well-SENSE Technology Ltd has announced a major breakthrough in the progression of its ground-breaking FibreLine Intervention (FLI) technology.

The company has reported a positive year in 2016, including a recruitment drive resulting from increased activity both internationally and in the North Sea.

Cyngus is expected to contribute 5% of UK gas production.

READ Cased Hole is an independent specialised provider of production logging and well integrity evaluation services with a 25-year track record from analysing wellbore data.

The new production phase adds to the company's continually growing E&P portfolio.

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, the Atlantic margins focused oil and gas exploration company, has provided a pre-close operational update prior to its year end 31 December.

US crude oil proved reserves declined by 4.7 billion bbls and natural gas proved reserves declined by 64.5 trillion cubic feet.

Following this transaction, Athabasca will take over operatorship of Leismer and Corner and Statoil will no longer operate any oilsands assets.