Drilling & production

How changing umbilical and cable designs support cost-effective deepwater production, by James Young, at JDR.

Troll B has produced 1 billion bbls of oil equivalent since it came on stream on 19 September 1995. Troll B and C combined have been the largest oil producer on the Norwegian continental shelf for the last three years.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-22 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

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.