Drilling & production

Claxton has completed its involvement in the abandonment of two wells on the Horne and Wren Platform in the Southern North Sea.

The scope of work includes the spooling of two 3500 m ROV umbilicals, and the spooling of a crane boom wire and aux wire.

Danish suppliers are approaching the Norwegian oil and gas industry with new solutions.

Canacol Energy has announced the expansion of its drilling programme and commented on its July production figures.

MISC Berhad has made inroads into Thailand's offshore oil and gas market for the first time.

World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 133.7 million t in July 2016.

Europa Oil & Gas has provided technical information on the recently awarded Licensing Option 16/22 offshore Ireland.

Statoil has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement to acquire 70% ownership and operatorship for the P.2170 licence on the UK Continental Shelf.

GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a multimillion dollar frame agreement to supply subsea wellheads to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited. Under the three year agreement, GE will provide an estimated 55 wellheads to support ONGC’s exploratory drilling campaign in India.

The company has announced the successful testing of the Jacana 5 appraisal well in the Jacana oilfield in the Llanos 34 Block in Colombia.

ConocoPhillips has confirmed to FAR Ltd (ASX:FAR) that it has a right of pre-emption over the proposed sale of ConocoPhillips interests in Senegal to Woodside Petroleum Limited.

According to the API, gasoline deliveries for July 2016 were the highest on record.

LGO has announced that production has now commenced from a new oil pay interval in well GY-277.

North Sea Energy Inc. has provided an update to the Bagpuss well results from the Bagpuss Operator, Premier Oil Ltd.

The new rig, Maersk Highlander was named yesterday at a ceremony at Invergordon, Scotland.