Drilling & production

Faroe Petroleum has announced that a rig has been secured for drilling the Brasse prospect in Norway.

Total’s Board of Directors has elected Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of Total since October 2014 and Director since May 2015, Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Wood Group to deliver maintenance and modification services to Statoil installations on the NCS.

The new hub will be key to the growth of the company as it continues to expand internationally.

Statoil welcomes the climate change agreement finalised on the 12th December and is well positioned to play its part in the transition to a low carbon future.

The investment is designed to support manufacture of new SIMULTRA range.

DNV GL has asserted that gas will play a major role in a safer, more sustainable energy supply, but is calling for the market to become more efficient.

Patriot Environmental Services is the first contractor in California to be approved as an Inland Oil Spill Response Organisation.

W&T Offshore Inc. has announced a significant discovery at the Ewing Banks 954 A-8 exploratory well located in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

The contract will cover the replacement of infrastructure in the Central North Sea.

Vinstra will help companies charter difficult conditions in 2016 and beyond.

EIA has added four countries to its assessment of technically recoverable shale oil and shale natural gas resources around the world.

The £8 million contract will cover onshore and offshore maintenance and repair services to Apache Corp’s North Sea subsidiaries.

New tool designed to provides high-quality imaging in narrow, horizontal and deviated wellbores.

Multi-million dollar Gulf of Mexico decommissioning project secured.