Drilling & production

Qinterra Technologies has been awarded a contract worth up to US$ 20millon to support Petronas operations in Malaysia.

Announcements from the global oil and gas sector concerning awards, employment, business partnerships and associations.

The US$ 4 billion project for the FPSOs was awarded to Saipem by Total.

Economic comparison of greenfield versus incremental projects show 30% lower cost per barrel.

Tracerco has commenced the next phase of development of its pipeline inspection tool to target new applications.

McDermott has been awarded a fast-track fabrication contract in East Java, Indonesia.

Plexus will provide wellhead equipment and mudline services to a value of approximately £1 million.

Shell scales down in the West African nation.

Statoil has entered into an agreement with Wenaas, resulting in Northern Europe’s largest contract in the PPE and workwear sector.

The CoreVault system allows operators to contain and bring the reservoir fluids within rock samples to the surface.

Oil Search has decided to temporarily suspend the Taza 2 appraisal well, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

The Professional Petroleum Data Management Association has reported that the recent symposia in Australia were a great success.

Aquaterra Energy has launched a unique Riser Monitoring System for the offshore oil and gas industry.

BG Group has announced that results from a drill-stem test on the Mzia discovery offshore southern Tanzania, supports potential hub development.

Rolls-Royce has announced the completion of its acquisition of Rolls-Royce Power Systems.