Drilling & production

The contract, with a major offshore pipelay and subsea construction company, is as a result of recent oilfield operations in Canada.

Gazprom CEO, Alexei Miller, met with OMV CEO, Gerhard Roiss to discuss the challenging current market environment for gas.

Halliburton has announced plans for a drilling, testing and training facility near Cameron, Texas, that will include testing and training wells.

Prysmian has been awarded a contract for the design and manufacture of submarine cable links in the Zakum offshore oil field in Abu Dhabi.

Expro has secured a 5-year subsea contract, worth almost US$ 100 million contract with BP for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 project in the South Caspian Sea.

Karen Moreau, executive director, New York State Petroleum Council remarks on the American Petroleum Institute’s recent access and infrastructure poll.

EV has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade, which recognises companies that have demonstrated growth in overseas business.

Merlin ERD, the Perth-based drilling engineering consultants, has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

Artificial Lift Company has pulled and reinstalled its Advantage Rigless ESP System at a ConocoPhillips well in West Texas.

Seatronics has invested more than £1 million in the latest technologies, sensors and tools available from Tritech International Ltd.

Euan Duncan, BP, will deliver a presentation covering how EOR works and the opportunities this technology presents when conditions are right.

Aker and Baker Hughes will form an alliance to develop technology for production solutions that will boost output and reduce costs for subsea fields.

Fairfield Energy Limited has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for air diving services and light subsea construction work at the Dunlin field.

Ennsub wins a major contract to build two ultra-deepwater ROV deployment systems.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has released its 19th annual report on overall US greenhouse gas emissions.