Drilling & production

Petrobras has commenced production on platform P-63 in the Papa Terra field, Brazil.

Schlumberger announces official opening of the Schlumberger Reservoir Laboratory in Brisbane, Australia.

GDF Suez has signed an asset purchase agreement with Vale SA for participation in two Brazilian natural gas blocks.

Highlights from November’s Monthly Oil Market Report.

Chatham House and the Energy, Environment and Resources have been looking at China’s resource security and sustainability.

Three maritime authorities have signed a MoU to synonymise LNG bunkering standards.

Transocean has awarded contracts to Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore for the construction of five jackup drilling rigs.

Marine and fire safety equipment provider VIKING has launched its latest innovation, the VIKING LifeCraft™ system.

A new report from GlobalData suggests that uncertainty surrounds the outlook for Alaska’s oil and gas fiscal terms.

Three different entities have so far responded to the information released by the International Energy Agency in its World Energy Outlook 2013.

Adrian Learer, plan.it Chartered Accountants, UK, explains how oil and gas contractors can maximise profitability whilst ensuring tax compliancy.

Ramboll has standardised on Intergraph SmartMarine® Enterprise for all of its onshore and offshore oil and gas projects.

The latest World Energy Outlook from the International Energy Agency says that light tight oil does not diminish the importance of Middle East supply.

The state government has completed the acquisition of land for a gas precinct to support the development of nearby gas fields.

Matt Quinn, TIBCO Software, USA, explores the growing and increasingly important role of data scientists in the oil and gas industry.