Exploration

Eni, Statoil, GDF Suez, OMV and the Norwegian Coastal Administration have joined Aptomar to form an oil spill JIP.

Statoil has signed farm-in agreements with Repsol, acquiring a 10% equity share in the Tayrona licence and a 20% equity share in the Guajira Offshore 1 licence.

Marine geophysical company Polarcus has received a Letter of Award for 3D seismic acquisition and two ice-class vessels, offshore Sakhalin.

Apache Corporation has launched its 2014 Sustainability Report website.

Gazprom and PetroVietnam to develop Moc Tinh and Hai Thach fields to full capacity in 2016.

The AXIS network will be launched later this month, to address gender diversity and increasing female retention in oil and gas.

Statoil has completed the Martin well in US Gulf of Mexico and the Dilolo well in the Kwanza basin in Angola.

Fugro has been awarded a large offshore multi-site high resolution geophysical and geotechnical survey by PEMEX.

Bureau Veritas acquires MatthewsDaniel and diversifies its services for the marine and offshore industry.

Swift has announced the 10 highest paying contract jobs in the oil and gas industry.

Halliburton has reached an agreement to settle a substantial majority of claims related to the 2010 Macondo well incident.

Statoil and DNV GL will establish a cooperation to introduce an industry standard for subsea process technology.

In a new report Moody’s has said that Russian oil and gas producers are poised to benefit from Chinese energy deals.

Statoil has received consent for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea using the Transocean Spitsbergen mobile drilling facility.

Increasingly diverse workforces are helping resource companies achieve superior performance, safety and stable production.