Sharecat Solutions has secured a contract from China Oilfield Services subsidiary COSL Drilling Europe AS to support the spares management activity for its newbuild project at Yantai Raffles Shipyard.
Explorers from the Nord Stream consortium have discovered twelve shipwrecks off the coast of Sweden.
A fundraising initiative launched by Mark Elliott, a well-known figure in the oil and gas industry, seeks to raise £1 million for two military charities, as he commits to losing 30 lbs of weight by June 2010.
2010 is hopefully going to be a more productive year for the offshore sector with analysts expecting oil and gas production to return to more healthy levels during the course of the year.
BP has announced a US$ 7 billion transaction with Devon Energy for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the US deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Schlumberger has acquired Nexus Geosciences, Inc., a provider of integrated seismic software and services based in Houston. The group will become part of the WesternGeco business unit.
Kalegran Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc and the operator of the Akri Bijeel block in Kurdistan, concluded a successful oil test in the Bijeel-1 exploration well in the Akri Bijeel block.
Alistair Birnie discusses the operational potential of the UK subsea industry and its future after North Sea supplies decline.
Westside Corp. has announced a joint venture with Mitsui & Co. to develop the Dawson Seamgas fields.
Dr. Robert M. Cutler discusses developments in Eurasian gas pipelines in 2009, with a focus on Turkmenistan’s gas reserves and current pipeline projects in the region.
Centrica has announced the purchase of Suncor Energy Inc’s Trinidadian natural gas assets.
New research from Douglas-Westwood predicts a global deepwater expenditure of US$ 167 billion between 2010 and 2014 - up 37% on the preceding five years.
A round up of news from BP as the company discusses the Coega refinery and 2010 financial plans.
A brief look at some of the recent refinery news from the European oil and gas industry.
Following the arrival of the Ocean Guardian in Falkland waters on 19 February 2010, Desire Petroleum has announced that the Liz 14 /19-A exploration well has been spudded.