Offshore news

Western Isles (Dana 77% and Cieco 23%) is now producing from the Harris and Barra oilfields in the Northern North Sea, 160 km east of the Shetlands and 12 km west of the Tern field.

INEOS UK SNS Limited has agreed to take a majority share in two exploration licenses in the Northern Gas Fields West of Shetland which contains the Lyon prospect, from Siccar Point Energy E&P Limited.

Aker BP ASA has entered into two separate alliance agreements, one with Maersk Drilling and Halliburton for Jack-Ups, and one with Odfjell Drilling and Halliburton for semisubmersibles.

New survey findings from Petrotechnics, the developer of the hazardous industries’ first software platform for operational excellence, reveals that Operational Excellence (OE) remains central to firms’ enterprise-wide strategies and is now delivering tangible results.

Craig International has signed a five-year procurement contract for all Premier Oil’s maintenance and repair operations in the UK North Sea.

Fulkrum Technical Resources, a global provider of technical personnel specialising in QA/QC, inspection and vendor surveillance services to the energy industry, has expanded its Asia-Pacific business with the launch of an office in Kuala Lumpur.

Expro has been awarded a five year contract extension for surface well testing services across several assets for an operator in the UK North Sea.

CGG has announced the delivery of the final time-processed data from its Northern Viking Graben multi-client 3D BroadSeis™-BroadSource™ survey. This includes 35 000 sq. km of subsurface images across the Norwegian Northern North Sea.

Consent has been given to drill exploration well 6506/11-10 in a prospect named Hades & Iris.

GC Rieber Shipping ASA's 50% owned geoservices company Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition contract by ONGC for the planned 2017/2018 field season.