Offshore news
FAR signs strategic AMI Agreement with CNOOC UK Limited
The AMI provides FAR and CNOOC UK with agreed arrangements to partner in evaluating, bidding, negotiating and managing joint ventures on farm-in and open acreage opportunities for oil and gas licences. The AMI agreement period is for two years.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise: infrastructure investment
Audrey MacIver, Head of Energy at Highlands and Islands Enterprise, sets out the rewards the Highlands and Islands is set to reap from major infrastructure investment.
Eco Atlantic notes ExxonMobil's "Snoek" oil discovery offshore Guyana
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd has noted the announcement made overnight by ExxonMobil Corporation in relation to another new oil discovery in Guyana on its Snoek Oil Prospect.
Wood Mackenzie: revival of deepwater industry - best projects closing gap on LTO plays
According to a recent Wood Mackenzie report, a leaner and more cost-competitive deepwater industry is emerging from the downturn, with the most attractive projects now competing with US tight oil plays.
Subsea UK shares knowledge and expertise with Pemex
Senior figures from Mexico’s national oil company, Pemex, have been discovering the secrets of the UK subsea sector’s success and how it has revolutionised the way in which hydrocarbons have been extracted from beneath the seabed during a fact-finding visit to Aberdeen.
Exceed secures £5.5 million of North Sea contracts
Aberdeen-headquartered Exceed, a well management and performance improvement specialist, has secured four new North Sea contracts in the first quarter of 2017 with a combined revenue of approximately £5.5 million.
Xylem enhances water productivity in the oil and gas industry
From flood declining conventional and offshore wells to the water injected to fracture underground shale to the steam required for oil sands extraction, water is the most important input to the oil and gas industry.
Weatherford RFID-enabled stimulation system wins OTC Spotlight on New Technology Award
The Weatherford AutoFrac® RFID-enabled stimulation system has been recognised by the 2017 Spotlight on New Technology Awards, which are formally presented during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC).
Wintershall recieves consent for use of Deepsea Stavanger at Maria
Wintershall Norge AS is the operator of the Maria field, an oil and gas field at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, around 230 km from the Trøndelag coast.
Hurricane Energy: completion of Halifax well operations and release of the Transocean Spitsbergen rig
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has announced that operations on the 205/23-3A well are complete.