Offshore news
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.
BP makes third gas discovery in North Damietta Concession, East Nile Delta, Egypt
BP has announced another gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta, Egypt. The Qattameya Shallow-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of 1961 m in water depth of ~108 m using the El Qaher II jack-up rig.
TechnipFMC awarded an integrated project for supply and installation of subsea equipment
TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Shell Offshore Inc. for the delivery, integration, and installation of the subsea production system (SPS) and subsea riser, jumper and flowline (SURF) equipment for phase one of the Kaikias deepwater project in the GoM.
Shell CEO Ben van Beurden to speak at SPE Offshore Europe 2017
Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is to speak at the opening plenary session at SPE Offshore Europe 2017 which is being held in Aberdeen from 5 - 8 September 2017.
mltech completes first training contract in Shetland
Specialist pipework set-up and measurement software developer, mltech, has completed its first training contract in Shetland for engineering company, Ocean Kinetics.