Oil & gas news

Chevron has acquired interest in three blocks in South China Sea’s Pearl River Mouth Basin from Devon Energy China Ltd.

DNV has compared the U.S. GOM and the Norwegian offshore drilling regulatory regimes. The study identified similarities, but overall there are some fundamental differences between the two countries’ regulations.

A consortium including B9 Coal, WSP Group, AFC Energy and Linc Energy is to develop a new clean coal project that will combine alkaline fuel cell technology with underground coal gasification.

Aker Solutions has been awarded the NOK 120 million contract for the tie-in of the Marulk field to the Norne FPSO.

September 2010: Kay Sever explains how the process of discovery is a subtle but important dynamic in every improvement programme.

Baker Hughes has installed the world’s first ultra temperature electrical submersible pumping systems in steam assisted gravity drainage wells in the Canadian oilsands.

Global Marine Systems has announced the successful completion of the Gjøa power cable installation. Gjøa is the first ever floating platform to have power supplied by a direct link from shore, and will contribute to a greener source of energy, reducing carbon emissions by an estimated 210 000 tpy.

VWS Westgarth, part of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract by SBM Atlantia for their FPSO to be installed in the Baleia Azul field, Campos Basin, offshore Espirito Santo state, Brazil.

Some of the latest Hurricane Earl news.

Greenpeace lawyers have threatened the UK government with legal action over deep sea drilling in British waters, as four Greenpeace climbers who spent nearly 48 hrs in sub zero temperatures on an Arctic oil rig ended their occupation early this morning.