Oil & gas news
IWCF introduces e-certificates for increased speed and security
The International Well Control Forum (IWCF) will issue all certificates online, creating significant savings for training providers and greater overall assurance in the oil and gas industry.
A deeper look at existing field infrastructure
Stewart Maxwell, Aquaterra Energy, UK, discusses how the fabrication and installation of conductor supported platforms is tackling new depths to improve existing field infrastructure in West Africa.
Advancing the intelligent control of robotics
Jon Robertson, managing director of Saab Seaeye, the world’s largest electric underwater robotic systems manufacturer, shares an inside view of new ways to create robotics for task resolution.
Total to develop AI solutions with Google Cloud
Under this partnership, Total geoscientists will work side-by-side with Google Cloud’s machine learning experts within the same project team based in Google Cloud’s Advanced Solutions Lab in California.
GlobalData: Over US$180 billion will be spent on 88 upcoming oil and gas fields in Africa to 2025
Conventional gas projects will require US$86 billion, while the investments into unconventional gas and coal bed methane (CBM) projects will total US$1.2 billion and US$0.1 billion respectively in upstream Capex by 2025.
SDX Energy makes oil discovery at Rabul 4 in West Gharib Concession
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that an oil discovery has been made at its Rabul 4 Well in the West Gharib Concession in Egypt.
Attollo secures multi-million pound jack up contracts
Attollo Offshore, a leading offshore marine operator, has heralded Q2 by signing multiple multi-million pound jack up contracts within the oil and gas and renewable energy sectors.
Wood, Roue and Cisco open oil and gas centre in Mexico
The Oil and Gas ATC highlights the value the Internet of Things can bring in the upstream, downstream and midstream oil and gas space.
Aker BP granted drilling permit for well 7221/12-1 in production licence 659
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for well 7221/12-1, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
SDX Energy makes gas discovery on the Lalla Mimouna permit
SDX Energy Inc. the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that a conventional natural gas discovery has been made at its LNB-1 exploration well on the Lalla Mimouna permit in Morocco (SDX 75 %).