Oil & gas news

Aker Solutions won an order from Wintershall Norge AS to provide the subsea production system, umbilicals and services for the Nova oil and gas field offshore Norway, highlighting the value of early engagement in projects.

NETZSCH’s Multiple Screw Pumps are designed to handle difficult media, including low to high lubricant fluids, and low to high viscosity, shear sensitive, or chemically aggressive media.

The project, completed in December 2017, utilised Bibby Offshore’s diving support vessel Bibby Topaz to carry out inspection, repair and maintenance operations in the Rhum gas field, approximately 380 km north-east of Aberdeen.

The Aberdeen-based company has launched Well-SENSE Inc. as part of global expansion plans and to meet growing demand for its technology in the US.

Leading international oilfield services company, Expro, has enhanced its cased hole services offering, signing a global agreement with downhole video and camera technology specialist Vision iO.

New automation technologies and ongoing support enable BP to target production growth and safe and reliable operations.

Add Energy and Trendsetter Engineering Inc (TEI) have been contracted by an oil and gas operator to provide well control expertise and access to their patented Relief Well Injection Spool (RWIS) to a well which is planned to be drilled in the Barents Sea during Q2 of 2018.

INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) has been awarded a 10% participating interest in the Lower Zakum concession offshore Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the Supreme Petroleum Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (SPC).

FAR Ltd has signed a Farm-out Agreement (FOA) with a subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) to assign a 40% interest in each of the highly prospective offshore petroleum licences, Blocks A2 and A5 in The Gambia. FAR is to retain a 40% interest in each of the licences.

Idar Eikrem, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in Kvaerner, is appointed interim CEO.