Oil & gas news

Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University (RGU) has launched a state-of-the-art decommissioning simulator to service the growing sector.

The announcement follows regulatory approval for Acteon to acquire Viking Seatech while selling Mirage Machines to Actuant, a US corporation.

Maersk Oil has announced that the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) has approved an investment of approximately 21 billion DKK in the full redevelopment of the Tyra gas field.

In the declaration sent to the regulatory agency, it was suggested that the new field should be named Mero, and the field’s total recoverable volume is estimated at 3.3 billion bbls of oil.

The findings of the 27th Oil and Gas survey, conducted by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, reveal that 49% of contractors surveyed are more optimistic about their activities in the current year, up from 38% since the spring survey.

The Icemann gangway system has reached a milestone 10 000 transfers since its arrival in Eastern Russia to transfer personnel working on offshore platforms under the Sakhalin-2 project.

Global subsea equipment specialists, Ashtead Technology, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Steven Thrasher as regional vice president for the Americas.

As part of the Argentina’s Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén’s (GyP) 5th bidding round, Statoil has been awarded the Bajo del Toro Este exploration license as operator in the Neuquén basin.

Otto Energy Limited has announced that the Ensco 68 independent leg jack-up drilling rig arrived on location at South Marsh Island Block 71 and is now pre-loaded and jacked up to working height over the SM 71 F platform.

Group production averaged 35410 boe/d in the 10 months to end October 2017.