Oil & gas news
Range Resources: Trinidad drilling programme update
Range Resources has announced that the QUN development well in Trinidad has been successfully drilled to total depth.
Fugro stops divestment process of Asia Pacific subsea services business to Shelf Subsea
Fugro will not acquire an equity interest in Shelf Subsea, as was previously agreed.
GeoPark receives approval for its acquisition of the Morona Block in Peru
Petroperu awarded a 75% working interest in and operatorship of the Morona Block to GeoPark.
Statoil: production drilling started on Mariner
Production drilling has started on the Statoil operated Mariner field in the UK North Sea.
Gardner Denver increases Thunder Series pump unit sales
Operators are preparing for a stronger market in 2017.
BP approves Mad Dog Phase 2 Project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
US$9 billion project will bring second platform to the super-giant Mad Dog field at less than half of original cost.
Caterpillar Marine receives type approval DNV GL certification for Cat Asset Intelligence analytics and monitoring solution
A certification from DNV GL documents Caterpillar’s commitment to quality, consistency, continual improvement and customer satisfaction.
Hyperdynamics signs definitive contract with Pacific Drilling to drill offshore Guinea Prospect
The campaign will begin offshore the Republic of Guinea in the second calendar quarter of 2017.
OPEC cuts; shale positioned to grow with offshore continuing to be the victim
Rystad Energy expects that global liquid production to remain at current levels into next year. At the same time, demand is expected to grow by around 1.3 million bpd.
CGG delivers final PreSDM data sets for Gabon South Basin multi-client survey
The final data sets show a spectacular uplift in subsalt imaging.