Upstream news

Engineers undertook the 16 000 hr service on the Wartsila W6L46 diesel engines onboard the 252 m, 103 000 DWT Samsung built Haewene Brim, as part of a comprehensive refurbishment and refit of critical fuel and power systems.

The European focused oil and gas exploration and production company has provided an update regarding its operations at Block 12 in Georgia.

Kosmos Energy has announced that its subsidiary Kosmos Energy Ghana HC was successful in its arbitration against Tullow Ghana Limited in a dispute over responsibility for expenditures stemming from termination of the West Leo drilling rig contract.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 35/11-21 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Mooring chains are a critical item on floating assets, with much emphasis being placed on their integrity by class societies and regulators following several failures in recent years.

Cortec and LED began working on the proposed expansion in March 2018, which will be completed by Q2 2019.

Wintershall as the operator of Nova has decided to develop the field with two subsea modules tied back to the Gjøa platform, which is operated by Neptune Energy.

The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons has mandated all petroleum operators to cancel all contracts with Canadian-based CHC Helicopters, due to noncompliance of Equatorial Guinea’s national content regulations.

Canada’s existing oil pipeline and railway capacity is enough to support oil sands current exports but with little extra room for logistic constraints.

New Rotaflex system designed to reduce lifting costs and accelerates the transition to high-performance rod-lift