Projects and Technologies

GE to buy Oceaneering’s subsea electric actuator product line

Dec 18, 2014

In a bid to lead on the electrification of subsea processing in deepwater environments, GE Oil & Gas will buy Oceaneering’s Subsea All Electric and Ifokus brand, which specializes...

Overcapacity issues lead Statoil to extend rig suspensions

Dec 9, 2014

Norway’s state-owned operator Statoil has extended suspensions for three drilling rigs, citing overcapacity in the rig portfolio amid high costs and low margins.

BG grants 10-year equipment framework to new firm, OneSubsea

Dec 9, 2014

OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, has signed a 10-year global frame agreement with BG Group to supply subsea production equipment and aftermarket services.

Statoil follows Chevron with $1.5bn stake in deepwater Stampede in Gulf of Mexico

Nov 16, 2014

The oilfield services sector will have more deepwater well integrity work in the Gulf of Mexico now that Statoil and Chevron have backed the Stampede development.

GE opens first R&D center in Brazil to help unlock deepwater pre-salt bonanza

Nov 15, 2014

General Electric (GE) has opened a $500m research center in Rio de Janeiro to develop new ways of extracting hydrocarbons from the deepwater pre-salt layers offshore Brazil.

Plunging oil prices highlight need to rationalize decommissioning

Nov 12, 2014

With Brent crude falling to its lowest price in four years this week, operators are under immense pressure to streamline costs and offshore decommissioning and abandonment is one of...

TAG Oil to plug and abandon NZ well amid “extremely difficult” conditions

Oct 30, 2014

Canada’s TAG Oil Ltd has decided to plug and abandon the surface section of the Waitangi Valley-1 well offshore New Zealand after encountering extreme drilling conditions.

Schlumberger launches new well integrity data service

Oct 30, 2014

Schlumberger has announced a new well integrity service to help operators evaluate zonal isolation by gathering in real-time drilling, cementing and well logging data.

Alcatel-Lucent buys seabed reservoir sensing specialist, Optoplan

Oct 29, 2014

Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) has acquired Optoplan, provider of 4D permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) technology used in offshore oil and gas production, from Sercel, part...

Sembcorp Marine to convert crude carrier into FPSO for Tullow in Ghana

Oct 29, 2014

Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has been awarded a contract by MODEC Offshore Production Systems to complete the repair, life extension and conversion of a VLCC (very large...

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