Njord Facilities Selected as Preferred Concept for Pil & Bue Development
Faroe Petroleum has announced that the partners in the Pil & Bue discoveries (licence of PL586) have decided that a subsea development solution tied back to the Njord (Faroe 7.5%) platform...

Statoil Submits Trestakk Plan for Development and Operation

Baker Hughes Announces October 2016 Rig Counts
Baker Hughes Incorporated has announced that the international rig count for October 2016 was 920, down 14 from the 934 counted in September 2016...

Weekly Rig Counts from Baker Hughes

Technip and FMC Technologies Receive EPCI Award for Statoil’s Trestakk Development
The FMC Technologies and Technip alliance has received an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract from Statoil for its Trestakk field...

Technip Awarded Modernisation of SOCAR Azerikimya...
First Runs of Ultrahigh-Temperature LWD Triple-Combo...
Viking SeaTech Completes Delivery of Key North Sea Asset
Oilfield Services Company Selects IFS Applications 9 to Support...
IKM Cleandrill Secures Wintershall Multi-Well Mud Recovery...
STATS Group’s Pipe End Plugs Facilitate Pipe Spooling for Aasta Hansteen Field

Changes to Statoil’s Corporate Executive Committee
Jannicke Nilsson has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) in Statoil ASA. She takes over the role from Anders Opedal...

New Cornerstone Completion Services (CCS) Division Announced
Wärtsilä’s Cooperation with ENGIE Aims at Developing Small...
Churchill Drilling Tools Opens Abu Dhabi Workshop
Boltight Expands Production Facilities to Meet Growing Demand
HTL Group Expands in Aberdeen with HTL Group Scotland
Ecosse Subsea Systems Invests In New Jetting Tool
SpeedCast to Acquire Harris CapRock

New energy business

OGCI Announces USD 1 Billion Investment to Accelerate Development and Deployment of Innovative Low Emissions Technologies
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has announced an investment of USD 1 billion, over the next 10 years, to develop and accelerate the commercial deployment of...

Cambla Launches Upgraded Technology to Renewables Market
Statkraft Certified as first Sustainable Biomass Partnership Wood Chip Producer and Trader

Production

Chevron Announces First Gas at UK Alder Field
Chevron North Sea Limited has announced it has started production at Alder, a high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) gas condensate field in the Central North Sea...

Technology

Schlumberger Introduces AvantGuard Advanced Flowback Services
Schlumberger introduced at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference AvantGuard* advanced flowback services...

Electro-Hydraulic Setting Tool from Probe Facilitates Safer...
Robust Industrial Solutions from SPX FLOW at ADIPEC 2016
Next Generation GeoSwath Shallow Water Multibeam Echo...
Schlumberger Launches Innovative Diversion Stimulation Service
New Intellian 1-Metre Dual-Band Antenna
Allocate Software Extends Capabilities of OffshoreSuite
Main Burner Valves from Emerson Help Improve Reliability and Reduce Operational Expense

Shipping / Yard News

Automated Ships Ltd and KONGSBERG to Build First Unmanned and Fully Automated Vessel for Offshore Operations
The UK’s Automated Ships Ltd (an M Subs Ltd subsidiary) and Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build the world’s first unmanned and fully automated vessel for offshore operations...

Optimarin Secures Further US BWT Orders
The Switch Closes Deal with Wärtsilä to Take Power Drives to the World

General News

DNV GL Brings QRA Studies into the Digital Age
To help the oil and gas industry get more value from QRA reporting, DNV GL has launched a new online quantitative risk assessment service called MyQRA...

New Regional General Manager North America Appointed
Penspen Collaborates with the Industry to Enhance Standards for...
Electrical Engineer Joins Navigation Aids Specialist
New Rolls-Royce Power Systems CEO
NDT Global Appoints New Head of Middle East Business

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