Talisman drill dry well north of the Varg field
The well was drilled in the central part of the North Sea about six kilometres north of the Varg field and 220 kilometres southwest of Stavanger...

Kina spuds Raintree-1 exploration well in Papua New Guinea
Buru Energy spuds Olympic 1 exploration well
AWE provides update on Waitsia-1 appraisal well in Perth Basin
Statoil drills dry wells north of the Hyme field in the Norwegian Sea
Key Petroleum to begin testing Dunnart-2 in Perth Basin
ExxonMobil makes significant oil discovery Offshore Guyana
Mol Group makes new discovery in Pakistan and enters DG Khan...

Transocean to pay $211m to settle claims from Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC) spearheading the litigation emanating from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill today announced that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Transocean for ...

Statoil awarded drilling permit for well 6706/11-2 in PL 602
Suncor Energy Norge AS awarded a North Sea drilling permit
Transocean Ltd. provides fleet update summary

Extensive Kongsberg Technology Delivery For Johan Sverdrup Field
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a call-off order for delivery of the Safety and Automation System (SAS), Life Cycle Simulator and SAS Information Management System for the four platforms on the Johan Sverdrup field centre. The order is based on the Project Specific Agreement for the Johan Sverdrup SAS awarded to Kongsberg Maritime in May 2014 and...

Kalmar to deliver two additional automatic stacking cranes for DP...
Jee Ltd secures contract on ground-breaking enhanced oil...
Significant new maintenance contract for Northern Gas Networks
FEI and Weatherford enteres into a joint agreement
Anadarko selects contractor for initial onshore Mozambique LNG development

Ferguson Group expands tanks range in Norway
Ferguson Group has increased its Norwegian product range to include a large fleet of chemical tanks, including cryogenic tanks for liquid nitrogen storage...

Questerre enters into MOU for oil shale acreage in Jordan
Cooper Energy acquires a 50 percent interest in the Sole gas field
OTEAC makes £10.25 million acquisition of HVAC&R
IRM Systems opens operations base in Houston
NuEnergy signs conditional SPA with Dart Energy
BG Group assumes operational control of QCLNG and meets...
Wintershall ceases activities in Qatar
Shell receives binding offer from DCC Energy to acquire its Butagaz LPG business in France

New energy business

JA Solar and Essel Infraprojects sign MOU on 500MW PV Joint Venture
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU") with its Indian business partner, Essel Infraprojects Limited (EIL)...

REFUenergy’s Intersolar appearance promises added expertise
ENVIROGEN & SUEZ team up for power industry solutions
Solar3D wins $3 million solar PV contract

Production

Terneftegas launches the Termokarstovoye field
OAO NOVATEK says that Terneftegas, a joint venture between NOVATEK (51%) and Total (49%), formally launched the Termokarstovoye gas and gas condensate field...

Cenovus temporarily shuts down Foster Creek due to forest fire
Husky Energy begins steam operations at Rush Lake
Gazprom adds over 800 billion cubic meters of gas in 2014
MEO Australia farm out 30% of WA-488-P
Empyrean provide production update on Sugarloaf AMI project
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate announce production figures for April 2015

Technology

Tecan’s Infinite® M1000 PRO reader used to develop portable testing platform for the oil industry
Tecan’s Infinite® M1000 PRO multimode reader has helped liquid analysis company Aqsens to develop a portable testing platform for on-site quantitative...

Total flange protection: Challenge accepted!
Ziebel completes largest ever oil & gas data transfer
The Future of Gas to Liquids in the ‘New Reality”

Shipping / Yard News

DNV GL’s unmanned FLNG concept boosts safety and reduces costs
DNV GL has developed a new unmanned floating LNG concept that overcomes many of the challenges currently faced by those looking to unlock the potential of remote offshore gas fields.Called Solitude, the concept demonstrates how technological advances – most of the technology already within reach - can be combined into a solution that offers some 20 percent reduction in annual OPEX, only adding a few percent increase in CAPEX and at the same time increase the overall safety...

Petrofac supports Bumi Armada with maintenance build for North Sea FPSO

General News

Expro wins The RoSPA President's Award 2015
Expro has won the President’s Award, following 11 consecutive Gold Awards, in the RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2015...

Dutch maritime technology sector sees turnover rise
Net imports of natural gas fall to lowest level since 1987; says EIA
Statoil's investigation of Gudrun leak completed
Exprodat and Esri partner for EAGE Conference
Platts JKM™ for June-delivered LNG fell 3.5% from previous month
Low crude oil prices, increased gasoline demand lead to high refiner margins

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