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Aker awards contracts for drilling in DWT/CTP block offshore Ghana

Aker Energy has awarded multiple contracts for the drilling campaign of the Pecan-4A appraisal well in the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points block (DWT/CTP block) offshore Ghana. The contracts related to the DWT/CTP block were given to Maersk Drilling, PMD Viking Ghana, Halliburton Ghana and Exceed Well Management Ghana. Aker Energy, which is the operator of the offshore Ghanaian block, plans...

Equinor strengthens ties with two major contractors

Equinor has signed agreements with Aker Solutions and TechnipFMC for the provision of subsea equipment and services both in Norway and internationally. At present Equinor operates nearly 600 subsea wells, which account for a large percentage of the company’s total production. “Together with TechnipFMC and Aker Solutions we aim to further develop current solutions and keep up the pressure on continuous improvements that enables future profitable projects,” said Margareth &...

Maersk Drilling secures deepwater drilling contract from Aker Energy

Danish rig operator Maersk Drilling has won a deepwater drilling contract from Aker Energy to deploy its ultra-deepwater drillship Maersk Viking at the Pecan-4A appraisal well, offshore Ghana. On behalf of the license partners and as the operator of the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) block offshore Ghana, Aker Energy signed the contract with Maersk Drilling. The scope of the deepwater drilling contract consists of one firm well with an expected duration of 30-35 days and has op...

Women in the Industry - Jenni Davidson, Cased Hole Analyst at READ Cased Hole

Jenni Davidson, Cased Hole Analyst, READ Cased Hole What was your first job in the industry? I started my oil and gas career at READ in 2013 as a junior well integrity analyst. Joining the industry as a trainee has been a great way to learn on the job. Over the last five years, I have been able to develop my analytical skills and have worked across a variety of really interesting projects for customers worldwide. I am now a cased hole analyst – this involves interpreting data from ma...

A Day in the Life - Captain Jonne Vaalama, Ship Captain of the Kreuz Installer

I started my maritime career in 1992 as a seamen on a tall ship. In 1995 I moved on to mainly working in the roll on/roll off (RO-RO) ship industry which predominately deals with transporting wheeled cargo such as cars and trucks. When I was offered the opportunity to join an offshore vessel in the North Sea in 2000, I jumped at the chance and immediately knew this is where I wanted to build my career. I joined Kreuz Subsea in 2012 as chief officer and was promoted to ship master in 2016. Bas...

Water Backed Welding Procedure Prevents Dry Docking of Vessels

Floating assets such as FPSOs, FSUs, FPUs, semi-subs and ships are required to stay longer and longer at sea, without returning to port for dry-docking and hull maintenance. As a result, original build defects in welding, and fatigue cracks in the steel are becoming more common problems in ageing vessels. Whittaker Engineering from Aberdeenshire in Scotland were asked to carry out repairs to a 42-year-old semi-submersible floating production unit which had developed a number of significant fatig...

Tenzor Geo’s Game Changing Technology for Precise Hydrocarbon Location

Ivan Starostin is the CEO and founder of Tenzor Geo, a company chosen for the first TechX Pioneer cohort at the Oil and Gas Technology Centre. Here he is talking about bringing his company’s innovative technology to the oil and gas sector in the North Sea. Can you tell us about Tenzor Geo’s new technology? Tenzor Geo offers an integrated micro-seismic subsea service. It acts as a fuel additive to the existing conventional 3D or 4D seismic, giving more certainty to drilling dec...

Adnoc awards $860m EPC contract for gas development expansion project

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s subsidiary Adnoc LNG has awarded an AED3.16bn ($860m) contract for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the second phase of the Integrated Gas Development Expansion project. The contract was bagged by a consortium of Spanish firm Tecnicas Reunidas and UAE-based Target Engineering Construction Company. Set to be completed in 54 months, the second phase is expected to increase the amount of gas sent from Das Isla...

Total to acquire Chevron’s stake in Danish Underground Consortium

Total has signed a deal to acquire 100% of Chevron Denmark from Chevron for an undisclosed price to increase its stake in the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC). The deal will add Chevron Denmark’s 12% stake in the Danish Underground Consortium to Total, which already has a stake of 31.2% in the Danish North Sea business. Chevron Denmark’s stakes of 12% in Licence 8/06, and 7.5% in the Tyra West pipeline will also be transferred to Total upon closing of the transaction. The Fr...

Equinor strengthening subsea collaboration with Aker Solutions and TechnipFMC

Equinor is signing collaboration agreements with Aker Solutions and TechnipFMC for subsea equipment and services on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and internationally. For several decades, the subsea segment has been central in developing Equinor and the NCS. Equinor is operating close to 600 subsea wells, which account for a considerable share of the company’s total production. Norwegian supplier industry is in the forefront of subsea technology, development and operation. &l...

Chevron receives buyer interest in North Sea field stake

Chevron has received interest from a potential buyer for its stake in one of the UK North Sea’s biggest oil and gas developments, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday. “Chevron can confirm it has received an expression of interest for its share in the Rosebank project,” she said. Chevron holds a 40 percent stake in Rosebank, a major development in the West of Shetlands area. The company is currently drawing up development plans for the field.

BP sees bigger impact from Iran oil sanctions than last round

Sanctions on Iran’s crude sales are likely to put more pressure on the oil market than the last time, spurring volatility for the rest of the year, according to BP Plc Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley. The way the world’s financial system works mean U.S. sanctions will create roadblocks for Iran’s customers, Dudley said in a Bloomberg television interview. Buyers from India, China and Japan will probably lack access to ships and insurance needed to move Iranian crude, among other difficulti...

Disused pipeline could help revive part of North Sea

Independent Oil & Gas has said a decommissioned pipeline it acquired for a nominal sum could be used to breathe new life into a swathe of the North Sea after tests found it was in good shape. London-based Independent said checks confirmed the Thames Pipeline the firm bought in April last year could be used to transport gas safely from fields it hopes to develop to processing facilities onshore. The company reckons the pipeline could provide a very low-cost export route for its own fields....

Aberdeen inspection firm wins UK’s largest onshore inspection contract this year

An Aberdeen headquartered inspection technology and service provider has secured a seven-figure contract with a leading player in the UK’s oil and chemical industry for the inspection of their storage tanks. Innospection has secured its first contract with Essar Oil UK, which operates the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, one of the largest refineries in the UK producing 16% of road transport fuels. The multi-year term contract, which will cover both the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex an...

Alpha completes record number of blade inspections

Alpha Offshore Service has announced a company record after successfully completing over 4,000 offshore wind turbine blade inspections to date in 2018. This is an increase of 56% compared to 2017, which was previously its most productive period. The Denmark-based business which was acquired by Sparrows Group in 2017, specialises in the delivery of technical personnel, integrated engineering, maintenance, repair and inspection services to onshore and offshore wind developments. They currently...

Add Energy Group sells software subsidiary to Canadian listed Constellation Software Inc.

Stavanger — September 2018 — Add Energy Group, a global leader in engineering and advisory services relating to drilling, completion, testing, servicing, asset integrity and well kill of onshore and offshore wells, is pleased to announce that it has sold its subsidiary Add Novatech AS to Vela Operating Group (“Vela”), a wholly owned division of Canadian listed software company Constellation Software Inc (TSX:CSU). Add Novatech develops and sells an environmental softwa...

Deepwater Oil Rigs on Brink of Recovery After Years in Doldrums

Deep-sea oil drillers are once again riding the wave of investor enthusiasm that next year will be better for profits. But this time there seems to be a bigger chance it will actually happen, according to analysts at Credit Suisse Group AG and Morgan Stanley. Some of the world’s biggest owners of rigs that drill oil wells in more than two miles of water, including Transocean Ltd., Ensco Plc and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., saw rallies in their shares near the end of 2016 and 2017,...

Jubilee oil field FPSO loss continues to rise on business interruption

The insurance and ultimately reinsurance market loss caused by the damage to and resulting production shutdowns of the rKwame Nkrumah FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) vessel operating on the Jubilee oil field, Ghana continues to rise thanks to ongoing business interruption. The Kwame Nkrumah floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), operated by Tullow Oil on the Jubilee oil field off Ghana, Africa, experienced a fault to a bearing on the turret in March 2016...

Granite PR Marks Tenth Anniversary With Inaugural Abu Dhabi Gateway Plans

An Aberdeen-based PR company has continued its tenth birthday celebrations with a significant expansion of its popular series of Gateway business networking events. The company, which was founded in 2008, is well known for its regular events which create opportunities to establish and grow links between Aberdeen and fellow energy hubs. The inaugural Gateway linked Aberdeen with Houston in March 2013 and, since then, a total of 13 events have been held with Norway and Perth, WA adding to the a...

CNOOC becomes China’s first OPITO approved safety trainer

The largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas in China, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has become the country’s first organisation certified to train workers to OPITO safety standards. Its safety training facility, CNOOC Safety & Technology Services Co., Ltd, achieved the internationally recognised approval this summer and it’s anticipated that more than 1,000 of its personnel will be certified within the first 12 months. CNOOC is China&rs...
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