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At least 50 dead after oil tanker collision in DR Congo

At least 50 people have died after an oil tanker collided with a car on a major road in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The incident occurred near the city of Kisantu, between the capital Kinshasa and the port of Matadi. One hundred people suffered second-degree burns, Atou Matabuana, the governor of Kongo Central region said. "The flames spread rapidly engulfing ne...

Gas Fracking to start in the Northwest

Shale gas developer Cuadrilla Resources expects to start gas fracking in northwest England next week, seven years after its first attempt to hydraulically fracture a well led to earth tremors, public protests and an overhaul of regulations. The process, behind a surge in U.S. gas production, involves fracturing rock deep under ground using a mixture of water, sand and chemicals to encourage the flow of hydrocarbons from shale, a dense and tightly-packed sedimentary rock. It has draw critic...

Culzean FSO on station at North Sea location

Maersk Supply Service has completed hookup of the FSO Ailsa for Total at the Culzean field complex in the UK central North Sea. Eight vessels were involved in the marine operations with two new M-Class anchor handling tug supply ships used throughout the campaign. Tensioning of 12 50-metric ton (55-ton) anchors was completed from the Maersk Master in two mobilizations, the 723-metric ton (797-ton) mooring system being the highest tensioned in the North Sea to date (according to Maersk)....

Ground-breaking research supports technology adoption

The Oil & Gas Technology Centre and Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University (RGU) have launched a new research programme to identify the behavioural barriers to successful technology adoption and deployment on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and will create a toolkit to support both developers and operating companies. With lower prices, increased complexities and decommissioning challenges, the oil and gas industry requires new technologies more than ever. The Oil & Gas Technology C...

EnQuest Exercises Options With BP Over North Sea Fields

Oil & Gas company EnQuest PLC on Thursday said it has exercised its options with BP PLC relating to the Magnus field, as well as to the Thistle and Deveron fields in the North Sea.   Magnus is the UK's most northerly oil field, located 160 kilometres north east of the Shetland Islands. The Thistle and Deveron fields, which are only around 3 kilometres apart, are also to the north-east of the Shetland islands.   The acquisition of Magnus is expected to add USD500 mil...

Letter of award for power cables for Johan Sverdrup phase 2

Equinor and the Johan Sverdrup partnership submit a letter of award to NKT for fabrication and installation of two high-voltage cables supplying power from shore for the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup development. The letter of award is for an EPCI contract covering engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and testing of two high-voltage power cables to the Johan Sverdrup field centre from shore. The high-voltage cables are 200 kilometres long and designed for a supply capac...

Neptune Energy Appoints Odin Estensen as Managing Director for Norway

05 October 2018:Neptune Energy today announces the appointment of Odin Estensen as Managing Director of its Norwegian business, based in Stavanger. Mr Estensen joins NeptuneEnergy from A/S Norske Shell, where he is currently the Norway Operated Asset Manager. With morethan 28 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector, Mr Estensen started his career with Schlumberger before joining Shell in 1990, where he went on to hold various senior roles across Europe, and also to support operat...

Oil and Gas Releases Continue despite HSE Concerns

The offshore industry is failing to get to grips with the number of oil and gas releases at production facilities in the North Sea, according to a report. The latest figures from industry body Oil and Gas UK show that the number of escapes has remained steady at about 100 despite calls for improvements. The report said they had the potential to cause serious injury or death. In April, the Health and Safety Executive expressed concern about the number of gas releases in the industry....

Marathon Oil looks to exit North Sea

Marathon Oil has launched the sale of its British North Sea oil and gas fields, a document seen by Reuters showed, the latest U.S. firm to retreat from the basin to focus on onshore shale production at home. The sale includes stakes in the BP-operated Foinaven fields in the west of Shetland area as well as interests in the Brae complex northeast of Aberdeen, according to a sales document seen by Reuters. The process, launched this week, is being run by Jefferies and bids are due by Decembe...

Energy Insights forecasts transformation of gas import/export balance by 2022

London, UK, 4th October 2018: Energy Insights, the data and analytics specialist for the global energy industry, part of McKinsey & Company, has released its Global Gas & LNG Outlook to 2035. The report finds that continuous demand growth, alongside new supply sources, will transform the gas market import and export balances by 2022. This transformation will be driven by significant global gas demand growth of ~300 billion cubic meters by 2022, with Asia accounting for around 50 perce...

Oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea more than double the remaining Norne oil reserves

Equinor has, together with partners ENI and Petoro, completed the appraisal well on the Cape Vulture discovery from 2017. The well confirms a volume potential of 50-70 million recoverable barrels of oil. The discovery more than doubles the remaining oil reserves to be produced through the Norne field. Originally planned to be shut down in 2014, the productive life of Norne has already been extended to 2036, which will generate substantial spin-offs. This discovery will boost production in the...

Heerema awarded EPRD of Brae Bravo

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) and AF Offshore Decom (AFOD), together known as the HAF consortium, have been awarded a contract from Marathon Oil Decommissioning Services LLC for the Engineering, Preparation, Removal and Disposal (EPRD) services of the Brae Bravo Platform. The scope comprises of the topsides, the flare jacket & bridge and the main jacket. Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven, CEO HMC says: "At the start of the tendering process the teams set themselves a clear goal: We ar...

Spotlight to be shone on Scottish scientific site

A Scottish Site of Special Scientific Interest of global significance in the history of geology, has received a boost from UK oil and gas company Siccar Point Energy. Named after Siccar Point in the Scottish Borders, the oil and gas operator has formed a partnership with Edinburgh Geological Society to back its efforts to improve the visitor experience around the remote site. Siccar Point Energy has provided funding for helpful information signage and 20,000 leaflets to increase awareness...

Lundin acquires interest in PL 359, containing the Luno II discovery

Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has entered into an agreement with Equinor Energy AS, under which Lundin Norway will acquire Equinor's entire 15% working interest in the Lundin Norway operated license PL 359, containing the Luno II oil discovery. The acquisition takes Lundin Norway’s working interest in PL 359 to 65% and creates commercial and operational alignment between the Edvard Grieg and Luno II partnerships, realising signif...

Chevron Extends North Sea Contract with Petrofac

Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services (EPS) division has secured a 12-month engineering services contract extension from Chevron North Sea Limited. The agreement, which has been held by Petrofac since 2014, commenced on September 30. In line with the contract scope, Petrofac will continue with the provision of engineering support to Chevron’s key North Sea assets including the Alba Northern, Erskine, and Captain platforms, as well as the Alba Floating Storage Unit (FSU) a...

INTERVENTEK SECURES £1M ORDER FROM PRT OFFSHORE FOR THEIR REVOLUTION IN-RISER SUBSEA SAFETY VALVE

Interventek Subsea Engineering has secured recent orders in excess of £1 million for their Revolution in-riser shear and seal safety valve. The orders represent repeat business, from Louisiana based Professional Rental Tools LLC (PRT Offshore) to support well completion and intervention operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Interventek will supply its 6.375” 15,000psi working pressure valves to be included in PRT Offshore’s Subsea Safety System. Interventek’s managing d...

Tendeka unveils new suite of applications to safely cut costs, time and minimize environmental risk in unconventional reservoirs

Independent global completions service company Tendeka, has launched the MajiFrac Solution, a new portfolio of applications which aims to reduce water use and pumping time during completion operations in unconventional shale plays in the USA. Unique to Tendeka, the MajiFrac Solution is the combination of a wide range of high-performance technologies and products, which can be used either individually or collectively. It includes a specially blended thermally stable modified acid system, the c...

Deep Casing Tools appoints new Sales and Operations team

Aberdeen-headquartered casing and completion technology business, Deep Casing Tools, has appointed Andrew Wilson to the newly-created position of Global Sales and Operations Manager and Tessa Scott as European Sales Manager. Andrew will head up implementing a new business delivery model driving greater alignment between sales and operations teams to provide service excellence to customers. This new approach is part of the company’s growth strategy in the Europe, The Middle East and Nort...

Subsea 7 Wins Integrated Contract Offshore GoM

Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Fieldwood Energy to Subsea Integration Alliance on Oct. 2, a global partnership between Subsea 7 and OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company. The award is for the deepwater Katmai field development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico’s (GoM) Green Canyon 40. This supplier-led integrated subsea development solution, combines OneSubsea’s subsea production systems and Subsea 7’s subsea umbilicals, riser and flowline systems expertise. The Subsea 7...

Shell approves $12bn liquefied natural gas project

Shell has approved a $12bn (£9.3bn) investment in a mega energy project to send supercooled gas from Canada to China and other Asian countries as they turn from coal to gas. The scheme will be Canada’s biggest ever infrastructure project and is the world’s first major liquefied natural gas project to be given the go-ahead in five years. Shell has a 40% stake in the $31bn Canada LNG joint venture, along with Malaysian, Chinese, Japanese and South Korean energy firms. The w...
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