Technology

GE Vetco Grey leads race for Panyu subsea deal

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:42 GMT

US offshore equipment supplier GE Vetco Gray is leading the race to supply a subsea production �system for China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)’s Panyu gas development in the South China Sea.

CNOOC has Enping in its sights

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:38 GMT

Offshore operator China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is finalising the development plan for its Enping 24-2 field in the Pearl River Mouth basin of the South China Sea.

Outages make for major profits dip at Syncrude

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:03 GMT

Maintenance outages at the giant Syncrude project led to sharply lower output and a near 60% profits dip in the fourth quarter of 2011 for Canadian Oil Sands.

Iran ‘to pipe gas to Iraq’

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:16:51 GMT

Iran claims to have completed nearly half of planned work on a pipeline to Iraq and expects to export gas by early 2013.

Tribe’s court battle to stop wind farm plan

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:15:57 GMT

The Osage Indian tribe in Oklahoma has filed an appeal in a Denver court to stop a planned wind farm in a legal battle that underscores the clash �between mineral owners and renewable power companies in �energy-critical areas of the country.

Whiting back in Bandera

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:14:44 GMT

WHITING Petroleum has hired a new rig to resume drilling of the Tar Cedar-1 wildcat well in Bandera County, which could open a new shale play in west central Texas.

Repsol awaits go-ahead for Helix capping stack

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:45:27 GMT

US marine contractor Helix Energy Solutions Group is awaiting approval from the US government to stage a new subsea well capping stack in Florida in case of an oil well blowout off Cuba.

Oil spill in Santos basin

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:40:49 GMT

A rupture in the production riser of the Dynamic Producer floating production, storage and offloading vessel led to a spill of roughly 160 barrels of oil during an extended well test in Brazil’s Santos basin pre-salt province, writes Fabio Palmigiani.

Go for Palm

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:05:17 GMT

US company Magellan Petroleum expects to begin gas �deliveries soon from its mature Palm Valley gas field in central Australia.

ExxonMobil licences system to Baker Hughes

Andrew Hobbs — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:23:11 GMT

ExxonMobil has awarded a licence for a steam injection system and production method it says can improve oil sands production to oilfield services company Baker Hughes.

Dockwise readies quotes for floatover installation

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:49:30 GMT

THE Netherlands-based heavy lift vessel owner Dockwise is preparing quotes to Mexican fabricators Ica-Fluor and Swecomex for a proposed floatover installation of a 10,000-tonne platform for the Litoral A field development off �Tabasco, Mexico, for operator Pemex.

Wartsila supplies Songa system

Andrew Hobbs — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:14:35 GMT

Finland-based Wartsila Corporation will supply a power and positioning system for two new offshore drilling rigs ordered by Songa Offshore to be built for Statoil.

Seven is the magic number for Petrobras

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:40:18 GMT

Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is targeting the lucky number seven in a fresh multi-billion dollar �tender.

Four more deep-water units to be chartered

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:40:09 GMT

Petrobras will charter another four extra deep-water drilling rigs to add to its already massive offshore fleet after completing negotiations with several offshore drilling contractors, writes Fabio Palmigiani.

Marlim Leste rig bids in

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:39:46 GMT

Petrobras has just received bids responding to a formal market inquiry for the charter of a special rig destined for underbalanced drilling to be used in the Marlim Leste field in the Campos basin.

Chevron kicks off its Makassar contest for two deep-water floating production units

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:34:08 GMT

Chevron has started the engineering, procurement and construction contest for the two large floating production units it needs to �develop four deep-water fields in the Makassar Strait off Indonesia.

Pedec’s pipeline tender

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:24:00 GMT

Iran’s Petroleum Development & Engineering Company (Pedec) has issued a prequalification tender for a 30-inch pipeline and pumping stations to carry light crude from west of the Karun river to the onshore facilities of the Kharg island export terminal.

Ichthys CPF a record breaker

Andrew Hobbs — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:13:50 GMT

Samsung Heavy Industries expects the central processing facility it will build for the Inpex-operated Ichthys project to be the world’s largest offshore plant when completed.