Offshore news

Offshore West Africa to Take Place in June 2017

PennWell confirms 21st edition event date change 6‐8 June 2017 | The Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria…

9 years ago

Songa Encourage Commences Drilling Operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Songa Encourage commenced drilling operations on 11 April 2016 under its eight-year drilling contract with Statoil on the Norwegian continental…

10 years ago

Eni Awarded a New Exploration License Offshore Ghana

Eni has been awarded, following the ratification by the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, a new exploration licence, the…

10 years ago

Statoil Launches Batwind: Battery Storage for Offshore Wind

A new battery storage solution for offshore wind energy will be piloted in the world’s first floating wind farm, the…

10 years ago

Rosneft Commences Exploratory Drilling Offshore Vietnam as a Project Operator

Rosneft Vietnam B.V., a company of Rosneft group, has started drilling exploration well PLDD-1X at Block 06.1 located offshore Vietnam.…

10 years ago

Become a Speaker at Offshore West Africa 2017

THE PREMIER OIL & GAS EVENT DEDICATED TO WEST AFRICA CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN - SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT BY…

10 years ago

Statoil Awarded Six Licensing Options Offshore Ireland

Statoil Exploration (Ireland) Limited has been awarded six Licensing Options in Ireland’s 2015 Atlantic Margin Licensing Round. Statoil will be…

10 years ago

Prosafe receives Acknowledgement of Compliance for Safe Boreas

Prosafe Offshore Limited has received Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for Safe Boreas. Safe Boreas is a semi-submersible accommodation facility, delivered…

10 years ago

RGU PhD student looks to establish offshore renewables in developing countries

A PhD student from Robert Gordon University (RGU) is working with Bayelsa State Government in Nigeria to investigate the best…

10 years ago

Snapshot: Helicopter Mid-Flight Over the Schiehallion Vessel

A helicopter mid-flight over the Schiehallion vessel. Sunday Snapshot by BP's Geoff Leask

11 years ago

Gazprom, GDF Suez Held Talks on Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Route

Gazprom held a meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Jean-Francois Cirelli, Special Advisor to the Presidency of GDF…

11 years ago

PSA Completes Investigation of Lifeboat on Mærsk Giant

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has officially announced that they have completed the investigation into the incident on Mærsk Giant…

11 years ago

Subsea 7 Secures USD$200 Million Contract, Offshore Brazil

Subsea 7 has secured a contract worth approximately USD$200 million with a duration of approximately two years. The contract is…

11 years ago

More Workforce are Key Factors to Drilling and Well Technology in Norway

Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) is an independent government regulator with responsibility for safety, emergency preparedness and the working environment in…

11 years ago

Submit Your Abstract for Offshore West Africa 2016

Taking place on 26-28 January 2016,the 20th annual Offshore West Africa Conference & Exhibition will return to Lagos, Nigeria at…

11 years ago

Maersk Oil: How 4D Seismic Adds Barrels

A time lapse seismic map with red and blue anomalies is a key tool for the Danish Business Unit’s pursuit…

11 years ago

Hamburg takes over Container Liner Activities of CCNI

Effective from 27th of March 2015, Hamburg has officially announced that it has taken over the container liner activities of…

11 years ago

Statoil Discovers Natural Gas Offshore Tanzania

Statoil has officially announced that the Mdalasini-1 exploration well has resulted in a new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The…

11 years ago

APM Terminals Wins Nigerian Safety Award

Lagos, Nigeria – APM Terminals Apapa has been officially named the “Most Environmentally Conscious Port Operator at the Lagos Port…

11 years ago

UK Gas Market to Operate with Two Different Gas Days

Oil and Gas UK and Gas Forum requested to retain the current UK Gas Day for the UK and Ireland…

11 years ago

Statoil receives Exploration License, Offshore Indonesia

Statoil was officially awarded new exploration acreage through the Aru Trough I licence offshore Indonesia. The licence covers an area…

11 years ago

Oil & Gas UK, Shadow Chancellor Held Talks to Reduce its Fiscal Reform

Oil & Gas UK, Shadow Chancellor held a meeting to underline the urgent need for regulatory and fiscal reform and…

11 years ago

Philippines Suspends Offshore Operations in Disputed Waters

According to ABC News, the Philippine government has ordered the suspension of all exploration at an offshore oil and gas…

11 years ago

Maersk Drilling Secures Ultra Deepwater Drillship Contract

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract from eni Ghana Exploration and Production Ltd., an eni subsidiary, for employment of…

11 years ago