NPCC, Petrofac JV Bag Al Yasat Offshore Gig
National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) and Petrofac, in a joint venture with CNPC, have won a front-end engineering design (Feed) contract from Adnoc Group…
Total Offshore Oil Platforms Strike Ended at Midnight
A 12-hour strike at three of Total's British offshore oil platforms that started at midday on Monday ended as planned at midnight, a spokesman for Unite said on…
Planning a Wind Farm in Norway? Connecting to Grid from 2019 May Cost You
Grid investments of $17 billion are planned by 2025; big power consumers and producers may need to contribute. A Norwegian plan to force big power consumers and…
BP's US Gulf Platforms, Texas Chemical Plant Remain Online
BP Plc said on Monday that its offshore oil platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and its Texas City chemical plant remain online during Tropical Storm Harvey. The company is closing its U.S.
Oil Up as US Rigs and Refineries Brace for Hurricane
Oil prices rose on Friday as the U.S. petroleum industry braced for Hurricane Harvey, which could become the biggest storm to hit the U.S. mainland in more than a decade.
PBES Sets Up Danish Operations in Copenhagen
Plan B Energy Storage (PBES) announced today the creation of PBES Denmark ApS. PBES Denmark will be the cornerstone of the energy storage industry in Denmark, delivering…
Petrobras to Seek Builders for Six Platforms
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil's state-run oil company, as of 2017 will begin seeking offers for the construction of six new offshore oil platforms envisioned in current investment plans…
Repsol's Yme Platform Removed from Offshore Norway
The topside of Repsol's faulty Yme oil platform was removed from the field offshore Norway on Monday, Swiss-based heavy-lift vessel owner Allseas said, a key hurdle…
Gas Plant Fire Halts US Gulf Coast Platforms
At least two offshore oil platforms halted operations on Tuesday in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico after a fire at a natural gas processing plant in Mississippi shut a…
Maersk Oil Awards Contract for Culzean Development
Maersk Oil has awarded information management specialist Datum360 with a four year contract to implement Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for the Culzean development in the U.K. North Sea.
Maersk Oil Awards Contract for Culzean Development
Maersk Oil has awarded information management specialist Datum360 with a four year contract to implement Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for the Culzean development in the U.K. North Sea.
Calif. Officials Seek Penalties in Santa Barbara Oil Spill
California water quality regulators have asked Attorney General Kamala Harris to consider enforcement action against the owner of an oil pipeline that ruptured near Santa Barbara in May…
Second Major California Beach to Reopen after May Oil Spill
The second of two major California beaches that were closed after a ruptured pipeline spewed some 2,400 barrels of crude oil will be reopened next week, state parks officials said on Friday.
SoCal Beach Cleanup Could Take Months
The U.S. Coast Guard captain overseeing cleanup of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture that closed two California state beaches and fouled offshore waters near Santa…
Macro Sensors Unveil Offshore LVDT Linear Position Sensors
Macro Sensors have introduced its Offshore LVDT Linear Position Sensors for marine and offshore applications. Because of their high accuracy and long-term reliability when operating in water…
Norway to Match EU on Climate Goals, Easing Oil Industry Fears
Norway will match a European Union goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 under a government plan announced on Wednesday…
Brazil Oil Output Rose 16% in August
Brazil's oil and natural gas output rose 16.1 percent in August compared with a year earlier as state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA and its partners started overdue offshore oil platforms…
Victaulic Debuts Delta-Y Assembly for Offshore
Victaulic introduces the Style DLY Delta-Y assembly, a combination of preassembled Victaulic cast grooved fittings, rigid couplings and butterfly valves. The Delta…
Petrobras Likely to Miss 2014 Output Goal
Brazil's state-run Petrobras will probably not meet its oil and gas production target for 2014 because of continued delays in the startup of new offshore oil platforms…
Troubled Past Haunts Mexico Oil Company at Center of Citi Scandal
The company at the center of an alleged fraud that forced Citigroup Inc to cut its 2013 profit won billions of dollars in contracts from Mexico's state oil monopoly over the past decade…
