If necessity is the mother of invention, then the downturn has opened wide a window of opportunity to fasttrack advances in digital technologies to positively transform what we...
PeopleTullow Oil has appointedPaul McDade as CEO. He succeeds Aidan Heavey, who becomes chairman. Simon Thompson and Ann Grant have retired from the board and Jeremy Wilson has...
Companies that participated in Offshore's 2016 World Survey of Stimulation Vessels reported that even though work had been slowing due to the downturn of the last several years...
Claimed by owner Nalcor Energy to be Atlantic Canada's largest industrial fabrication site, Bull Arm fabrication yard has been involved in some of the area's largest and most ...
Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic Base is awaiting what is considered to be a historic moment in the development of the country's offshore oil and gas industry. Having fabricated part...
While the industry continues to grapple with an oversupply of rigs, the Port of Singapore and the shipyards are looking to capitalize on the growing liquefied natural gas market...
The North Sea Energy Gateway is the offshore service and logistics center for the central and southern sectors of the Dutch North Sea, and for over 40 years Den Helder has been...
Unlike their counterparts in Norway, Scottish ports lack licensed full-scale facilities for platform dismantling and recycling, but some are addressing this issue.
Mexico is working on a portfolio of nine port projects, all in Gulf Coast states, to meet the increased demand for logistics and supply services that is expected in coming years...
Offshore magazine recently met with Chett Chiasson, Executive Director of Greater Lafourche Port Commission, to discuss the ways in which the port is reacting to the market downturn...
Last fall, an operator in the Gulf of Mexico became the first to successfully launch and retrieve a bidirectional, magnetic flux leakage pig to inspect a platform-to-platform ...
Of the various subsea alliances formed over the past two years, TechnipFMC's was the first to evolve into a full-scale merger. The two companies had already secured two subsea...
The use of comparative assessment in decommissioning programs can deliver easily accessible, robust findings to comply with the regulatory framework or to help deliver best practice...
From 2004-2008, five major hurricanes (Ivan, Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike) destroyed 181 structures and 1,670 wells in the Gulf of Mexico. Through 2016, 167 of the destroyed...
As concern from regulatory bodies and special interest groups over the potential effects of seismic surveying airguns on marine life continues to amass, Houston-based Geokinetics...
On the northeastern coast of Brazil beyond the beaches of Aracaju lies the Sergipe basin, which in recent years has seen a rejuvenation in exploration effort and oil success. ...
Offshore recently met with President and CEO David Dickson to discuss McDermott's recent offshore E&P activities, the state of the offshore oil and gas market, and its strategies...
Offshore recently spoke to Juan Carlos Zepeda Molina, president commissioner of CNH, about Mexico's energy reforms, CNH's role and responsibilities, and ongoing and upcoming offshore...
Drilling activities in the US Gulf of Mexico continue to suffer from the market downturn, plunging the rig count to historic lows. On the week ending May 19, the US GoM rig count...
The US Department of the Interior will resume its evaluation of applications from six companies seeking permits to conduct geological and geophysical activities in the Atlantic...
The global well intervention market is expected to reach $17.76 billion by 2025, according to a new report by San Francisco-based Grand View Research, Inc.
Teekay Offshore Group has reported that the FPSO Pioneiro de Libra has arrived in Brazilian territorial waters following a voyage from the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. The FPSO...
Next Geosolutions has sub-contracted M2 Subsea to support unexploded ordnance identification surveys for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline system in the Baltic Sea.
The offshore oil and gas industry in the US Gulf of Mexico is likely breathing a sigh of relief in the wake of a decision by the US Customs and Border Protection Agency to withdraw...
Norway's Petroleum and Energy Ministry continues to push exploration northward. The country's latest licensing round, APA 2017, is offering 53 blocks in the Barents Sea and 34...
The concrete gravity base substructure for ExxonMobil's Hebron field platform was due to depart the Bull Arm fabrication yard in St John's, Nefoundland last month.
Communicated sanctioning plans in Norway and the UK show signs of increased activity going forward. So far in 2017, four fields have been approved in Norway: Utgard, Byrding, ...
Recent activities at the major international land-based ports illustrate the latest trends in the offshore oil and gas industry, as their facilities serve as the gateway to the...
