Volume 74, Issue 3

Exploratory wells in ultra-deepwater hold great promise, but are inherently risky and expensive.

The 2014 Worldwide Seismic Vessel Survey lists 179 vessels. This is an increase if directly compared to the 2013 tally, but that is deceiving.

Selected from the July 1964 issue of Offshore, the article describes how, after making a historic gas strike in the North Sea, Reading & Bates’ mobile drilling unit Mr. Louie ...

Singapore rig builder Keppel continues to take on the challenges of operating in a high-risk offshore oil and gas sector by using innovative designs, efficiency-driven capabilities...

Sembcorp Marine has set up a mega-shipyard in Singapore to service the global oil and gas and marine sectors, and to maintain a competitive edge in the construction of exploration...

No one knows for certain what will turn up when a drill bit reaches target depth, but seismic data allow robust estimates of the probability of success.

A 3D seismic survey has commenced in license area EL 0037 offshore Namibia, says Pancontinental Oil & Gas.

Over the last several months, the offshore industry has taken delivery of quite a few drilling units rated for 12,000-ft (3,659-m) water depth.

Keppel FELS has won contracts worth $650 million to build three high-specification jackups for startup Fecon International Corp.

Schneider Electric has delivered to Aker Solutions three control power distribution units (CPDU) for the Asgard subsea compression station project.

The US Department of the Interior will offer more than 40 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico in March lease sales.

Statoil and its partners have agreed on a development concept for Johan Sverdrup in the central Norwegian North Sea.

Statoil has opted to exit a license agreement offshore the Bahamas that started in May 2009.

Asia/Pacific is one of the most diverse regions in the world; stretching from Pakistan and India in the west to South Korea and Russia's Sakhalin Island in the far east and north...

The possible benefits of subsea processing and boosting are well known, yet the industry has been slow to adopt the technology.