
Plugging wells on Valhall using power from shore
Maersk Invincible is being supplied with electricity through the Valhall field. It is probably the first time ever a drilling rig is being powered fully from shore.
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Maersk Invincible is being supplied with electricity through the Valhall field. It is probably the first time ever a drilling rig is being powered fully from shore.

Petrofac has secured a long-term Framework Agreement (FA) with Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) for the provision of Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EP+Cm) Support Services for major oil and gas projects.

AWE Limited, the operator of Production Licences L1/L2 in the northern Perth Basin, Western Australia, today announced that the Joint Venture partners have agreed to commence the design competition phase of FEED for Stage 2 of the Waitsia Gas Project.

Statoil has signed a swap agreement with BP and has been granted regulatory approval to take over two exploration permits and extend its work program in the Great Australian Bight.

UTEC has been awarded a contract with world leading subsea construction company Saipem to support its operations as part of the Zohr Field Development Project.

CGG has announced that the final products from its Encontrado multi-client reprocessing project across the Gulf of Mexico’s prolific Perdido fold belt have been delivered on schedule to the Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) and the industry.

Newest Board Member brings over 30 years of oil and gas procurement expertise to the company.

UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC has announced that 13 ? in. steel casing was set and cemented successfully over the 855 ft thick Weald Clay section on its 100% interest Broadford Bridge-1 Kimmeridge Limestone exploration well.

TechnipFMC has entered into a three-year frame agreement with Woodside Energy Ltd in Australia for Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) and subsea services, including intervention, installation, and plug and abandonment services.

Touchstone Exploration Inc. has provided an operational update with respect to the company’s 2017 drilling campaign and recompletion programme.

Aquaterra Energy has designed, fabricated and installed a new Sea Swift platform for PICO Petroleum Integrated Services, the lead contractor for Amal Petroleum Company’s (AMAPETCO) Amal field in the Gulf of Suez, offshore Egypt.

NEL has developed a new method to improve the accuracy of differential pressure meters for high viscosity oil, which will help the oil and gas industry to reduce financial exposure and tackle the challenges involved in its measurement.