Balmoral Group boss joins exclusive 40-trip club
Balmoral Group boss Jim Milne has touched down in Houston to attend OTC for the 40th time.
Balmoral Group boss Jim Milne has touched down in Houston to attend OTC for the 40th time.
The eleventh DEVEX Conference focusing on major reservoir development opens today at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC).
Among the soaring numbers of delegates from across the globe who stormed the gates of the Offshore Technology Conference 2014 on its first day, our Energy editor cast his watchful eye over the highlights of this year's event opener.
We all know that the oil and gas industry never stands still. It is always moving, always evolving, and when faced with constant change, the opportunity for uncertainty is rife. But transparent and constant communication can placate the fear and confusion that uncertainty can bring.
They’ve been drilling oil out of the ground in Texas for over 100 years – so it’s no surprise that Houston has played host to the world’s foremost oil and gas event, the Offshore Technology Conference, for the past 45 years.
Expro today confirmed its order book hit the $2billion mark.
Applus RTD and Delta SubSea have teamed up to launch a new ROV deepwater inspection tool for non-piggable pipelines.
Safety pioneer Carl Arne Carlsen was awarded the Distinguished Individual Achievement Award at this year’s OTC dinner.
Offshore support vessel fleet owner Topaz Energy and Marine has secured a key contract in West Africa. Under an $11million, 18-month charter arrangement, the Middle East firm will provide "a global oil major" with the platform supply vessel, the Topaz Faye.
Denmark has opened the door to its 7th Offshore Licensing Round with interested parties now invited to table bids with the Danish Energy Agency. The application period ends on October 20.
Nine wells are currently active on the UKCS, representing an increase of one since last month. The tally comprises three West of Shetland, five Central North Sea and one Southern North Sea probes under way.
Norway is not the only oil and gas producer that must raise its environmental game in the High Arctic; Russia must too.
In 2007, the Brazilian government revealed that largely state-owned Petrobras had discovered massive quantities of pre-salt light oil and gas. We are talking about an estimated 100billion barrels.
The $28billion Stage-2 of the huge gas-condensate, BP-led Shah Deniz project offshore Azerbaijan has taken an important step forward with the award of contracts together worth more than $1billion to the local economy.
The UK's National Subsea Research Institute, originally launched back in February 2009, is being relaunched simply as the NSRI next month after significant re-engineering.
DNV GL is moving its oil and gas head office in Norway from Høvik to Stavanger to get closer to its prime customer base.
Diamond Offshore Drilling has secured a 10-well Vietnam contract for its Ocean Quest semi-submersible with Petrovietnam Exploration & Production (PVEP).
Senergy’s Survey & GeoEngineering (Senergy S&G) group was awarded a major contract to support GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd during the next stage for the Cygnus gas project.
The oil services mergers and acquisitions pot is bubbling away merrily these day. And doubtless there will be one or two firms in the Press and Journal/Munro’s Travel delegation to this year’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston quietly hoping to cash in . . . be taken over and to hit the perpetual golf circuit.
John Drake, Head of Intelligence and Max Hess, Intelligence Analyst at AKE Group, discuss the unraveling conditions in Ukraine and energy's role in it all.
In many respects, however, the fiscal changes discussed are the most straightforward to implement. More challenging may prove to be the legal and regulatory innovations that the Review proposes.
Africa is on an upward growth curve, and it is both real and sustainable, underpinned by a longer term process of social, political and economic reform.
Rosneft plans to start drilling for oil on the Russian Arctic Shelf in August. The cost of the well to be drilled is said to be a staggering $1billion, though the company has so far given no detail of why it will be so expensive.
Arup, a multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm with a reputation for delivering innovative and sustainable designs, has been selected by Husky Energy to carry out the detailed engineering design (DED) for the offshore Eastern Canada White Rose Extension Project (WREP) concrete gravity structure.
China’s plan to shift its first deep-water drilling rig into the disputed South China Sea has been branded illegal.