Producing power without fuel
Imagine a kerosene lamp that continued to shine after the fuel was spent, or an electric stove that could remain hot during a power outage.
Imagine a kerosene lamp that continued to shine after the fuel was spent, or an electric stove that could remain hot during a power outage.
US engineering contractor KBR has been awarded a FEED contract by an unnamed client to perform work for the topsides and hull associated with a new-build, double-sided, single-bottom hull floating production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) destined for offshore Angola.
The Arctic-capable drilling rig Kulluk finally set sail from Alaska's Dutch Harbor on August 20 to the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska where it is to carry out the drilling of test wells for Royal Dutch Shell.
Tullow Oil has started drilling a second exploration well onshore northwestern Kenya on block 13T as a follow-up to its Ngamia-1 well drilled in the Turkana region block 10BB about 30km east of this wellsite.
TGS Nopec Geophysical is currently carrying out a 3D multi-client survey in the Faroe Shetland Basin on the UK Continental Shelf side (West of Shetlands). The Erlend West 2012 (EW12) survey will cover 1,520sq km in Quads 208 and 217.
Keppel FELS of Singapore says it is on track to deliver Seafox 5, one of the largest and most advanced multi-purpose offshore wind turbine installation vessels of its kind to the Seafox Group, ahead of time. The vessel was named on August 18.
Alfonso Leon has been promoted to senior vice-president and chief of staff at Apache. Leon previously served as vice president, planning and strategy. He joined Apache in 2009.
Dril-Quip subsidiary Dril-Quip do Brasil has been awarded a four-year contract by Petrobras for the supply of subsea wellhead systems and associated tools to be used in the drilling of deepwater wells offshore Brazil.
Norwest Energy subsidiary NWE Mirrabooka has concluded its 2D seismic acquisition encompassing some 50km onshore the Isle of Wight on PEDL239, designed to provide details of the Razorback Prospect.
Keppel FELS Brazil has secured two contracts worth a total of about $950million from the Guara and Tupi fields consortia led by Petrobras.
The latest attempt to find oil and gas offshore Cuba has failed. The Catoche-1X exploration well drilled by the joint venture of Gazprom and Petronas has failed to find commercial volumes of oil.
Due to the delay in delivery of the its floating production unit, the $6.2billion Goliat development in the Norwegian Barents Sea may not now start up until Q3 2014.
PDVSA and YPF are considering a joint exploration campaign in the South Atlantic Malvinas Basin located between the Argentine mainland and the Falkland Islands.
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is acquiring a 50% ownership of China United Coalbed Methane (CUCBM) in a deal worth over $1.56billion.
Cosco (Dalian) Shipyard has bagged a $170million contract from Talland Navigation for the construction of a jack-up drilling rig based on the LeTourneau Super 116E Class design.
India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources is to allow foreign oil and gas companies to bid in the upcoming initial shale gas licensing round.
US conglomerate GE is buying Norwegian firm Naxys for an undisclosed sum. The company is a provider of subsea leak detection and condition monitoring sensors based on passive acoustic technology.
Chimera Energy has signed a memo with Pemex of Mexico to provide its exothermic non-hydraulic extraction method for shale oil production operations.
Gulf Keystone has submitted a declaration of commercial discovery and intends to submit a development plan within six months to the Kurdish authorities in what is currently northern Iran.
A MORAY oil worker has died in an accident on a rig off the coast of Australia.
Oil giant BP is making a fresh £100million investment in UK waters as part of its focus on operating big fields with growth potential, we can reveal today.
Oil service firm Hunting said yesterday it expected growing momentum in North Sea activity to contribute to another strong year for the company.
North-east oilfield equipment provider Downhole Products has been presented with a Queen's Award for Enterprise.
North Sea oil workers were battling last night to repair a pipe which has been leaking a mix of oil and water.
Aberdeen company Sparrows said yesterday it had won a milestone crane-inspection contract for the world's largest offshore drilling company, Transocean.