TWMA helping shape the future of Norwegian offshore processing
TWMA, aprovider of specialised services for the international onshore and offshore oil and gas industry, today confirmed it has begun work with the Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) as part of efforts to create a new standard of best practice for treating drilling wastes at source through offshore processing. OLF …
Rosneft and Eni Sign Agreement to Finance Geological Exploration Works at Three Offshore Russian License Blocks
Rosneft and its subsidiary Val Shatskogo have signed an agreement with Eni Energy Russia B.V. to finance geological works at three offshore Russian license blocks: the Fedynsky and Central Barents blocks in the Barents Sea and the Western Chernomorsky block in the Black Sea. Under the agreement, Eni will fully …
Rosneft and Eni signed agreements to set up JVs for Russian offshore projects
Joint ventures being set up to serve as operators for Russian offshore projects Mutual guarantees agreements signed Rosneft and Eni S.p.A. have today signed agreements ensuring practical implementation of a Cooperation agreement concluded in April 2012. The documents were signed by Rosneft President Igor Sechin and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni …
Oil & Gas Skills Body Reveals Extent of International and Domestic Growth as it Strives to Close New Skills Gaps
Over half a million offshore oil and gas workers in 40 countries are now trained to OPITO safety and competency standards. The industry-funded body which develops a sustainable, safe and competent workforce for the oil and gas sector today revealed a series of statistics which demonstrate the organisation’s transformation over …
Offshore Upstream Development in Russia and CIS – 2012
VIII International Conference OFFSHORE UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA AND CIS – 2012 May 17-18, 2012, Baltschug Kempinski, Moscow Organizer: RPI Supported by: Gazprom Supported by: Murmanshelf Sponsors: Deloitte, Pepeliaev Group, SATIS, GE Transportations, Rutter, MAX STREICHER, Interunity. DON’T MISS A SPECIAL “EARLY BIRD” REGISTRATION FEE AVAILABLE ONLY TILL 30.04! Day …
OPITO-approved survival training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center helps raise the bar on offshore safety in Gulf of Mexico
The Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation (OPITO) International announced today that the Hi-Con Training Program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center has been approved to deliver a suite of survival training courses to the OPITO standard. OPITO is wholly owned by the oil and gas industry and is responsible for ensuring …
TNK-BP Successfully Completes Its First Offshore Drilling Project on the Vietnamese Shelf
TNK-BP announced today that the group’s subsidiary TNK Vietnam has successfully completed the drilling of two development wells on the Lan Đỏ offshore field in Vietnam. TNK Vietnam began drilling operations on subsea development wells on January 14, 2012. Their construction on the Lan Đỏ field took 94 days to …
Arctic Exploration: Industry’s Cold Feet Begin to Thaw as Activity Hots Up
Mark Thomas The fact that the Arctic offshore contains huge estimated oil and gas reserves is nothing new, despite the relatively small amount of hydrocarbons currently being produced from its waters. But a gradual thawing in the arguments against why responsible exploration and development activity cannot take place has brought …