The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) is celebrating a major milestone in an integrated energy project which moves the dial on North Sea challenges.

Aberdeen-based floating production solutions specialist Amplus Energy Services has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to re-evaluate the development of marginal fields in Angola.

Achilles Information, a global leader and partner of choice for supply chain risk and performance management, on August 6, 2019, launched the most comprehensive supplier network available for the oil & gas industry: Oil and Gas Europe.

Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. and Intelligent Wellhead Systems, Inc. have announced the establishment of a joint venture to introduce new technology and services aimed at improving the safety and efficiency of offshore drilling, completion, intervention and abandonment operations.

China based offshore and subsea solutions company, COOEC Offshore, has formed an alliance with international oilfield services company, Expro.

Deloitte has further boosted its Aberdeen-based practice with the announcement that Sarah McGavin has rejoined the firm as an Audit Director.

The oil being sold by the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) contains toxic levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a damaging pollutant commonly found in crude oil that results in corrosion of pipelines and raises safety concerns for workers who may inhale the poisonous gas.

McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a large* contract by Saudi Aramco to provide engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of a production deck module (PDM) in the Hasbah gas field with hook-up and modification works in Saudi Arabia's Karan fields located offshore in the Arabian Gulf.

Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited (“Mermaid”) reports that its Middle East and South East Asian business units have recently been awarded subsea contracts with a combined total estimated potential contract value of USD 7.4 million.

A newly acquired AML Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) will help Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) develop improved methods of mapping the seafloor. With its unique ability to conduct real-time, vertical profiles continuously and automatically, the MVP200 is expected to improve the efficiency and quality of data collection.

Abrado Wellbore Services (“Abrado”), a specialist global, expandable section milling plug and abandonment service technology company, has secured a multi-million dollar contract from Chevron’s Environmental Management Company to support the plug and abandonment (P&A) of more than 30 wells offshore California.

Trendsetter Engineering, Inc., announces the successful offshore installation of a custom Methanol Injection Valve Module as part of a subsea gas lift project off the coast of Malaysia.

The BHP Board has approved US$283 million (BHP share) in funding to develop the Ruby Project in Trinidad and Tobago. Total investment for the oil and gas project (including pre-commitment capital) is approximately US$500 million (gross, 100 per cent basis).

PJ Valves (PJV), the specialist manufacturer and supplier of valves for the global energy industry, has been awarded three significant FPSO valve contracts for projects in Brazil, Mexico and Nigeria.

Churchill Drilling Tools, a leading oilfield service company specializing in drilling innovation, has revealed that an operator significantly improved its wellhead base jetting operations by deploying the DAV MX™ CircSub.

Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has taken the final investment decision (FID) for the PowerNap deep-water project in the US Gulf of Mexico. PowerNap is a subsea tie-back to the Shell-operated Olympus production hub.