Britain’s National Data Repository (NDR) has introduced what it claims is a faster, easier and more cost-effective way of reporting seismic data. According to the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), this should assist the search for undiscovered hydrocarbons and potential offshore sites for carbon…
The University of Aberdeen is offering a limited number of free places on a range of online short courses in 2020 and 2021 for anyone employed, unemployed or furloughed in Scotland. According to the university, the courses meet known skills gaps in the Scottish…
The gas discovery of the scale of Turkey’s Tuna-1 find in the Black Sea, if developed, would be transformational for the country, given its overwhelming reliance on imports and crippling energy import bill, according to Wood Mackenzie. Turkey announced a significant gas discovery last…
While working with a reputable geoscientist in the Permian Basin since 2018, Barron Petroleum and its CEO Manjit Sahota have a reason to celebrate after coming across their biggest oil & gas discovery to date. According to the geoscientist, William Purves, ‘the 13,000-acre field in Val…
As oil prices stabilise above US$30 for WCS and US$40 for WTI, production which was curtailed in April and May in response to the COVID-19 price crash is returning in both the Canadian Oil Sands and in the US Shale basins. But according to…
First Solar, Inc has announced that its 141-megawatt (MW)AC Luz del Norte photovoltaic (PV) power plant is the world’s first known utility-scale solar facility licensed to deliver ancillary grid services commercially. Chile’s independent system operator (ISO), Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional, recently added Luz del Norte…
In this instalment of Rigzone’s review of oil market hits and misses from the past week, panellists comment on the direction of a crude oil pricing benchmark and the ranking of one of the world’s top oil producers. Read on for details. Rigzone: What…
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea, one of five western partners in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project led by Russia’s Gazprom, has reportedly rejected sanctions planned by the United States. According to an article by Reuters, the sanctions planned by the…
Dutch Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has installed the Yaxche-C jacket and topside for oil company Pemex offshore Mexico. Heerema said on the 21st August that the Yaxche-C jacket and topside was installed using the deep-water construction vessel (DCV) Balder. to the company, the…
DJI drones have become the first choice when it comes to Inspections in the Oil and Gas industries. Drones provide real-time data, allowing teams to make quick decisions about maintenance, thus saving time and money. Accuracy of measurement is increasing with every new…
