Shell Platforms To Be Hit By Strike. Hundreds of members of Unite and RMT unions working under Wood Group are blaming a dispute over a 30 percent cut in pay and changes to allowances as the impetus behind strikes across eight Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea. [Oilpro]
Chinese Oil Company Evacuates Employees In South Sudan. Less than 100 workers have been left at a South Sudanese oil field Tuesday following the evacuation of staff by China National Petroleum Corp. as fighting continues in the African nation, the company announced. [Oilpro]
Det Norsk Installs Ivar Aasen Platform. Det Norske Oljeselskap lifted and installed the Ivar Aasen platform on July 18.[Oilpro]
In Brazil, Another Shipyard Goes Bust as Work Goes to Asia. A Rio de Janeiro shipyard, where suspended president Dilma Rousseff once promised to employ an army of welders, electricians and engineers to make offshore oil platforms, is all but shut. Every other day, 50 workers on average hand in their helmets and are sent home jobless, according to the yard’s union. More than 5,000 were on site in late 2014, and by the end of this month they are all expected to be gone.[GCaptain]
Ineos To Accelerate Development Of UK Shale Gas Project. Ineos is reportedly preparing to accelerate its application for fracking permissions in a bid to begin drilling in early 2017. [Oilpro]
Magseis Picks Sonardyne Acoustics. Magseis has selected acoustic positioning equipment from Sonardyne Intl Ltd, UK, to support its upcoming deepwater ocean bottom seismic survey of the Red Sea. [Oilpro]
Front Puffin FPSO Ready For First Crude Lift Soon. Panoro Energy has completed commissioning of the Front Puffin FPSO. Targeted stabilized production rates have not yet been achieved due to mechanical issues and Nigerian regulatory approvals. [Oilpro]
Libyan supply setback helps steady oil prices. The shutdown of an oil terminal in eastern Libya might not mean good things for the nation and it’s attempts to recover its oil production, but the rest of the industry is reaping a small benefit. [Oilpro]
Cara Well Spudded. ENGIE E&P Norge spudded the PL 636 Cara exploration well in the northern North Sea on Mon., July 18. [Oilpro]
KrisEnergy Begins 3D Seismic Recording Off Thailand. KrisEnergy Ltd. has commenced an 884 sq. km 3D seismic acquisition program in the G10/48 contract area in the Gulf of Thailand. The CGG Amadeus is estimated to work for 41 days on this project. [Oilpro]
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