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Eni credits an integrated work model for the startup just 3 weeks after completion. Under the model, various disciplines worked in parallel from the exploration phase and synergies with existing production facilities were leveraged.

The time it takes for a shale producer to drill a well has been a major focus for the past decade. A new report says the industry should place equal weight on how long it takes a well to actually deliver first oil.

McDermott secured a fabrication contract for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project offshore Mauritania and Senegal worth between $1 million and $50 million. The contract’s scope includes project management, fabrication engineering, procurement, pre-assembly, fabrication, acceptance tests, and system-integration tests on the subsea production system. The work,…

Shell awarded TechnipFMC with an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract for its Perdido Phase 2 project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract covers the delivery and installation of subsea equipment, including flexible flowlines, flexible jumpers, steel flying leads, and electrical flying leads.

The deal sees ExxonMobil provide feed gas from its Point Thomson field to Qilak LNG’s proposed export project, which would use icebreaking carriers to export 4 mtpa of LNG to Asia directly from Alaska’s North Slope.

Expected to close 31 October, the deal will create one of the largest pressure pumpers in the US.

Is this the end of petroleum engineering as we know it? 2016 SPE President Nathan Meehan dives into the question on the new SPE Podcast.

The objective of this paper is to find a safer and more-efficient method for performing inspections on jack-up legs and inside tanks.

The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers-managed JIP 33 has issued specification S-170 for public review. The closing date for comments is 27 November.

International oilfield services company Expro appointed Quinn Fanning as chief financial officer. With more than 20 years’ experience, he brings financial leadership and executive management experience through his time as CFO of a public company and an investment banker. In his most recent position as executive vice president and CFO of Tidewater, Fanning played a lea…

The two largest oilfield services firms grapple with a worsening North American land market.

Developing the facility of the future is a technological and infrastructural challenge, but the people behind the technology play just as critical of a role in actualizing complex, innovative asset designs. How will future facilities affect the way companies operate?