The last module of the Johan Sverdrup riser platform has been lifted into place. With this, the first of four topsides of the next North Sea giant has been installed.

LR will be leading discussions and debate at this year’s OTC Houston in Texas with a series of technical presentations and papers to help oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond, discover a range of innovations and technology to support US industry as companies tackle the opportunities and challenges of the next 50 years.

Pipetech, the independent process system integrity specialist, has launched a new Active Caisson Management service following a number of recent projects with North Sea operators.

Exploration strategy has evolved in a period of lower oil prices and at a time when high impact oil discoveries are proving elusive. Paul Dailly, Founding Partner and Head of New Ventures, Kosmos Energy shares his thoughts about the future of exploration.

Following a successful ‘Call for Ideas’, the Oil & Gas Technology Centre is backing four subsea ‘plug and play’ projects to help unlock the 3.4 billion barrels of oil and gas in marginal fields, or ‘small pools’ on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

Leading international integrated subsea services company Kreuz Subsea has mobilized the recently delivered new-build dive support vessel, Kreuz Challenger, as part of its seven-year contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. (BSP).

Statoil is awarding, on behalf of the Njord license, a contract to Aibel for upgrading of the Njord Bravo floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel in the Norwegian Sea. The contract value is around NOK 1.3 billion.

Oil Plus Ltd, a specialist global oil and gas consultancy has secured contracts worth more than $1.5m over the past three months and has significantly expanded its footprint in the Middle East.

Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has announced the final investment decision for Vito, a deep-water development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with a forward-looking, break-even price estimated to be less than $35 per barrel. This decision sets in motion the construction and fabrication of a new, simplified host design and subsea infrastructure.

Eni announces the approval of the Plan of Development (POD) for the Merakes field located in the East Sepinggan PSC in the Makassar Strait, offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

LNG Allies has released an updated report that summarizes the potential for significant economic benefits and job growth from the U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions announces the launch of a new metal end cap seal specifically engineered for High Temperature High Pressure (HTHP) wellhead, tubing and casing hanger sealing environments, which combines the pressure and extrusion resistance of a metal-to-metal bonded component with the flexibility of an elastomer.

BOP Risk Mitigation Services, LLC (BRMS) has achieved the seemingly impossible task of developing and delivering the first standardized technology-based Subsea Blowout Preventer (BOP) Rapid Risk Assessment Systems Smart -Risk ™ which incorporates the BRMS Smart -Sim ™ virtual environment.

BlueFin and Emerson announces that they have signed a working partnership agreement to deliver the Roxar gauge technology to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GoM) region.

Air Control Entech (ACE) and the Oil & Gas Technology Centre have reached a major milestone, with the launch of three state-of-the-art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which aim to reduce offshore oil and gas inspection costs by up to 50%.

International engineering and operations support services contractor ODE, an integral part of the DORIS Group, has been awarded a contract to act as Pipeline Operator on behalf of Independent Oil and Gas Plc (IOG) for the Thames Pipeline that will serve the Blythe Hub and Vulcan Satellites Hub Developments.