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Companies

Activity

Eni Norge opens new Hammerfest ops center northern Norway and the about 60 Eni Norge personnel establishment of an opera-

Barents Sea. The Italian com- in Hammerfest. The ofce will tions center in Hammerfest is pany has been active in the also be responsible for future crucial if Eni Norge is to keep region since the start of the feld developments in the area pace with the industrial growth 1990s and is developing the and has capacity for up to 120 anticipated in the region.

Goliat oil feld - the frst oil people. In addition to Goliat, Eni feld to be developed in the Eni Norge managing direc- Norge is a stakeholder in 17

Barents Sea. tor Andrea Forzoni believes licenses in the Barents Sea,

Eni Norge has opened a new Goliat is due to come on strongly that new oil and gas and operator in ten, including a operations center in Hammer- stream next year. Management discoveries will be made in 30% stake in Johan Castberg fest as part of its expansion in of the feld will be aided by the Barents Sea, and that the feld.

UK report calls access to infrastructure, production independently of the Energy for new regulator effciency and decommissioning. The Department. Wood said the review

A government-commissioned report recommendations are contained within recognized the complex nature of the regarding the future of the UK’s oil and an interim report on the government- UK’s maturing offshore industry, where gas industry has recommended the cre- commissioned “UKCS Maximising an increasingly diverse range of opera- ation of a new industry-funded regula- Recovery Review,” led by Sir Ian Wood, tors are investing at record levels in tory body with powers similar to those founder and former chairman of Wood new developments, yet exploration and seen in Norway and The Netherlands.  Group. The review’s aim is an indepen- production rates are falling, and activ-

The new regulator’s work would dent assessment of UK offshore oil and ity is fragmenting into a “patchwork” include developing and implementing gas recovery and regulation. of smaller felds with a lack of strong strategies for exploration, third party The new regulator would work stewardship.

Excellence (sponsored by ECITB) –

OIL & Gas UK Awards 2013 Ikon Science acquires software

Kenny Baxter, Chevron North Sea announced in Aberdeen division of Terra Geotech

Limited. The winners of the Oil & Gas UK Awards Geoprediction frm Ikon Science has 2013 were announced at an awards acquired the software, services and intel-

Ocean Rig, ceremony attended by more than 600 in lectual property of Bergen-headquartered

Energean to form JV

Aberdeen, Scotland. Terra Geotech AS. Eamonn Doyle, the

Ocean Rig and Energean Oil & Gas The Oil & Gas UK Awards is the annual founder of Terra Geotech, has joined will create a joint venture called showcase event for the UK offshore oil Ikon Science as VP real-time operations,

OceanEnergean to participate in new and gas industry, honoring the top bringing with him Terra’s real-time pore bid rounds for hydrocarbon exploration performing people and companies. pressure prediction consulting business.

The winners across fve categories were: and exploitation in Greece and abroad in Doyle said the move would accelerate • more than 1000m deep water. The Oil & Gas UK Award for People the frm’s business growth and R&D in

Each company will hold 50% of the Development (sponsored by the real-time pore pressure prediction.

share capital. University of Aberdeen) – AMEC The move would also beneft from •

Energean said the company’s aim is to The Oil & Gas UK Award for Business integrating Terra’s real-time data and create an operator that will bid for new Effciency (sponsored by Apache) – monitoring with Ikon’s existing reservoir blocks in the Mediterranean, the Black Apache/OGN Project Team monitoring, geomechanics and pore pres- •

Sea and Africa, as well as in Western The Oil & Gas UK Award for Mentoring sure prediction capabilities.

Greece and Crete. (sponsored by Chevron) – Archie Remote and real-time well monitoring

OceanEnergean will draw on Crawford, Bilfnger Salamis UK software and services are available from •

Energean’s expertise in exploration, The Oil & Gas UK Award for Young Ikon with immediate effect.

development and operation of oil and Technician of the Year (sponsored by BP) Ikon, based in London, was formed in gas felds, and Ocean Rig’s international – James Gladden, BG Group 2001, with Enterprise Oil plc and Tullow • experience in deepwater drilling.  The Oil & Gas UK Award for Overall Oil as founding shareholders.

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