Videos

Clair Ridge: A 30-second timelapse of topsides installation

July 23, 2015
In this short video, see how BP moved thousands of tonnes of equipment on its Clair Ridge platform, offshore UK.

Breaking first ground on Johan Sverdrup

July 23, 2015
The drilling rig Ocean Vanguard broke first ground on Johan Sverdrup field with a 100-m deep pilot hole where the field center will be located.

Statoil installs Gina Krog jacket in North Sea

July 20, 2015
In late June, the jacket for the new Statoil-operated Gina Krog platform was installed in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. Including rigging and buoyancy tanks, the jacket weighed more than 17,000 tons.

Will Iran follow in the footsteps of Libya, Venezuela?

July 20, 2015
Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh says the country will take six to seven months to restore production to pre-sanction levels, which is far more optimistic than most analyst estimates. Bloomberg TV Malaysia's Cynthia Ng explains how Iran could surprise the oil market.

Halliburton introduces CoilComm service to maximize well production

July 20, 2015
Halliburton’s Production Solutions business line introduces CoilComm service to help maximize well production and the success rates of coiled tubing well interventions. The service allows operators to identify which producing zones are benefiting from a stimulation treatment and which are being bypassed by measuring depth correlation and temperature profiles in a single trip down the wellbore.
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