EUROPEAN companies Aker Drilling Offshore Services, of Norway, and Maersk, of Denmark, have each placed valuable orders for new drilling tonnage in the Far East.
On September 1, Taqa Bratani assumed operatorship of the UK's Brent pipeline system in the East Shetland Basin. The news appeared to come from out of the blue even though it was apparently never a secret that Shell had resigned as network operator in July 2008.
AS THE Chinese muscle their way around the world, it should come as no surprise that they are going to be at Offshore Europe, mounting their biggest display ever in Europe's Energy Capital.
