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24 August 2020
SBM Offshore prepares for sale DSCV SBM Installer
SBM Offshore is the long-term charterer of the diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) SBM Installer under a contract ending in 2026. The Company has 25% equity ownership in the entity holding the vessel, OS Installer Limited (OSI). The vessel operates in a non-core market for the Company. In order…
24 August 2020
Equinor - consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea
Equinor have been given consent to drill a sidetrack in exploration well 35/11-24 in the North Sea.
24 August 2020
ConocoPhillips – consent for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea
ConocoPhillips have been given consent for exploration drilling in block 6507/5 in the Norwegian Sea..
24 August 2020
TPAO discovers a colossal gas field in Western Black Sea offshore, first ever gas discovery in Turkish ultra-deep water
Discovery, after full development, will satisfy Turkey’s natural gas demand for decades. Tuna-1 well data and geophysical studies show a potential of 320 billion cubic meters of lean gas which represents the largest discovery in Black Sea. There is also an expectation of additional upside potential down at the undrilled…
24 August 2020
Tekmar Group awarded significant contracts to supply subsea asset protection technology in the Middle East
Tekmar Group companies Tekmar Energy and Pipeshield International today announce multiple contracts to supply subsea asset protection and stabilisation technologies to energy companies and tier one contractors in the Middle East. The combined scopes of work include the design, engineering manufacturing and supply of over 6,000m of TekDuct, over 3,000…
24 August 2020
PB3 PowerBuoy® Achieves New Operational Milestone
The PB3 PowerBuoy® operating in the Adriatic Sea has surpassed 600 days of continuous operation for Eni’s Phase 1 resident autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) project. “The PB3 PowerBuoy® continues to validate its durability as a proven marine power asset,” said George H. Kirby, President and Chief Executive Officer of OPT.…
24 August 2020
Balder Installs the Pemex Yaxche-C Platform
Heerema's DCV Balder has installed Pemex's Yaxche-C jacket and topside on behalf of client Cotemar S.A de C.V. This project is Heerema's first for Cotemar, and it was executed safely with no incidents and on schedule as a result of excellent collaboration between the parties. For the Yaxche-C installation, Balder…
21 August 2020
DEME Offshore signs contract for largest ever inter-array cable order with Dogger Bank Wind Farm
DEME Offshore has been awarded a substantial EPCI contract for the inter-array cables at the Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B wind farms in the UK, the first two phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm which is the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under development. The…
21 August 2020
SEA-KIT USV successfully completes 22 days of offshore operation
SEA-KIT’s 12m Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) ‘Maxlimer’ returned to Plymouth on Friday 14 August after 22 days of remote survey operations on Europe’s continental margin. Since late July the USV has mapped over 1000sq km of ocean floor, controlled around-the-clock by SEA-KIT via satellite communications from its Remote Operation Centre…
21 August 2020
Carnarvon Dorado development update
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited (“Carnarvon”) (ASX:CVN) advises that the Dorado field development activities are progressing well with the Front End Engineering Design (“FEED”) program expected to commence in the second half of the 2020 calendar year. more
21 August 2020
Buss Energy Group invests in future-oriented technology for the inspection of wind turbines
The Buss Energy Group from Hamburg (Germany) continues its growth course with a strategic stake of 24.9 percent in Aero Enterprise GmbH from Linz. The Austrian company has been operating inspection flights on onshore and offshore wind turbines with self-developed flying robots since 2013. The drones are based on helicopter…
21 August 2020
GC Rieber Shipping: Sale of vessel
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement to sell the IMR vessel Polar King, built at Freire Shipyard in 2011. Due to the sale, an impairment of approximately USD 5 million for Polar King is expected to be recognized as per 30.06.2020. Proceeds from the sale will be used to repay the…
21 August 2020
Benthic Wins Petrobras Mero Field Geotechnical Site Investigation Services, Brazil
Benthic, a global geosciences company and part of marine and subsea solutions group Acteon, has signed a contract with Petrobras to provide geotechnical site investigation services at the Mero field off the coast of Brazil. The work includes in-situ testing, sampling and seismic cone testing at 26 locations in water…
21 August 2020
Successful installlation of two offshore substation platforms and 20 jackets marks major milestone at Moray East
DEME Offshore has successfully installed two of three offshore substation platforms (OSP) for the Moray East wind farm in the Moray Firth in Scotland. In the meantime jacket installation is also progressing with 20 jackets installed. The installation marks a major milestone in the progress of the construction of the…
20 August 2020
TechnipFMC wins Subsea EPCI for the Libra Consortium’s Mero 2 Project, operated by Petrobras in Brazil
TechnipFMC has been awarded a large(1) contract for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) through a competitive contracting process, by Petrobras, the leader and operator of the Libra Consortium, which was formed by Petrobras, Shell Brasil, Total, CNPC, CNOOC Limited and Pré-sal Petróleo SA (PPSA), for the pre-salt Mero field,…
20 August 2020
The USA and Norway enter into a co-operation agreement on energy and seabed minerals
The US Department of the Interior and the Department of Petroleum and Energy have today entered into an agreement for the oil and gas, offshore wind and seabed minerals sectors. The co-operation agreement, a so-called Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), provides a framework for further co-operation between the American and Norwegian…
20 August 2020
Pipeshield International, a Tekmar Group Company, has completed the engineering, manufacturing and delivery of concrete mattresses to the EPCI joint venture of Eiffage Métal and DEME for Saint Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm
Pipeshield International has completed the engineering, manufacturing, and delivery of 77 concrete mattresses of varying specifications for Saint Nazaire, the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in France. Pipeshield worked collaboratively with Eiffage to develop an optimised engineering solution and comprehensive mattress specifications that met the technical requirements of the challenging…
20 August 2020
DeepTech Oil Services Delivers Game Changing Project
Deepwater remote operations specialists, DeepTech Oil Services, has announced the successful completion of a break through intervention project. The scope was delivered in the Zohr gas field in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea for Eni and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). It involved securing a back-up power…
20 August 2020
Welaptega debuts riser cleaning technology with Ocean Installer
International underwater asset integrity specialists Welaptega have innovated an advanced cleaning system to safely and efficiently remove marine growth from risers. Welaptega, owned by integrated subsea technology and services company Ashtead Technology, delivered the Riser/Rope Cleaning and Inspection System (RCIS) to client Ocean Installer AS for its inaugural deployment in…
20 August 2020
Turan Drilling and Engineering to manage BP procurement activity in Azerbaijan
Turan Drilling & Engineering Company LLC (A KCA Deutag and SOCAR AQS Company), today announces that it has been awarded a contract amendment to manage procurement, maintenance and warehousing activities on behalf of BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Limited ("BP"). The agreement, effective 15 June 2020, means Turan Drilling & Engineering…
20 August 2020
Maersk Drilling secures additional one-well contract for low-emission rig under the Aker BP alliance
Maersk Drilling has been awarded an additional one-well contract from Aker BP for the low-emission jack-up rig Maersk Integrator. In direct continuation of its previously announced work scope, the rig will move to the Ula field offshore Norway to drill the Ula F – Producer 1 well. The contract has…
19 August 2020
PTTEP awards Halliburton digital transformation project
PTTEP, a national petroleum exploration and production company in Thailand, awarded Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) a contract to design and implement a series of digital transformation projects as part of PTTEP’s Advanced Production Excellence (APEX) Initiative. APEX will improve operational efficiency and production in four offshore fields: Arthit, Greater Bongkot South, Greater Bongkot North and…
19 August 2020
Neptune Energy and Eserv partner for digitisation of Cygnus platform
Neptune Energy today announced an exciting new partnership with 3D technology specialist, Eserv, as part of the ongoing digitalisation of Neptune’s assets including its operated Cygnus gas platform in the UK southern North Sea. Using 3D and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, a digital map of all three bridge-linked jackets was…
19 August 2020
Estimated costs for UKCS decommissioning continue to fall
The total cost of UK offshore oil and gas decommissioning has fallen by a further 2% on a like-for-like basis in 2019 to £48bn, according to the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).more
19 August 2020
Seismic Data upload enhancements will benefit MER and Energy Transition
A new quicker, easier and more cost-effective method of reporting seismic data to the National Data Repository (NDR) will help in the search for undiscovered hydrocarbons and potential sites for carbon storage. Premier Oil has uploaded data from its 2019 Tolmount 3D seismic survey, becoming the first company to use…
19 August 2020
ODL - Equinor exercises more work for Deepsea Atlantic
Equinor has today exercised three new wells for Deepsea Atlantic. The wells have been exercised under the Continued Optionality mechanism in the contract entered into between the parties in May 2018, as part of the overall Master Frame Agreement. The work shall commence after the completion of the current scope…
19 August 2020
Maersk Training and Bristol Community College announce international offshore wind training partnership
Bristol Community College’s National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI) announced today that it has entered a global partnership with one of the world’s largest and most trusted providers of offshore wind training, Maersk Training. “Bristol is proud to partner with globally recognized Maersk Training, whose expertise and experience will elevate the…
18 August 2020
Contract Extension for "HAKURYU-10" and "HAKURYU-12"
Jack-up drilling rigs "HAKURYU-10" and "HAKURYU-12", both operated by JDC's subsidiary company "Japan Drilling (Netherlands) B.V." at Al-Shaheen Oil Field, offshore Qatar, have been awarded a one-year contract extension as the second option by North Oil Company ("NOC") under the 2 years firm + 2 x 1 year options contract…
18 August 2020
ASX Announcement Beach and Diamond Sign New Rig Contract
Beach Energy Limited (ASX: BPT, Beach) is pleased to announce the company (through its subsidiary Beach Energy (Operations) Limited) with support from its joint venture partner O.G. Energy has executed a new offshore drilling agreement (“Agreement”) with Diamond Offshore General Company (“Diamond”) for the use of the Ocean Onyx Semi-submersible…
18 August 2020
Silverwell Energy provides Petronas with Digital Intelligent Artificial Lift system
Silverwell, a producer of innovative solutions to the oil and gas industry, saw its Malaysian Agent, Neural Oilfield Sdn Bhd, being awarded a contract worth up to USD $3 million by PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd. The contract is for the deployment of Silverwell’s industry-leading Digital Intelligent Artificial Lift (DIAL) gas…
18 August 2020
Climate change still perceived as the most pressing problem of our time
Despite the health crisis, climate change is still seen by the public in several European countries as the biggest issue that mankind faces. This is the finding of new research released today by Vattenfall. The new survey complements a report by Vattenfall carried out in December 2019, which explored people’s…
18 August 2020
Allseas completes topsides removal scope for Total’s Tyra redevelopment
Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed a successful processing and accommodation topsides and flare jackets removal campaign as part of the Tyra Redevelopment Project for Total E&P Denmark. Over the last two weeks, Pioneering Spirit removed more than 27,000 tonnes of platform facilities from the North Sea’s Tyra…
18 August 2020
Sleipnir breaks own record with 10,100 mT jacket lift
Heerema’s SSCV Sleipnir has safely and sustainably removed Shell’s 10,100 mT Brent Alpha jacket. This single jacket lift breaks Sleipnir’s recent record for lifting the 8,100 mT Jotun-B jacket. This project is Sleipnir’s fourth decommissioning job for this summer. The vessel will continue to be busy in the North Sea…
18 August 2020
C-Kore supports Total with subsea testing operations in the North Sea
C-Kore Systems deployed their Subsea Testing tools on Total’s Greater Laggan Area, West of Shetland to perform electrical testing on the field’s umbilicals. With the fast and accurate data provided by C-Kore’s Subsea TDR, discontinuities were quickly located, saving time and money compared to traditional subsea testing techniques. The C-Kore…
18 August 2020
HIPP Awards Fugro Gulf St Vincent Charting Project for Australian Hydrographic Office
Fugro has been selected to chart the waters of South Australia’s Gulf St Vincent and Investigator Strait as part of the Australian Government’s HydroScheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP).The 998 km2 survey will be conducted on behalf of the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO), who will use the data to update nautical…
17 August 2020
OGTC: TechX Accelerator Programme delivered virtually
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has launched the third cohort of its award-winning TechX Accelerator programme. In a year of adapting, the designated 16 weeks will now be delivered entirely in virtual form. From events to a supportive online network, this year’s pioneering companies will continue to be…
17 August 2020
Misc marks its maiden foray into major deepwater project in Latin America with Mero 3 PFSO
MISC Berhad (MISC) is pleased to announce its acceptance of Letter of Intent (LOI) from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the provision of a floating production storage and offloading facility (Mero 3 FPSO) located offshore Rio de Janeiro in the Libra block, Santos Basin, Brazil and operation and maintenance services during the charter…
17 August 2020
NOC renews Memorandum of Understanding with the Royal Navy and Dstl
The Royal Navy, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have renewed and expanded their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) within the underwater environment and collaboration in trials and testing of Marine Autonomous Systems (MAS) and novel sensors for the collection of marine data. The MoU…
17 August 2020
JFD produces and delivers 100th Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA) system
JFD, the world leading underwater capability provider serving the commercial and defence diving markets and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced the production and delivery of its 100th Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA) system. The award-winning COBRA system was developed to provide a simple and reliable breathing…
17 August 2020
Woodside pre-empts Sangomar transaction
Woodside has given notice exercising its right to pre-empt the sale by Capricorn Senegal Limited (Cairn) toLUKOIL Upstream Senegal BV (Lukoil) of Cairn’s entire participating interest in the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) joint venture (the Cairn/Lukoil Transaction).more
14 August 2020
Drilling completed on Dvalin
Drilling has been completed on the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea, propelling the project into the final development phase before first gas. Overcoming severe weather conditions at the beginning of the year and avoiding any impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wintershall Dea safely completed the four-well campaign, on budget…
14 August 2020
Neart na Gaoithe enters first phase of offshore construction
One of the world’s largest offshore construction vessels has arrived at the site of the EDF Renewables and ESB owned Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, 15km off the Fife coast, as the project enters its first phase of offshore construction. The S7000, Saipem’s semi-submersible crane vessel, will start…
14 August 2020
Xodus launches major floating offshore wind study
Xodus Group has launched a three-year collaborative research project on the costs around floating offshore wind. The study, led by Xodus through the IDCORE programme, is a collaborative partnership between the Universities of Edinburgh, Strathclyde and Exeter as well as the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS). To enable the…
14 August 2020
PGS ASA: Rejection of TGS Proposal to Acquire PGS MultiClient Library
The Board of PGS ASA ("PGS", or the "Company"), together with PGS Management, has reviewed and assessed the unsolicited, conditional and non-binding proposal to acquire the MultiClient data library of PGS received from TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA ("TGS") on August 6, 2020. The Board has unanimously concluded to reject the TGS…
14 August 2020
Equinor – Consent for use of Deepsea Atlantic on the Gullfaks field
Equinor have been given consent to use the Deepsea Atlantic mobile drilling facility for production drilling on the Gullfaks field
14 August 2020
DOF Subsea awarded multiple contracts in the Atlantic region
DOF Subsea is proud to announce multiple new contracts in the Atlantic region. The contract awards include work within our core service lines - Survey, Inspection, Maintenance & Repair and Decommissioning. A selection of the vessels in the DOF Subsea fleet shall be deployed to undertake the work, including Skandi…
14 August 2020
Maersk Drilling Fleet Status Report
Changes to Fleet Status Report Commercial activity in Q2 2020: Maersk Intrepid Awarded four-well extension from Equinor in Norway with an estimated duration of 339 days, plus an additional one-well option, plus the option of adding up to 120 additional days of well intervention. The contract is expected to commence…
14 August 2020
Aker Carbon Capture AS and Aker Offshore Wind Holding AS – Private Placements Successfully Placed
Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement made by Aker Solutions ASA (“Aker Solutions”) on 12 August 2020 regarding the two contemplated private placements (the “Private Placements”) in each of Aker Solutions’ subsidiaries Aker Offshore Wind Holding AS (“Aker Offshore Wind”) and Aker Carbon Capture AS (“Aker Carbon Capture”…
14 August 2020
Fugro Awarded Crosswind Site Investigation Contract For Hollandse Kust (NOORD) Offshore Wind Farm
The CrossWind consortium, a joint venture between Shell in the Netherlands and Eneco, has awarded Fugro a contract to deliver comprehensive geotechnical site investigation solutions to support development of the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm. Fugro's Atlantis Dweller The CrossWind consortium, a joint venture between Shell in the Netherlands…
13 August 2020
AqualisBraemar to oversee construction of newbuild wind turbine installation duo
OuYang Offshore Co., Ltd. has awarded AqualisBraemar the construction supervision contract for two newbuild self-elevating wind turbine installation vessels to be constructed at Chinese shipyard Dayang Offshore Equipment Co., Ltd. “Having previously supervised construction of the OuYang 001 and OuYang 002 wind turbine installation vessels, it is a huge vote…