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14 August 2018
Faroe Petroleum Farm-In to UKCS Agar/Plantain Well
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, is pleased to announce that it has farmed into the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) Agar Plantain exploration and appraisal well close to the UK/Norwegian median line, operated by Azinor…
13 August 2018
Lundin has Received Consent for Exploration Drilling in the Norwegian Sea
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Lundin Norway AS (Lundin) consent to drill exploration well 6307/1-1 S, which aims to investigate a prospect named Silfari.Lundin is the operator for production licence 830.The geographical coordinates are:63° 55' 15.85" N07° 18' 10.05" EThe well is to be drilled by Leiv Eiriksson, which…
13 August 2018
Consent to Use Safe Scandinavia on the Ula Field
Aker BP has received consent from Petroleum Safety Authority Norway for the use of Safe Scandinavia as a flotel on the Ula field from 1 September 2018 to 31 November 2019.Aker BP is the operator of the Ula field, which is located in the southern North Sea, northwest of the…
13 August 2018
HBC has Completed the Ørsted Subsea Inspection Campaign 2018
HBC has now successfully completed the Ørsted Subsea Inspection Campaign on Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm (UK), Borkum Riffgrund Offshore Windfarm (DE), Gode Wind 1 Offshore Windfarm (DE) and Gode Wind 2 Offshore Windfarm (DE).The campaign was carried out in a safe manner without any accidents, while maintaining a high…
13 August 2018
Termination of Support Service Agreements
Polarcus Limited announced that the technical and operational support service agreements entered into between a subsidiary of the Company and a state owned energy company with respect to the vessel Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa will come to an end on 3 October 2018 following more than five years of successful service…
13 August 2018
Polarcus Awarded 3D Project in West Africa
Polarcus Limited has received an award for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project in West Africa.The project duration is approximately three months and is expected to commence in September 2018.Following this award, the Polarcus fleet is 100% booked for Q3 2018 and 85% booked for Q4 2018.
13 August 2018
Fugro Resumes Acquisition of Data for Norway's MAREANO Seabed Mapping Programme
Fugro has been awarded a hydrographic survey contract, valued at NOK 44.7 million (approximately €4.7 million), by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service.The survey is part of the MAREANO seabed mapping programme, which is financed by Norway’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Climate and Environment. Fugro has…
13 August 2018
24 Additional New Jobs as Bailey Sentinel Further Expands Sentinel Marine Fleet
Sentinel Marine, the Aberdeen-headquartered operators of offshore support vessels, has taken delivery of the latest vessel to join its state- of-the-art fleet. The Bailey Sentinel, constructed in China is now en route to Aberdeen and is due to arrive in early September. Twenty four new jobs will be created when…
13 August 2018
Nord Stream 2: Submission of Application and Environmental Impact Assessment for an Alternative Route in Denmark
Nord Stream 2 AG has handed in an application and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report to the Danish Energy Agency for a route passing through the Danish exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to the north-west of Bornholm. This is an alternative route that does not pass through Danish territorial waters.Nord Stream…
13 August 2018
New Sverdrup Contract to Aibel
Aibel has been awarded the contract for hook-up of the process platform (P1) and bridge UB002 from the process platform to the living quarter (LQ) at the Johan Sverdrup field.The contract was included as an option in Aibel’s initial contract for the hook-up of the Johan Sverdrup drilling platform, awarded…
13 August 2018
Dry Well North of the Johan Castberg Field in the Barents Sea – 7322/7-1
Spirit Energy Norge AS, operator of production licence 852, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 7322/7-1. The well is dry.The well was drilled about 120 km north of the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea and 310 km north of Hammerfest.The objective of the well was to prove…
13 August 2018
Siemens Gamesa and Ørsted Sign First U.S. Offshore Turbine Supplier Contract
Demonstrating that the offshore wind industry is gaining significant momentum in the United States, Siemens Gamesa and Ørsted announced the signing of a subcontract to supply wind turbines for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project founded by Dominion Energy. Ørsted and Dominion Energy entered into a strategic partnership in 2017…
13 August 2018
Havila Shipping ASA: Sale of None Core Vessel
Havila Shipping ASA has entered into an agreement for sale of the PSV vessel Havila Fortress. The vessel is expected to be delivered to new owner within short time.Following the sale it is expected that the lenders and Havila Holding AS will exercise warrants through debt conversions into new shares…
13 August 2018
After Major Upgrade, Aeolus Starts Work on Belgium’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Starting in 2019, some 400,000 households will be running on green energy supplied by Norther, set to be Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm. Offshore installation vessel Aeolus underwent a major transformation before installing the very first foundation in the seabed this month.The installation of the first of a total of…
13 August 2018
Wood Wins New Contract for the Proposed Scarborough Gas Field Development
Wood has been awarded a new contract by Woodside to support the execution of concept definition for the proposed Scarborough upstream development, offshore Western Australia.Secured under a long-standing master services agreement, this latest contract extends Wood’s 35-year relationship with Woodside across their asset portfolio.Concept definition level engineering associated with the…
13 August 2018
Decommissioning Challenge Fund Expanded
Further support available for Scottish decommissioning projects.An additional £5 million has been made available to the supply chain in Scotland to help maximise the economic benefit from the decommissioning of North Sea infrastructure.Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands Paul Wheelhouse announced the Decommissioning Challenge Fund (DCF) will reopen for…
13 August 2018
Fugro's New RAMMS Technology Advances Bathymetric Lidar Mapping Capabilities
Fugro is introducing a new bathymetric lidar system that delivers industry-leading depth penetration and point densities for nearshore and coastal mapping. Known as RAMMS (Rapid Airborne Multibeam Mapping System), the field-proven technology promises to deliver an efficient and cost-effective solution, dramatically improving upon other bathymetric lidar mapping capabilities.Described as a…
13 August 2018
Yamal LNG Begins Gas Exports from Second LNG Train
Total announced that the first shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from the second train of the Yamal LNG project in Northern Russia is ready to leave Sabetta. This train adds an additional 5.5 million tons per year of LNG capacity to the facility, bringing the total capacity in operation…
13 August 2018
Kvaerner Awarded Additional Offshore Work on Johan Sverdrup
Equinor has awarded additional offshore work on the Johan Sverdrup field to a joint operation with Kvaerner and Aker Solutions. For Kvaerner, the contract has an estimated value of approximately NOK 100 million.Kvaerner is one of the main suppliers to the development of the Johan Sverdrup field. Kvaerner has so…
13 August 2018
Aker Solutions Secures Work on Johan Sverdrup
Equinor has exercised an option in the Johan Sverdrup Riser platform hook-up contract awarded in January 2017 for Aker Solutions to perform hook-up and commissioning assistance of the field's utility and living quarter platform, as well as the preparatory offshore work connected with the phase two modifications of the riser…
9 August 2018
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Maps Deep Sea Mineral Deposits
After the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy assumed administrative responsibility for mineral deposits on the continental shelf, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has been assigned the task of mapping potential deposits.The NPD is now starting an extensive data acquisition expedition in the deeper areas of the continental shelf in western…
9 August 2018
Oil and Gas Authority Update – Nominations for Additional Blocks (31st Offshore Licensing Round)
Update:As part of the 31st Offshore Licensing Round, the Oil and Gas Authority offered companies the opportunity to propose additional blocks in more mature areas, for possible inclusion where applicants intend to commit to a substantial firm work programme.The OGA has considered the proposals received and has added a further…
9 August 2018
Faroe Petroleum Norge has Received Consent for Exploration Drilling
Faroe Petroleum is the operator for production licence 825 in the North Sea. Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given the company consent to drill exploration well 30/6-30 Rungne.Drilling is scheduled to begin in October 2018 and last around 44 days, depending on whether a find is made.The geographical coordinates of…
9 August 2018
Deep Casing Tools Secures Canadian Partnership
Deep Casing Tools, the Aberdeen-headquartered casing and completion technology business, has announced a new partnership with a Canadian distributor, ProTorque Connection Technologies Ltd (ProTorque).The partnership with ProTorque, a tubular running service business, will see Deep Casing Tools re-enter the Canadian market, which historically was a successful region for the company.Deep…
9 August 2018
Plexus Holdings PLC Secures Second Order for POS-SET Connector™ for the Growing Abandonment Market
Plexus Holdings PLC, the oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announced it has secured a purchase order to supply and rent its POS-GRIP enabled POS-SET Connector™ to Oceaneering A/S, Norway ('Oceaneering') for well abandonment operations in the North Sea.…
9 August 2018
Unique Group Diversifies to Include Diving & Industrial Gas Supply for Offshore Markets
Unique Group, a leading integrated offshore solutions provider, has extended its offering to include diving & industrial gas supply for the African offshore market from its base in Cape Town, South Africa.The extension of capabilities now includes the full range of diving, welding, industrial, laboratory, test and calibration gases, chemical…
9 August 2018
Century Wind Power and Bladt Industries Announce they have Entered a Joint Venture
Taiwanese Century Wind Power and Danish Bladt Industries have signed a Joint Venture Agreement, as they want to take part in the upcoming Taiwanese offshore wind business on the fabrication of offshore foundations. The Joint Venture “Century Bladt Foundation Co., Ltd” will provide the market with a mature European fabrication…
9 August 2018
LTA with Eni Group for Sat Diving Offshore Italy
Eni DICS, Eni DIME, Enimed and Floaters (all companies of Eni group) have awarded the open contracts for saturation diving activities (IRM) in Italy to Rana Diving. Contract duration is three years plus 2 yearly extensions. The diving activities will be carried from MPSV Mamta with Rana Sat Diving System…
9 August 2018
Prosafe Operational update Q2 2018
The fleet utilisation rate in the second quarter of 2018 was 45.8 per cent (Q2 2017: 38.5 per cent).The Safe Scandinavia Tender Support Vessel (TSV) was in full operation for Equinor (formerly Statoil) at Oseberg East in Norway until the firm contract period finished at the end of June 2018.…
9 August 2018
Contract with SBM Offshore for CSV "Normand Installer"
Solstad Farstad ASA (SOFF) has renewed its Frame Agreement with SBM Offshore(SBM) for 2019 and 2020, where SBM will charter the CSV "Normand Installer" for at least 114 days of work in 2019 and 105 days in 2020."Normand Installer" is owned by NISA which is 50/50 owned by SBM Offshore…
9 August 2018
RockRose Energy: Acquisition of 20.43% Interest in Arran Field, UK North Sea
RockRose Energy, the independent oil and gas company, announced that it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire a 20.43% interest in blocks, 23/11a, 23/16b and 23/16c, which contain the Arran field in the UK Central North Sea, from Dana Petroleum (E&P) Ltd for a nominal consideration. RockRose…
8 August 2018
TGS Announces Updates to Australian Data Library
TGS announced that the purchase of the Capreolus 3D seismic survey from Polarcus has been completed. The Capreolus, full broadband 3D seismic survey is 22,130 km2 and covers two hydrocarbon provinces with proven, but underexplored, oil and gas plays both in the Beagle and Bedout sub-basins offshore north-west Australia.Capreolus 3D…
8 August 2018
DOF Subsea Contract Awards
DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF ASA has been awarded several contracts securing utilisation of personnel and vessels in the Subsea IMR Projects segment.DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract in the Atlantic region by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the Skandi Constructor. The contract will commence at the end…
8 August 2018
Framo Technology Successfully Install Wind Turbine Foundations
Framo’s pump technology has been used to successfully anchor 20 wind turbines at the wind farm Burkum Riffgrund 2.A total of 60 suction buckets have been pumped in place as foundation for the 20 wind turbines in Ørsted's new wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2.In June 2018, a team of specialists…
8 August 2018
Dry Well Near the Ormen Lange Field in the Norwegian Sea – 6304/3-1
A/S Norske Shell, operator of production licence 832, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6304/3-1. The well is dry.The well was drilled in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea, about 35 km northwest of the Ormen Lange field and about 165 km northwest of Molde.The objective of the…
8 August 2018
Faroe Petroleum Mid-year Operational Update
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, is pleased to provide an operational update ahead of its half yearly results which will be released on 18 September 2018.Highlights- Iris Hades success adds 42 mmboe(1) 2C resources…
8 August 2018
Sail-away of the Living Quarter and Accommodation Jacket for the Johan Sverdrup Field off Norway
Dragados Offshore has delivered the 7,600 tons-steel jacket for the living quarter platform to be installed at Equinor’s (previously Statoil) Johan Sverdrup field project off Norway. The sail-away of the LQ Jacket took place last 30th of July from the North Pier of our yard in Puerto Real, Cádiz (Spain).The…
7 August 2018
New Contracts Awarded to Help Stimulate UKCS Exploration Activity
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded new contracts through Government funding, to continue to stimulate exploration activity on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).As part of the HM Treasury’s £5 million granted to the OGA for exploration, the awards were made after a highly competitive tendering process during Q1…
7 August 2018
Petrofac Awarded Five-year Contract Extension by ONE
Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services (EPS) business has secured a five-year renewal on its Duty Holder Support Services contract with Oranje-Nassau Energie Resources Limited (ONE).Under the agreement, which is worth in the region of US$20 million over the term, Petrofac will continue to provide operations and maintenance, engineering, training and…
7 August 2018
Magseis ASA: Contract Extension in the Middle East
Magseis ASA announced that it has been granted an extension for a cable operation in the Middle East using proprietary MASS nodes and the cable vessel Artemis Athene.The project will commence in Q3 2018 and have a duration of approximately 7 months.
7 August 2018
Safe Caledonia Contract Extended by One Month at Clair Ridge
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited has exercised the one-month option to extend the charter of the Safe Caledonia. Total value of the option is USD 2.4 million.The Safe Caledonia commenced a five-month firm operational period end May 2018 at Clair Ridge in the UK sector of the North Sea. The…
7 August 2018
RDS Enters into a Strategic Alliance with Kavin to Pursue Upstream and Midstream Oil and Gas Projects
RDS, a KCA Deutag business, and Kavin Engineering And Services Private Limited announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance that will see the two companies combine their strengths and expertise to jointly pursue design and engineering projects across the upstream and midstream oil and gas market. RDS is…
7 August 2018
Brent Field Topsides Decommissioning Programme
After more than 40 years of production, the Brent Field is reaching the end of its economically-viable life. There are no viable alternative uses for any of the installations in future oil and gas production, whether from the Brent Field or from other adjacent hydrocarbon reserves. The installations in the…
7 August 2018
COSL Drilling Europe Signs Agreement with Nexen Petroleum
COSL Drilling Europe has signed an agreement for the semi-submersible rig COSLPioneer for drilling at the Buzzard Phase II (BPII) Project for Nexen Petroleum in the UK sector.The drilling campaign will commence in February 2019 and comprise at least 6 wells. The expected duration is around 16-18 months.COSLPioneer is currently…
7 August 2018
Buzzard Phase II Receives Full Sanction to Move Forward
Nexen (CNOOC Limited) announced that the BPII (Buzzard Phase II) project has received full sanction from partners (Suncor Energy UK Limited, Chrysaor Limited, Dyas EOG Limited and Oranje-Nassau Energie Resources Limited) and the Field Development Plan has been approved by the UK Oil and Gas Authority – allowing the project…
6 August 2018
OGTC Funded 'Facility of the Future' Project Kicks off
Crondall Energy, together with the Oil & Gas Technology Centre, have joined forces with international oil and gas firms to explore whether a new reusable production buoy concept could help extend North Sea production by unlocking smaller oil and gas reservoirs.The study will explore the feasibility of a floating Normally…
6 August 2018
Damen Verolme Rotterdam Wins Refit Contract for Drilling Rig 'Stena Don'
Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR), one of Damen Shipyards Group’s most experienced yards in the repair and refit of complex offshore structures, has been awarded a contract by Stena Drilling for a refit of its drilling rig Stena Don. The vessel will arrive at DVR in October 2018 and is expected…
6 August 2018
Empyrean Energy PLC Provides an Operations Update from Mako Gas Discovery, Indonesia
Highlights- Plan of Development for the Mako Gas Field ("Mako POD") submitted to SKKMigas, the Indonesian oil and gas regulator.- Heads of Agreement ("HOA") signed with a regional gas buyer for the sale of all Mako gas.- Indonesian Government owned and accredited consultant, Lemigas, were contracted to certify initial reserves…
6 August 2018
Kosmos Energy Enters Gulf of Mexico with $1.225 Billion Acquisition of Deep Gulf Energy
Kosmos Energy announced that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire Deep Gulf Energy (“DGE”)(1), a leading deepwater company operating in the Gulf of Mexico, from First Reserve and other shareholders for a total consideration of $1.225 billion, subject to certain adjustments. By acquiring DGE, Kosmos adds to…
6 August 2018
Reshaping Prosafe - Transforming Agreements with COSCO for Three Newbuilds and with Lenders for Enhanced Financial Runway
Prosafe has reached agreements with COSCO and its lenders which will transform the company’s fleet, market position and earnings potential, and secure a significantly enhanced financial runway.Prosafe and COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore Co. Ltd (“COSCO”) signed an agreement allowing for flexible delivery and long-term financing of Safe Eurus, Safe Nova…