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18 July 2018
BP ETAP Hub Celebrates 20 Years of Production
The Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) North Sea development, labelled by the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) as the “poster child” for its Maximising Economic Recovery (MER UK) strategy, celebrated 20 years of production on 18th July 2018, with the key hub expected to operate into the mid-late 2030s.ETAP, often…
18 July 2018
Drilling Permit for Well l 35/11-21 S in Production Licence 248 I
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 35/11-21 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 35/11-21 S will be drilled from the Transocean Arctic drilling facility at position 61°09'28.15" North and 03°38'56.52" East.The drilling programme for well 35/11-21 S relates to…
18 July 2018
Drilling Permit for Wells 35/10-4 S, 35/10-4 A and 35/10-4 B in Production Licence 630
The Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for wells 35/10-4 S, 35/10-4 A and 35/10-4 B, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.Wells 35/10-4 S, 35/10-4 A and 35/10-4 B will be drilled from the Deepsea Bergen drilling facility at position 61°08'55.52" North and 03°17'05.11"…
17 July 2018
Havila Shipping ASA: New Contract with Total DK for the PSV Havila Clipper
Havila Shipping ASA has entered into a new charter contract with Total DK for the PSV vessel Havila Clipper.The contract is for 6 months in direct continuation of existing contract and will keep the vessel working for Total DK until January 2019.
17 July 2018
Tidewater And GulfMark To Combine To Create Global Offshore Leader
On 16th July, 2018, Tidewater Inc. and GulfMark Offshore, Inc. announced that the Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine the two companies. This combination, if consummated, will create a global offshore support vessel leader positioned to capitalize on significant cost synergies and…
17 July 2018
Dougga Gas Discovery - Independent Evaluation Results
ADX Energy Ltd announced that an independent evaluation of the Dougga Gas Condensate discovery (Dougga) and potential extension of Dougga - the Dougga South West prospect (Dougga SW) offshore Tunisia has been completed by ERC Equipoise Pte Ltd (ERCE) on behalf of ADX. ADX is the 100% equity holder and…
17 July 2018
Transocean Ltd. Announces 13-Well Contract for Transocean 712
Transocean Ltd. announced that the midwater semisubmersible Transocean 712 was awarded a 13-well contract (approximately 580 days) commencing in March 2019 in the U.K. North Sea with ConocoPhillips. The estimated firm contract backlog is approximately $75 million. Additionally, the contract includes a one-well option.
17 July 2018
Thames Pipeline Integrity Confirmation
Independent Oil and Gas plc, the development and production focused Oil and Gas Company, provided an update on operations to confirm the integrity of the Thames Pipeline – a key step in its Southern North Sea dual gas hub development project.Pipeline Integrity Confirmation Further to the announcement made by the…
17 July 2018
Oil & Gas Innovation Centre Supports 75th Project
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) has signed its 75th project, taking its total investment into innovative technology over the last four years to £3.8million.The latest project comes as OGIC finalises agreements on five new technologies, all of which have the potential to cut operational costs and improve efficiency…
17 July 2018
TechnipFMC Awarded a Master Services Agreement by Petrobras in Brazil
TechnipFMC has been awarded by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) a 3-year master services agreement in Brazil, with a 2-year renewal option. This contract for subsea services covers components for both the subsea equipment and flexible pipelines.The scope of work includes maintenance services, technical assistance, inspection and end-fitting re-termination* of flexible…
16 July 2018
Worlds Biggest Vessel Carousel Underway
MAATS Tech confirmed it has been awarded the supply of a ground breaking deck spread by Nexans. The scope will be installed on a state of the art cable lay vessel 'Nexans Aurora' scheduled for launch by 2021. The main item is a 10,000te cable carousel, which will be a…
16 July 2018
Maersk Drilling Secures Two Contract Extensions in the North Sea
Maersk Drilling has been awarded contract extensions for the high-efficiency jack-up rigs Maersk Resolute and Maersk Resolve by Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. and Wintershall Noordzee B.V., respectively. The extensions allow the two rigs to continue their high-performance operations in the North Sea.Maersk Resolute has been awarded a 56-day contract extension…
16 July 2018
Magseis ASA: Contract Award in North Europe
Magseis ASA announced that it has entered into a service agreement for an operation with its proprietary MASS nodes and MASS modular handling system including seismic data QC and navigation support for a project in North Europe.The contract will commence imminently and last for approximately 3 months.This information is subject…
16 July 2018
Dril-Quip Enters Into Letter of Intent for Subsea Production Systems for Sea Lion Project
Dril-Quip, Inc. announced that Dril-Quip (Europe) Limited, its wholly-owned subsidiary based in Aberdeen, Scotland, has entered into a letter of intent with Premier Oil Exploration and Production Limited to provide subsea production systems for the Sea Lion Phase 1 Development located offshore the Falkland Islands. The scope of work includes…
16 July 2018
Andalas Energy and Power Plc - Operations Update
Andalas Energy and Power Plc provided an update following the completion of its acquisition of its interest in Eagle Gas Limited (“Eagle”), which is the owner of 66 2/3% of Southern North Sea Licence P2112 (see announcement of 30 April 2018). The update is based on information supplied by the…
16 July 2018
Total Closes the Acquisition of Engie’s Upstream LNG Business And Becomes World #2 LNG Player
Total announced the closing of the acquisition of Engie’s portfolio of upstream liquefied natural gas (LNG) assets for an overall enterprise value of $1.5 billion. Additional payments of up to $ 550 million could be payable by Total in case of an improvement in the oil markets in the coming…
16 July 2018
Many Developments and High Exploration Activity
An impressive 20 development projects are currently under way on the Norwegian Shelf, and 13 exploration wells in the first half of 2018 have yielded 6 discoveries. Production has been somewhat lower in the first six months of the year as compared with the same period last year.ProductionTotal petroleum production…
13 July 2018
Boskalis Acquires Logistical Management as well as Transport and Installation Contract with Combined Value of USD 65 million
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired a sizable logistical management transport contract and has received a letter of award for the transport and float-over installation of an offshore platform with a combined contract value of approximately USD 65 million.The logistical management contract scope is for the transportation of a…
13 July 2018
Maersk Supply Service Completes Tow of Semi-Submersible
Maersk Supply Service has successfully completed the tow of a semi-submersible from Las Palmas to North-Western Australia. The tow was carried out by new-build Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel Maersk Master of the Starfish series, whose energy efficient design minimised fuel costs during transit.The first leg of the tow of…
13 July 2018
Ørsted Selects Tekmar Energy for Borssele I&II Along with a 6 year Framework
Tekmar Energy announced Orsted (the former DONG Energy) have selected their patented Cable Protection System (CPS) TekLink® Mecahnical Latch for their Borssele 1&2 Offshore Wind Farm Projects.Alongside this recent win, Tekmar® also announced they have successfully won a place on Orsted’s 6-year framework for providing Cable Protection Systems on their…
13 July 2018
PMR Completes New Stone Beds in Time for Horns Rev 3 Load-out
Danish marine contractor Peter Madsen Rederi A/S (PMR) has successfully completed another stone bed installation job for jack-up installation vessels. The new set of stone beds were constructed in the port of Esbjerg in Denmark and completed well ahead of schedule.Working with a very tight time schedule, PMR were tasked…
13 July 2018
Fairfield Geotechnologies Awarded Gulf of Mexico OBN Survey
Fairfield Geotechnologies (formerly FairfieldNodal*) has been awarded a contract by BHP to acquire up to 1,004 sq. miles of ocean bottom node seismic data in the Alaminos Canyon and East Breaks areas of the Western Gulf of Mexico. The survey, located in water depths ranging from 2,500 to 7,250 ft.,…
13 July 2018
U.S. Interior Announces Region-wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale for Gulf of Mexico
In support of President Donald J. Trump's America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer approximately 78 million acres offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for oil and gas exploration and development. The region-wide lease…
13 July 2018
Providence Resources P.l.c. Provides Licence Update on Frontier Exploration Licence 2/14
Providence confirms that, having received approval from the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, the farm-out comprising the assignment of equity (35%) and transfer of operatorship of FEL 2/14 to TOTAL E&P Ireland B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of TOTAL S.A., has now completed.…
13 July 2018
Kværner ASA: Kvaerner Awarded Additional Scope at Njord A
Equinor has awarded Kvaerner an additional scope at Njord A to enable the platform to receive oil from the Fenja field. The additional scope has an estimated value of approximately NOK 500 million.On 17 March 2017, Kvaerner signed a contract with Equinor for the complete upgrading of the Njord A…
12 July 2018
Premier Oil Provides Trading and Operations Update
Premier provides an update on recent operational activities and guidance in respect of its half year financials to 30 June 2018.Highlights - Production averaged 76.1 kboepd during 1H with recent run rates over 90 kboepd; full year guidance of 80-85 kboepd is unchanged - Catcher plateau production rates of 60…
12 July 2018
MISC Secures Long-Term Charter Contract with HESS for the Lease of FSO Mekar Bergading
MISC Berhad has secured a long-term charter contract from Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia B.V. for the lease of a floating, storage and offloading facility (FSO) known as FSO Mekar Bergading on a bareboat basis.The long-term charter contract is pursuant to a sale and charter agreement between MISC and HESS…
12 July 2018
OEG Lands Modular VSD Contract for BHGE
Leading offshore container and A60 module company OEG Offshore (OEG) has been awarded a high-specification contract for the design, manufacture and supply of a bespoke A0 fire rated Zone 2 blast rated Variable Speed Drive (VSD) control module for Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE).The overall module will be designed…
12 July 2018
Annual Maintenance Shutdown of Nord Stream Pipeline Scheduled for July
Nord Stream AG will temporarily shut down both lines of its gas pipeline for two weeks due to routine maintenance works. This year’s inspection is scheduled to take place from 17 July to 31 July 2018 as part of the annual inspection cycle.These scheduled annual maintenance works are an essential…
12 July 2018
BW Offshore: BW Catcher Update
BW Offshore announced that the FPSO BW Catcher has successfully completed a 168-hour performance test. The final acceptance certificate is expected to be received after review by the Catcher joint venture partners.The FPSO is operating on a full day rate since the start of the third quarter. The one-off impact…
12 July 2018
RRS Sir David Attenborough Hull Launch into River Mersey 14 July
A major milestone in the build of the UK’s state-of-the-art polar research ship is reached this weekend [Saturday 14 July 2018], when the 129-metre long, 10,000 tonne hull of the RRS Sir David Attenborough is launched into the River Mersey for the first time.Once in the river, tugs will tow…
12 July 2018
Equinor Receives Consent for Exploration Drilling in the Barents Sea
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Equinor consent for exploration drilling in block 7220/5 in the Barents Sea.The consent covers drilling of exploration well 7220/5-3 in production licence 532 in the Barents Sea.The purpose of the well is to investigate a prospect that the licensees have named "Skruis".The geographical coordinates…
11 July 2018
WGP Group Awarded PRM Acquisition Contract for Sverdrup Field
WGP Group Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairfield Geotechnologies, announced that they have been awarded the permanent reservoir monitoring acquisition contract for Johan Sverdrup Field. The field, operated by Equinor, is one of the five largest oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf.The two-part contract includes the design, build…
11 July 2018
M² Subsea Secures Projects Worth More than £10 million in Six Months
The company, which has bases in Aberdeen, UK and Houston, Texas, has successfully conducted more than ten projects across the oil and gas and renewable markets.M2 Subsea’s extensive fleet of ROVs have been mobilised across the globe for contracts in the North Sea, Southern North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, India…
11 July 2018
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Provide Production Figures for June 2018
Preliminary production figures for June 2018 show an average daily production of 1 747 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an increase of 88 000 barrels per day compared to May.Total gas sales were 9.3 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is a decrease of 0.4 GSM3 from the…
11 July 2018
Sif Wins New Project: Tyra
Dragados Offshore from Spain and Sif Netherlands b.v. have signed a contract for the supply of legs, caissons, and piles for the two jackets of the Tyra Future Development Project. Both jackets will be installed in the Danish part of the North Sea, 225 km west of Esbjerg. Together they…
11 July 2018
Parkwind and Jan De Nul Build the World's Largest Wind Turbines off the Belgian Coast
Jan De Nul Group signs contract for constructing Northwester 2, the seventh wind farm off the Belgian coast, entering for the third time into a partnership with wind farm developer Parkwind, a branch establishment of Colruyt. Jan De Nul will be responsible for the design, construction and installation of 23…
11 July 2018
Culzean Topsides Facilities Installed Ahead of Schedule
The Culzean Field Development has reached a major milestone this week as all topsides facility items were successfully installed ahead of schedule by the world’s largest operating heavy lift vessel, SSCV Thialf.Work on the topsides facilities began in 2015 and took around 33 months to complete, including design and fabrication.…
11 July 2018
Prospective OIIP Volumes in Near Field Exploration Prospects at Cliff Head
Triangle Energy (Global) Ltd announced that the recently completed Static Model reveals up to 29 million barrels (unrisked, best estimate, evaluation date 2 July 2018) of prospective oil initially-in-place (OIIP), representing 10.2 million barrels of prospective resource in near field exploration targets within the Cliff Head Oil Field (Cliff Head)…
11 July 2018
Consent for Exploration Drilling in the Barents Sea
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Equinor consent for exploration drilling in block 7132/2 in the Barents Sea.The consent covers drilling of exploration well 7132/2-1 in production licence 857 in the eastern Barents Sea.The purpose of the well is to investigate a prospect that the licensees have named "Gjøkåsen".The geographical…
11 July 2018
Providence Resources P.l.c. Provides Operational Update on Frontier Exploration Licence 6/14 - Newgrange
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish based Oil & Gas Exploration Company, provided an update on Frontier Exploration Licence (“FEL”) 6/14 that contains the Newgrange Prospect. FEL 6/14 is operated by Providence Resources P.l.c., on behalf of its partner Sosina Exploration Limited (20%), collectively referred to as the Newgrange Partners, and…
11 July 2018
Petrofac Awarded Dutch Offshore Wind Contract
Petrofac has been awarded a contract by TenneT, the Dutch-German transmission grid operator, for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore grid connection and more specifically for the Alpha and optional Beta HVAC platforms (substations) in the North Sea.The Dutch government is targeting a total of 3.5 gigawatt of wind energy…
10 July 2018
TechnipFMC Awards Omnisens to Monitor the Longest “Electrically Trace Heated” Pipe-in-Pipe (ETH-PiP) in the World
TechnipFMC has selected Omnisens SA for the design, manufacturing, supply and service of the full monitoring solution installed on the “Electrically Trace Heated Pipe-in-pipe” (ETH-PiP) for the FENJA project, in the Norwegian Sea.The FENJA field will be operated by VNG Norge and will have the longest ETH-PiP in the world…
10 July 2018
KONGSBERG has Entered into Agreement to Acquire Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine
Kongsberg Gruppen ASA has entered into agreement with Rolls-Royce plc to acquire Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine, a world leading technology business within maritime operations.The transaction is structured as an acquisition by KONGSBERG of the marine products, systems and aftermarket services businesses carried out by subsidiaries of Rolls-Royce plc. The transaction does…
10 July 2018
Lerwick Harbour's Support for West of Shetland Lancaster Development
Lerwick Harbour's latest involvement in the offshore industry has been successfully completed with the departure of a turret buoy mooring system for Hurricane Energy's pioneering Lancaster development, west of Shetland.It was delivered to Lerwick from Dubai on board the Jumbo Kinetic which berthed at Mair’s Pier East in mid-June to…
10 July 2018
SeaBird Exploration: SeaBird and MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) in MC2D Joint
SeaBird Exploration announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with MCG to conduct a 6,000km multi-client 2D Deep Imaging Campaign on the NCS, including cross-border lines to UKCS.The acquiring vessel will tow a single 12,000-meter streamer with a powerful source, to image the oceanic and continental crust, for new…
10 July 2018
Total Preparing to Sell £1bn Worth of UK North Sea Assets
French oil giant Total is understood to be preparing for the sale of UK North Sea assets worth more than £1 billion.Full Energy Voice article here.
10 July 2018
Alpha Offshore Service Awarded Blade Repair Contract for OWEZ Windfarm
Alpha Offshore Service A/S has been awarded a contract with NoordzeeWind, a Joint Venture between utility company Nuon and Shell, for blade repair on the Offshore Windfarm Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ).The first large windfarm built in the Dutch sector of the North Sea, OWEZ consists of 36 3MW turbines and…
10 July 2018
Aker BP Sign Alliance Agreement for Modifications
Aker BP and Aker Solutions are forming an alliance to deliver modification projects on three of Aker BP’s fields.The alliance agreement is based on the framework agreement that BP Norge and Aker Solutions signed in 2015. It comprises all modification work on the offshore installations on Valhall, Ula and Skarv.…
10 July 2018
31st Offshore Licensing Round Opens up High-impact Frontier Regions
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has launched the 31st Offshore Licensing Round, offering blocks in frontier areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), supported by government-funded data to stimulate interest in these under-explored basins and assist companies in their activities.A total of 1766 blocks (370,000 km2) of open acreage…