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9 July 2018
Dry Well Near the Knarr Field in the North Sea – 34/5-2 S
A/S Norske Shell, operator of production licence 373S, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 34/5-2 S. The well is dry.The well was drilled about 10 kilometres south-west of the Knarr field in the northern part of the North Sea and 125 km west of Florø.The objective of the well…
9 July 2018
NSOAF-report: Maintaining Safe Operations
During 2015 and 2016, the Health and Safety Working Group of the North Sea Offshore Authorities Forum, chaired by Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, met to discuss common challenges for the oil and gas industry in their respective countries. The challenges related to maintaining and operating ageing installations in a lower…
9 July 2018
New Contracts for Møkster Vessels
Møkster has lately been awarded with new contracts for Stril Polar, Stril Orion, Stril Mar and Stril Server - Extended contract with Aker BP. Møkster announced that the Stril Polar and the Stril Orion (both Vard-09 design) have been extended for 3 months to Aker BP. - Stril Mar to…
9 July 2018
Ocean Infinity to Charter Island Pride
Ocean Infinity has agreed a seven year contract with Island Offshore for Island Pride. The vessel will expand Ocean Infinity’s platform for AUV data acquisition and analysis, and support a variety of operations globally.Since its launch in July 2017 Ocean Infinity has developed the next generation of undersea data gathering…
9 July 2018
Delineation of Gas and Condensate Discovery 6506/9-2 S (Fogelberg) North of the Åsgard Field in the Norwegian Sea – 6506/9-4 S and 6506/9-4 A
Spirit Energy Norge AS, operator of production licence 433, has completed the drilling of appraisal wells 6506/9-4 S and 6506/9-4 A on gas and condensate discovery 6506/9-2 S (Fogelberg).The wells were drilled about 15 kilometres north of the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea and 250 kilometres west of Brønnøysund.The…
9 July 2018
New Gas Development Likely in the Norwegian Sea
The Fogelberg discovery in the Norwegian Sea is shaping up to be Spirit Energy’s next operated development. This is the conclusion following a newly concluded appraisal well.The objective of the well was to determine the size and extent of the Fogelberg discovery, as well as to acquire knowledge about the…
9 July 2018
Spirit Energy to Take On Operatorship of Babbage Field
Spirit Energy confirmed that it has reached agreement with its joint venture partners in the Babbage field to take on operatorship of the licence, where it holds a 13% interest.Spirit Energy will also take on operatorship of the nearby Cobra discovery, where it holds a 50% interest and plans to…
9 July 2018
UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC Announce Change of AIM Trading Status
UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC announce, that it intends to change its trading status under AIM rules from an Investing Company to that of an Operating Company. The change of status will be implemented following publication of an admission document and obtaining the requisite shareholder consent. The Company expects…
9 July 2018
Fugro Returns to Orsted's Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Sites for Geotechnical Site Investigation
Fugro has commenced marine site characterisation work at the Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm site. The contract, awarded by renewable energy company Ørsted, covers geotechnical site investigation and follows other contracts awarded earlier this year for geophysical investigation services at the site.The geotechnical data acquired by Fugro will support the…
9 July 2018
Rovuma LNG Phase 1 Development Plan Submitted to Government of Mozambique
Mozambique Rovuma Venture has submitted the development plan to the government for the first phase of the Rovuma LNG project, which will produce, liquefy and market natural gas from the Mamba fields located in the Area 4 block offshore Mozambique.The plan details the proposed design and construction of two liquefied…
6 July 2018
Equinor Expands in Energy Trading and Services Through Acquisition of Danske Commodities
Equinor has reached agreement to buy 100% of the shares in Danish energy trading company Danske Commodities (DC) for EUR 400 million, with smaller contingent payments depending on DC’s performance over the next couple of years. This acquisition – of one of Europe’s largest short-term electricity traders – supports Equinor’s…
6 July 2018
The Underwater Centre Signs Major Japanese Trials Contract
Leading subsea training and trials centre, The Underwater Centre, has signed a basic agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd in Japan to carry out a verification test of a prototype AUV equipped with a robot arm for subsea pipeline inspection.The test, scheduled for October 2018 at The Underwater Centre in…
6 July 2018
Contract Award for Safe Scandinavia
Prosafe has signed a contract with Aker BP ASA for the Safe Scandinavia to provide accommodation support at the Ula platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The firm duration of the contract commencing mid-August 2018 is seven months with eight one-month options.Total value of the contract excluding…
6 July 2018
Subsea 7 Celebrates Build Milestone and Announces Vessel Name
The keel laying ceremony for Subsea 7’s new reel-lay vessel took place at Royal IHC in Krimpen aan den IJssel (Netherlands) on 5 July, 2018. In line with this major milestone Subsea 7 announced the vessel will be named Seven Vega, which is the winning suggestion of an employee vessel…
6 July 2018
Norwegian Collaboration on Tracking and Registering Plastic in the Oceans Established
The Institute of Marine Research, shipowner Torvald Klaveness, KONGSBERG and the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association have entered into a public-private partnership to develop a pilot project with the aim of mapping marine plastic and other environmental parameters vital to the health of the oceans. The partners will equip several vessels with…
6 July 2018
Sole-3 Flow-back Completed Successfully
Cooper Energy announced that Sole-3, the first of two production wells for the Sole Gas Project, is being shut-in for future connection after successful performance of clean-up and flow back operations.The clean-up and flow back test was conducted on the near-horizontal 97 metre completed section of the Top Latrobe Group…
6 July 2018
Exploitation Permit - Announcement
On 5 July 2018, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced acreage for permits for exploitation of a subsea reservoir for injection and storage of CO 2 (exploitation permit).The application deadline is Friday, 7 September 2018 at noon. Awards are expected in the fourth quarter of 2018.In the same manner…
6 July 2018
Completion of Well Operations for the Lancaster Field
Hurricane Energy plc provided an operational update in relation to the Early Production System development of the Lancaster Field.Well completion operations for the Lancaster EPS have concluded, and the Paul B. Loyd Jr. rig has departed from the field. Both production wells for the development are now ready to be…
5 July 2018
PDO for Snorre Expansion Project Approved
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Snorre Expansion Project. Investments of just above NOK 19 billion (2017) will increase recovery from the Snorre field by almost 200 million barrels and extend the field life beyond 2040.The Snorre Expansion Project…
5 July 2018
Consent for use of Deepsea Atlantic on the Utgard Field
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Equinor Energy AS consent to use the Deepsea Atlantic mobile drilling facility on the Utgard field in production licences 046E and 046F.The consent applies to drilling and completion using Deepsea Atlantic.The drilling operation is scheduled to begin in August 2018 and is expected to…
5 July 2018
Successful Completion of Edvard Grieg Development Drilling Programme
Lundin Petroleum AB announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has successfully completed the PDO development drilling programme at its operated Edvard Grieg field on the Utsira High in the Norwegian North Sea. A significant reserves upgrade and extension of the production plateau have been made since the…
5 July 2018
NKT Awarded Hornsea 2 Offshore AC Cable Project
NKT has been awarded a contract by Ørsted of over EUR 145m (approx. DKK 1.08bn) to supply more than 190 kilometres of 220 kV high-voltage AC XLPE offshore export cable system for the Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the UK.The wind farm is to be the world’s largest with…
5 July 2018
Ulstein Verft to Construct Large Cable Laying Vessel for Nexans
Nexans Subsea Operations has signed a shipbuilding contract with Ulstein Verft on the construction of a large, DP3 cable laying vessel.The vessel will be outfitted for power cable laying, including bundle laying, cable jointing and repair and cable system protection and trenching. The ST-297 CLV is designed by Skipsteknisk, Ålesund.…
5 July 2018
Eni Starts Gas Production from OCTP Project, Deep Offshore Ghana
Eni has started gas production from the Sankofa field in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Integrated Oil and Gas Project, in Ghana, on schedule during the past weekend. The field will provide 180 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d) for at least 15 years, enough to convert to…
5 July 2018
Delineation of Gas and Condensate Discovery 6506/9-2 S (Fogelberg) North of the Åsgard Field in the Norwegian Sea – 6506/9-4 S and 6506/9-4 A
Spirit Energy Norge AS, operator of production licence 433, has completed the drilling of appraisal wells 6506/9-4 S and 6506/9-4 A on gas and condensate discovery 6506/9-2 S (Fogelberg).The wells were drilled about 15 kilometres north of the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea and 250 kilometres west of Brønnøysund.The…
5 July 2018
Aker Solutions Secures Perenco Contract Extension in Southern North Sea
Aker Solutions has secured a three-year contract extension, with two one-year options, from Perenco UK to continue operations and maintenance services on its southern North Sea assets.The contract builds on a highly successful and collaborative 15-year relationship providing operations and maintenance services for Perenco UK’s southern North Sea assets.Aker Solutions…
4 July 2018
C-Kore Systems Awarded Contract with A/S Norske Shell
C-Kore Systems recently secured a contract with A/S Norske Shell for a deployment in the fall 2018 on their Draugen field in Norway. The agreement includes the delivery of their C-Kore Subsea Testing tools to test the insulation resistance and continuity of electrical lines subsea.C-Kore’s monitoring units are used on…
4 July 2018
SeaBird Exploration: More Source Work in Asia Pacific Region
SeaBird Exploration announced that it has received a letter of award to provide a source vessel for an upcoming seismic project in the Asia Pacific region. The project is anticipated to commence during Q3 and will have a duration of approximately three months. SeaBird will be using the Voyager Explorer…
4 July 2018
Minesto Initiates DG500 Commissioning Program
Marine energy developer Minesto has initiated the commissioning program of its first tidal energy project in commercial scale in North West Wales, with initial sea trials of the company’s DG500 tidal energy converter taking place in Holyhead harbour and the Holyhead Deep site.As communicated earlier, the DG500 commissioning program consists…
4 July 2018
BP to Increase Share in UK’s Giant Clair Field and Sell Interest in Alaska’s Kuparuk Field
BP announced that it has entered into agreements with ConocoPhillips that will significantly increase its holding in the Clair field, a core asset of BP’s North Sea business in the UK, while also selling its non-operating interest in the Kuparuk and satellite oilfields in Alaska.BP has entered into an agreement…
4 July 2018
Nexans Wins Major Subsea Umbilical Contract from Equinor for Troll Phase 3 Development
The Troll oil and gas field is the most prolific field on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), with more than half of its reserves still remaining after over 20 years of production. The initial development was carried out over two phases, and now Equinor is starting the Phase 3 development…
4 July 2018
CNOOC Signs a PSC with Roc Oil and Smart Oil
CNOOC Limited announced that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Roc Oil (Bohai) Company (Roc Oil) and Smart Oil Investment Ltd. (Smart Oil) for Weizhou 10-3W oilfield and Block 22/04 (contract area) in the South China Sea.Weizhou 10-3W oilfield…
4 July 2018
MODEC Awarded FEED Contract of an FPSO for Barossa Offshore Project
MODEC, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, MODEC International Inc., has been awarded a contract by ConocoPhillips Australia, as operator of the Barossa joint venture, for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Australian waters.Under the contract, MODEC shall participate in the…
4 July 2018
Equinor Aligns Partnership in Brazil’s Carcará Area
Equinor and Barra Energia (“Barra”) have signed an agreement for Equinor to acquire Barra’s 10% interest in the BM-S-8 licence in Brazil’s Santos basin. This transaction will enable Equinor and its partners to fully align interests across the two licences for the Carcará area.In early June Equinor, ExxonMobil and Galp…
4 July 2018
Minor Oil Discovery and Dry Appraisal Well Southeast of Oil Discovery 35/9-7 (Nova) in the North Sea - 35/12-6 S and 35/12-6 A
Wellesley Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 925, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 35/12-6 S and appraisal well 35/12-6 A in the North Sea. The wells were drilled about 5 kilometres southeast of oil discovery 35/9-7 (Nova) and 80 kilometres west of Florø.The objective…
3 July 2018
INTECSEA Contracted by ConocoPhillips for Barossa Field
INTECSEA has been awarded a contract by ConocoPhillips Australia to provide subsea Front End Engineering Design (FEED) services for subsea scopes of their Barossa development located offshore North Australia, approximately 300km north-northwest of Darwin.The scope of work awarded to INTECSEA includes the FEED engineering for infield rigid flowline system, gas…
3 July 2018
OKEA Awards Halliburton Field Assessment and Well Construction Services Agreement
OKEA AS and Halliburton announced the companies have signed a well construction services agreement to implement Halliburton Landmark’s full suite of software in the iEnergyTM cloud and field development planning services for all OKEA fields in the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).OKEA is developing new marginal fields and cost-efficiency is vital…
3 July 2018
SBM Offshore Awarded Contracts for ExxonMobil’s Second Liza FPSO Based on its Fast4Ward Program
SBM Offshore announced that ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has awarded the Company contracts to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a second Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Liza development located in the Stabroek block in Guyana. EEPGL is the…
3 July 2018
Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Test Site Generates First Power
EOWDC turbine exports power to National Grid as commissioning continues.The ground-breaking European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) generated power for the first time on Sunday, July 1. Clean power from the pioneering offshore wind farm, developed by Swedish energy group Vattenfall, is being successfully exported to the National Grid from…
3 July 2018
ADNOC’s Al Yasat Awards EPC Contract for Full Development of the Offshore Bu Haseer Field to Abu Dhabi’s NPCC
Al Yasat Company for Petroleum Operations (Al Yasat), a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract, for the full development of the offshore Bu Haseer field, to Abu Dhabi’s National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC).The agreement covers engineering, procurement, construction,…
3 July 2018
Equinor and Partners Submitting Plan for the Record-breaking Troll Project
Equinor and the partners in the Troll licence submit the plan for further development of the gigantic Troll field on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.The capital expenditures for the project are estimated at NOK 7.8 billion, helping extend the productive life of the…
2 July 2018
Consent to Use Songa Equinox on the Troll Field
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given Equinor Energy AS consent to use the Songa Equinox mobile drilling facility on the Troll field in the North Sea.The consent applies to the drilling and completion of well 31/2-O-25 AYH XT.Expected start-up is 8 July 2018. The activity is expected to last 44…
2 July 2018
Equinor Receives Consent for Exploration Drilling in the North Sea
Equinor is the operator for production licence 630. Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have given the company consent to drill exploration well 35/10-4 S, which aims to investigate a prospect named “Stålull”.The well is in the North Sea, west of the Fram field and around 67 kilometres from the nearest land,…
2 July 2018
Consent to Use the Martin Linge Facility
Martin Linge is in development, with Equinor as the operator. Petroleum Safety Authority Norway have now given the company consent to use parts of the facility during connection, completion and preparations for start-up.The consent applies to the use of Martin Linge A with living quarters, helideck and other parts of…
2 July 2018
Drilling Permit for Well 6307/1-1 S in Production Licence 830
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 6307/1-1 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 6307/1-1 S will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility, at position 63°55'15.85"N and 7°18'10.05"E after completing the drilling of appraisal well 7220/11-5 S for…
2 July 2018
OMV Exercises Option on Deepsea Bergen
Odfjell Drilling announced that OMV today has exercised the second optional well of the contract. The next well is an appraisal well also with “high pressure high temperature”-characteristics on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Please further note that the first optional well of the contract is no longer applicable, however the…
2 July 2018
PGS Commences Moray Firth Phase 2
Next week, PGS will start acquisition of the second of three new 3D GeoStreamer® surveys covering nearly 7 400 sq. km of the Moray Firth area of the North Sea. Phase 1 is now complete. Fast-track data for each phase will be available four months after final shot.This prefunded MultiClient…
2 July 2018
TGS Announces Addition to Australian Data Library
TGS signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire the Australian Capreolus 3D Survey from Polarcus' multi-client library. The transaction is subject to the execution of ancillary agreements typical for a transaction of this nature with target closing date on or before 31 July 2018.
2 July 2018
BW Offshore: Contract Extension for FPSO Umuroa
BW Offshore has received a one-year contract extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Umuroa. The FPSO is operating on the Tui field offshore New Zealand for Tamarind.The firm period has been extended to Q4 2019 (from Q4 2018).
2 July 2018
BW Offshore: BW Adolo Commenced Transit to Gabon
BW Offshore announced the sail away of the FPSO BW Adolo. The vessel has left anchorage in Singapore and is currently in transit to the Tortue field offshore Gabon.BW Adolo is expected to arrive at the field in August 2018.The BW Adolo has an oil storage capacity of 1,350,000 barrels…