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28 May 2018
New Drilling Contract to Deepsea Atlantic
Equinor has awarded Odfjell a contract for drilling two times three production wells for the Fram and Askeladd licences by using the Deepsea Atlantic rig. Odfjell has also been awarded a master framework agreement (MFA).Equinor has signed a framework agreement with Odfjell with terms that will be used for future…
28 May 2018
Ocean Rig Announces Master Service Agreement and Drilling Program Order for the Leiv Eiriksson
Ocean Rig, an international contractor of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced that it has signed a Master Service Agreement with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (the “MSA”) for a term of three years plus two optional years. As part of the MSA, both parties signed a Drilling Program Order (the “DPO”) for…
28 May 2018
Canada Set to Become a Member of the International Renewable Energy Agency
A world leader in the production and use of renewable energy, Canada believes in the power of international partnership to accelerate the global transition to a low-carbon economy and improve Canadians' access to this $1-trillion clean tech market.Speaking on 24th May, 2018 at the ninth Clean Energy Ministerial in Copenhagen,…
25 May 2018
Extended Lifetime for Oseberg Øst
Equinor has been granted consent for continued use of the Oseberg Øst facility until 31 March 2031.The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate believes there is a basis for continuing operations on Oseberg Øst to recover remaining resources in the field. Equinor had a permit to use the facility through 2018.Oseberg Øst is…
25 May 2018
Major North Sea Contract Awarded to Fabricom Offshore Services
Leading engineering contractor Fabricom Offshore Services has been awarded a significant contract to provide engineering, procurement, construction and management services to Centrica Storage Limited (CSL) on their Rough Field platforms situated in the North Sea, 18 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire, the Framework also comprises options to provide…
25 May 2018
Rhode Island and Massachusetts Announce Largest Procurement of Offshore Wind in Nation's History
Building on her commitment to a clean, affordable and reliable energy future, Governor Gina Raimondo announced today that Rhode Island has selected Deepwater Wind, the Rhode Island-based clean energy developer, to construct a new, 400-megawatt offshore wind farm. The Revolution Wind project--more than ten times the size of the Block…
25 May 2018
Deep Green MGS Buoy installed in Holyhead Deep
Minesto has completed the installation of the micro grid system (MGS) buoy that will be used for the company’s first tidal energy installation in Holyhead Deep, Wales.Moored to the seabed using three anchor lines, the offshore buoy designed for extreme sea conditions will provide auxiliary power and communications with Minesto’s…
25 May 2018
Bristow Secures Three-year Contract Extension in Norwich
Bristow Group Inc. announced a three-year contract extension from Perenco UK Ltd. The extension covers seven-day-a-week coverage in the UK Southern North Sea through December 2021.Under the three-year extension, Bristow will provide world-class performance coupled with a tailored aviation solution to meet its client’s specific needs in support of their…
25 May 2018
ANP Approves Neon (Echidna) and Goia (Kangaroo) Declaration of Commerciality
Karoon announced that it has received approval from the ANP for the Neon (Echidna) and Goia (Kangaroo) Declaration of Commerciality.In relation to the Kangaroo and Echidna discoveries, Santos Basin Brazil, Karoon has received ANP approval of the Final Discovery Evaluation Report (RFAD) for wholly owned Santos Blocks S-M-1037, S-M-1101, S-M-1102,…
25 May 2018
Shell Makes Large Heartland Discovery in Gulf of Mexico
Shell Offshore, Inc. announced a large, deep-water, exploration discovery in the Norphlet geologic play in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with its Dover well (100% Shell).The Dover discovery is Shell’s sixth in the Norphlet and encountered more than 800 net feet of pay (244 meters). The discovery is located approximately…
25 May 2018
Equinor Adding 70 Million Profitable Barrels
Equinor and its partners have made investments in the Fram field that will almost double remaining reserves.Last autumn the Fram licence partners decided to invest more than NOK 1 billion in a new gas module on Troll C, and now they have decided to drill three new wells on the…
24 May 2018
RockRose Energy plc Acquires Dyas BV for EUR €107m : Non-operated Gas Production in the Netherlands
RockRose Energy plc announced that it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Dyas B.V., which owns the non-operated, Netherlands gas and condensate producing assets of the Dyas group of companies, for a total consideration of EUR €107…
24 May 2018
Floatgen Installed
The floating offshore wind turbine Floatgen was tugged to its permanent offshore installation site – the SEM-REV test site – during the night of April 30th.France’s first offshore wind turbine arrived on the Ecole Centrale de Nantes’ offshore test site, 20 km off the town of Le Croisic, on Monday…
24 May 2018
NOC Scientists Set Sail to Investigate Human Impacts in the Open Ocean
On 19th May 2018, the RRS James Cook will leave Southampton for a research expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain – Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. This expedition aims to answer fundamental questions about how potential environmental and ecological stressors are influencing the open ocean from surface…
24 May 2018
MDL Wins Mediterranean Umbilical Installation
Maritime Developments has won a flex lay contract on a major gas field in the Mediterranean Sea.The project, due to start in 2019, will cover installation of an umbilical connecting the production wells to a fixed offshore processing platform.The work will be carried out using MDL TTS-4/310Series Tensioner, a 110-tonne…
24 May 2018
Vineyard Wind Selected to Negotiate Contracts to Deliver Clean Offshore Wind Power to Massachusetts Electricity Customers
Vineyard Wind, which seeks to build the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States, released the following statement in response to the announcement by the Massachusetts Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs) made on 23rd May, 2018, that the company’s proposed 800 megawatt (MW) wind farm and electricity transmission project…
24 May 2018
Repsol Secures HydraWell to Plug on NCS
Repsol Norge AS (Repsol) has awarded a frame agreement to HydraWell to provide technology and services for the operator’s plug and abandonment on the Norwegian continental shelf.The frame agreement is valid for four years, with three additional two-year options.In principle this means that the Repsol can utilise HydraWell’s high pressure…
24 May 2018
OGA Announces Transformational 30th Offshore Licensing Round Awards
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered for award 123 licences over 229 blocks or part-blocks to 61 companies in the 30th Offshore Licensing Round. These successful awards act as a strong platform for future exploration and production across the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and can help transform exploration…
23 May 2018
Rig Inspection Deal to Aqualis Offshore
Aqualis Offshore has been awarded a one-year service agreement with Petronas Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn. Bhd, to conduct drilling rig integrity inspection services for its drilling programmes.Aqualis Offshore’s rig inspection work scope includes in depth surveys including new-build rig acceptance surveys, acceptance trials and final integrated endurance tests. The work will…
23 May 2018
Dorado-1 Rig Update
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited provided the following update on the Dorado-1 well that is to be drilled in the WA-437-P exploration permit using the Ensco-107 jack-up drilling rig. The rig is currently situated near the proposed Dorado-1 drilling location, at no cost to Carnarvon, and is waiting for swell conditions to…
23 May 2018
Drilling Permit for Wells 25/4-12 S and 25/4-12 A in Production Licence 203
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for well 25/4-12 S and well 25/4-12 A, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 25/4-12 S and well 25/4-12 A will be drilled from the Deepsea Stavanger drilling facility in position 59°30'39.22" N and 2°4'27.28" E…
23 May 2018
SeaBird Exploration: 2D Survey in North West Europe
SeaBird Exploration is pleased to announce that the company has signed an agreement to supply one 2D vessel for an upcoming survey in North West Europe during this coming summer season. The project is due to commence early Q3-2018 and will run for approximately one month. The company will be…
23 May 2018
Sembcorp Marine Completes Integrated Fixed Platform Topsides for High-pressure, High-temperature Culzean Gas Field in the UK North Sea
Three fixed platform topsides, newly completed at Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard for French oil supermajor TOTAL, are destined for the High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) Culzean gas field in the UK North Sea.Comprising Well Head, Utilities & Living Quarters as well as Central Processing Facility, the approximately 30,000-tonne integrated topsides will…
23 May 2018
InterMoor Completes Work for Benchamas FSO Replacement
InterMoor, a leading provider of mooring services, foundation solutions and offshore installations in subsea services group Acteon, recently completed work for the installation of the new Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) facility Benchamas 2 (FSO Benchamas 2).Previously, the Benchamas Explorer FSO, owned and operated by Chevron, was installed in 1999…
23 May 2018
Faroe Petroleum: Brasse East Well Commitment
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, announced the commitment by the PL740 Brasse Joint Venture partners (Faroe 50% and operator and Point Resources 50%) to drill the Brasse East exploration well and award the associated…
23 May 2018
Havila Shipping ASA: Charter Contract with Axxis for the PSV Havila Fortune
Havila Shipping ASA has entered into charter contract with Axxis Geo Solution AS for the PSV vessel Havila Fortune.The contract is for a firm period of 6 months with options thereafter.Commencement will be in June 2018.Havila Fortune will be taken out of layup to serve the contract.
23 May 2018
Bureau Veritas Publishes Offshore Decommissioning Guide
Decommissioning has become a growing trend in the offshore oil and gas industry. In regard, Bureau Veritas has published a complete guide to support the navigation of new regulations around decommissioning.
22 May 2018
Proposals Launched for New Offshore Wind in Scotland’s Seas
Crown Estate Scotland has unveiled proposals to lease seabed to encourage a new generation of offshore wind projects in Scotland’s waters.The paper, published on 21st May 2018, outlined the draft process and asks those interested to feed back to help shape the final approach. Projects will have to be sited…
22 May 2018
Gulf Marine Services: Operational Update
Gulf Marine Services, the leading provider of advanced self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESVs) serving the offshore oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, provided the following operational update for the period 1 January 2018 to 21 May 2018, ahead of its AGM on 22nd May 2018.GMS announced two charter awards in…
22 May 2018
Serica Energy plc: Update on BKR Transaction, US Sanctions, and Rhum Operations
Serica provided an update following the announcement on 8 May by the US Government of its withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) and the reintroduction of wider US sanctions on Iran and certain transactions with Iranian entities.On 21 November 2017, Serica announced its agreement (the “BKR Transaction”)…
22 May 2018
Kosmos Energy Provides Suriname Activity Update
Kosmos Energy provided an update on current activity in Suriname.The Anapai-1 well drilling in Block-45 offshore Suriname encountered shallow bore hole stability issues before reaching the target interval. Kosmos and its partner will re-spud the well, Anapai-1A, targeting the same objectives. The well design has been reconfigured to address the…
22 May 2018
Tap Oil Limited: Manora-8 Well Spuds
Tap Oil Limited refers to the announcement made on 7th May 2018 and advises that Manora-8 well spudded at 23:00 on 20 May 2018.The primary objective of the Manora-8 well is to explore for hydrocarbons in the 600 series sands that are the primary producing sands in Manora. The well…
22 May 2018
Azinor Catalyst Signs LOI with Transocean for Leader Rig to Appraise Agar - Plantain Opportunity in Q3 2018
Azinor Catalyst Limited, the Seacrest Capital Group-backed E&P Company focused on the UK Continental Shelf, announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with US listed drilling company, Transocean. The Transocean Leader, a semisubmersible, will be provisioned to drill a well to appraise the company’s Agar – Plantain…
22 May 2018
Global Maritime and UniSea Deliver Dynamic Positioning (DP) Assurance Software to SolstadFarstad
Global Maritime, a leading marine, offshore and engineering consultancy, and Unisea, a software and consultancy house with a dedicated shipping focus, have won a five-year contract to provide dynamic positioning (DP) assurance software solutions to the shipping fleet of Norwegian offshore service and supply ship company SolstadFarstad.The deal with SolstadFarstad,…
22 May 2018
Xodus Celebrates Strong Twelve Months with £5million in Field Development Contracts
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has revealed it has won £5million worth of field development work over the past twelve months.The company has recently been awarded two projects by Apache for its Storr and Seagull developments.For Storr, Xodus will initially complete a conceptual assessment to streamline the options under consideration…
22 May 2018
Lancaster EPS Buoy Sail-away
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, provided an operational update in relation to the Early Production System on the Lancaster Field.The newly-fabricated buoy for the Lancaster EPS has departed from Drydocks World in Dubai, following successful testing…
22 May 2018
DeepOcean Awarded Long Term Life of Field Subsea Services Contract from Equinor
DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has been awarded a long term contract involving subsea life of field services on Equinor operated fields.The award covers onshore project management, engineering and offshore operations utilising a variety of vessels within the DeepOcean fleet of high quality vessels. Offshore operations…
22 May 2018
ION Geophysical Corporation Announces New 2D Multi-client Program Offshore Canada
ION Geophysical Corporation announced a new 2D multi-client program offshore Grand Banks in Newfoundland, Canada. In the first phase of GrandSPAN, ION will acquire approximately 10,000 km of data with an expectation to sanction a second phase of approximately 5,000 km of data further south in 2019. The industry-supported program…
22 May 2018
CNOOC Signs PSCs with Husky
CNOOC Limited announced that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has signed two production sharing contracts (PSCs) with Husky Oil Operations (China) Limited for Block 22/11 and 23/07 in the South China Sea.Block 22/11 and 23/07 are located in the Beibu Gulf of the South China Sea.…
22 May 2018
Husky Energy Announces Exploration Success in Asia Pacific and Atlantic Regions; Signs New PSCs in Asia
Husky Energy has drilled a successful exploration well in the South China Sea offshore China, made a discovery in the Atlantic region offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and signed two new Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) in Asia.ASIA PACIFIC REGIONExploration SuccessA successful exploration well has been drilled on Block 15/33 in the…
22 May 2018
Awilco Drilling PLC: Contract Signed with Shell
Awilco Drilling PLC confirmed that a contract has been signed with Shell UK Limited for the provision of WilPhoenix for a decommissioning program of 18 firm wells plus options totalling a further 8 wells. The firm 18 well program has an estimated duration of 330 days and is scheduled to…
22 May 2018
Sembcorp Marine Secures Contract for the Construction and Integration of Vito FPU’s Hull, Topsides and Living Quarters
Sembcorp Marine Ltd announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters Pte. Ltd., has been awarded a contract by Shell Offshore Inc. to construct and integrate the hull, topsides and living quarters of the Vito semi-submersible Floating Production Unit (FPU). This contract includes installation of Shell-furnished equipment, and…
21 May 2018
ENI-Galp Statements on APA Waiving Need for Additional Environmental Impact Studies for Alentejo Offshore Test Well
Portugal’s Environment Agency, APA, confirms that the environmental studies and risk assessments already carried out on the Santola-1X project are exhaustive and has not identified significant negative environmental impacts.The consortium Eni-Galp records the decision that confirms the results of the extensive environmental and risk assessments studies performed, and of the…
21 May 2018
Neptune Energy Awards Offshore Tie-back Contract
Rosenberg WorleyParsons has been awarded an offshore engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract by Neptune Energy.The 3 year EPCIC contract will service the Nova field tie-back to the Gjøa platform on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract will be executed from the Rosenberg WorleyParsons office in Stavanger, Norway…
17 May 2018
Petrofac to Support UK Wind Farm Projects
Petrofac has secured a long-term Framework Agreement (FA) with Transmission Capital to provide engineering services across six of its OFTO (Offshore Transmission Owner) assets.Under the Agreement, which is for five years, Petrofac has already been awarded two subsea engineering work scopes on key export cables connecting the Lincs and Robin…
17 May 2018
DOF Subsea Awarded Long-term IMR Frame Agreement by Equinor
DOF Subsea has been awarded an Inspection, Maintenance and Repair ("IMR") Frame Agreement by Equinor. The duration of the contract is 5 years and commences in 2019. During the course of the Frame Agreement, Equinor will call off subsea IMR services as required.DOF Subsea at the end of the Q1…
17 May 2018
Oil & Gas Authority: Ensuring Successful Planning and Delivery of Future Oil and Gas Field Projects
Newly updated guidance was published on 17th May, 2018, to support industry to successfully deliver the next generation of UK oil and gas field developments.Fifteen new field developments are currently underway across the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), worth approximately £15 billion in capital expenditure and estimated to deliver approx. 1.5…
17 May 2018
Submitted Development Plan for Nova
On 16th May, 2018,, the licensees, led by operator Wintershall, submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Nova oil field (previously “Skarfjell”) in the North Sea. Development costs are estimated at NOK 9.9 billion.Nova is a subsea development that will be tied in to the Gjøa facility…
17 May 2018
Drilling Permit for Well 34/5-2 S in Production Licence 373 S
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted A/S Norske Shell a drilling permit for well 34/5-2 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 34/5-2 S will be drilled from the Scarabeo 8 drilling facility in position 61°43'31.17" North and 2°39'17.56" East.The drilling programme for well 34/5-2S relates to the…
17 May 2018
Aker Solutions Secures Troll Phase 3 Topside Modification Contract
Aker Solutions secured a contract valued at over NOK 1 billion from Equinor to deliver a module for the Troll A platform that will help increase output at one of Norway's largest natural gas fields.The engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract is the company's latest award for work at…