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13 September 2017
North Sea Wind Power Hub Consortium Adds Gas and Storage to the Mix
Dutch energy infrastructure company Gasunie has joined the consortium of TenneT Netherlands, TenneT Germany and Denmark’s Energinet formed to develop the North Sea Wind Power Hub.Together, the four companies form a partnership that studies and investigates the possible development of a large-scale, sustainable European energy supply system in the North…
13 September 2017
Onesiphoros West-1 'Non-Commercial' for Total
Total’s closely-watched Onesiphoros West-1 wildcat off Cyprus has discovered only non-commercial volumes of gas.Talking to local reporters, Cyprus’s Minister of Energy Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said the probe, drilled in Block 11 by Seadrill’s drillship West Capella, found less than 500 billion cubic feet of gas.Although the result is disappointing, the minister…
13 September 2017
Vattenfall Looking for WTIVs for Kriegers Flak and Nearshore Projects
Vattenfall has invited tenders for the provision of wind turbine installation vessels that will work on Kriegers Flak and the two nearshore projects, Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd.The developer is looking for WTIVs for transport and support of the installation works of the wind turbine contractors.The wind farms will consist…
13 September 2017
Gardline Starts Two New Asia Pacific Projects
Gardline has secured two geotechnical projects in the Asia Pacific region.The first project began in late August in Australia and the second project is starting this week offshore Papua New Guinea, the company informed.The Australian project consists of mobilizing a 50kN dual-drive seabed CPT and a vibrocorer onto a third…
12 September 2017
Statoil in Veslefrikk 'Extension'
Statoil and its licence partners have decided to extend the lifetime of the Veslefrikk oilfield off Norway by a further seven years, compared with a previously mooted extension of two years, according to the country’s major offshore union.An Industri Energi working group that has been pushing for the extension has…
12 September 2017
Shell and Petrobras in Brazil Deepwater Pact
Royal Dutch Shell and Petrobras signed last week in The Hague, Netherlands, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a long-term mutual collaboration in developing pre-salt fields in Brazil.Shell should benefit from technical solutions, contract management expertise and cost efficient initiatives Petrobras applies to Brazil’s pre and post-salt projects. Shell…
12 September 2017
Bad Weather Delays Hummer Start-up
Houston-based Castex Energy has been forced to push back the start-up of the Hummer field in the US Gulf of Mexico.Field partner Petsec Energy revealed Tuesday that recent weather events in the Gulf of Mexico and related equipment delays had pushed back the completion of the development’s four pile deck.This…
12 September 2017
Wellesley Hits Water at Goanna
Norway-focused explorer has Wellesley Petroleum has failed to find pay with an exploration well on the Goanna prospect in the Norwegian North Sea.Well partner Faroe Petroleum revealed Tuesday the 33/9-22 S well had reached a total depth of 2730 metres, encountering about 49 metres of gross water bearing reservoir in…
12 September 2017
CMA Allows Wood-Amec Merger to Move Forward
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted the remedy formally offered by Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler on August 9, 2017.This follows the CMA’s in principle acceptance on August 15.The merger is therefore now expected to complete in October 2017, following receipt of merger clearance in Mexico.The…
11 September 2017
Subsea 7 Awards InterMoor Mad Dog 2 Job
InterMoor, provider of mooring services, foundation solutions and offshore installations in subsea services group Acteon, has been awarded a service contract with Subsea 7 to provide mooring and tow services for BP’s new Mad Dog 2 project.The contract with Subsea 7, BP’s subsea offshore installation contractor on the project, will…
11 September 2017
Blyth Foundations Stand Ready, Cable Laying Work In Progress
Wind turbine foundations are now in place off the coast of Blyth to mark the latest stage of the 41.5MW Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm project.EDF Energy Renewables is currently delivering the project after taking over responsibility for the scheme from ORE Catapult in October 2014.Five gravity based foundations (GBFs)…
11 September 2017
Statoil Comes up Dry With Verbier Probe
Statoil' is facing disappointment with its exploration well on the Verbier prospect on the UK continental shelf in the North Sea.Well partner Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG) revealed the 20/05b-13 well had been drilled in licence P2170 to a total depth of 4267 metres and encountered water bearing Upper Jurassic…
11 September 2017
Kraken AquaPix Sonar System for Ocean Infinity AUVs
Kraken Sonar Systems has been awarded a contract valued at approximately C$3 million by Ocean Infinity.Kraken will supply and integrate its AquaPix (Miniature Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar and Real-Time SAS Signal Processor) solution onboard eight of Ocean Infinity’s HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV).Delivery of the systems is planned to start…
11 September 2017
Three Offshore Wind Projects Secure Contracts for Difference as Strike Prices Go Down
The UK government has awarded three offshore wind projects with Contracts for Difference (CfD) in the second round of auctions with strike prices going as low as GBP 57.50/MWh for projects scheduled for commissioning in 2022/23.The three projects to receive the CfDs are the 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm…
11 September 2017
Triton Knoll Developers Set Out Project Timeline, Call For More CfD Auctions
Statkraft and innogy, the developers of the 860MW Triton Knoll wind farm off Lincolnshire, England, plan to take the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the project by mid-2018.The GBP 2 billion project, which has just been awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) at a strike price of GBP 74.75/MWh, will…
11 September 2017
DONG Reaches FID for World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm
DONG Energy has taken a Final Investment Decision for its Hornsea Project Two, following the UK government’s allocation of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) and the offshore wind giant winning a CfD for what will become the world’s biggest wind farm.With a capacity of 1,386MW, Hornsea Project Two will become…
11 September 2017
Baker Hughes Lands Zohr Subsea Deal
Baker Hughes, a GE company, said it has been awarded a “major” subsea contract from Petrobel for phase two of the “supergiant” Zohr Gas Field situated in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Egyptian coast.BHGE will provide project management, engineering procurement, fabrication, construction, testing and transportation of a subsea production system,…
8 September 2017
Japan and Scotland Announce Strategic Partnership on Subsea Technology
Scotland and Japan have unveiled a new strategic partnership aimed at helping both countries capitalise on opportunities in the growing subsea technology sector. The partnership was announced at Offshore Europe on Tuesday September 5.Scottish Enterprise and The Nippon Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will see both organisations…
8 September 2017
SMC Wrapping Up Veja Mate Work
Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) plans for the company’s technicians to finish work on the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in the German North Sea this month, with marine coordinators expected to finish later in the year.SMC has provided maritime service personnel throughout the construction phase on the Veja Mate…
8 September 2017
LOC to Support Greater Dunlin Area Decommissioning
LOC (Aberdeen) Ltd, part of LOC Group, has been appointed by Fairfield Betula (Fairfield Energy) to provide marine assurance and marine warranty services for the decommissioning of the Greater Dunlin Area in the North Sea UKCS.The Greater Dunlin Area comprises the Dunlin Alpha Platform and two subsea satellite fields Osprey…
8 September 2017
Babcock Bags Rough Decom Deal from Centrica
Babcock is working with Centrica Storage to plan for decommissioning of the Rough 47/8A platforms and infrastructure in the southern North Sea. The assets to be decommissioned comprises two bridge linked platforms currently shut in ahead of decommissioning.This initial decommissioning contract for Babcock will provide all aspects of governance and…
8 September 2017
RenewableUK: UK Offshore Wind Close to 50% Domestic Content Mark
A new report delivered by RenewableUK has revealed that a high number of UK companies are involved in the development, construction and operation of offshore wind farms in Britain.The study shows that 48% of the expenditure in planning, building and running offshore wind projects in the UK goes to domestic…
8 September 2017
Iemants Loads Out Merkur Offshore Substation Jacket
Iemants, part of the Smulders Group, loaded out the jacket foundation for the Merkur wind farm offshore substation from its yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, on Tuesday, 5 September.The jacket, weighing almost 1,700 tons, will be shipped from Vlissingen to Eemshaven after which it will be shipped to its final…
8 September 2017
DONG Energy Returns to CWind with TP Gate Contract
CWind, part of the Global Marine Group, has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy to install new and retrofit existing gates on the transition pieces (TPs) at the Gode Wind and Borkum Riffgrund offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.CWind will use its own crew transfer vessels, assets…
8 September 2017
MMT to Survey North Sea Section of Baltic Pipe Route
Swedish survey specialist MMT has been awarded a contract by the Danish energy transmission system operator Energinet as part of the Baltic Pipe project. The assignment includes seabed survey for a new offshore pipeline in the North Sea and for two alternative routes in Lillebælt in the inner Danish Seas.…
8 September 2017
Time is Right to Pick up at Penguins says Shell
The head of Shell’s North Sea business believes early 2018 will be the “right time” for the Anglo-Dutch supermajor to take a final investment decision on the redevelopment of its Penguins field in the UK northern North Sea.Giving an upbeat assessment of progress on the project, Steve Phimister, vice president…
8 September 2017
Statoil Opts for Subsea Solution at Sverdrup
Statoil has decided to use a subsea production system instead of an unmanned wellhead platform as part of its 220,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day Johan Sverdrup phase two project off Norway.Kjetel Digre, Statoil's Johan Sverdrup project director, stated this decision to go the subsea route to exploit the…
7 September 2017
Eni Secures Rabat Deep rig
Italian operator Eni has secured a drilling rig for its upcoming exploration well at the Rabat Deep Offshore licence off the coast of Morocco.Licence partner Chariot Oil & Gas revealed Thursday that Eni had hired the ultra-deepwater drillship Saipem 12000 to drill the RD-1 well on the JP-1 prospect.The drillship…
7 September 2017
UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) Oilfields - Recovery Factor Benchmarking report
By looking at the potential that exists in a small number of selected fields, the OGA estimates that an additional 900 million barrels of oil (mmbbl) could potentially be produced through increases to Recovery Factor (RF) as a result of improved asset stewardship.Currently the expected RF for the UKCS is…
7 September 2017
Last Turbine on Dudgeon Wind Farm Installed
This week saw the last of the 67 wind turbines being installed on the Dudgeon field and all of them are now producing electricity. During October, the wind farm will provide 410,000 homes in England with electricity.Thirty-two kilometres off the coast of Norfolk in England the wind farm has grown…
7 September 2017
Boskalis Acquires USD 50 Million Worth of Marine Contracts
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has recently been awarded a number of marine transport contracts with a combined contract value of approximately USD 50 million.Dockwise, a wholly-owned Boskalis subsidiary, was awarded a contract by Husky Oil Operations Ltd. for the transportation of the West White Rose Topside from Texas, USA…
7 September 2017
Five-year Charter VOS Famous
Vroon are pleased to announce that VOS Famous has entered into a five-year charter (plus options) with Premier Oil, following a competitive tender. This is to attend their newly arriving Catcher FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading). This builds on a steadfast partnership built up over a number of years…
7 September 2017
New State-of-the-Art Subsea Construction Vessel Launched in Baku to Support Shah Deniz Stage 2
The Shah Deniz consortium is pleased to announce the launch of the Khankendi - a new flagship vessel for the Caspian. The state-of-the-art subsea construction vessel has been specifically designed and built to install the biggest subsea production system in the Caspian Sea as part of the Shah Deniz Stage…
7 September 2017
Sea Lion Operational Update
Funding package for the Sea Lion development progressing; targeting project sanction during 2018· Discussions initiated with UK Export Finance, the UK's export credit agency, in relation to a proposed US$800 million senior debt financing for the Sea Lion project· Discussions progressing with potential contractors to the project for the provision…
6 September 2017
Bilfinger Secures Sheringham Shoal Coating Services Contract
Energy services provider Bilfinger Salamis UK has been awarded a GBP 1 million contract for the coating repair services on the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, operated by Statoil.The three-year contract will be managed from Bilfinger’s Great Yarmouth base, creating five new offshore positions and supporting further expansion of Bilfinger’s…
6 September 2017
KEM Offshore to Stand Guard over Hohe See and Albatros Offshore Wind Farms
Danish ship owner KEM Offshore has won a long term contract to provide guard vessel services during the construction of EnBW’s Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.The Hohe See wind farm will, combined with the Albatros extension, comprise 87 Siemens 7MW turbines installed about…
6 September 2017
Record Bids for APA Round off Norway
Norway has received a record number of bids for exploration acreage in established areas being offered in the country’s latest Awards in Pre-defined Areas (APA) round.The Petroleum & Energy Ministry had received applications from 39 companies by a 1 September bid deadline - the highest tally since the licensing exercise…
6 September 2017
Mermaid Wins Subsea Contracts
Mermaid business units have been awarded three subsea contracts in South East Asia and the Middle East with a combined estimated value of USD 12 million.The first contract award, with work scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2017, will involve use of the DP2 saturation diving vessel (DSV)…
6 September 2017
Canyon Offshore Strikes Trenching Pact with Royal IHC
Royal IHC has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Canyon Offshore, a UK subsidiary of Houston-based Helix Energy, to work towards an exclusive arrangement to jointly bring the Hi-Traq trenching vehicle to the market.Upon conclusion of the agreement between the parties, Canyon would have the exclusive right to use…
6 September 2017
Wood Group Scores Ichthys Subsea Gig
Wood Group has secured a new, five-year contract with Inpex Australia to provide subsea engineering services for the integrity of the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project, offshore Western Australia.The operations of all subsea assets and the gas export pipeline will be supported under the contract which includes two, one-year extension options…
6 September 2017
Halfwave Awarded Inspection Contract by INPEX for the Ichthys LNG Project
Halfwave is pleased to announce the award by INPEX Australia of a long-term contract for multiple in-line inspections. The scope of work includes a custom built 42” Acoustic Resonance Technology (ART) Scan™ by Halfwave to inspect the subsea pipeline that requires a low flow subsea launch with high speed inspection…
6 September 2017
Eco Atlantic and Tullow Oil Complete 2,500 km2 3D Seismic Survey Offshore Guyana
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. ("Eco Atlantic" or "Company") (TSX-V:EOG, LSE:ECO) is pleased to announce that Eco Atlantic and its Operating Partner, Tullow Oil (“Tullow”), have completed an approximate 2,500 km2 3D seismic survey on the Company’s Orinduik Block (“Orinduik”) offshore the Co-operative Republic of Guyana (“3D Survey”). The…
6 September 2017
Stone Energy Corporation Announces Rampart Deep Drilling Success
Stone Energy Corporation (NYSE: SGY) today announced drilling results from the deep water Rampart Deep well at Mississippi Canyon Block 116. Stone generated the prospect and owns a 40% non-operated working interest in the well.The Rampart Deep well (the MC 116 #1 well), operated by Deep Gulf Energy III, LLC,…
6 September 2017
Business Outlook Dims in Norway's Oil Region -Survey
Business conditions remained strong in Norway’s western oil-producing regions during the summer months, but companies increasinly worry over the outlook for the coming quarters, a sentiment survey showed on Wednesday.The price of crude oil, Norway’s key export, fell sharply from mid-2014 to early 2016 but has since staged a partial…
6 September 2017
Investors Seeing Value in UK North Sea Re-inventing Itself: Economic Report 2017
Almost $6 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions have taken place in the UK oil and gas sector in the first half of the year – sending a strong vote of confidence in a basin that has been grappling with the challenges of a major downturn, a new report reveals…
6 September 2017
CNOOC signs PSC with SK
CNOOC Limited (the “Company”, SEHK: 00883, NYSE: CEO, TSX: CNU) announced today that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has signed production sharing contract (PSC) with SK Innovation Co., Ltd. (SK) for Block 17/08 in the South China Sea.Block 17/08 is located in the Pearl River Mouth…
6 September 2017
Subsea 7 Awards Letter of Intent for New Reel-Lay Vessel
Subsea 7 S.A. today announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Royal IHC in the Netherlands for the construction of a new reel-lay vessel and associated pipe lay equipment. The cost, excluding capitalised interest, is expected to be below USD 300 million with an early 2020 delivery.…
5 September 2017
Expro Secures Multi-Million Dollar Well Services Contract with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited
Leading international oilfield services company, Expro, has secured a five-year master services agreement with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited, for well services across its UK North Sea assets.The contract is valued at $8m/£5m for the first calendar year, which will be reviewed on an annual basis - including options to…
5 September 2017
Semco Maritime Receives an Important Rig Order in Norway
5 September 2017
Statoil's Johan Sverdrup Field Secures Lloyd's Register's Expertise for Production Start-up in 2019
Most of this FEED (front end engineering design) work phase is being carried out by LR’s Bergen-based Risk Management Consulting team. The Johan Sverdrup field development is a phased development. The first phase is underway and consists of a field centre comprising four (4) platforms (LQ, P1, DP, RP) interconnected…