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10 August 2017
Aker BP Takes Odfjell Rig
Odfjell Drilling has landed a contract with Aker BP for its semi-submersible rig Deepsea Stavanger at a relatively strong dayrate despite a drilling market slump.The 2010-built sixth-generation unit has been contracted by the Anglo-Norwegian operator for work in the Norwegian and Barents seas under an approximate nine-month charter valued at…
10 August 2017
Peterhead Port Awarded Major Offshore Wind Contract
Peterhead Port Authority is set to support the start of offshore construction work for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) after signing an agreement to harbour the game-changing suction bucket jacket foundations for the 11-turbine scheme.The contract will see the port moor one of the world’s largest floating cranes,…
10 August 2017
Shell Hands Kvaerner Nyhamna Decom Job
Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Shell for the disposal and demolition of the subsea compression pilot at Nyhamna.The scope of work consists of removal and demolition of approximately 2 200 tonnes of modules. The modules will be transported from Nyhamna to Kvaerner’s facilities at Stord for dismantling and…
10 August 2017
Amec Foster Wheeler Wins Hyundai Engineering Contract for Gas-to-Liquid Plant in Uzbekistan
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a lump sum contract by Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd for the delivery of hydrogen plant technology and design and materials supply for a Terrace WallTM steam reformer heater for Uzbekneftegaz National Holding Company’s OLTIN YO’L GTL (gas-to-liquid) plant which is under construction in the…
10 August 2017
ADNOC in Advanced Discussions with Potential Partners for New Offshore Oil Concession
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced, today, it is in advanced discussions with more than a dozen potential partners who have expressed a significant interest in the offshore concession, currently operated by the Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) that expires next March. The potential partners are a…
10 August 2017
M² Subsea Teams Up with Harvey Gulf on GoM ROV Services
M² Subsea, provider of ROV services, has formed an alliance with leading vessel operator, Harvey Gulf Marine International to provide subsea ROV services in the Gulf of Mexico.The alliance will see M2 Subsea’s ROVs utilized on board Harvey Gulf’s DP2 survey support vessel, the Harvey Bronco. The offshore supply ship…
10 August 2017
Revised Ownership Structure in UK Offshore Wind Project
Statoil has signed a swap agreement with Innogy and SSE for equity interests in the Dogger Bank offshore wind development project. The Dogger Bank development consists four offshore wind farm projects, Creyke Beck A and B and Teesside A and B. Following the transaction, Statoil and SSE will own 50%…
10 August 2017
KBR Signs Agreement with Saudi Aramco to Expand in-Kingdom Localization Efforts
KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Aramco to expand and develop KBR's services for Saudi Aramco in line with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's (KSA) localization objectives.The MoU and initiative is in line with Saudi Aramco's In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) initiative…
10 August 2017
Atwood Achiever Secures More Work for Kosmos
Offshore drilling contractor Atwood Oceanics has through its subsidiary agreed to a one well contract at an undisclosed day rate for operations offshore Northwest Africa with Kosmos Energy Ventures for the ultra-deepwater rig, the Atwood Achiever.The new contract will start immediately following the completion of the well in progress under…
9 August 2017
Statoil Kick-off at Korpfjell
Statoil has kicked off drilling of a high-profile wildcat at the Korpfjell prospect targeting estimated billion-barrel resource potential in the Barents Sea off Norway.The 7435/12-1 well was spudded on Monday by semi-submersible Songa Enabler in Statoil-operated production licence 859 near the maritime border with Russia, a spokesman for the state-controlled…
9 August 2017
Repsol Hires Archer for NCS P&A Ops
Repsol Norge has awarded oil services player Archer a four-year contract for the provision of plugging and abandonment (P&A) rig operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.The contract scope includes permanent plugging and abandonment of the wells on the Gyda platform.In addition to the firm contract term, three additional two-year extension…
9 August 2017
ABB to Modernize Baltic Cable HVDC Link
ABB has won an order from Baltic Cable AB, a subsidiary of Norway’s Statkraft, to upgrade the Baltic Cable HVDC power transmission link. The link goes under the Baltic Sea and connects the power grids in Germany and Sweden. As part of the modernization project, ABB will upgrade the control…
9 August 2017
HydraWell Grabs UK Frame Deal
HydraWell has been awarded a frame agreement by an undisclosed supermajor to provide technology and services for plug & abandonment (P&A) and well repair operations on the UK continental shelf.HydraWell’s HydraHemera second generation high pressure Perf, Wash & Cement, PWC jetting system has been chosen as technical solution for wells…
9 August 2017
Grant Funding Awarded to Nova Innovation to Establish Tidal Energy in North Wales
Tidal energy leader Nova Innovation has been awarded a grant of £265,000 by Cronfa Cymunedau’r Arfordir (Coastal Communities Fund) to help to establish its operations in Wales. The funding, which will be spread over a three-year period, will help to support four full-time posts in North Wales and the establishment…
9 August 2017
Updated Guidelines are Prime Example of Industry Collaboration
A suite of updated guidelines published today (8th August), which ultimately aim to ensure the safety of offshore wells, underline industry’s commitment to continuously improve, Oil and Gas UK said today.The trade body’s award winning guidelines are written by industry, for industry, and provide a true reflection and balanced perspective…
9 August 2017
Operational Update - Kosmos Energy - Yakaar
In May, Kosmos announced a major gas discovery offshore Senegal at Yakaar-1, the first well in a series of four independent tests of the basin floor fan fairways, outboard of the proven slope channel trend opened with the Tortue-1 discovery. Located in the Cayar Offshore Profond block approximately 95 kilometers…
9 August 2017
SBM Confirms SWS for Fast4Ward Hull
SBM Offshore has confirmed the award of the maiden hull for its new Fast4Ward floater design to China's Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS).The Dutch floater player said on Wednesday that it signed a newbuild deal with SWS and China Shipbuilding Trading (CSTC) for the floating production, storage and offloading hull in…
9 August 2017
Topaz Energy and Marine Awarded $100 million Dragon Oil Contract
Topaz Energy and Marine (“Topaz”), a leading offshore support vessel (“OSV”) company, today announced a new $100 million contract with Dragon Oil, the upstream oil and gas subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) whose principal asset is the Cheleken Contract Area, in the eastern section of the Caspian Sea,…
9 August 2017
ION Expands 2D Data Library with New Acquisition Offshore Panama
ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO) today announced acquisition is in progress on a new 2D multi-client program offshore Panama. Supported by industry funding, this is the first seismic survey acquired there in approximately 30 years. PanamaSPAN™ is designed to provide the framework to evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of this unexplored…
9 August 2017
Parkmead Completes Important UK Gas Area Acquisition
Parkmead, the UK and Netherlands focused independent oil and gas group, is delighted to announce that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of a 50% interest in the UK North Sea Licence P.2209. from Verus Petroleum (SNS) Limited, which contains the Farne Extension prospect and a further four prospective…
8 August 2017
Trio to Build Concrete Gravity Structure for West White Rose Project
General partnership between SNC-Lavalin, Dragados Canada and Pennecon has been awarded a construction contract from Husky Energy as part of the company’s West White Rose Project in Newfoundland and Labrador.SNC-Lavalin and Dragados Canada each hold 40% of the shares, while local company Pennecon is a 20% partner.The partnership will build…
8 August 2017
CWind Lands Merkur Cable Pull-In Contract
Chelmsford-based CWind has won a contract to deliver all cable pull-in services for 66 offshore wind turbines and one offshore substation at the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.The contract for CWind, which is part of the Global Marine Group and delivers the company’s power capabilities,…
8 August 2017
Bladt Loads Out Final Walney Extension Transition Pieces
Bladt Industries carried out the final load-out of Walney 4 transition pieces in Aalborg, Denmark, on 31 July.These were the last out of 87 transition pieces built for DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind farm project consisting of 40 8MW MHI Vestas wind turbines at Walney 3 and 47 7MW…
8 August 2017
Greece Puts Offshore Acreage on the Block
Greece has invited companies to compete for offshore blocks in a pair of exploration and production tenders, not long after ExxonMobil and Total were approved for acreage in the country.The nascent Mediterranean hydrocarbons player is asking companies to submit expressions of interest for acreage in the Ionian Sea and Crete.Expressions…
8 August 2017
Kosmos Gears up to Drill Three More Wells off West Africa
Following a “major” gas discovery offshore Senegal earlier this year, the U.S. oil company Kosmos Energy plans to drill three more wells off Mauritania and Senegal in 2017, starting with Hippocampe well later this month. In the company’s 2Q 2017 conference call on Monday, talking about Kosmos’ plans offshore Mauritania…
8 August 2017
OGA Presents Outputs from Decommissioning Workshops
The MER UK Decommissioning Task Force has received outputs from workshops arranged by Task Groups in support of the goal to ‘minimise the cost of decommissioning in an appropriate manner with a focus on delivering what would otherwise not be delivered by industry.’Two workshops were organised, namely: Delivery Capability Theme…
8 August 2017
Baker Hughes, Twinza Ink Fullstream Package Deal in Gulf of Papua
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), has secured a deal with Twinza Oil to provide fullstream support on the Pasca A gas condensate field, located in the Gulf of Papua.The Twinza-BHGE fullstream agreement – an industry first – covers services and equipment during Phase I of the Pasca A field…
8 August 2017
CGG Launches Gippsland Regeneration Reprocessing Project in SE Australia
CGG announced today the start of its Gippsland ReGeneration 3D reprocessing project in Australia’s premier Gippsland Basin, in South-East Australia. The project will offer the industry the highest-resolution 3D seismic data available in this extremely prospective area.Historically, imaging the Gippsland Basin’s shelf break and numerous submarine channels has proven extremely…
8 August 2017
DONG Energy divests 50% of Borkum Riffgrund 2 to Global Infrastructure Partners and Increases its EBITDA Guidance for 2017
DONG Energy has entered into an agreement to sell 50% of Borkum Riffgrund 2, a 450 megawatt (MW) German offshore wind farm project, to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Borkum Riffgrund 2 is currently under construction and is expected to be fully commissioned in 2019.The total sales price (consisting of the…
8 August 2017
Contract Wins for Sentinel Marine Takes 2017 New Contract Values to Over £26m
Sentinel Marine has secured two new contracts bringing the Aberdeen-headquartered firm’s contract wins to a total of £26.4 million since January this year. The latest contract wins will provide continued employment for 72 seafarers in the North Sea.Sentinel Marine’s contract with Statoil UK Limited will see the provision of an…
8 August 2017
Engie E&P UK Announces First Gas From Cygnus Bravo in Southern North Sea
First gas has been exported from Cygnus Bravo, the satellite wellhead platform in the Southern North Sea’s Cygnus development, operated by ENGIE E&P UK Limited.On the morning of Tuesday 1st August first gas from Bravo was exported 7km SE to Cygnus Alpha, which itself has been at a plateau of…
7 August 2017
Market Surveillance Campaign - Portable Lifting Equipment
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) and the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority (NLIA) has conducted a joint market surveillance campaign to verify compliance with the formal documentation requirements in the machinery regulations for selected equipment types.Regulations on market surveillance (MS) are pursuant to the European Economic Area (EEA) trade law…
7 August 2017
Chevron DeepStar: R&D Collaboration
An international consortium led by a Chevron subsidiary has signed an exploration contract with Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission for Block 3 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. “We look forward to exploring this prospective area together and strengthening our presence in Mexico for the long term”, said Ali Moshiri, president…
7 August 2017
Eni Becomes Part of Siemens Subsea Power Grid JIP
The energy company Eni Norge, a subsidiary of Eni S.p.A. has joined the Siemens Subsea Power Grid Joint Industry Program (JIP).Siemens Subsea is developing a complete subsea power network with a group of partners, led by Chevron and including Statoil, Exxon and Petrobras, as part of a Joint Industry Program…
7 August 2017
Module Construction Started on Dvalin
On August 1st, The Dvalin project finished all construction drawings for module H25. The following day the fabrication work started.“We have made a good start during the first nine months of the project. We had a very ambitious target of completing all construction drawings ahead of the H25 first cut.…
7 August 2017
Woodside Makes Third Gas Discovery in Myanmar
Woodside informed that the Pyi Thit-1 exploration well in Block A-6 in the Southern Rakhine Basin, located offshore Myanmar, has intersected a gross gas column of approximately 65 metres.A net gas pay interval of approximately 36 metres has been interpreted within the primary target sandstone reservoir.Woodside CEO, Peter Coleman, said:…
7 August 2017
SNE North-1 Exploration Well Result
Cairn is pleased to announce the results of the SNE North-1 exploration well offshore Senegal.The well encountered oil and gas in the primary objective and oil in the deeper secondary objective, in a separate accumulation to the SNE field.Further work is being undertaken to establish the potential commerciality of this…
7 August 2017
Second Small Gas Discovery in the Barents
The well was drilled in license PL 855. This is the first well drilled in the acreage awarded in Norway’s 23rd licensing round. “The well was drilled with the ambition of proving up additional oil resources in the vicinity of the Wisting discovery, but like the previous Blåmann well, we…
4 August 2017
DONG’s Wirral Base Ready For Burbo Bank O&M Team
Construction has finished on DONG Energy’s new offshore wind farm operations base on the bank of the Mersey.The construction company Robertson North West handed over the keys to the GBP 6 million Wirral facility to DONG on Thursday, 4 August. After the team has spent some time settling in, DONG…
4 August 2017
Tekmar Makes Oseberg Vestflanken 2 Delivery
Tekmar has recently completed the successful delivery of j-tube seals and bend restrictors for the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 project.Oseberg Vestflanken 2 is located approximately 8km north-west of Oseberg field centre and includes Alpha, Gamma and Kappa oil and gas structures.Tekmar designed, manufactured, tested and delivered all products in time for…
4 August 2017
Contract Update - Reach Subsea
Reference is made to our press release dated 12 June 2017 regarding a Letter of Intent ("LOI"). The LOI has today been converted into a final contract between Reach Subsea and the international contractor Allseas. Estimated start-up is early August. Duration of the firm scope of the contract is approximately…
4 August 2017
Forland Inspector - Time charter
Forland Subsea AS has entered a time charter party with a first-class client for the Forland Inspector (ex. Lewek Inspector). The vessel will be used for subsea operations, including ROV support and crane work. The charter has commenced, and is for 9 months firm plus 3 months options. The commercial…
4 August 2017
New Decommissioning Company Targets £200m Investment to Exploit Massive Market Opportunity
A major new entrant to North Sea decommissioning has been unveiled today (Friday 4th August).Well-Safe Solutions, set up by a group of oil industry stalwarts - including Alasdair Locke, Mark Patterson, and Paul Warwick - will provide a ground-breaking approach to the safe and cost-efficient decommissioning of subsea wells. The…
3 August 2017
Ofgem Shortlists Galloper and Walney Extension OFTO Bidders
Ofgem has announced shortlists of bidders competing to own and operate transmission links to the Galloper and Walney Extension wind farms off the coasts of Cumbria and Suffolk.The three bidders, shortlisted to own and operate both the Galloper and the Walney Extension offshore transmission links, are Diamond Transmission Partners, a…
3 August 2017
STX France Gives Arkona Offshore Substation Construction Update
STX France AS has lowered the third and final block of the offshore substation topside, being constructed for the Arkona offshore wind farm, onto a transportation barge in the drydock of the company’s yard in St. Nazaire.At the offshore construction site in the Baltic Sea, the four piles for the…
3 August 2017
ScottishPower Renewables Awards Offshore Wind Contracts to Seajacks and Gardline
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded major contracts to two Great Yarmouth based companies, Seajacks and Gardline, for work on their global pipeline of offshore wind farms.Seajacks has secured a contract to carry out work on the Wikinger offshore wind farm, which is being built in the Baltic Sea off the north…
3 August 2017
E.ON Wins Robin Rigg Dispute Against MT Højgaard
The UK Supreme Court has ruled against MT Højgaard (MTH) in the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm dispute and in favour of E.ON Climate and Renewables.This appeal arose from the fact that the foundation structures at the Robin Rigg wind farm in the Solway Firth, which were designed and installed…
3 August 2017
IHC Looks to Boost Power for Subsea Mining Ops
IHC Mining is working to bring sustainable marine mining a step closer to reality.The company is looking to maximise the efficiency of its electric motor used to power the booster station pumps of the vertical transport system required to lift ore from significant water depths..Awarded the ‘New Environments Award’ at…
3 August 2017
Mermaid Scores $5M Work in Singapore
Mermaid Maritime’s Singapore wholly-owned subsidiary has recently been awarded a subsea contract with an estimated value of $5 million.The work is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2017 and to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2017.The project will involve use of a company-owned ROV support vessel…
3 August 2017
Martin Linge Finds 'on Menu' for Total
Total has reportedly received a commercial boost for its troubled Martin Linge field development project off Norway after gaining the official green light to tap a pair of satellite finds that will lift reserves.The French operator estimates the Herja and Hervor discoveries will add around 55 million barrels of oil…