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3 August 2017
Polarcus Wins in Asia Pacific
Polarcus said it has been awarded a contract for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in Asia Pacific.According to the Oslo-listed seismic contractor, the project is is due to begin imminently, and it is scheduled to last for one month.This contract, with an undisclosed client, restores backlog in Q3 for…
3 August 2017
RockRose Energy - Acquisition of Sojitz Energy Project Limited
RockRose Energy PLC ("RockRose" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement for the sale and purchase of the entire issued share capital of Sojitz Energy Project Limited (''Sojitz'') from Sojitz Corporation, a Japanese corporation, and Sojitz Europe plc. The consideration for the acquisition is…
3 August 2017
Jacobs to Acquire CH2M to Create Premier $15 Billion Global Solutions Provider
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) and CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Jacobs will acquire all of the outstanding shares of CH2M in a cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value (EV) of approximately $3.27 billion, including approximately $416…
3 August 2017
OMV Closed Divestment of Ashtart Field in Tunisia
On the 2nd August, OMV, the international integrated oil and gas company based in Vienna, closed the sale of its 50% stake in the Ashtart oil field, an offshore field in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia, as well as OMV’s 50% stake in the operating company SEREPT to PERENCO, an…
3 August 2017
HydraWell Secures UK P&A Deal
Centrica North Sea Limited (Centrica) has awarded HydraWell a three-year frame contract to provide plug & abandonment (P&A) technology and services for the operator’s “A Fields” in the southern part of the North Sea.Centrica has recently submitted a proposal to British authorities for the decommissioning of the “A Fields” development,…
2 August 2017
Vroon and Rhenus Team Up on Gemini Offshore Wind Farm
Vroon Offshore Services and Rhenus Offshore Logistics B.V. have been working together on a maintenance campaign at two offshore substations on the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.VOS Prime, a multi-role platform supply vessel (PSV) with SPS notation for 52 persons on board, mobilised an Ampelmann…
2 August 2017
ION Announces New 3D Multi-Client Re-Imaging Program Offshore Brazil
ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO) today announced a new 3D multi-client broadband reimaging program offshore Brazil. Supported by industry funding, the Picanha program provides a regional 3D framework that cost-effectively delivers fresh insights into the complex Campos and Santos basins' petroleum systems ahead of upcoming license rounds. By using ION's…
2 August 2017
Karoon Joins Dea in Bid with Eyes off Brazil Coast
Oil-and-gas explorer Karoon Gas Australia (KAR) has struck a deal to tie-up with an energy company controlled by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman to consider buying assets in selected areas off Brazil.In a statement Monday, the Australian company said it had entered agreements with German oil-and-gas company Dea to evaluate jointly…
2 August 2017
Fugro Picks ZTT for Kangaroo Island Subsea Cable Project
ZTT Group has been awarded a contract by Fugro to supply one 15.3-kilometer 33kV XLPE insulated submarine composite cable to Kangaroo island.It will be the third submarine composite cable by SA Power Networks (SAPN) to connect southern Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide and the island.The new 33kV cable will be…
2 August 2017
Expro Inks North Sea Contract with Maersk Oil
Oilfield services company, Expro, has been awarded a contract from Maersk Oil for the provision of subsea and well test services on two offshore units in the North Sea.The contract will extend the long-standing partnership between the two companies until 2020, for well abandonment services on two rigs, for a…
2 August 2017
PanGeo Awarded Their 20th UXO Survey
PanGeo Subsea is pleased to have recently been awarded their 20th UXO Survey. The North Sea offshore windfarm project will consist of a UXO survey covering an area of some 18km2 for export cables, inter-array cables and offshore platforms. PanGeo’s Sub Bottom Imager (SBI) will again be used as the…
2 August 2017
Drilling Permit for Well 7324/8-3 in Production Licence 537
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) AS a drilling permit for well 7324/8-3, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 7324/8-3 will be drilled from the Island Innovator drilling facility at position 73°26'4"N and 24°23'21.67"E.The drilling programme for well 7324/8-3 relates to the drilling of an appraisal…
2 August 2017
Seajacks Scylla Loading First Walney Extension Turbine Components
Seajacks’ wind farm installation vessel, Seajacks Scylla, has arrived in Belfast and is being loaded with the first batch of turbine components to be installed at the 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, DONG Energy told Offshore WIND.“Seajacks Scylla arrived at the Walney Extension feeding harbour in Belfast on time…
2 August 2017
Fugro Starts Surveying North Holland Offshore Wind Zone
Dutch geo-consultancy Fugro has begun an area survey of the Hollandse Kust (Noord) Wind Farm Zone in the North Sea, in preparation for the offshore wind farm tender scheduled for 2019.With a total capacity of 700 MW, the wind farm will be able to supply electricity to an estimated 800,000…
2 August 2017
Egyptian Prime Minister Sheriff Ismail Meets Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi
The Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail met today with Eni's CEO Claudio Descalzi. The meeting focused primarily on the future of Zohr's mega field and the positive impact it will have on the national energy economy, with CEO Claudio Descalzi outlining the progress being made with the rapid development of…
2 August 2017
Erin Energy Announces the Arrival of Rig to Oyo Field
Erin Energy Corporation (Erin Energy or the Company) (NYSE MKT:ERN) (JSE:ERN) announced today the arrival of the Pacific Bora drilling rig to the Oyo field offshore Nigeria. Erin Energy plans to use Pacific Bora to drill the Oyo-9 well (Oyo-9) on the Oyo field in deepwater offshore Nigeria. The Company…
1 August 2017
Saudi Aramco Buys Teledyne Gavia AUV
Saudi Aramco has acquired Teledyne Offshore Surveyor AUV system.The Gavia AUV system is expected to enhance Saudi Aramco’s agility in meeting high demands for hydrographic survey services through the company’s in-house survey operations.The Gavia system will be utilized predominantly for debris survey and pipeline inspection in the Arabian Gulf, with…
1 August 2017
Okeanus Science & Technology Acquires DT Marine Products
Okeanus Science & Technology, LLC (Okeanus) announced today that it has acquired the business assets of DT Marine Products, Inc. (DT Marine) of Houston, TX. This acquisition will allow Okeanus to offer for sale or rental DT’s full catalog of marine and oceanographic winches to customers around the world. The…
1 August 2017
Deepwater Wind Proposing World’s Largest Offshore Wind, Energy Storage Combination
Deepwater Wind today unveiled plans for its newest project off the American coast: Revolution Wind, a utility-scale offshore wind farm paired with an energy storage system.“Revolution Wind will be the largest combined offshore wind and energy storage project in the world,” said Deepwater Wind Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Grybowski. “People…
1 August 2017
Solutions Wins Contract for Supply Vessel, Equipment and Services for Cable Transport and Loadouts
Following the letter of intent in May, Oceanteam Solutions (OTS) has recently signed a contract with a European cable manufacturer regarding the supply of a transport vessel, turntable and auxiliary equipment for the transport of cables from South Europe to Scandinavia. The project is planned to be executed in summer…
1 August 2017
Husky-CNOOC Fires up BD Field
Operator Husky-CNOOC Madura has started production at the BD gas field off the coast of Indonesia.China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) revealed Wednesday the field in the Madura Strait was producing from two wells at a rate of about 7200 barrels of oil equivalent per day.Output is expected to ramp…
1 August 2017
BP in Profits Turnaround
BP returned to profit in the second quarter to reverse a year-earlier loss despite suffering a heavy impairment, mainly on its Angola exploration activities.The UK supermajor, led by chief executive Bob Dudley, notched up a quarterly profit attributable to shareholders of $144 million, compared with a loss of $1.42 billion…
1 August 2017
First Johan Sverdrup Jacket Lands on Seabed
Jacket for the Johan Sverdrup riser platform was installed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel Thialf.The jacket is stretching 140 metres from the seabed, where it covers an area measuring 94 times 64 metres. It is attached to the seabed by 24 poles weighing more than 9000 tonnes in total.“This…
31 July 2017
RES Nets Walney 2 OFTO O&M Contract
RES (Renewable Energy Systems) has been awarded a fifteen year contract to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services to the Walney 2 offshore transmission (OFTO) asset owned by Blue Transmission Walney 2 Limited (BTW2L).RES’ O&M services will include the provision of planned and unplanned maintenance including 24/7 control room services,…
31 July 2017
First Blyth Foundation in Place
The first gravity-based foundation (GBF) has been installed onto the sea bed for EDF Blyth wind farm project off the Northumberland coast, UK.Earlier this month, the gravity base left BAM’s dry dock in Newcastle and was floated down the River Tyne to Port of Tyne to have additional ballast added…
31 July 2017
Hess in North Malay Production
American independent oil & gas company Hess has started first production of natural gas from its North Malay Basin asset offshore Malaysia.The production kicked off in mid-July following the hook-up of the topsides for the central processing platform.The field is expected to ramp up net production to approximately 165 million…
31 July 2017
Statoil Gains Korpfjell Permit
Statoil has secured a permit from the authorities to drill a high-profile wildcat at the Korpfjell prospect in the Barents Sea off Norway later this summer.The state-controlled operator will sink the 7435/12-1 well using semi-submersible Songa Enabler in its operated production licence 859, awarded last year under the 23rd licensing…
31 July 2017
Three UK Companies Bag Galloper O&M Base Deal
Three companies have been chosen as the preferred bidders for the Galloper Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base in deals totalling over GBP 7 million, innogy announced today (28 July).The agreements are for the construction of the Galloper offshore wind farm O&M base and its associated infrastructure at Harwich International Port,…
31 July 2017
British Flexlife and Rio Analytics of Brazil will Sign an Agreement to Develop New Technology in the Subsea Sector
The British company Flexlife, specializing in underwater operations, will sign a Cooperation Agreement with the Rio company Rio Analytics.Together, companies will offer a combined suite of innovative inspection, repair, analysis and monitoring technologies and methods for flexible pipelines, also known as risers, and components - a solution that is highly…
31 July 2017
SeaBird Exploration: SeaBird Enters Option Agreement with TGS Nopec for up to 600 Days of 2D Seismic Services
SeaBird Exploration is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement with TGS Nopec to provide up to 600 vessel days of seismic services. The agreement offers TGS access to one or more SeaBird vessels to perform seismic services on a global basis. Call-off under this option…
31 July 2017
Anadarko Reaches Significant Mozambique LNG Milestone
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) today announced that it had finalized two agreements with the Government of Mozambique – together known as the "marine concessions" – which would allow it to design, build and operate the marine facilities for its LNG project in northern Mozambique. This follows the publication of…
31 July 2017
Drilling Update - Premier Oil
Zama-1 exploration wellThe Zama-1 exploration well offshore Mexico, has now completed drilling operations in the final hole section, reaching a total depth of 4,108 metres (13,478 feet). The logging results confirmed that the previous hole section had reached the base of the reservoir section, with an oil-down-to in the well…
31 July 2017
Drilling Permit for Well 7435/12-1 in Production Licence 859
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7435/12-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 7435/12-1 will be drilled from the Songa Enabler drilling facility at position 74°4’18.21’’N and 35°48’31.06’’E following completion of drilling of wildcat well 7325/4-1 for Statoil Petroleum AS…
31 July 2017
DeepOcean Increases Footprint in West Africa with Searov Acquisition
DeepOcean has acquired French company Searov Offshore SAS and has expanded its presence in West Africa.Searov, established in 2008, owns and operates ten remote operated vehicles (ROVs) from its operating bases in Pointe Noire, Congo and Port Gentil, Gabon.“This acquisition will allow DeepOcean to expand its West Africa operations from…
28 July 2017
HFG Awarded Albatros Offshore Transformer Module Contract
Heerema Fabrication Group has been awarded the Procurement & Construction contract of the Albatros Offshore Transformer Module (OTM®) by Siemens AG. The ultimate client is EnBW Energy. Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven, CEO of Heerema Fabrication Group, states: “We are very proud that we have been able to secure this contract, which…
28 July 2017
Cooper Updates Construction Progress on Sole Subsea Tieback
Cooper Energy predicts first gas from the Sole field in the Gippsland basin offshore southeast Australia should enter the upgraded onshore Orbost Gas Plant in March 2019, with first gas sales from the plant following a few months later.The company is developing the field with a subsea architecture conceptually similar…
28 July 2017
Subsea Engineering Firm SengS Nets £1.6 Million Worth of Contracts
A northeast engineering services firm, acquired by a private-equity backed manufacturer last year, has continued to build upon recent momentum with the announcement of new contracts worth £1.6 million.SengS, part of the Pryme Group, will design, manufacture and install various test equipment for the onshore and offshore assets of several…
28 July 2017
Ecosse Subsea Target Carousel Market After Delivery of 700Te Wind Farm Contract
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has successfully designed, built and delivered a 700Te carousel to a major international infrastructure group.The 700Te carousel designed with the capacity to be upgraded to 1700Te will be used for the storage of cables required for UK offshore wind farm projects. The design and project management…
28 July 2017
IKM Acquires Team Tech Solutions
IKM Kran & Løfteteknikk has strengthens its market position and takes over 15 engineers from Tech Team Solutions.The company has recently acquired 100 percent of the shares in Tech Team Solutions, which specializes in structural analysis with expertise within crane-related engineering."Through this acquisition we will be able to offer additional…
28 July 2017
Byrding on Stream
Statoil and its partners have started production on the Byrding field as planned. Recoverable volumes in Byrding are estimated at a good 11 million barrels of oil equivalent.Byrding is an oil and gas field north of the Troll field in the North Sea.The partners have invested around NOK one billion…
28 July 2017
Saipem Scoops More Zohr Work Worth $900 Million
Saipem and Petrobel have finalized offshore contract variations worth $900 million for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) activities in relation to the “Optimized Ramp Up” phase of the giant Zohr development project in the Mediterranean Sea off Egypt. Petrobel is a joint venture between IEOC, an Eni subsidiary in…
28 July 2017
Source Work in South America
SeaBird Exploration is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to provide a source vessel for an upcoming survey in South America. The project is anticipated to commence during Q3 and will have a duration of approximately 60 days. SeaBird will be using the Osprey Explorer for the…
28 July 2017
Acquisition of a Further Interest in UK Producing Blane Field
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, is pleased to announce the conditional acquisition of a further 13.9935% interest in the Blane Field in the UK North Sea (“Blane Interest”) from JX Nippon Exploration and Production…
28 July 2017
Drilling Permit for Well 25/4-11 in Production Licence 677
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for well 25/4-11, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 25/4-11 will be drilled from the Maersk Interceptor at position 59°44'58.92"N and 2°9'18.66"E.The drilling programme for well 25/4-11 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in…
27 July 2017
SeaBird Inks LoI for West Africa 3D Shoot
Marine seismic survey provider SeaBird Exploration said it has signed a letter of intent to conduct a shallow water 3D seismic survey in the West Africa region.According to the Oslo-listed company, the project should begin during first half of 2018 and should have a duration of approximately two months.SeaBird added…
27 July 2017
Nord Stream 2 Advances to Permitting Phase in Finland
The Finnish environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure for Nord Stream 2 was completed today after the coordinating authority, Uusimaa ELY Centre, responsible for the national procedure in Finland, provided its statement on the EIA report of the Finnish section of the planned Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines through the…
27 July 2017
DONG Energy Publishes Draft Environmental Assessment for Hornsea Project Three
DONG Energy has today published a Preliminary Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) containing new information about its Hornsea Project Three offshore wind project. The report is part of a wider formal public consultation that will run from today (27 July) to 20 September 2017.Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm will be…
27 July 2017
Development of Tomorrow’s Energy: BOURBON Completes the Mooring Installation of the First Floating Wind Turbine in France
Earlier this month, BOURBON completed the mooring installation of the first floating wind turbine in France for Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN) as part of the European project FLOATGEN* at the SEM-REV experimental test site, off Le Croisic.The innovative mooring system using synthetic mooring lines was designed and developed by…
27 July 2017
Oceanteam Wins Long-Term Turntable Contract
Oceanteam Solutions has been awarded a long-term contract to supply a company that performs the installation of marine power cables with a 2000T demountable turntable including engineering and personnel services.The mobilisation and demobilisation of the equipment onto client’s vessel will take place at Oceanteam’s own facility in Velsen Noord, The…
27 July 2017
Harren & Partner to Acquire SAL Heavy Lift
Bremen-based shipping company Harren & Partner and "K" Line, Tokyo, have reached an agreement for Harren & Partner to acquire German carrier SAL Heavy Lift on 27 July 2017. SAL will become the new dominant player in the super heavy lift segment (900 t to 2,000 t crane capacity).SAL Heavy…