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27 July 2017
CGG Extends Santos VII Multi-Client Survey to Optimise Saturno Field Imaging
CGG announced today the completion of an extension of its Santos VII broadband 3D multiclient survey offshore Brazil. The 1,867 sq km extension to the original footprint gives CGG a total of almost 16,000 sq km of newly acquired and imaged pre-salt coverage.The extension was made to fully image this…
27 July 2017
Petrofac Strengthens Iraq Presence with Contracts Worth US$100 Million
Petrofac has secured a contract extension and a new award with a combined value of more than US$100 million for construction management, engineering, commissioning and start-up services for two International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Iraq.The awards reflect the extensive track record Petrofac has been amassing in the country since 2010.…
27 July 2017
Eco Atlantic and Tullow Oil commence 2,550 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 commenced a 2,550 km2 seismic survey on the Company's Orinduik Block offshore the Co-operative Republic of Guyana ("Orinduik"). The survey is being conducted…
26 July 2017
Hellenic Takes Aim at Renewables
Greek offshore explorer Hellenic Petroleum has won “millions of dollars of investments” to “diversity its activities” into renewable energy.The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) on Wednesday signed off on the first project under its new €300 million ($348 million) framework for renewable energy in Greece by subscribing to…
26 July 2017
Seatools Automates Anode Cage Installation at Hohe See
GeoSea has awarded Seatools with a contract for the design and delivery of a tool to be used for an automated installation of 71 anode cages at the Hohe See offshore wind farm site in Germany. The anode cage installation aid, designed in close collaboration with GeoSea, will be deployed…
26 July 2017
Rig Contracted to Drill ST 224 Prospect in Q4 2017
Otto Energy Limited (ASX:OEL) (‘Otto’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to advise that the Operator of ST 224, W&T Offshore, Inc. (“W&T”), has contracted the Enterprise Offshore 264 jackup rig to drill the ST 224 prospect. The well is expected to commence drilling in Q4 2017.In addition, W&T advises that…
26 July 2017
ABIS Seals Agreement to Support Spanish Port Development
ABIS Holdings Energy Services Ltd has signed an agency agreement to support the development and operation of an offshore supply base on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria.The UK-based energy services provider will act as the agent for Gran Canaria Subsea and Offshore Base (GCSB), an organisation that operates in…
26 July 2017
Statoil Confirms First Hywind Turbine Floated Into Place
Following reports on the first turbine arriving at the site of the world’s first floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, Statoil today confirmed that the first of five Siemens 6MW turbines, mounted on a SPAR-type floating foundation, is at its designated location. The remaining four will follow soon.The turbines are…
26 July 2017
Valeura Announces Rig Release From Yamalik-1 Well and Positive Evaluation Results
Valeura Energy Inc. ("Valeura" or the "Corporation") (TSX: VLE) is pleased to announce that the first deep exploration well, Yamalik-1, under Phase 1 of the Banarli farm-in agreement (the "Banarli Farm-in") with its partner Statoil Banarli Turkey B.V. ("Statoil"), has completed drilling and the drill rig has been released. The…
26 July 2017
Jan De Nul Starts Borkum Riffgrund 2 Scour Protection Job
Jan De Nul’s fall pipe vessel Simon Stevin has arrived at the Visnes Eklogitt quarry in Norway to load and transport the first batch of 32,000 tonnes of rock to the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm, where it will install scour protection layers onto the seabed for the 36…
26 July 2017
Subsea 7 Sees Increased Earnings
Oslo-listed Subsea 7 has booked higher profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 as revenues increased on boosted activity in the renewables sector and progress on its SURF projects.The subsea engineering and construction specialist posted quarterly profit of $146 million, or $43 cents per share, on revenue of $1…
26 July 2017
Successful Brasse Sidetrack Well Results – Increased Volume Range
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway, the UK and Atlantic Margin, is pleased to announce the results of the 31/7-2S Brasse sidetrack appraisal well in the Norwegian North Sea (Faroe 50% and operator, Point Resources 50%).The Brasse appraisal…
26 July 2017
Karoon Takes Echidna to FEED Stage
Karoon Gas Australia approved the development concept for the Echidna light oil discovery, progressing the project to the next phase in the development, front-end engineering and design (FEED).This development milestone is a result of 18 months of subsurface evaluation including reservoir modelling, production scenario analysis, well construction feasibility studies and…
25 July 2017
ExxonMobil Hits Again at Payara-2
ExxonMobil said Tuesday it found oil at its Payara-2 appraisal well of Guyana, which it believes increases the volume of the Payara discovery to 500 million barrels of oil equivalent.The US supermajor has also increased its resource estimate for the Stabroek block to between 2.25 billion and 2.75 billion barrels…
25 July 2017
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board Issues Call for Bids
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) has issued its Call for Bids NS17-1 for Exploration Licences consisting of three parcels. Bids must be received by December 14, 2017 before 4:00 p.m. Atlantic Time. Any successful bidder(s) will be awarded Exploration Licences subject to federal and provincial Ministerial approval.The parcels…
25 July 2017
JFMS Delivers Another Construction Campaign at MeyGen
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of the global marine services company James Fisher and Sons, has redeployed two Andritz turbines at MeyGen 1A tidal array in Scotland’s Pentland Firth.The reinstallation was completed, with the offshore works for both turbine installations and connection to the grid carried out to schedule.…
25 July 2017
Ofgem Appoints Preferred Bidder for Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Transmission Assets
Today Ofgem has appointed Diamond Transmission Partners (DTP) as the preferred bidder to own and operate the offshore transmission link to the Burbo Bank Extension windfarm for the next 20 years. This completes the procurement process of Tender Round 4 of the offshore transmission owner (OFTO) regime.DTP, a consortium comprising…
25 July 2017
ASV Global Join Forces with BAE Systems for UK’s First Maritime Autonomous Testing Facility
Based around Portsmouth, Southampton and the South East of the Isle of Wight, ASV Global along with BAE Systems, Blue Bear Systems Research (Blue Bear), Marine Electronic Systems (MES), SeeByte and the University of Southampton, will work together to provide the service’s infrastructure, with other organisations set to join later…
25 July 2017
Proserv Secures Series of Decommissioning Contracts in Asia Pacific
Proserv has been awarded a series of contracts worth around $4m for its well severance, platform and FPSO decommissioning services in the Asia Pacific region.The contracts have been awarded by Premier Oil in Indonesia; Chevron, through Baker Hughes, in the Gulf of Thailand; BHP, through Fugro, in Western Australia and…
25 July 2017
Prelude Arrives in Australia - A New Era For The LNG Industry
Shell Australia today confirmed that its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has arrived in Australian waters.Prelude is the first deployment of Shell’s FLNG technology, that will see a 488 metre long floating facility extracting and liquefying gas at sea, before it is exported to customers around the globe.…
25 July 2017
The OGA Launches 30th Offshore Licensing Round Focusing on Mature Areas of the UKCS
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has launched the 30th Offshore Licensing Round with 813 blocks or part blocks on offer in mature areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) totalling an area of 114,426 km2 (28,275,280 acres).Blocks are on offer in the Southern, Central and Northern North Sea, the…
24 July 2017
Germany Could Exceed Its 2020 Offshore Wind Target
German government’s goal of 6.5GW of grid-connected offshore wind power by 2020 could be surpassed as the industry could have 7.7GW connected to the grid by that time, according to a report from national industry organisations. In the first half of this year, 108 offshore wind turbines with a total…
24 July 2017
Total's Retro Perspective
Hindsight, the adage goes, is 20:20. But can it save 20% or more on new offshore development costs? For French major Total, that’s just a starting pointIn these cost-conscious times, paring down the capital costs of a new deep-water project by 20% is quite a feat.But Total has a much…
24 July 2017
Johan Sverdrup Riser Platform Jacket Sails Away
The first steel jacket for the Johan Sverdrup field centre left the shipyard in Verdal Sunday, and set a course for the North Sea.This is the first part of the field centre that will be visible above the sea surface. Development of the Johan Sverdrup field is considered to be…
24 July 2017
Siemens Gamesa Hull Factory Sends Off Its First Blades to Race Bank
The first ever wind turbine blades manufactured at Siemens (now Siemens Gamesa) blade factory in Hull have been loaded onto A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Installer at the Port of Hull and are en route to the Race Bank site for installation.Installation of the blades and rest of the…
24 July 2017
GeoSea Installs First Rentel Monopies
The first monopiles have been installed at the Rentel offshore wind farm by GeoSea’s installation vessel ‘Innovation’.GeoSea, a DEME Group’s subsidiary, responsible for the design, supply, transport and installations of foundations and infield cables for the Rentel wind farm, contracted Sif Holding for the production of all 42 monopiles and,…
24 July 2017
Consent to Use Island Constructor
AS Norske Shell has received consent for the use of Island Constructor for the start-up of well 6407/9-G-5 on the Draugen field.Planned start-up is August/September 2017.Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea in 250 metres of water. The field has been developed using a fixed concrete facility with…
24 July 2017
Consent for Modification, Installation and Start-up of ZMP Module at Troll B
We have given Statoil consent for major modification, installation and start-up of the Troll B ZMP module on the Troll field.The Troll field is located around 65 kilometres west of Kollsnes in Hordaland county and is the largest gas discovery made in the North Sea.The planned production start-up is Q3…
24 July 2017
Schlumberger Hooks Leviathan Contract
Oilfield services giant Schlumberger has won a contract to provide the measurement and control system for the deep-water Leviathan field development project offshore Israel.According to Schlumberger's second-quarter results, the valves and measurement system will include two large, multirun metering skids, Caldon gas and liquid ultrasonic custody transfer meters, a bi-directional…
21 July 2017
SHL Installs Half of Beatrice Foundation Piles
Half of the wind turbine foundation piles have been installed at the Beatrice offshore wind site, the developer informed via social media. The piling is being carried out by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) with their heavy lift vessel Stanislav Yudin.The piling works started in April, when Stanislav Yudin arrived at…
21 July 2017
Mermaid Nets Two Subsea Deals
Mermaid Maritime has recently been awarded two subsea contracts with a combined estimated value of USD 4.6 million.The first contract award, with work scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2017, will involve a short ROV campaign for pipeline touchdown monitoring for an international EPCIC contractor offshore in the…
21 July 2017
Borkum Riffgrund 2 OSS Jacket In Place
The jacket foundation for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore substation was installed at the offshore construction site on 19 July.The jacket construction was shipped from the production site in the Dutch town of Schiedam to the offshore wind farm site on 14 July, and the installation started in on 17…
21 July 2017
Boskalis to Use New UXO Detection Technology at Borssele Zone
In October, Australian company Gap Explosive Ordnance Detection (EOD) will deliver a new system for detection of unexploded ordnance (UXO) to Boskalis, recently contracted together with Fugro to survey and identify UXO along the cable routes for the planned grid connection between TenneT’s two offshore platforms and its high-voltage substation…
21 July 2017
SSE Calculates Socio-Economic Impact of Beatrice Project
New research into the benefits of the Beatrice offshore wind farm shows the social and economic impact the project is expected to deliver.With the assistance of NEF Consulting, SSE undertook a forecast Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis for projects that applied to the first round of grant funding from…
21 July 2017
Vroon Christens ‘VOS Start’ in Amsterdam
Vroon’s newest addition to fleet, VOS Start, was named yesterday, July 20, at Damen Shiprepair in Amsterdam.The vessel was named by Tracie Moyes from MHI Vestas Offshore.VOS Start, Vroon’s first subsea-support walk-to-work vessel has been purpose built to support offshore operations in today’s Renewable industry and walk-to-work projects in the…
21 July 2017
UDS Splashes ‘Van Gogh’
Singapore-based Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) has launched its new DP2 multipurpose diving support construction vessel (DSCV) ‘Van Gogh’ at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) yard in Shenzhen.The launch follows recent delivery of the diving support construction vessel (DSCV) Lichtenstein by the same shipbuilder.The 111.5 meters long Van Gogh will…
21 July 2017
North Africa in Frame for Eni's Massive Platform
Italian operator sounding out contractors over plans for 56,000-tonne facility that could tie in with plans for additional projects off Libya.Italy's Eni is in talks with work-hungry fabrication yards across the globe about building a massive new fixed platform for a significant gas and condensate project in the Mediterranean Sea.Industry…
21 July 2017
Sparrows Group and SPIE Seal First Joint Cranes Contract in the Congo for Total
Sparrows Group and SPIE Oil & Gas Services have secured our first joint delivery project, which is in West Africa, after Total E&P Congo awarded us the crane maintenance contract on the Moho Nord development.The scope of the agreement covers maintenance, inspection and testing services on five pedestal cranes on…
21 July 2017
Subsea 7 Awarded Contract Extensions Offshore Brazil
Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC, ADR: SUBCY) today announced the award of contract extensions for three Pipelay Support Vessels (PLSVs) currently on long-term day-rate contracts offshore Brazil. These extensions have a combined value of approximately USD 250 million. The firm contract periods for the Seven Waves, Seven Rio and…
20 July 2017
First Batch of Coated Nord Stream 2 Pipes Arrives in Finland
The first concrete weight coated (CWC) pipes for the planned 1,200-kilometer Nord Stream 2 twin pipelines have been delivered by rail at the Port of Koverhar in Hanko, Finland.Nord Stream 2 AG, the Gazprom-owned company developing the pipeline, said that approximately 200 kilometers of CWC pipes would be transported by…
20 July 2017
Bibby WaveMaster 1 Hired for Galloper OWF
James Fisher Marine Services, main offshore marine services contractor for the Galloper project, has chartered the new Bibby WaveMaster 1 service operations vessel (SOV) to support the commissioning works on the wind farm.The news comes shortly after the announcement that the SOV was chartered to work on an oil &…
20 July 2017
WES Launches Wave Knowledge Library
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has launched a new online library that offers over 100 documents stemming from its wave energy research and development program.The library, launched on July 20, 2017, includes free-to-access information on wave energy research, knowledge capture and international collaborations.It will be updated with additional reports and details…
20 July 2017
Final Culzean Jacket in Place
The jacket for the utility & living quarter platform (ULQ) has been installed on the high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean development field, Heerema Fabrication Group informed through social media.The third and the final jacket follows the installation of the central processing facility (CPF) jacket set up earlier this month.…
20 July 2017
Acta Orion Accommodates Siemens Team at Race Bank
Acta Marine informed today, 20 July, that its walk-to-work construction support vessel Acta Orion is providing accommodation and walk-to-work for Siemens on DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm.Siemens is currently installing and commissioning 91 of its 6MW turbines, with the work planned to be completed before end of the…
20 July 2017
Woodside Prepares to Press Play at Persephone
Perth-based Woodside Petroleum is set to start-up its Persephone development off Western Australia next month, ahead of schedule and under budget.Woodside revealed in its second quarter report on Thursday it was targeting to be ready for start-up at Persephone in August, six months ahead of schedule and 30% under budget.The…
20 July 2017
Leviathan Partners to Ditch Atwood Rig
Noble, Delek and Ratio decide to go with another unit for upcoming drilling in giant Israeli gas field.Noble Energy is ditching a contract with Atwood Oceanics for a drillship working off Israel as the US independent and it partners line up another rig for further drilling.According to local partner Delek…
20 July 2017
MacGregor Bags Order for Moheshkhali FSRU
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed an order for on-vessel equipment, product fabrication, engineering and project management for a complete mooring and riser system that will serve Moheshkhali floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.The delivery will be completed in the second quarter 2018.MacGregor’s order is part of an EPCI contract…
20 July 2017
Aker BP Receives Consent for Exploration Drilling
Aker BP has received consent to drill exploration wells in block 25/2 in the North Sea.The wells to be drilled are in block 25/2 in production licence 442, and comprise appraisal well 25/2-19 S ("Delta") with a sidetrack to exploration well 25/19-A ("Nordfjellet") with a potential well test.The geographical coordinates…
20 July 2017
IMCA Diving Seminar and DMAC Workshop to be Held
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) and the Diving Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC) are staging a two-day IMCA Diving Seminar and DMAC Workshop in London on 25-26 September 2017 that will present a number of topics of interest to the global offshore diving community.The event, being held at the De…
20 July 2017
Brazil Publishes Contract Model for 14th Round Oil-rights Auction
Brazil's oil watchdog ANP on Wednesday published the model contract for its 14th round auction of oil and natural gas exploration rights, scheduled for Sept. 27.On offer are 287 blocks in the offshore basins of Sergipe-Alagoas, Espírito Santo, Campos, Santos, Pelotas, and onshore basins in Parnaíba, Paraná, Potiguar, Recôncavo, Sergipe-Alagoas…