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20 July 2017
NextDecade Signs MOU with Port of Cork to Develop FSRU and LNG Import Terminal Infrastructure
NextDecade, LLC (“NextDecade”), a liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) development company focused on LNG export projects in the State of Texas, announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Port of Cork Company (“Port of Cork”) to advance a joint business development opportunity in Ireland for a new…
20 July 2017
CGG Wins Brazil Data Processing Contract for Worlds Largest Seabed Seismic Survey
CGG announced today the award by Petrobras of a contract to process the seismic data from a 3D Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) survey covering a full-fold area of 2180 km² in Brazil’s deepwater Santos Basin. This will be the largest node survey ever acquired and processed in the industry. The…
20 July 2017
Dana Gas to Use AGR Software for Deep Water Exploration in Egypt
Our Software team have signed a SaaS (Software as a Service) contract with Dana Gas PJSC to supply the latest version of our P1™ software.AGR's P1™ software helps its users to improve the accuracy of well time and cost modeling and can be applied for all drilling and well related…
20 July 2017
Gazprom Starts Work on Second String of TurkStream
Gazprom has reportedly started laying the second string of the Turkish Stream – or TurkStream – gas pipeline in the Black Sea.The news was reported on Wednesday by Vedomosti, which said the Russian oil company had „silently“ started laying the second string of the pipeline which will carry Russian gas…
19 July 2017
Prysmian Taps Canyon Offshore for North Sea Link Trenching
Aberdeen-based Canyon Offshore has been awarded a contract for the provision of offshore cable trenching services on the North Sea Link Interconnector.The 1.400MW subsea HVDC system with cables linking the UK and Norway when complete will be the world’s longest submarine interconnector.The multi-million pound subcontract was awarded by Prysmian PowerLink,…
19 July 2017
BPTT in Rowan Rig Extension off Trinidad
Local unit of UK giant keeping up to two jack-ups for one more well each, while Total and Repsol also hire units.BP is holding on to a Rowan jack-up for one more well off Trinidad, with the UK supermajor also likely to have extended a deal for another unit in…
19 July 2017
Nakilat and Höegh LNG Sign MoU to Collaborate on FSRU Projects
Nakilat and Höegh LNG sign MoU to collaborate on FSRU projectsHöegh LNG today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nakilat, exploring collaboration for Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) business.FSRU is the leading-edge technology for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. It is essentially a floating LNG import terminal,…
19 July 2017
OGA Offers More Insight Into UKCS Data
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is continuing to make more and more data openly available in an effort to help revitalise exploration of oil and gas in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).The latest data release follows the publication of a suite of subsurface data packages in June related to…
19 July 2017
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion
The First Minister has welcomed news that Scottish Enterprise will contribute £11.7 million towards Aberdeen Harbour’s £350 million expansion, supporting the creation of 2,300 jobs by 2026.The project, due to be completed in 2020, will provide enhanced facilities and capacity to the oil industry and help capitalise on Scotland’s growing…
19 July 2017
Cooper Energy Hire SolstadFarstad to Support Drilling Operations
SolstadFarstad have secured a contract with Cooper Energy to support drilling operations within the Bass Strait region of Australia.The contract consists of the Far Statesman and Far Senator towing the Ocean Monarch from the North West Shelf of Australia to the Bass Strait, and then continuing with rig support duties…
19 July 2017
Hywind Pilot Project En Route to Scotland
The first of five turbines for Statoil’s Hywind floating wind pilot project is on its way from Stord, Norway, to its final destination Buchan Deep, east of Peterhead in Scotland.Hywind consists of a turbine placed on top of a ballasted steel cylinder. The first floating turbine unit will be fastened…
19 July 2017
Monadelphous Secures More Prelude Work
Australian contractor Monadelphous has secured another contract to work on Shell’s giant Prelude floating liquefied natural gas project off Western Australia.The company has been handed a deal by contractor TechnipFMC for piping modification and fabrication on the hook-up and commissioning phase of the project in the Browse basin.Sydney-based Monadelphous did…
19 July 2017
IKM Testing Australia Awarded PTTEP Shutdown
IKM Testing Australia Pty Ltd is pleased to announce the successful award by PTTEP for the N2 testing and flange management services for the 2017 Montara shutdown.PTTEP is a leading Asian E&P company driven by technology and green practices, who operate globally to provide reliable energy supply and sustainable value…
19 July 2017
Blythe and Elgood FDP Submission
Independent Oil and Gas plc ("IOG" or the "Company"), the development and production focused Oil and Gas Company, is pleased to announce that it has today submitted the Field Development Plan (“FDP”) to the UK Oil and Gas Authority (“OGA”) for the Blythe Hub, which comprises the Blythe and Elgood…
19 July 2017
MasterFlow 9800 Grout for Beatrice OWF
Seaway Heavy Lifting has selected BASF, as part of the grouting subcontract with FoundOcean, for the supply of MasterFlow 9800 to the Beatrice offshore wind farm project.The grout will be installed by BASF’s licensed contractor FoundOcean.MasterFlow 9800 grout was mainly chosen for the grouting of the 84 jacket foundations for…
19 July 2017
Rovco to Inspect Wave Hub Subsea Cable System
UK-based company Rovco will carry out subsea cable system survey of the offshore renewable energy test site Wave Hub.The purpose of the project, scheduled to start July 25, is to inspect the Wave Hub subsea cable system with multibeam echo-sounder bathymetry and ROV visual survey.The survey works will be conducted…
19 July 2017
Island Constructor Set for Draugen Job
Norske Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for the use of riserless light well intervention (RLWI) vessel, Island Constructor, for the start-up of well 6407/9-G-5 on the Draugen field.Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea in 250 metres of water, around 150 km…
18 July 2017
EnerMech Land Sir David Attenborough Hydraulics Contract
Aberdeen-headquartered EnerMech has been awarded the contract for the consultancy, manufacture, material supply, installation, hook-up and commissioning of hydraulic systems aboard the 128m long vessel. The 18-month workscope includes the design and install of the Scientific HPU & ring main, hydraulic installation of deck hatches, handling/launch equipment and all other…
18 July 2017
Polar Onyx Continues West Africa Campaign
Norwegian offshore vessels provider GC Rieber Shipping said it has agreed an extension of the firm period, securing the Polar Onyx commitment until the end of August 2017.The vessel is operating in West Africa under a four-month time charter agreement signed in March this year, which included a two-month option.The…
18 July 2017
Drilling Permit for Wells 6507/8-9 and 6507/8-U2 in Production Licence 124
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wells 6507/8-9 and 6507/8-U2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 6507/8-9 will be drilled from the Deepsea Bergen drilling facility at position 65°24' 01.04" north and 7°26' 21.71" east and well 6507/8-U2 at position 65°24'…
18 July 2017
Quadrant Hires Transocean Rig at Phoenix South
Operator Quadrant Energy has secured a drilling rig for its upcoming Phoenix South-3 well off the coast of Western Australia.Joint venture partner Carnarvon Petroleum revealed Tuesday a contract had been signed with rig owner Transocean for the semi-submersible GSF Development Driller-1.Carnarvon said the rig was scheduled to commence operations at…
18 July 2017
Sofec Lands Coral South FLNG Turret Moorings Work
Sofec, a Modec Group company, has been awarded the turret mooring system supply contract for the Coral South Project by the joint venture consisting of TechnipFMC and JGC Corporation.This is for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of internal turret mooring system for the Coral South floating liquefied natural gas…
18 July 2017
Rolls-Royce Inks Service Deal with Siem Offshore and Subsea 7
Siem Offshore and Subsea 7 have signed a joint three-year service agreement with Rolls-Royce.The agreement covers a total of 74 offshore vessels. This is the first agreement the two Siem-owned companies have signed with the same service provider.Under the agreement, Rolls-Royce will maintain and service all of the equipment it…
18 July 2017
Nova Innovation Explores Tidal Energy Potential off North Wales Coast
Tidal energy company Nova Innovation has announced it is working with renewable energy organization YnNi Llŷn to explore the development of a tidal energy project in Wales. The project is located at Bardsey Sound, off the Llyn Peninsula in north Wales.In a release on Sunday, Nova Innovation said that the…
18 July 2017
Seaproof Solutions Awarded by Van Oord - Cable Protection Systems for Norther OWF
Seaproof Solutions is proud to announce its recent award by Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors B.V for the supply of Cable protection Systems for Belgium’s largest Offshore Wind Farm project.Norther is an offshore wind farm covering 44 wind turbines, with a maximum capacity of 370 MW that will be…
18 July 2017
Fugro to Install New Undersea Power Cable in South Australia
Fugro has been awarded a contract to install a subsea power cable for South Australia’s distribution network management company, SA Power Networks.The new 20,000 kVA/33,000 Volt cable will replace the existing 10,000 kVA/33,000 Volt undersea cable, which is reaching the end of its life. The subsea asset is a continuous…
18 July 2017
Lundin Extends Contract for Ocean Rig
Ocean Rig UDW, contractor of offshore deepwater drilling services, has announced that Lundin Norway AS, has declared their third option to extend the existing contract of the Leiv Eiriksson. In addition, Ocean Rig has granted Lundin 2 additional options to drill further wells in the future.As a result of these…
18 July 2017
Saudi Aramco Hires WorleyParsons for Marjan FEED
WorleyParsons has been awarded the project management and front end engineering and design (FEED) services for Saudi Aramco’s Marjan oil field development program.The contract is the offshore oil and gas facilities portion and the onshore upstream and downstream pipelines portion of Saudi Aramco’s Marjan oil field development program.Under the agreement,…
17 July 2017
OneSubsea Multiphase Boosting for TAQA’s Otter Field
OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract for a subsea multiphase boosting system by TAQA for the Otter field in the UK North Sea.Through the EPCIC contract, OneSubsea and its Subsea Integration Alliance partner, Subsea 7, will supply and install a…
17 July 2017
Tele-Fonika Kable to Acquire JDR Cables
TFKable is a leading global producer of wires and cables. Both companies have a long history of collaboration, with TFKable being JDR’s important business partner providing water blocked power cores for its cable and umbilical systems JDR’s highly technical subsea systems, used in the global offshore oil, gas and renewable…
17 July 2017
Drilling Permit for Well 7220/11-4 A in Production Licence 609
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 7220/11-4 A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 7220/11-4 A will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility, at position 72o2' 27.88" north and 20o33' 7.97" east.The drilling program for well 7220/11-4 A…
17 July 2017
Siemens and Nexans Land DolWin6 Prize
Siemens has received another order from the German-Dutch grid operator, TenneT TSO, for a grid connection for offshore wind power plants in the German waters of the North Sea.The company will supply the entire technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the “DolWin6” grid connection.The Spanish partner, Dragados Offshore is responsible…
17 July 2017
LS Cable Scores Singapore Subsea Cables Deal
Korean-based cable specialist LS Cable said it has won a contract from Singapore Electric Power Company for submarine cables worth some 62 billion won (approximately $55 million).According to the company, this is the first case in which South Korean firm export ultra-high voltage submarine cables to Southeast Asia.LS Cable will…
17 July 2017
Ichthys FPSO Leaves South Korea Shipyard
The Ichthys Venturer, an FPSO destined for the Inpex-operated Ichthys field in Australia, has left the shipyard in South Korea.According to the FPSO’s AIS data, provided by Marine Traffic, the Ichthys Venturer left the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard over the weekend and is now located in South Korea’s…
17 July 2017
Lukoil Produces Three Million Tonnes of Oil at Vladamir Filanovsky
LUKOIL has reached another milestone with three million tonnes of oil produced at Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea.As of today, the company has completed six wells and is drilling the seventh one. The average daily production exceeded 14 thousand tonnes of oil last June.As part of Phase 2…
17 July 2017
Ministry of Oil News: The Minister of Oil Offers 9 Exploratory Borderline Areas for Development and Rehabilitation
Mr. Jabbar Ali Hussein Al-Luiebi the minister of oil declared the launching of the exploration & rehabilitation projects for (9) exploration blocks and the borderline onshore & offshore oil fields in the middle & south of Iraq. Mr. Al-Luiebi said that the development & rehabilitation operations will include the onshore…
17 July 2017
Small Gas Discovery in the Barents Sea
Statoil and partners ENI and Petoro have made a small gas discovery in the Blåmann well, between the Snøhvit and Goliat fields in the Barents Sea. Recoverable volumes are estimated at 2-3 billion standard cubic metres (BCM), approximately 10-20 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE).The well was drilled in licence…
17 July 2017
Centrica and Bayerngas Norge to Create E&P Joint Venture
Centrica plc (“Centrica”) and Stadtwerke München GmbH (“SWM”) have reached an agreement to combine Centrica’s European oil and gas exploration and production (“E&P”) business with Bayerngas Norge AS (“Bayerngas Norge”) to form a newly incorporated joint venture (“Joint Venture”) (the “Transaction”) and create a leading independent European E&P company. The…
14 July 2017
Krafla Concept Selection in Sight
Aker BP is targeting a concept selection early next year on a new area-wide development for the Krafla-Askja and North of Alvheim discoveries off Norway in partnership with Statoil and Lotos E&P as it eyes submission of three other field development plans by year-end.The trio are presently evaluating two alternative…
14 July 2017
Premier Oil - Trading and Operations Update
Tony Durrant, Chief Executive, commented:“The very exciting exploration success in Mexico comes on top of another strong operating performance for Premier in the first half. Our producing assets are outperforming and our cash costs are below budget. Catcher will provide another step up in production and cashflow, accelerating debt reduction.…
14 July 2017
Subsea 7 Installs Culzean Export Pipe
According to Maersk Oil’s latest update, Culzean’s export pipeline has been laid safely and on time by Seven Borealis, the 182-meter pipelay and heavy lift vessel.Subsea 7 secured the subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) contract by for the Culzean development in September 2015.The company’s contract scope includes project management,…
14 July 2017
Carbon Trust's Offshore Wind Accelerator Launches Subsea Inspection Competition
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), a collaborative R&D programme funded by nine leading offshore wind developers and the Scottish Government, has today launched a competition targeted at finding new ways to inspect offshore wind substructures and reduce the cost of offshore wind. The competition is open to innovators…
14 July 2017
ABB Wins $30 Million Order to Upgrade Nordic HVDC Link
ABB AbilityTM MACHTM control system will boost energy exchange in upgrade of Sweden-Denmark Konti-Skan linkABB has won an order worth around $30 million from Svenska Kraftnät in Sweden and Energinet in Denmark. ABB will upgrade the control and protection system for the Konti-Skan high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission link with…
14 July 2017
Total Takes Noble Drillship for Black Sea Work
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has been awarded a contract for one of its drillships with the French oil major Total.In its latest fleet status report on Thursday, Noble said that the 2013-built drillship Noble Globetrotter II has been contracted by Total to work in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria.The contract…
14 July 2017
Share Secretary Zinke Announces 76 Million Acres Offered in Gulf of Mexico Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that the Department would offer 75.9 million acres offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for oil and gas exploration and development. The region-wide lease sale scheduled for August 16, 2017 would include all available unleased areas in federal waters of…
14 July 2017
Strengthened Exploration Position in Suriname
Statoil has signed agreements to enter two additional offshore exploration licenses in Suriname.The agreements cover two blocks in the Guyana basin:In Block 59, Statoil has been awarded 33,33% equity interest. ExxonMobil (operator) and consortium partners Statoil and Hess each hold a third of the interest in the block.In Block 60,…
13 July 2017
Wasco Begins Concrete Weight Coating Nord Stream 2 Pipes
Nord Stream 2 contractor Wasco Coatings Germany has begun concrete weight coating pipes for the project in the port of Mukran on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen.Up to 90,000 pipes will be coated by the end of 2018 at the location. Currently 39,000 pipes are already at a specially…
13 July 2017
Aquatic Announces Multiple Contracts
Aquatic Engineering & Construction recently confirmed two contracts about a day apart, while also releasing news on its social media that it had prepped a reel drive for load-out in Louisiana for a deepwater GoM tieback campaign.The company was selected to provide tensioning capabilities to DeepOcean BV on behalf of…
13 July 2017
UK Offers Extra North Sea licences
The UK on Thursday offered 12 offshore licences to 11 companies in a supplementary licensing round that was launched last year.A total of 14 blocks were originally on offer in the 2016 Supplementary Round, held in response to industry nominations of areas outside of those covered by last year’s frontier…
13 July 2017
Repsol Eyes Revised PDO for Yme
Repsol is moving forward with redevelopment of the Yme field off Norway by adopting a concept hatched by partner Okea under a development plan due to be submitted to the authorities this autumn.The proposed project involving a converted jack-up rig with processing topsides has been up in the air after…