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2 June 2017
BP makes Trinidad Gas Discoveries
The Macadamia well was drilled to test exploration and appraisal segments below the existing SEQB discovery which sits 10 kilometres south of the producing Cashima field. The well penetrated hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs in seven intervals with approximately 600 feet net pay. Combined with the shallow SEQB gas reservoirs, the Macadamia discovery…
2 June 2017
Eni Launches Coral South Project in Mozambique
The President of the Republic of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi, the Minister of Mineral Resources Leticia Klemens, and Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi, participated today to the launch of the Coral South LNG project implementation phase. Managers from the partner companies were also in attendance, including CNPC’s Wang Yilin, Galp’s Carlos Gomes…
2 June 2017
TechnipFMC Awarded a Major Integrated Contract for the Coral South FLNG Project Offshore Mozambique
TechnipFMC, together with JGC Corporation and Samsung Heavy Industries, all partners in the TJS Consortium where TechnipFMC is leader, has been awarded by CORAL FLNG SA* a major contract. It covers the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation, Commissioning and Start-up (EPCIC) of the Coral South FLNG facility and its associated risers…
1 June 2017
Jan De Nul Hires Seaproof Solutions to Protect Cables of Two OWFs
Seaproof Solutions has been awarded a contract by Jan De Nul to supply its export cable protection systems for offshore wind farms Borkum Riffgrund 2 and Trianel Windpark Borkum 2nd construction phase.The contract covers the design and supply of the export cable protection systems connecting the Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind…
1 June 2017
Seatronics Invest in Global Rental Fleet with Sonardyne Sprint System
Seatronics, an Acteon company, have purchased two SPRINT systems from Sonardyne, the leading independent global provider or underwater acoustic, inertial, optical and sonar technology. The SPRINT systems were purchased to support of a key customer on the OCTP project with ENI off Ghana’s Western Region coast.The recent investment aligns with…
1 June 2017
Shell Snaps Up Chevron’s T&T Assets
Chevron has entered into an agreement to sell all of its shares in Chevron Trinidad and Tobago Resources (CTTR) to Shell’s BG, and all of its interest in Trinling, an LNG marketing and transportation company, to Shell’s BG Gas.The transaction includes CTTR’s interest in Block E, Block 5 and Block…
1 June 2017
Tekmar to Protect Arkona OWF Cables
Tekmar Energy has secured a contract by VBMS to supply 130 of its TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) on 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.The cable protection systems, along with j-tube bellmouths for the electrical offshore substation will be manufactured in Tekmar’s new production facility in…
1 June 2017
TOTAL, ExxonMobil and HELPE Submitted an Official Application of Interest to Explore for Hydrocarbons in Two Offshore Blocks in Crete.
Today the JV of Total (operator), ExxonMobil and Hellenic Petroleum submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Energy and to EDEY an official application expressing its interest to explore for hydrocarbons in two adjusted offshore blocks in Crete.The three companies thank the authorities for the meeting, during which they expressed…
1 June 2017
SDRL - Rosneft Framework Agreement Extension
On August 22, 2014, Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill") and North Atlantic Drilling Ltd ("NADL") announced that they had entered into a Framework Agreement with Rosneft Oil Company. In November 2014 the long stop date for closing this transaction was extended to the end of May 2015 and subsequently extended further to…
1 June 2017
Amec Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for Major Saudi Aramco Oilfield Development
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco, for facilities required as part of the integrated oil and gas expansion of the Marjan offshore and onshore oilfield in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia.Under the five-year contract, Amec Foster Wheeler will deliver the…
1 June 2017
BP to Sign Azerbaijan Oilfield Extension Deal at End of June
British oil company BP expects to sign a contract at the end of June extending its production sharing deal for Azerbaijan's biggest oilfields until 2050, the company's regional head said on Wednesday.The existing deal is due to expire in 2024 and BP-led consortium and Azeri state oil firm SOCAR signed…
1 June 2017
Transocean Ltd. Sells Jackup Fleet to Borr Drilling
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) announced today that it has completed the previously disclosed transaction to sell its jackup fleet to Borr Drilling Limited ("Borr") for a total consideration of approximately $1.35 billion. The sale included the company's 10 high-specification jackups and five jackups under construction at Keppel FELS Limited's ("Keppel") shipyard…
1 June 2017
Aker BP Receives Consent to use Transocean Arctic at Alvheim
Aker BP has received consent to use Transocean Arctic to drill two production wells on the Alvheim field.The two wells are designated 24/6-A-6 and 24/6-A-7 and are to be drilled in Boa, which is one of the four reservoirs comprising the Alvheim field.Transocean Arctic is a semi-submersible mobile drilling facility…
31 May 2017
Veja Mate All Done Four Months Early
The final of the 67 Siemens SWT-6.0-154 turbines at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm was commissioned on Wednesday, 31 May, Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH reports.The milestone signifies that all of the 67 units are now feeding power to the grid, the developer said.The final turbine was installed…
31 May 2017
DOF Subsea and WiSub Team Up to Optimize ROV Operations
Two Norwegian companies have embarked on development and testing of a new underwater power & data connection system that could reportedly reduce cost and improve efficiency of vessel-based offshore ROV (remotely operated vehicle) operations.DOF Subsea, a provider of integrated subsea services and WiSub, an innovative subsea solutions company, have begun…
31 May 2017
Siemens Gamesa Charters Seacat Catamarans for Galloper O&M Work
Seacat Services and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have signed a 2-year charter deal to support early Operations & Maintenance (O&M) activity at the 336MW Galloper wind farm off Suffolk.Having secured the 56-turbine supply deal for the Galloper project, currently under construction by innogy SE, Siemens Gamesa is now supporting the…
31 May 2017
Framo Delivers Pumping Systems to Hoegh LNG
Framo has signed a contract with Höegh LNG for the delivery of pumping systems to their new Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU). The contract is for one unit, with option for three more units which are currently being built at Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. FSRU is a floating processing…
31 May 2017
Carbon Trust Drives Industry Acceptance of New Floating LiDAR Systems to Deliver Low-cost Bankable Wind Data
The Carbon Trust has today announced the completion of the world’s largest trial of floating LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) systems. This trial has helped accelerate the offshore wind industry’s uptake of the technology by proving across a variety of technologies and sea states, the floating LiDAR’s capability of producing…
31 May 2017
Lamprell Part of a Joint Venture with Aramco to Build a Major Maritime Yard in Saudi Arabia
Lamprell said it is to invest up to a maximum of US$140mln over the course of the construction and will hold 20% of the joint venture’s issued share capital.Lamprell PLC (LON:LAM) saw its shares jump higher this morning after the small cap oilfield services group revealed it is part of…
31 May 2017
BOURBON and Kongsberg Maritime Strengthen Their Collaboration in Digital Solutions for Next Generation Connected Vessels
Having established a good business relationship for many years, BOURBON and Kongsberg Maritime have now signed a strategic agreement of collaborative development on connected and autonomous vessels.The two companies will execute joint projects to develop new ways of efficient operations in the offshore services industry, with a fast time-to market.…
31 May 2017
GCMC Ltd - Deepsea Metro I Secures Contract for Work in South-East Asia
Further to the Letter of Intent dated 23 March 2017 Odfjell Drilling has, on behalf of Golden Close Maritime Corp. Ltd., signed a two (2) well contract for the ultra deepwater drillship, Deepsea Metro I with an undisclosed party. The unit is owned by Golden Close Maritime Corp. Ltd. and…
31 May 2017
Ensco plc to Acquire Atwood Oceanics, Inc.
Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) and Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Ensco will acquire Atwood in an all-stock transaction. The definitive merger agreement was unanimously approved by each company’s board of director.Under the terms of the merger…
31 May 2017
Eni Receives Consent to Use Scarabeo 8 at Goliat
Eni has received consent to use Scarabeo 8 at Goliat. The facility will drill two production wells.One of the two wells to be drilled is for oil production, while the other is for water injection.A pilot hole will be drilled first and the production well drilled as a sidetrack from…
30 May 2017
OneLNG Eyes Second FLNG Scheme for EG
Schlumberger and Golar LNG have moved a step closer to starting a second floating liquefied natural gas project in Equatorial Guinea after their joint venture signed a binding agreement with the local government.OneLNG signed the deal with the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons to explore the liquefaction and commercialisation of…
30 May 2017
OSRL, Trendsetter and Halliburton Ink Subsea MoU
Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL), Trendsetter Engineering and Halliburton have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for integrated subsea well-capping response solutions.With the MoU, the companies will create a strategic alliance for oil and gas exploration and production companies globally, covering integrated solutions for preparedness and response associated with subsea…
30 May 2017
Lewek Constellation Gets Swan Hunter Flexlay Spread
Swan Hunter has completed mobilisation and commissioning of a flexlay spread onto EMAS Chiyoda Subsea’s multi-lay vessel Lewek Constellation for flexible risers installation.The lay equipment comprises Swan Hunter’s new-build loading tower complete with tensioner, a 26-meters basket carousel provided by a joint venture partner, plus project-specific components.The equipment was lifted…
30 May 2017
Peter Madsen Rederi Wraps Up Boulder Clearance on Arkona Offshore Wind Farm
Danish marine contractor Peter Madsen Rederi A/S (PMR) has completed the removal of boulders at the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic.The project was finalized on budget and ahead of schedule, PMR said.Working directly for the wind farm developer Arkona-Windpark-Entwicklungs GmbH (AWE), owned by E.ON and Statoil,…
30 May 2017
4 Foundations Installed, 6 to Go at Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm
Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift jack up vessel Vole au vent has installed four of the ten gravity base foundations at the Tahkoluoto wind farm off Pori, Finland.The photo shows Vole au vent jacking up in the vicinity of the Siemens 2.3MW pilot turbine installed at the site in 2010.Jan De…
30 May 2017
Mermaid Nets $26M in Subsea Contracts
Mermaid’s South East Asian and Middle Eastern business units have continued working efficiently on subsea contracts recently awarded during the first quarter of 2017 with a combined total estimated potential contract value of USD 26 million.The highlighted package of work involves the DP2 dive support vessel ‘Mermaid Commander’ with a…
30 May 2017
SDX Energy Announces Well Test Results at South Disouq Discovery
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the results of the well test conducted on the SD-1X well following the recent natural gas discovery at South Disouq, Egypt, where the Company has a 55% Operated working interest.The SD-1X well was drilled to…
30 May 2017
Technology Dispute Interrupts Statoil's Arctic Drilling Campaign
Statoil has interrupted drilling in the Barents Sea in the Arctic region after a court issued a temporary injunction in a technology dispute with a small Norwegian firm, a Statoil spokesman said on Monday.The Stavanger court has prohibited Statoil from using its Cap-X drilling technology after Norwegian firm NeoDrill said…
30 May 2017
Plan to Fully Decommission the Beatrice Oil Field
Plans are being put together to fully decommission the Beatrice oil field in the Moray Firth.Production at the field has ceased and it has been proposed to remove the platform complex, two demonstrator wind turbines, and cables.These operations could take place between 2024 and 2027.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) had…
30 May 2017
Valhall QP Removal Contract Award
Allseas, via Excalibur Marine Contractors, has been awarded a long term (6 yrs + 2 + 2) frame agreement for Transport, Installation and Removal (T,I&R) services for Aker BP, and has been awarded a call off for removal of the Valhall QP topsides and QP/DP bridge in 2019 and disposal…
30 May 2017
Husky Approves West White Rose Project and Announces New Discovery
Husky Energy is moving forward with the West White Rose Project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.The Company and its partners will use a fixed wellhead platform tied back to the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The platform, which has received regulatory approval, will enable the Company to maximize…
30 May 2017
New Perspective for Underexplored Paleozoic Reservoirs in the NAR
Frogtech Geoscience Releases New North Atlantic and North Sea SEEBASE®, Providing New Perspective for Underexplored Paleozoic ReservoirsAustralian geoscience company Frogtech Geoscience released the North Atlantic Regional SEEBASE® Study and GIS, a new comprehensive regional study of basement architecture in the North Sea and the North Atlantic conjugate margins of Norway,…
30 May 2017
SeaBird Exploration: Harrier Explorer to NW Europe
SeaBird Exploration is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of award for some 2D work in NW Europe for an undisclosed client, subject to contract. The project is due to commence in third quarter and will have a duration of approximately two to three weeks. SeaBird will…
29 May 2017
Chevron Takes Stock of Signature Project
Jack & St Malo, which began production in 2014 on time and under budget, required several technologies that were new to the operator and included several industry firsts, said Travis Flowers, the project's asset manager for Chevron.At a meeting of the Marine Technology Society in Houston, Flowers described the development…
29 May 2017
VBMS and EDS Launch Prepare to Repair Cable Fault Model
Subsea power cable installation specialists VBMS and High Voltage engineering company EDS have launched their Cable Integrity Solutions including the “Prepare to Repair” framework which is said to allow cable repairs to be carried out up to 70% faster.The model promotes critical preparations to be carried out upfront, ensuring that…
29 May 2017
Seatronics, Imenco Ink Partnership Agreement
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has signed a new partnership agreement with Imenco AS.The newly formed agreement will provide Seatronics’ clients with access to Imenco’s complete range of subsea electronic products including subsea cameras, lights and ROV tooling.The Imenco product range will be available from Seatronics’ UK & USA offices with…
29 May 2017
Tendeka Lands Exclusive Agreement with Brastech
Tendeka, a provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has finalised an exclusive agreement with Brastech Serviços Téchnicos E Construçoes Náuticas LTDA (Brastech) as it expands within the South American market.Founded in 1972, Brastech has represented Brazilian and overseas companies within the energy sector…
29 May 2017
Eni Inks Fincantieri Gas Pact
Italy’s Eni has struck an agreement with compatriot yard group Fincantieri to jointly develop natural gas power systems for offshore installations and other facilities.The partnership pact for research and development will entail possible studies for gas-related energy projects, including liquefied natural gas and exploitation of gas resources.Eni said the memorandum…
29 May 2017
Dof Wins Brazil Charter
Oslo-listed offshore vessel owner Dof has secured a charter with Petrobras for its anchor-handler Skandi Admiral.The 1999-built vessel will start work off Brazil for the state-run operator in late May or early June under the newly awarded one-year contract, though a value was not disclosed.It has recently been reflagged to…
29 May 2017
£1.4 Million BP Egypt Contract for Add Energy
Add Energy, the international energy consultancy provider, has been awarded a maintenance build contract worth more than £1 million with BP for work on West Nile Delta (WND), a development located just off the north coast of Egypt.The contract, worth almost £1.4 million, will see Add Energy carry out the…
29 May 2017
MeyGen Reports on Lessons Learned During Initial Phase
The developers of the MeyGen tidal array project have summarized the lessons learned during the project’s Phase 1A in a report for the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).The report provides some generic conclusions and a number of detailed experiences amassed in the Phase 1A of the MeyGen…
29 May 2017
Bibby Offshore Nets TAQA Subsea Deal
Bibby Offshore has secured a contract with TAQA for subsea construction works in the Eider field, located 184 km north-east of Shetland.With offshore operations to be completed this summer, the six month contract will see Bibby Offshore adopt a multi-vessel approach, utilizing its subsea support and construction vessel Olympic Ares,…
29 May 2017
Tampnet Gets Johan Sverdrup Subsea Fibre Contract
Tampnet has been awarded a contract by Statoil for connecting the Johan Sverdrup field to their existing 2500 km subsea fibre infrastructure in the North Sea.This contract and turn-key project will optimize and strengthen the telecommunication infrastructure for this field development.Tampnet’s CEO, Per Helge Svensson said: “This contract confirms our…
29 May 2017
Norway Approves Construction of 350kW Tidal Power Plant
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has granted a license to Norwegian Ocean Power for the construction and operation of a 350kW tidal demonstration plant.The power plant will be located north of the Arctic Circle in Gimsøystraumen, Norway, providing an annual energy production of approximately 1GWh, according to the…
29 May 2017
Orga Keeps Gemini Offshore Wind Farm Lit
Dutch provider of aviation obstruction lighting Orga BV has installed its LED obstruction light system on the recently inaugurated 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm.Gemini, built on two locations close to each other, comprises 150 4MW Siemens wind turbines.Orga’s system marks the wind farm’s 150 wind turbines installed some 85 kilometres…
29 May 2017
Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Readies for Giant Turbines
Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has submitted a scoping report for the revised 784MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm to the Scottish Ministers.The revised design sees a reduction in the number of turbines of more than a third, from up to 110 to a maximum of 72.The turbines will also…
29 May 2017
Master Point Rope Access Solutions Bags Block Island OWF Contract
Master Point Rope Access Solutions will be the first rope access service provider for Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States, according to the company’s social media pages. The Block Island Wind Farm has been delivering electricity to the mainland grid since December 2016.As…