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5 May 2017
Germany Chooses Groundbreaking KONGSBERG Integrated Vessel Concept for Advanced Newbuild Research Ship
KONGSBERG has signed a contract with the German ship builder Fassmer for the delivery of a unique technical solution for the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) research vessel Atair II. The solution is based on KONGSBERG’s ground-breaking Integrated Vessel Concept.Atair II will be the world’s first government owned…
5 May 2017
Amec Foster Wheeler Signs Extension to BP Master Service Agreement
Amec Foster Wheeler’s completions and commissioning company, qedi, has signed an extension of its global Master Service Agreement with BP, which it has successfully delivered since 2012.The new contract with BP will run for two years through till December 2019. qedi will continue with the exclusive provision of completions and…
5 May 2017
Azinor Catalyst Signs Rig Contract to Drill Two Wells in Q3 2017, Targeting the Partridge Prospect and Agar Discovery
Azinor Catalyst Limited (“Catalyst”), the Seacrest Capital Group-backed E&P company focused on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (“UKCS”), is pleased to announce it has awarded a rig contract to Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Limited for the Ocean Guardian semisubmersible rig to drill two operated wells in Q3 2017. The first…
4 May 2017
Statoil Handing Over the Polarled Pipeline to Gassco
Statoil transferred the operatorship for the Polarled pipeline to Gassco on 1 May. The 482-kilometre pipeline between the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea and Nyhamna in Møre og Romsdal was delivered NOK 4.5 billion below budget.Polarled is the first subsea pipeline crossing the Arctic circle on the Norwegian…
4 May 2017
M² Subsea, Frontera Offshore Team Up for Gulf of Mexico Project
M² Subsea has joined forces with Frontera Offshore to deliver remedial pipeline work for Permaducto in the Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) oil field in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico.The contract marks the first award for M² Subsea in the Gulf of Mexico region.The project will see personnel from M² Subsea’s onboard Frontera…
4 May 2017
JDR and Magma Ink MOU
JDR, the leading supplier of subsea power cables and umbilicals to the global offshore energy industry, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Magma Global (Magma), the manufacturer of high performance carbon fibre and Victrex PEEK thermoplastic composite pipe, m-pipe®.The signing – which took place on Tuesday at the…
4 May 2017
FluidOil & Steam Oil Cooperation Agreement
The Steam Oil Production Company (“Steam Oil”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a cooperation agreement with FluidOil, the independent international heavy oil technology company, to explore the potential of integrating FluidOil’s Viscositor Heavy-to-Light (“VHTL”) oil upgrading technology into an offshore steam flooding project.Steam Oil is working…
4 May 2017
Drilling Permit for Well 31/7-2 S in Production Licence 740
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Faroe Petroleum Norge AS a drilling permit for well 31/7-2 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 31/7-2 S will be drilled from the Deepsea Bergen drilling facility, at position 60°24'18.17"N and 3°2'23.75"E in production licence 740.The drilling programme for well 31/7-2…
4 May 2017
Partrac Wins Metocean Survey for the Kincardine Floating Offshore Wind Project
Global marine survey company, Partrac Ltd have been awarded a metocean contract by Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited (KOWL). Partrac willmonitor oceanographic processes at the Kincardine site located south-east of Aberdeen, approximately 8nm (15km) from the Scottish coastline. The Project will utilise innovative hybrid concrete support structure design combining the features…
4 May 2017
DeepOcean Awarded EPCI Contract From Statoil for the Troll C Platform
DeepOcean has been awarded an engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation (EPCI) contract for wear protection on the risers at the Troll C platform in the Norwegian Sea.The award covers, in addition to installation, the design, engineering, procurement and fabrication of the wear protection solution for the risers on the Troll…
4 May 2017
Centrica Investing £60m to Boost Morecambe Bay Production
The project to refurbish two 5,000-tonne platforms in the East Irish Sea, which is expected to start later this month, will boost output from the fields which already produce enough gas to heat 1.5million UK homes.Over the course of the next nine months, the teams working on a jack-up accommodation…
4 May 2017
DNO Acquires Origo Exploration, Returns to Norwegian Continental Shelf
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced the acquisition of Origo Exploration Holding AS (Origo), a privately-held oil and gas exploration company with a focus offshore Norway and the United Kingdom.Following the acquisition, DNO picks up stakes in 11 exploration and appraisal licenses in the North Sea,…
3 May 2017
Wasco Orders Iron Ore for Nord Stream 2 Pipe Coating
Wasco Coatings Europe, the coating and logistics contractor of Nord Stream 2, has ordered 1.3 million tonnes of iron ore from Swedish LKAB Minerals.The iron ore will be used for the concrete coating of the steel pipes needed to build the planned Nord Stream 2 pipeline.A heavy high-density concrete coating…
3 May 2017
MDL Spread Concludes Trinidad Job
MDL’s 400-tonne reel drive system and patented 4-track tensioner - both forming part of the MDL Offshore Service fleet - were deployed alongside the company’s unique Portable Vertical Lay System (PVLS), as part of a flexible installation offshore Trinidad and Tobago.The system mobilised on board the North Sea Giant at…
3 May 2017
TMC to Supply Compressors to Höegh FSRU
TMC Compressors (TMC) has penned a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply a complete marine compressed air system to a new-build floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) the South Korean yard is building for Höegh LNG.TMC scope of work includes engineering, manufacturing and supply of a complete compressed air…
3 May 2017
Total Signs Agreements to Explore the Country’s Deepwater Potential
Total and the Republic of Senegal have signed two agreements enabling Total to contribute to the exploration activities in Senegal’s deep and ultra-deep offshore. “An established player in refining and marketing in Senegal, Total is delighted to expand its presence in the country in the exploration & production segment. These…
3 May 2017
Delineation of Oil and Gas Discovery 7120/1-3 (Gohta) in the Barents Sea – 7120/1-5
Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 492, is about to complete the drilling of appraisal well 7120/1-5 on the oil and gas discovery 7120/1-3 (Gohta).The well was drilled about four kilometres north of the discovery well, about three kilometres east of appraisal well 7120/1-4 S, which was drilled in…
3 May 2017
Awards in Predefined Areas 2017 (APA 2017) - Announcement
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has 2 May 2017 announced the APA 2017, comprising predefined areas with blocks in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea.Application deadlineThe application deadline for APA 2017 is 12:00 a.m. hrs on Friday 1. September 2017. The awards will be announced…
2 May 2017
Secretary Zinke Signs Orders Implementing America-First Offshore Energy Strategy
On the floor of the Offshore Technology Conference, flanked by men and women who work on offshore oil and gas platforms, Secretary of the Department of the Interior Ryan Zinke today signed two secretarial orders aimed at unleashing America’s offshore energy potential and growing the U.S. economy. The first order…
2 May 2017
Execution of the Fortuna Umbrella Agreement
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Ophir Holdings & Ventures Ltd, a subsidiary of Ophir Energy ("Ophir"), OneLNGSA and La Compañía Nacional De Petróleos De Guinea Ecuatorial ("GEPetrol") have signed a detailed Umbrella Agreement ("UA") that establishes the full legal and fiscal framework for the Fortuna FLNG Project, Africa's first deepwater…
2 May 2017
Wintershall’s Maria Field on Track for 2018 Oil
Norwegian minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Søviknes, and Wintershall’s CEO, Mario Mehren, have visited the Deepsea Stavanger rig ahead of reservoir drilling on the Wintershall’s Maria field.Maria, Wintershall’s flagship development in Norway, is a subsea field that uses existing infrastructure to produce oil in a cost effective way.Drilling of…
2 May 2017
Pioneering Spirit Sets World Lifting Record with Shell Brent Delta Topsides Removal
Allseas’ dynamically positioned single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel “Pioneering Spirit” set a world lifting record with the safe and successful removal of Shell UK’s 24,000 t Brent Delta platform topsides from the North Sea on 28 April 2017.Located in the Brent field, approximately 186 km off the north-east coast of…
2 May 2017
SNC-Lavalin Wins Engineering and Project Management Services Contract for Gas Oil Separation Plant in Saudi Arabia
SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) is pleased to announce that it was awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for engineering and project management services for the Berri Increment Program. New facilities are proposed at Saudi Aramco’s existing plants at Abu Ali and Khursaniyah to process a potential increased output of Arabian Light…
2 May 2017
Seadrill Agrees to Sell Three Jack-ups for $225 million
Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill" or "The Company"), announces that it has reached an agreement with Shelf Drilling to sell the West Triton, West Resolute and West Mischief for a total consideration of $225 million subject to customary closing conditions. The West Triton and West Resolute are scheduled to be delivered to…
2 May 2017
4Subsea Helps Shell Norway Digitise Subsea Operations
The contract is a continuation and further development of a long-standing cooperation between Shell Norway and 4Subsea, enabling Shell to gain greater flexibility and insights in their data and integrity management. 4Subsea has provided engineering support and integrity management services for flexible risers, flowlines and umbilicals to Shell Norway since…
2 May 2017
Total Brings on Stream the Badamyar Gas Project
Total has started up production from the Badamyar project, located offshore 220 kilometers south of Yangon in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The project will enable an extension of the Yadana gas field’s 8 billion cubic meters per year production plateau beyond 2020.“Completed on schedule and with costs…
1 May 2017
SgurrEnergy Rebrands as Wood Group
Renewable energy and grid integration consultancy SgurrEnergy will formally rebrand as Wood Group from early May 2017.SgurrEnergy has been part of Wood Group’s clean energy business since 2010.The rebrand will support the uniting of Wood Group’s individual businesses, the company said.Jan Dell, vice president of clean energy, water & climate…
1 May 2017
Global Oil Discoveries and New Projects Fell to Historic Lows in 2016
Global oil discoveries fell to a record low in 2016 as companies continued to cut spending and conventional oil projects sanctioned were at the lowest level in more than 70 years, according to the International Energy Agency, which warned that both trends could continue this year.Oil discoveries declined to 2.4…
1 May 2017
Jan De Nul Wins Veracruz Dredging Contract
Jan De Nul Group has acquired EUR60 million contract for the deepening of the Port of Veracruz in Mexico.Under the agreement, Jan De Nul will conduct dredging operations on the access channel and the turning basin. In total, more than 13 million cubic meters of material will be removed and…
1 May 2017
OGTC Issues First ‘Call for Ideas’
Aberdeen’s new Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has launched its first “call for ideas” as it looks to help develop new technology to cut the cost of plugging and abandoning offshore wells, with £1 million ($1.29 million) funding being made available.Malcolm Banks, well construction solution centre manager at the…
1 May 2017
Gorgon Ramping Up
US supermajor Chevron is turning its attention to ramping up the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project to nameplate capacity before looking at optimisation and debottlenecking of the Australian gas project.The president of Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration & Production, Stephen W Green, confirmed during an earnings call with analysts that all…
1 May 2017
Pemex Taps Schlumberger’s Campeche Seismic Data
Schlumberger has signed an agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to license data from the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) multi-client seismic survey in the Salina del Istmo, Gulf of Mexico.The agreement also includes collaboration with WesternGeco in the seismic processing phase of the project as well as for future technology collaborations.The…
1 May 2017
OGA Invests in UKCS Subsurface Data
The Oil and Gas Authority UK (OGA) has awarded £1.5 million of contracts to purchase subsurface databases and information sources to encourage further exploration in under explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).The datasets purchased will underpin much of the OGA’s work across the exploration and production (E&P) lifecycle…
28 April 2017
Jan De Nul Splashes Another Newbuild in China
Jan De Nul’s new multipurpose vessel ‘Daniel Bernoulli’ has been launched from the slipway at the AVIC shipyard in China.It is the sister vessel of the recently launched ‘Adhémar de Saint-Venant‘.Several different equipment sets can be installed on the vessels, which will provide them with a capacity to conduct subsea…
28 April 2017
Dresser-Rand to Supply Compressor Trains for BP Project in the Gulf of Mexico
The Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas Division, received an order from BP to provide rotating equipment for the Mad Dog 2 project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The scope of supply comprises two DATUM compressor trains driven by Siemens electric motors for export gas service. The…
28 April 2017
Development of Tomorrow’s Energy Resources: BOURBON Chosen by Centrale Nantes for the Mooring Installation of the First Floating Wind Turbine in France
Bourbon has been awarded a contract for the mooring installation of the first floating wind turbine in France at the experimental test site of SEM-REV managed by Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN), in the context of European project FLOATGEN*. This project reinforces the group’s know-how on the market of renewable…
28 April 2017
Panoro Announces Completion of Dussafu Transaction
Panoro Energy ASA is pleased to announce the closing of the sale of a 25% working interest in the Dussafu Production Sharing Contract offshore Gabon to BW Energy Gabon, a subsidiary of BW Offshore Limited, for a total cash consideration of US$12 million.John Hamilton, CEO of Panoro, said, “We are…
28 April 2017
Heerema Awarded First Contracts for its New Crane Vessel Sleipnir
The first contract is from Noble Energy Mediterranean, Ltd. for transportation and installation services associated with the Leviathan Production Platform in the Mediterranean Sea, while the second transport and installation contract has been awarded by Maersk Oil for the new production and living quarters platforms as part of their Tyra…
28 April 2017
Island Crown Takes a Share in Planned Titanic Expedition
Island Offshore has entered into an agreement with OceanGate Expeditions for the use of Island Crown as a surface support vessel during a planned deep water expedition next year- the first manned submersible survey of the wreck of the RMS Titanic since 2005.The assignment will have a duration of ten…
28 April 2017
Keppel FloaTEC Secures Engineering and Construction Support Services Contract for First Tension Leg Wellhead Production Platform in Vietnam
Keppel FloaTEC LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has secured a contract worth about US$40 million from PTSC Mechanical & Construction (PTSC M&C) to provide engineering, technology and construction management support services for the Repsol Ca Rong Do Tension Leg Wellhead Platform (TLWP) to…
28 April 2017
Keppel Shipyard to Deliver Twelfth FPSO to BW Offshore
Keppel Offshore & Marine's (Keppel O&M) wholly-owned subsidiary, Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard), is on track to deliver a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to BW Catcher Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BW Offshore.Mrs Josephine Teo, Singapore's Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
28 April 2017
Halliburton, Trendsetter and C-Innovations Form Gulf of Mexico Subsea Alliance
Halliburton, Trendsetter Engineering and C-Innovations today announced the companies have formed a strategic alliance to provide Gulf of Mexico (GOM) customers with technologically advanced, integrated offshore well intervention packages. The alliance leverages the companies’ strengths to create subsea solutions for hydraulic interventions. The combined packages will improve operator efficiency while…
28 April 2017
BP Takes Leap Forward in Seismic Imaging Technology
BP today announced a major breakthrough in seismic imaging that has identified more than 200 million barrels of additional resources at BP’s Atlantis field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. As a result of this early success, BP now is deploying this technique to fields elsewhere in the Gulf of…
27 April 2017
BP to put West Capricorn Back to Work
Supermajor BP is gearing up to put a long-stacked deep-water drilling rig back to work in the US Gulf of Mexico, according to rig owner Seadrill.The John Fredriksen-controlled company, which has warned of possible bankruptcy, said in a brief statement on Wednesday that it has received notification from BP that…
27 April 2017
DOF Takes Over Canadian Subsea Player
Norwegian group DOF Subsea has acquired the remaining shares it did not already own in Canadian Subsea Shipping Company.Before the transaction, DOF owned 45 % of the shares in Canadian Subsea Shipping.The value of the deal was not disclosed.Canadian Subsea Shipping has a newbuild vessel under construction at Vard Group…
27 April 2017
Uruguay Round 3
After the signature of eight offshore hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation’s contracts between ANCAP and four distinguished International Oil Companies (BP -areas 6, 11 and 12-, BG -areas 8, 9 and 13-, TOTAL -area 14- and Tullow Oil -area 15-), as a result of the “Uruguay Round II” bidding process, historic…
27 April 2017
Share Fair Spotlight to Focus Attention of Suppliers and Clients on Production Efficiency
Opportunities for suppliers and clients to work collectively to improve oil and gas field production performance will be shared by Oil & Gas UK’s Production Efficiency Task Force at its next Share Fair Spotlight on May 4 in Aberdeen. Stephen Marcos Jones, Oil & Gas UK’s director of business excellence,…
27 April 2017
Bureau Veritas Secures Contract with Noble Energy
Bureau Veritas has been appointed by global oil and natural gas exploration and production company Noble Energy, to provide an independent verification of its development executions in the Leviathan Project, off the Mediterranean coast of Israel.Bureau Veritas’ Verification provides independent assessment of compliance with the Project requirements. Bureau Veritas will…
27 April 2017
SNC-Lavalin to Acquire WS Atkins to Greatly Expand Global Consulting, Design and Project Management Capabilities
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX: SNC) (“SNC-Lavalin” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with WS Atkins plc (“Atkins”), approved by the boards of directors of both companies, on the terms of a cash acquisition by which SNC-Lavalin will acquire the entire issued and to…
27 April 2017
Vessel Extension
Reach Subsea has entered into a contract for the vessel Havila Subsea for the third quarter covering 60 days (plus options).The WROV spread mobilised on board Stril Explorer has covered 150 days during the second and third quarter (plus options).Reach Subsea and Eidesvik Offshore have agreed to extend the cooperation…