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7 April 2017
N-Seatec Wins CDT Winch Order
N-Seatec, the Netherlands-based technical solutions provider, has secured an order from an undisclosed client for delivery of a complete deepwater CTD winch system.System will be an upgraded version of previous designed and delivered CTD Winch-058 units but now suitable for 3500 meters water depth, the company explained.Scope of delivery will…
7 April 2017
Seamec Ltd Announces Deployment of Vessel "SEAMEC III"
Seamec Ltd has entered into a contract for the charter hire of Vessel "SEAMEC III" with Kreuz Subsea Technologies Pte Ltd., for undertaking a job in Mumbai High.The tenure of the contract is for firm period of 25 days with option for extension. The contract will commence around April 7,…
7 April 2017
Solstad Offshore: Long-term Contract for CSV “Normand Oceanic”
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has, on behalf of the partly owned company Normand Oceanic AS, entered into an agreement with the Mexican company Typhoon Offshore (an affiliate of Grupo Salinas).Typhoon Offshore will charter the CSV “Normand Oceanic” for a period of 3 years commencing in May 2017. “Normand Oceanic” will…
7 April 2017
Drilling Permit for Wellbore 7121/8-1 in Production Licence 849
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wellbore 7121/8-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.Wellbore 7121/8-1 will be drilled from the Songa Enabler drilling facility, at position 71°25'43.86" N and 21°38'26.5" E after completing the drilling of production well 7121/4-F-3 H for…
7 April 2017
Wood Group Wins Owner’s Engineering Contract to Support the Echidna Field Development, First Project with Karoon Petróleo & Gás
Wood Group was awarded a multi-year contract from Karoon Petróleo & Gás to provide owner’s engineering services to support the full field development for the Echidna field offshore Brazil marking the first project between the two companies. The contract will be executed by Wood Group’s Rio de Janeiro office focusing…
7 April 2017
Aker Solutions Secures Engineering and Procurement Contract With Aker BP
Aker Solutions secured a framework agreement for as many as 10 years from Aker BP to provide engineering and procurement services for new offshore field installations.The scope is for a range of fixed facilities from small wellhead platforms to complete oil and gas field centers. It covers work in all…
7 April 2017
Voyager Explorer contract in South East Asia
SeaBird Exploration is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent to provide a seismic source vessel for an upcoming survey in the Asia Pacific region. The project is due to commence in the second half of June and will have a duration of approximately five to…
7 April 2017
Polarcus awarded broadband 3D project in Asia Pacific
Polarcus Limited ("Polarcus" or the "Company") (OSE: PLCS) is pleased to announce that the Company has received a contract award for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in the Asia Pacific region.The project is due to commence in Q2 2017 and will run for approximately two months.
7 April 2017
Forum Signs Comanche Deal with Baltic Diver Germany
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of two Sub-Atlantic™ Comanche ROVs to international diving contractor Baltic Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH (Baltic Diver Germany). The deal, supported by distributor Scholz Ingenieur Bϋro, will see both systems delivered at the beginning of May 2017 following an optimised…
7 April 2017
Alpha Petroleum Enters into FEED Study Agreement for Teekay Offshore’s Varg FPSO
Alpha Petroleum Resources Limited (“Alpha Petroleum” or “Alpha”), an upstream oil and gas operator focused on the UK sector of the North Sea and backed by private equity firm Petroleum Equity, has entered into a Front-End Engineering and Design (“FEED”) study agreement with Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (“Teekay Offshore”) for…
6 April 2017
Serica Eyes Columbus First Gas Date
Serica Energy is aiming for first gas at its Columbus field in the UK North Sea in 2020 or slightly before as two development options continue to do battle for the UK operator’s wallet.The London-based company is working towards a field development plan for the gas and condensate find in…
6 April 2017
Oceaneering’s Umbilical for Anadarko’s Constellation Subsea Tieback
Oceaneering International has secured a contract from Anadarko to supply the umbilical for its Constellation subsea tieback in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The contract is for a dynamic and static electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilical, and associated hardware.Oceaneering plans to design and manufacture the umbilical at its facility in Panama…
6 April 2017
Delivery of Jack Up Rig to Shelf Drilling
Lamprell (ticker: LAM), a leading provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the energy industry, is pleased to announce the completion of the “Shelf Drilling Krathong” jackup drilling rig and its delivery to Shelf Drilling Ltd. (“Shelf Drilling”), on schedule and within budget. The rig will sail within the…
6 April 2017
Vantage Drilling International Announces Acquisition
Vantage Drilling International ("Vantage"), announced today that its subsidiary, Vantage Drilling Africa, has acquired the Hercules 260, a Marathon LeTourneau Class jack-up drilling unit, from Hercules International Drilling, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hercules Offshore, Inc., for an undisclosed amount and has renamed the rig the Vantage 260. As part of…
6 April 2017
Senegal Appraisal & Exploration Well Result
Cairn is pleased to announce the results of the VR-1 well offshore Senegal. Rig performance continues to be excellent and operations have been safely and successfully completed ahead of schedule and under budget following the drilling and logging operations.Cairn’s analysis and integration of the dataset collected is continuing with initial…
6 April 2017
Gassco Receives Consent to use Polarled
Polarled is a new gas pipeline from Aasta Hansteen in the Norwegian Sea to the Nyhamna gas-processing facility in Møre og Romsdal county. The pipeline creates a new transport solution for gas from the field in the Norwegian Sea and a new, common infrastructure for handling increased production volumes. The…
6 April 2017
Eni Makes a New Gas and Condensates Discovery Offshore Libya
Eni has made a new discovery of gas and condensates offshore Libya in the ‘Gamma Prospect‘, in the Contract Area D, 140 km offshore from Tripoli, in Libya. The discovery, made through the well B1 16/3, is located 15km south west of the Bouri field and 5km north of the…
6 April 2017
Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Sign Exploration and Production Sharing Contract with Cyprus
Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil signed an exploration and production sharing contract with the Government of the Republic of Cyprus for offshore Block 10.Before the signing ceremony, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, His Excellency Nicos Anastasiades received at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the President…
6 April 2017
Craig International Secures Five-year Procurement Contract with Premier Oil
Craig International has signed a five-year procurement contract for all Premier Oil’s maintenance and repair operations in the UK North Sea.The contract, which could be worth up to £5 million, will see Craig International’s UK office work alongside its global network on all aspects of the procurement process – from…
6 April 2017
Trendsetter Engineering Awarded Contracts for Noble Energy's Leviathan Field
Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. is thrilled to announce the recent award of multiple contracts to design and manufacture subsea production equipment for Noble Energy’s Leviathan Project, a large natural gas field development in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. Trendsetter’s scopes of work include multiple clamp connection systems,…
5 April 2017
FSubsea Pump Attracts Big Fish
Fuglesangs Subsea (FSubsea) is looking to forge an alliance with a major subsea integration contractor to commercialise its cost-cutting Omnirise pump technology that has now been qualified under a collaboration with major industry players.The innovative Norwegian supplier has recently carried out a successful 6000-hour test of its so-called mini-booster under…
5 April 2017
Subsea Future 'All-Electric'
Aker Solutions is touting the economic benefits of its electrified technology for subsea production systems and associated equipment as it is engaged in a cost-cutting contest with rivals such as heavyweight Technip FMC to target increasing field development work off Norway.Fully electric control systems are already in operation on the…
5 April 2017
Blake International Rigs, LLC Awarded Contract with Energy XXI Services, LLC
Blake International Rigs, LLC and Energy XXI Services, LLC have entered into a contract to mobilize the Blake Rig 651 to Energy XXI’s South Pass 77 “C” platform. The initial contract term is for one well, which is scheduled to commence in late April following a 30 day make ready…
5 April 2017
iSURVEY Nets Maersk Oil Contract in Denmark
SURVEY has been awarded a four-year survey and positioning contract by Maersk Oil.The contract which started in March 2017, has the option to extend by one 12-month period.Under the contract iSURVEY will support Maersk Oil Danish Business Unit with rig move operations in the Danish sector of the North Sea.The…
5 April 2017
Phoenix International and Infinity Offshore Form Joint Venture in Australia
Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. (Phoenix) and Infinity Offshore Pty Ltd (Infinity) announce that they have formed a joint venture to provide quality Inspection, Maintenance, Repair (IMR) and Decommissioning works in the Australasia region with the highly successful Atmospheric Diving System (ADS) Hardsuit™. The joint venture, operating under the name Infinity…
5 April 2017
Trestakk Approved
Norwegian authorities have approved the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) of the Trestakk discovery on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea. Investments are calculated at NOK 5.5 billion, almost half of the original estimate.Trestakk was discovered in 1986, and expected recoverable volumes are 76 million barrels of oil…
5 April 2017
Aptomar to Provide Environmental Monitoring Overview on Total’s Martin Linge Field
Total E&P Norge (Total) has chosen Aptomar’s tactical collaboration and management system, TCMS, to digitalize and manage environmental monitoring and oil spill detection at its Martin Linge field. Contract value is undisclosed.The TCMS will combine subsea, topside and aerial oil spill detection sensors into one common operating picture (COP). Aptomar…
5 April 2017
FairfieldNodal and Ikon Science Team up to Offer Expanded Capabilities
FairfieldNodal proudly announces an exclusive alliance with Ikon Science, an industry leader in geoprediction software sales and services, to offer complete reservoir services to the oil and gas industry.For nearly four decades, FairfieldNodal has been a trusted industry resource for multi-client seismic, data acquisition and data processing services. With this…
5 April 2017
IMCA Publishes Report on Offshore Construction Vessel Capacity in the Gulf of Mexico
Following the bulletin published by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on 17 January proposing to revoke or modify a series of rulings relating to offshore activities and the Jones Act, IMCA has completed an analysis of fleet capacity in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) should the revocations go…
5 April 2017
Oda subsea job for Aibel
Work starts immediately and will continue until the second half of 2018. During this time Aibel will build and deliver several subsea structural elements, including a subsea manifold. At its most, the project will involve up to 50 employees at the Haugesund yard. “This contract cements our position as supplier…
4 April 2017
A Milestone in Subsea Standardization: New DNV GL Recommended Practice for Subsea Forgings
Steel forgings are essential building blocks for subsea components, but tailor-made solutions to meet end-users’ specific requirements have caused long delivery times. A joint industry project (JIP), led by DNV GL, has now taken the next step in subsea standardization by harmonizing requirements for quality management of forgings. The recommended…
4 April 2017
Subsea Centre of Excellence to Set Up in Scotland
A new GBP 16 million Centre of Excellence (CoE) for subsea development is to be established in East Kilbride, Scotland.Led by TÜV SÜD Limited (NEL), this investment will provide Scotland with a unique global capability.TÜV SÜD AG has agreed to invest £11.1 million in its NEL site in East Kilbride…
4 April 2017
EnerMech Lands $50m of Caspian Contracts
Mechanical services player EnerMech has landed work in the Caspian region with several “major groups” operating in the area.The Aberdeen-based company said on Monday that the deals are worth a total of £40 million ($50 million).Under a three-year agreement, EnerMech will manage supermajor BP’s crane operation, maintenance and inspection requirements…
4 April 2017
Engie Dishes Out Gjoa FEED Study Deals
French player Engie has handed out a trio of front-end engineering and design study contracts related to its Gjoa platform off Norway.Italy's Saipem, Dutch outfit Heerema Marine Contractors and Norway's Kongsberg Maritime have shared in the work, which is linked to German player Wintershall's plans to tie its Skarfjell discovery…
4 April 2017
TGS Announces Further Expansion of North-West African Atlantic Margin 2D Seismic Survey
TGS announces a further expansion of its NWAAM multi-client library in the MSGBC Basin with plans to acquire more than 11,000 km of long-offset broadband 2D seismic data together with magnetic and gravity data, in Senegal and Gambia. This expansion is being undertaken in cooperation with Petrosen in Senegal and…
4 April 2017
Memorandum of Understanding Signed with General Electric for Ogo Work Programme in OPL310
LEKOIL (AIM: LEK), the oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on West Africa, is pleased to announce it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with GE Oil & Gas ("GE"), a subsidiary of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) for the development of a work programme…
4 April 2017
Qatar Petroleum Announces Plan to Increase Qatar’s Gas Production Capacity by 2 Billion Cubic Feet Per Day
Qatar Petroleum announced today its intention to develop a new gas project in the southern sector of the North Field and that it will commence work on the project’s details over the next few months.The announcement was made by Qatar Petroleum's President & CEO, Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, who said:…
4 April 2017
Call for Bids in Jeanne d’Arc Basin
The Canada-Newfoundland & Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board is offering up three parcels in the prolific Jeanne d’Arc basin in its latest call for bids.The three parcels consist of 317,407 hectares offshore Newfoundland & Labrador in an area that already includes three significant discovery licences, as well as several existing production…
4 April 2017
Talks Underway to Ship East Mediterranean Gas to EU via Pipeline
European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete has said that the gas found in the Mediterranean Sea will be one of the keys towards boosting European energy security.He said this during the ministerial meeting at EastMed Energy Summit hosted by Isreali energy minister Yuval Steinitz in Tel…
4 April 2017
2H Offshore Completes Installation of the First Production Top Tension Riser on Moho Nord
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has successfully completed the installation of the first of 17 production top tension risers (TTRs) for Total E&P Congo’s Moho Nord field.2H has installed and tensioned up the first production TTR and performed pressure tests prior to the completion drilling phase through the TTR. The…
4 April 2017
6000 Wells on the Norwegian Shelf
Well number 6000 was registered as completed in the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's Fact Pages in late March. This was production well 31/2-Y-21 AY2H on the Troll field in the North Sea.All wildcat and production wells drilled on the Norwegian shelf since 1966 have been registered in the Fact Pages with…
4 April 2017
Parkmead Significantly Increases its Stake in Highly Prospective West of Shetland Area
Parkmead, the UK and Netherlands focused independent oil and gas group, is delighted to announce that it has nearly doubled its stake in the major Sanda North and Sanda South structures in the West of Shetland area of the UK North Sea. These two large Palaeocene prospects are both located…
4 April 2017
New Joint Venture with GNPC Operating Services Company will Deliver Services to the Oil and Gas Sector
Lloyd’s Register has signed an agreement with GOSCO, to form a joint venture dedicated to providing well project management, well engineering and associated site survey, geotechnical and rig inspection services, in the territorial waters of the Republic of Ghana. The aim of the joint venture company, known as ‘Lloyd’s Register…
3 April 2017
Ecosse Bags Seabed Clearance Gig on Beatrice OWF
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded a seabed clearance project on the £2.6 billion Beatrice offshore wind farm (BOWL) in the Outer Moray Firth.The company will conduct boulder clearing operations in 50 meter water depth, deploying its Scar2 seabed system from the Siem Ruby vessel on behalf of client…
3 April 2017
BW Offshore Agree Interim Extension for FBSO Abo
BW Offshore has signed an interim extension agreement for FPSO Abo with Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd, a subsidiary of ENI S.p.A., until 20 January 2017.The short term extension has been agreed to secure operational continuity while joint work is continuing to conclude the negotiations.
3 April 2017
Statkraft Transfers Sheringham Shoal Operatorship to Statoil
Statkraft has successfully completed the process to transfer the operator role at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Statoil who are an existing shareholder in the project will formally take over the responsibility from 1st April 2017.Statkraft continues to hold a 40% share in Sheringham Shoal, together with partners Statoil and…
3 April 2017
Thailand to Auction Petroleum Concessions for Erawan, Bongkot fields in Dec
Thailand will auction petroleum concessions for Erawan and Bongkot gas fields in December, the country's energy minister said on Friday."An official announcement is expected within July, and auctions in December," energy minister General Anantaporn Kanjanarat told reporters.The Erawan gas concession, operated by Chevron Corp, and the Bongkot gas concession, operated…
3 April 2017
Hyperdynamics Executes Farmout Agreement with SAPETRO for a 50% Interest in its Guinea Oil Exploration Program
Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SCS Corporation Ltd. ("SCS"), and South Atlantic Petroleum ("SAPETRO") today executed a Farmout Agreement (FOA). Under the terms of the FOA, SAPETRO will receive a 50% participating interest in the Production Sharing Contract ("PSC") between the Republic of Guinea and SCS…
3 April 2017
Plexus Holdings PLC First Purchase Order from Russian Partner
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, is pleased to announce it has received a first purchase order for its Tersus™- TRT Mudline Suspension System ('MLS') equipment from LLC Gusar (OOO Gusar) Ltd ('Gusar'),…
3 April 2017
Deepsea Bergen Receives a Letter of Intent for a One Well Contract
Odfjell Drilling has received a letter of intent from an undisclosed party for further employment for its 3rd generation semi-submersible, Deepsea Bergen, for one firm exploration well plus optional sidetrack and well testing on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (“NCS”).The contract commencement is scheduled to Q4 2017 and has an expected…