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12 September 2016
Official Unveiling of MeyGen Project
Atlantis, a global leader in the tidal power sector, is delighted to announce that today it is hosting an event to officially unveil the MeyGen Project, the world's largest free stream tidal power project, at the Nigg Energy Park ("Nigg") in Scotland. The event is expected to be attended by…
9 September 2016
Total Comes up Dry at Solaris
French supermajor Total has come up dry with its first well on the Solaris prospect in the Norwegian portion of the North Sea.The 1/5-5 wildcat, located on production licence 618, was drilled to a vertical depth of 5942 metres about 40 kilometres northwest of the Ekofisk field and 320 kilometres…
9 September 2016
Nobel Upstream Acquisition of Stake in UK North Sea Maclure Oil and Gas Field Successfully Completed
Nobel Upstream, the independent UK-based exploration and production company, today said its acquisition of a 7.59 per cent non-operated interest in the Maclure oil and gas field from Shell, announced on 10 February 2016, has successfully closed after having received all necessary approvals.The acquisition, which is financially retroactive to 1…
9 September 2016
Manora Oil Development - MNA-17 Drilling Update
Tap Oil Limited (ASX:TAP) provides the following update on the Manora Oil Development in the Northern Gulf of Thailand (TAP 30% interest).The Joint Venture has identified an opportunity to add further near facility production at the Manora Oil Development in 2016 through additional development drilling, and to potentially add further…
9 September 2016
2D Long Offset Multi-client Survey in Barents Sea
2D long offset multi-client survey in Barents SeaSeaBird Exploration Plc is pleased to announce that the company will acquire a long offset 2D multi-client survey in the Barents Sea. SeaBird and Lundin Norway have jointly designed this survey of deep seismic profiles to be acquired in the Barents Sea during…
9 September 2016
Mermaid Awarded Two New Contracts
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited (“Mermaid”) is pleased to announce that Mermaid’s Eastern Hemisphere business unit, through its subsidiary Seascape Surveys (“Seascape”), has been awarded two additional subsea contracts in South East Asia with a total estimated potential contract value of USD 5.1 million. The first package of work involves…
9 September 2016
FPSO Turritella Producing and on Hire
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that FPSO Turritella is formally on hire as of September 2, 2016 after achieving Commencement of Commercial Production (CoCP). The CoCP certificate was issued on September 8, 2016.The vessel is installed in Shell’s Stones development located in 2,896 meters (9,500 feet) of water approximately…
9 September 2016
Completion of Pilot Well Operations
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, announces that the Company has completed the testing and logging phase of the 205/21a-7 well (the "Pilot Well") and operations are now progressing as planned to permanently abandon the Pilot Well…
9 September 2016
Statoil Increases in UK offshore Wind
Statoil and Statkraft have signed a letter of intent that Statoil takes over as operator of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm from January 2017. Statoil will also through this deal increase its share in the Dogger Bank projects.Sheringham Shoal ligger utenfor kysten av Norfolk. (Foto: Ole Jørgen Bratland)Sheringham Shoal…
8 September 2016
Maersk Takes Rig for UK Decom Work
Maersk Oil has taken a jack-up unit from related rig owner Maersk Drilling for plug-and-abandonment work in the UK sector of the North Sea.The Danish player will take the Maersk Gallant for work on the Leadon and James subsea fields, beginning in February, Maersk Drilling said on Thursday.The contract is…
8 September 2016
Norwegian firm to move stricken rig Transocean Winner
A contract has been signed to transport the oil rig that ran aground on Lewis.The 17,000-tonne Transocean Winner hit rocks at Dalmore Bay in early August but has now been towed to Broad Bay.The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the Norwegian company Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) would transport it…
8 September 2016
Kraken - Half Year Results
Overall the project remains on schedule and below budget, with first oil anticipated in H1 2017.Floating production, storage and offloading vessel (‘FPSO’): The FPSO is nearing mechanical completion with focus now on pre-commissioning and commissioning activities. The three boilers have all been fired for the first time and are undergoing…
8 September 2016
Schlumberger and ION Announce New 3D Multiclient Reimaging Program Offshore Southern Mexico
Schlumberger WesternGeco and ION Geophysical Corporation today announced a new 3D multiclient reimaging broadband program offshore Mexico, which uses Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) data library. The Campeche 3D reimaging program comprises three survey areas covering approximately 82,000 km2 in the Bay of Campeche offshore southern Mexico.Leveraging both companies’ extensive…
8 September 2016
Zentech and GE’s Marine Solutions Business Collaborate to Develop Tomorrow’s Vessels
GE’s Marine Solutions business (NYSE: GE) and Zentech Inc. announced the signature of a cooperation agreement under which the two parties will work together to provide advanced vessels for their marine and offshore customers.Covering a range of vessel types, including self-elevating lift boats, drill ships and semi-submersibles, the agreement leverages…
8 September 2016
Aqualis and Siemens Sign Framework Services Agreement
Siemens Wind Power AS has awarded Aqualis Offshore UK Ltd a global framework services agreement for the provision of a range of engineering services required for wind turbine installations. Under the agreement, Aqualis Offshore will provide general engineering and design services including jack-up site specific assessments, geotechnical assessments and design…
8 September 2016
Gazprom Receives First Permits for TurkStream
Gazprom received through diplomatic channels the first permits for the TurkStream project from the authorities of the Turkish Republic after the decision to resume the project this year.At last week's negotiations between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Berat Albayrak, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of…
8 September 2016
Siemens in Njord A award
Siemens has secured a contract with Statoil to upgrade the control and safety systems for the Njord A platform as part of a major overhaul of the facility.The Nkr63 million ($7.7 million) award is part of a framework agreement worth a total of Nkr150 million for engineering, procurement and construction…
8 September 2016
Aker Solutions Secures Work for Tie-In of Utgard Field to Sleipner Area
The work, valued at about NOK 500 million, is for platform modifications at Sleipner to tie in the Utgard subsea field. Aker Solutions in April won a contract for preliminary engineering work to enable the tie-in. The contract included an option for EPCIC work which Statoil has now chosen to…
7 September 2016
Companies line up for Trion stake
Mexico has seen nine companies request pre-qualification to bid for a stake in Pemex's flagship Trion discovery in the deep-water Perdido fold-belt, and expects one more to do the same by a deadline this week, a key CNH official said.The 10 companies that have data room access include US independent…
7 September 2016
Emerson Awarded Shell Prelude Contract
Shell Australia has chosen Emerson (NYSE:EMR) to provide automation maintenance and reliability services for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility. The size of six aircraft carriers, Prelude is the world’s largest floating production facility. It will process natural gas collected from subsea wells 475 kilometers (almost 300 miles)…
7 September 2016
ConocoPhillips 'Eyes New Norway Field'
ConocoPhillips is reportedly looking to find and develop a new field project off Norway, despite seeing earnings plunge from its country operations last year.The US giant is presently operator of the Greater Ekofisk Area in the North Sea where an expansion effort in recent years has prolonged the lifetime of…
7 September 2016
E.ON Sells Humber Gateway OWF Transmission Assets
E.ON has signed an agreement for the sale of transmission assets at its Humber Gateway offshore wind farm to a consortium comprising Balfour Beatty Investments and Equitix.Balfour Beatty Investments and Equitix were selected by Ofgem in September 2015 as the preferred bidder to own and operate the offshore transmission link.…
7 September 2016
Wood Group and Technip Wrap Up Gorgon Work
Wood Group and Technip have completed 11 years of engineering and project management services on the Chevron Australia – operated Gorgon Project.In collaboration, Wood Group and Technip Oceania formed the Gorgon Upstream Joint Venture (GUJV) in 2005 to deliver front end engineering and design (FEED) services, and transitioned with the…
7 September 2016
Okeanus Acquires Sound Ocean Systems
Okeanus Science & Technology LLC (Okeanus) today announced that it has acquired the business assets of Sound Ocean Systems, Inc. (SOSI). This business combination will allow it to offer SOSI’s full catalog of equipment and engineering services to Okeanus customers and give the combined company a local presence in the…
7 September 2016
Siem Offshore Contractors Completes Inter Array Grid Cable Installation Works of the Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm
Siem Offshore Contractors is pleased to announce that all 70 kilometres of inter array grid cables on the Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm in the German Bight of the North Sea have now been installed, terminated, trenched and tested three weeks ahead of schedule. All 59 cables were successfully installed…
7 September 2016
Bligh Bank Phase 2 Substation Ready for Installation
The Bligh Bank Phase 2 substation is now finalised and this weekend load-out took place at Bladt Industries’ production facilities in Aalborg.Construction of the substation was initiated in May 2015 and as head entrepreneur on the EPCI project, Bladt Industries is responsible for the construction of steel, as well as…
7 September 2016
Mexico Sets Minimum Royalty Value for Deepwater Gulf Auction
Mexico's Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday the minimum value of additional royalties for companies participating in a deep-water oil tender, one of the most highly anticipated auctions since the opening of the local oil industry.The ministry set the minimum value of additional royalties at 3.1 percent for contractual blocks one…
7 September 2016
Shell Starts Production at Stones in the Gulf of Mexico
The host facility for the world’s deepest offshore oil and gas project is a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. It is the thirteenth FPSO in Shell’s global deep-water portfolio and produces through subsea infrastructure beneath 9,500 feet (2,900 meters) of water. Stones underscores Shell’s long-standing leadership in using…
7 September 2016
Lloyd's Register Plays Crucial role to Strengthen Cyprus Oil and Gas Industry
New independent commercial advisor role will advise Cyprus Hydrocarbons Company (CHC) on oil and gas sales through to development strategies to help the Cypriot oil and gas industry achieve its operational targets.Cyprus Hydrocarbons Company (CHC), the National Oil and Gas Company of Cyprus, has named Lloyd's Register as independent commercial…
7 September 2016
FMC Technologies Awarded Subsea Contract for Eni's Block 15/06 West Hub Development
FMC Technologies, Inc. will provide subsea multiphase boosting pumps, manifolds, and installation support services for Eni Angola's Block 15/06 West Hub Development Project located off the coast of Angola.The company's subsea multiphase boosting pumps improve production economics by reducing backpressure on the reservoir, increasing flow rates and total recoverable reserves.…
6 September 2016
Drilling Permit for Wellbore 25/2-18 A in Production Licence 442
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for well 25/2-18 A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.Well 25/2-18 A will be drilled from the Maersk Interceptor drilling facility, at position 59°49'30.11"N and 2°37'54.1"E in production licence 442.The drilling programme for well 25/2-18…
6 September 2016
Erskine Operational Update
Further to previous announcements, Lomond platform operator Shell has advised that the issues concerning the re-commissioning of the Lomond export facilities have been resolved and Erskine oil and gas production resumed on 29 August. This follows the reported work to clear a blockage in the Lomond to Everest condensate export…
6 September 2016
TGS and Schlumberger Announce New Dual Coil Shooting Full-Azimuth Multiclient Acquisition in U.S. Gulf of Mexico
TGS and Schlumberger today announce commencement of the Dual Coil Shooting* multivessel full-azimuth acquisition Revolution XII and XIII surveys in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The surveys will cover approximately 7,150 km2 (306 blocks) in the Green Canyon, Atwater Valley and Ewing Bank protraction areas of the Central Gulf of…
6 September 2016
Statoil Increases Share in the Wisting Discovery
Statoil and Tullow Norge AS have agreed on a transaction whereby Statoil will increase its equity in four licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The transaction includes the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea.“This transaction reflects our strong belief in the exploration potential on the Norwegian continental shelf and…
6 September 2016
Steady Return to Growth for the Offshore MMO Sector
Douglas-Westwood has today launched its new World Offshore Maintenance Modifications and Operations Market Forecast 2017-2021 which forecasts a steady recovery from the recent oil price downturn with Modifications spend expected to improve significantly between 2017 and 2021.Report author, Ben Wilby, commented, “Despite there being considerable price pressure on MMO providers,…
5 September 2016
Ardmore Craig to Design Carousel for Ecosse Subsea
Ardmore Craig has secured a contract for the design of a carousel and associated spooling spread destined for cable storage activities.The order has been placed by Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS).Ardmore Craig director, Andy Stevenson, said: “The team had been successful in winning this latest award with both its demonstrable track…
5 September 2016
OHT Wins Technip Job for Statoil Wind Farm
Norwegian vessel owner Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has won a contract from Technip related to Statoil’s world-first floating wind farm off the UK.OHT will transport five substructures for Statoil’s 30-megawatt Hywind Scotland Pilot Park to be positioned about 30 kilometres off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.The contractor will use its semisubmersible heavy-lift unit…
5 September 2016
Mubadala Spuds Manora Appraisal/Development Well
Tap Oil Limited (ASX:TAP) provides the following update on the Manora Oil Development in the Northern Gulf of Thailand (TAP 30% interest).The Joint Venture has identified an opportunity to add further near facility production at the Manora Oil Development in 2016 through additional development drilling, and to potentially add further…
5 September 2016
JDR Invests in Next Generation of Subsea Technology
JDR, the leading UK-based supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry, has unveiled a state-of-the-art horizontal lay-up machine (HLM) at its Hartlepool manufacturing facility. The HLM will enable JDR to provide the next generation of reliable and safe subsea connectivity to the oil, gas and…
5 September 2016
ASV Global and TerraSond Mark Industry First For Unmanned Hydrographic Survey
ASV Global and TerraSond have completed a 5172 nautical mile hydrographic survey in the Bering Sea, off Alaska.TerraSond used the C-Worker 5™ Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) alongside its Q105 survey ship for a duration of 36 days. The C-Worker 5™ completed 2275 nautical miles of survey lines operating as a…
5 September 2016
OMV Project Tempts Floater Contractors
Austrian operator OMV has approached work-hungry contractors about the potential use of an existing floating production, storage and offloading vessel to kick-start early production from its challenging Cambo project in UK Atlantic Margin waters.The project remains at an early stage but the move, which sources said has happened in recent…
5 September 2016
Study Award for Wisting Discovery in Barents Sea
Sevan Marine is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a study to evaluate its cylindrical hull design for application on the Wisting field development. The study is awarded by OMV Norge AS who is screening various floating alternatives for developing the Wisting discovery. The study completion is by…
5 September 2016
DP2 DSV Kreuz Installer is Available for Charter
Kreuz Installer recently has undergone an extensive life extension overhaul in Singapore which was done in March 2015 and followed by successful Dynamic Positioning (DP) and sea trials. The life extension overhaul consists of: 1. Upgrading the 70Ton Liebher crane, including man-riding provision 2. Steel repair job 3. Replacing a…
5 September 2016
New Underwater Robotics Company Positioned For Success
A new subsea company has officially launched today (5th September) with the announcement of its first UK contract. An independent company focussed on underwater integrity, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), surveying and subsea services for both oil and gas, and renewables, Rovco has secured a contract with a UK Marine Trust.…
5 September 2016
Woodside Agrees to Acquire Half of BHP Billiton's Scarborough Area Assets
Woodside advises that it has entered into binding Sale and Purchase Agreements to acquire half of BHP Billiton’s Scarborough area assets in the Carnarvon Basin, located offshore Western Australia. The acquisition includes a 25% interest in WA-1-R and a 50% interest in WA-62-R, which together contain the Scarborough gas field.…
2 September 2016
Vattenfall to Plan OWF Marine Operations with Mermaid
Vattenfall has ordered a full Mermaid system license for the strategic planning of its offshore wind farm operations from James Fisher Marine Services, part of James Fisher and Sons plc. Mermaid provides increased understanding of the impact of weather and tidal forces on a project’s schedule to companies involved in…
2 September 2016
Rosneft, BP and Schlumberger Sign Technology Agreements
Rosneft, BP and Schlumberger today announced agreements for collaboration on seismic research and development. The agreements were signed at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia, by Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin and President of BP Russia David Campbell. Schlumberger was represented by President for Russia and Central Asia Gokhan…
2 September 2016
Cooperation Agreement with Langset
Semco Maritime AS signs cooperation agreement with Langset ASThe two Norwegian companies enter into the agreement to cover development of the Hanøytangen yard as well as pursuing business opportunities in the Oil & Gas/Maritime industry, primarily targeted at the North Sea and international markets. Langset AS will establish a mechanical…
2 September 2016
OPS (Offshore Project Support) has Formed a Joint Venture
OPS (Offshore Project Support) has formed a joint venture with DHSS (Den Helder Support Service), DHAS (Den Helder Aircraft Systems), Glomar Offshore & GEOxyz to provide a complete package of specialized services above and below water in the offshore energy industry.The joint venture, called OPS, has resulted in one team…
2 September 2016
Repsol-Sinopec Takes Steps to “Arrest Decline” of Scapa Oil Field Production
Repsol-Sinopec Resources UK has applied for permission to replace a section of the water injection pipeline that serves the Scapa oil field in the North Sea.A spokesman for Repsol-Sinopec said the work should take 12 days to complete and would not require a production stoppage on Scapa, which is part…