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3 August 2016
Songa Offshore SE : Songa Enabler Commencement of Drilling Contract
Songa Enabler has commenced drilling operations on 29 July 2016 in the Barents Sea. The rig is now on operating rate under its eight-year drilling contract with Statoil on the Norwegian continental shelf. Songa Enabler is the last rig in a series of four Category D semi-submersible drilling rigs, specifically…
3 August 2016
Fugro Completes Metocean Data Acquisition for Hess Offshore Ghana
Fugro has completed a 33-month period of metocean data acquisition for Hess Ghana Exploration Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Hess Corporation and leading independent energy company that explores and produces crude oil and natural gas.Measurements were made at three locations in an area offshore western Ghana known as…
3 August 2016
OGA Awards £6m of Surface and Subsurface Study Contracts
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded four contracts with a combined value of more than £6m over three years for surface and subsurface studies to improve understanding and maximise value by integrating exploration, development, production, late-life planning and decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).Lloyd’s Register, British Geological…
2 August 2016
BP Completes Clair Ridge Construction
Supermajor BP has competed construction work at its West of Shetland Clair Ridge development in the UK North Sea, taking the project another step closer to first production.BP announced the milestone at the delayed twin-platform, located 75 kilometres west of Shetland, on Tuesday on social media.Final hook-up and commissioning are…
2 August 2016
Aqualis Offshore Oversees Transport of World’s Largest Jack-up Rig
Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Noble Corporation to oversee the load-on, transportation and load-off operations of the first journey of the world’s largest jack-up rig, the Noble Lloyd Noble.Aqualis Offshore’s scope of work includes providing marine warranty services for the load-on, transportation and load-off…
2 August 2016
MPI Adventure installs first offshore wind turbine on Sandbank
Vroon are pleased to announce that our wind-turbine installation vessel MPI Adventure has installed the first of 72 SWT-4.0-130 offshore wind turbines on the Sandbank offshore wind farm. Installation of the first turbine was completed last week, on 28 July, well ahead of the original schedule.Following completion of her contract…
2 August 2016
NSRI Unveils Roadmap to Overcoming Subsea Storage Challenges
The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) is on a mission to develop technology that will make subsea storage more viable, helping to increase the recovery of hydrocarbons and prolong the life of the North Sea.The industry-led, technology organisation has issued a report on the outcomes of its recent subsea storage…
2 August 2016
GSA Satellites Acquisitions
Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) ("Ithaca" or the "Company") announces that it has expanded its core position in the Greater Stella Area ("GSA"), with four agreements entered into for the acquisition of additional interests in the "Vorlich" discovery and an operated interest in the "Austen" discovery.HighlightsInterest in…
1 August 2016
Pioneering Spirit Nears Trial Job
Swiss marine offshore construction contractor Allseas will this month begin the much-delayed removal of a test platform in the North Sea with its giant decommissioning vessel Pioneering Spirit.The huge vessel will perform the topsides installation and removal exercises in the Dutch sector of the southern North Sea throughout the month…
1 August 2016
EnerMech Delivers £5m Turret Project For BP Glen Lyon FPSO
Mechanical engineering specialist EnerMech is in the process of delivering a £5million-plus contract to support the turret delivery team on BP’s Glen Lyon FPSO which has arrived for hook-up operations West of Shetland.The Glen Lyon is a key element of the multi-billion pound Quad204 project, which includes redeveloping the Schiehallion…
1 August 2016
Plant Integrity Management Wins North Sea Integrity Management Contract
Plant Integrity Management Ltd (PIM) today, Monday 1st August 2016, announces that it has won a new five-year contract with Nexen, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited. The contract will see PIM provide inspection management services on Nexen’s North Sea assets, including delivering integrity management services covering pressure systems, structures…
1 August 2016
BPTT and Atlantic Sanction Trinidad Onshore Compression Project
BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC (“bpTT”) and Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago (“Atlantic”) today announced the successful sanction of the Trinidad Onshore Compression (TROC) project.After finalization of key project agreements between the Atlantic shareholders, the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago and other directly impacted upstream stakeholders,…
1 August 2016
James Fisher Acquires Lexmar.
James Fisher has acquired the entire share capital of Lexmar Engineering Pte Limited and Lexmar Sat Systems Pte Limited (together 'Lexmar').The specialist provider of diving equipment will become part of JFD and will enhance JFD's saturation diving capability and offering. Together JFD and Lexmar will improve the regional support and…
1 August 2016
Temporary Shutdown of Nord Stream for 9-day Annual Maintenance Works
Nord Stream AG will be conducting long-planned annual maintenance work on its twin gas pipeline system between August 9 and 17, 2016. This routine maintenance work will require a temporary shutdown of both lines at once. The full capacity of the pipeline system will be available again by August 19,…
1 August 2016
Prysmian Groups Third and Newest Vessel “ULISSE” now Ready for Operation
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces today the readiness of its new cable lay vessel, named Ulisse, for offshore cable installation operations, following an investment of over 20 million Euro. The Group can now rely on a fleet of three world class vessels…
1 August 2016
Rosneft and PDVSA Expand Strategic Cooperation
During the working visit of Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin to Venezuela Rosneft and Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) in the presence of the country president Nicolas Maduro signed a number of documents aimed at further development of strategic cooperation between the companies.Venezuela Offshore DevelopmentThe Parties signed an agreement on the…
29 July 2016
Block Island Wind Farm Cables in Place
Installation of cables for America’s first offshore wind farm, the Block Island Wind Farm, has been completed, Deepwater Wind informed.The Big Max cable lay vessel, under a contract with LS Cable and its subcontractor Durocher Marine, finalized the installation of all cables, including the four inter-array cables connecting the five…
29 July 2016
Indonesia To Start Producing Natural Gas From Two Projects
Indonesia expects to start natural gas production from two deepwater fields this year and next, even as major oil companies are reviewing economics for other projects, a senior energy official said late on Thursday.The Bankga project, majority owned by Chevron, will start operation in August, Wiratmaja Puja, the director general…
29 July 2016
Van Oord Acquires Bilfinger Offshore Wind Activities
Van Oord has reached agreement on the acquisition of the offshore wind activities of Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems GmbH, a German company active in the engineering, construction and installation of foundations for offshore wind parks and harbour construction. The agreement covers the acquisition of assets and employees related to…
29 July 2016
DOF Subsea Awarded 5+2+2 year IMR and Vessel Contract
Shell Australia has awarded DOF Subsea a five-year contract with 2x two year options to provide a fulltime underwater services and multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) to the Prelude FLNG facility. Prelude FLNG, the largest floating facility ever built, will produce, liquefy, store and transfer LNG at sea. The facility will…
29 July 2016
Damen Makes Opening Move in Decom Market
Damen Shipyards Group has announced its latest concept design: the Damen Decommissioning Series. The vessel will specialise in three core areas of the oil and gas decommissioning sector: topside decommissioning offshore platform removal, and subsea cleaning and removal. The design is based on in-house research carried out at Damen by…
29 July 2016
Statoil acquires operated interest in Brazilian Offshore Licence Containing a Substantial Part of the Carcará Pre-salt Oil Discovery
Statoil ASA (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (BVMF: PETR4, NYSE:PBR) have agreed that Statoil will acquire Petrobras’ 66% operated interest of the BM-S-8 offshore licence in Brazil’s highly prolific Santos basin. The acquisition includes a substantial part of the Carcará oil discovery, one of the largest…
29 July 2016
Recommencement of Production from Erskine
29th July 2016Serica Energy plc (AIM: SQZ) provides the following operationsupdate:Serica is pleased to announce that oil and gas production from the Erskine field has recommenced following the clearance of a pipeline blockage and the completion of scheduled maintenance works on the Lomond platform.The pipeline blockage, which occurred earlier this…
28 July 2016
Shell Reveals Fort Sumter Discovery
Shell has finally revealed that it made a discovery at its Fort Sumter deep-water prospect in the US Gulf of Mexico.The Anglo-Dutch supermajor said it has struck recoverable resources of with an initial estimate of "more than 125 million barrels of oil equivalent" at the find in Mississippi Canyon Block…
28 July 2016
Bibby Offshore Continues North Sea Success with Multimillion Pound Contract Win
Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced a multimillion pound contract win with an independent UK-based E&P company, to provide air diving, and ROV inspection and construction services across five of its North Sea assets.The contract, which commenced in June 2016 and…
28 July 2016
Sapurakencana Petroleum enters Europe with RM510 Million Trans Ocean Anatonlain Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Contract
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (“SapuraKencana”) has expanded its global footprint by making its entry into Europe, securing a RM510 million contract for the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (“TANAP”) from TANAP Doğalgaz İletim A.S.The contract, awarded to SapuraKencana via its wholly-owned subsidiary company, SapuraKencana TL Offshore Sdn. Bhd. (“SKTLO”), is for…
28 July 2016
Fluenta Signs Two-year Agreement with Statoil
Fluenta, a global leader in ultrasonic measurement and management technology, today announces a two-year framework agreement with Statoil.The framework agreement positions Fluenta as a preferred supplier of flare gas meters to Statoil, and will streamline the order and delivery process by fixing cost and other contract terms for a period…
28 July 2016
Saipem Awarded New Onshore and Offshore E&C Contracts in Indonesia
Saipem has been awarded two new E&C contracts for onshore and offshore work in Indonesia on the Tangguh LNG Expansion Project. The contracts were awarded by BP Berau Ltd., as Operator of the Tangguh LNG project, on behalf of the other production sharing contract parties.The first award is for the…
28 July 2016
REM Offshore Enters into Agreement to Merge with Solstad Offshore
Solstad Offshore ASA ("SOFF" or "Solstad") and REM Offshore ASA ("REM") have on July 27, 2016 agreed to merge REM with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solstad ("Merger Sub") ("the Merger"). REM, the principal shareholders of REM, and SOFF and its principal shareholders, have entered into an agreement that sets out…
28 July 2016
Venari Increases Ownership In Discovery To 17%
Venari Resources LLC (“Venari”), a deepwater oil exploration and production company in the Gulf of Mexico, announced today that it has acquired an additional seven percent working interest in the Shenandoah field on Walker Ridge Blocks 51, 52 and 53. The company also reported successful results from the Shenandoah #5…
27 July 2016
Claxton Awarded Decommissioning Contract with Statoil
Claxton, an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide ‘rigless recovery’ of seven abandoned wells on the Huldra platform, located in the Norwegian Continental Shelf.The contract was finalised in July 2016, and work is scheduled to commence in December 2016 with the project due for completion…
27 July 2016
TEN Project to Start Early
In May 2013, the Government of Ghana approved the TEN Plan of Development, Tullow’s second major operated deepwater development project. Since then, the project has remained on schedule and on budget, with first oil expected in early August.In January 2016, the FPSO Prof. John Atta Mills left Singapore and arrived…
27 July 2016
Large Deposits of Potentially Producible Gas Hydrate Found in Indian Ocean
The USGS has assisted the Government of India in the discovery of large, highly enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrate in the Bay of Bengal. This is the first discovery of its kind in the Indian Ocean that has the potential to be producible.Natural gas hydrates are a naturally occurring,…
27 July 2016
Neptune Awarded NDT and Inspection Services Contract
Neptune is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a three year Non-Destructive Examination /Non-Destructive Testing (NDE/NDT) & inspection services contract by PTTEP Australasia (Ashmore Cartier) Pty Ltd.The contract covers PTTEP’s Montara Venture FPSO, including the wellhead platform, in addition to their Darwin-based facilities. Neptune’s team of rope-access certified…
27 July 2016
Gas/Condensate and Oil Discovery Southwest of the Oseberg Sør Field in the North Sea - 30/11-14 and 30/11-14 B
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 035/272, has concluded the drilling of wildcat wells 30/11-14 and 30/11-14 B.The wells were drilled about six kilometres southeast of the 30/11-8 S (Krafla) discovery and 25 kilometres southwest of the Oseberg Sør facility in the North Sea.The primary exploration target for wells…
27 July 2016
Technip Awarded by Woodside Large Subsea Contract for Greater Enfield Development
Technip has been awarded a large subsea contract by Woodside to support the development of the Greater Enfield Project offshore Western Australia, at a water depth comprised between 340 and 850 meters.The contract covers project management, design, engineering, procurement, installation and pre-commissioning (EPIC) of:carbon steel production flowline, carbon steel water…
27 July 2016
OGA launches 29th Offshore Licensing Round
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has launched the 29th Offshore Licensing Round with more than 1200 blocks on offer to support the OGA’s objective of maximising economic recovery (MER) from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).Companies can now apply for new licenses to drill for offshore oil and gas in…
26 July 2016
Deep Down Receives Orders Valued At Over $3 Million
Deep Down, Inc. (OTCQX: DPDW) ("Deep Down"), an oilfield services company specializing in deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, announced today it has received orders for flying leads and umbilical accessories, valued at over $3 million, directly from two major operators.The equipment is scheduled to be delivered…
26 July 2016
Hummer Jacket Completed
Work has been completed on the jacket for Castex Energy’s shallow-water Hummer development in the US Gulf of Mexico.Joint venture partner Petsec Energy revealed Tuesday fabrication of the four pile, three slot structure had been completed.The jacket is scheduled to be installed in mid-August in 215 feet of water over…
26 July 2016
Golar and Schlumberger Form OneLNG Joint Venture
Golar LNG Limited (“Golar”) and Schlumberger today announced the creation of OneLNG℠, a joint venture to rapidly develop low cost gas reserves to LNG. The combination of Schlumberger reservoir knowledge, wellbore technologies and production management capabilities, with Golar’s low cost FLNG (Floating LNG) solution, will offer gas resource owners a…
26 July 2016
Oceaneering Bolsters UWILD Services with the Acquisition of Meridian Ocean Services
Oceaneering International, Inc. completed its acquisition of Meridian Ocean Services, an international business that uses remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to perform surveys on mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) and floating production systems (FPS) that satisfy the underwater inspection in lieu of drydocking (UWILD) requirements of all major classification societies.Rod Larson,…
26 July 2016
Topside Installed on Ivar Aasen
The Ivar Aasen topside is in place on the field at UtsiraHight. Approximately 15,000 tons was lifted onto the jacket with first oil expected in December 2016.The Topside installation on field was completed without incidents and according to plan for the Ivar Aasen-development.Bård Atle Hovd, VP Ivar Aasen Project, is…
26 July 2016
Technip Awarded Key IRM Frame Agreement in UKCS
Technip has been awarded a key contract by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited for Inspection, Repair and Maintenance (IRM) works on its North Sea subsea infrastructure.The frame agreement with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK will see Technip provide diving support and IRM services for 2016, with possible extension to include 2017…
25 July 2016
3rd Licensing Round: Six Applications in Total, for all Three Available Exploration Blocks in the Cypriot EEZ
The Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism announces that at 1 p.m. today, the deadline for the submission of applications for the 3rd Licensing Round for offshore exploration in Blocks 6, 8 and 10 in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus, has expired. A total of six applications have…
25 July 2016
OneSubsea selects Nexans for Greater Enfield, Australia
OneSubsea has ordered umbilical and accessories from French firm Nexans as part of work to develop the Greater Enfield development, off Exmouth, Western Australia.The project, worth around US$21.9 million (€20 million), will see Nexans' first product installed in Australia. The umbilical, comprising dynamic and static sections, will be manufactured at…
25 July 2016
Prysmian Hires CSV Normand Pacific
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has entered into a contract with Prysmian Powerlink Srl for hire of the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Pacific.The contract is for a period of one year firm with further one and a half year option, the company informed.The vessel, of Skipsteknisk ST 256 L CD…
25 July 2016
SapuraKencana Petroleum wins RM461 Million Mexico Contract
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad's (“SapuraKencana”) wholly-owned subsidiary company, SapuraKencana Mexicana S.A.P.I. de C.V. ("SKM"), has been awarded a contract with a value of approximately [USD 113 million] (approximately [RM461 million], based on USD/MYR exchange rate of USD1: RM4.09).The contract is for the Procurement and Construction of a 36” X 18 KM…
25 July 2016
Master Agreement for Line Pipe with BP Renewed
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Kosei Shindo; hereinafter, “NSSMC”), together with Sumitomo Corporation (head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kuniharu Nakamura), signed the renewal of a Master Agreement for Line Pipe with BP (head office: Saint James Square, UK; CEO: Bob Dudley) in…
25 July 2016
Van Oord completed Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind project for Dong Energy
Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen successfully completed the last of the 32 foundations at Dong Energy’s Burbo Bank Extension project. With a total of 32 Vestas wind turbines of 8 MW each to be installed, the offshore wind farm will have a total capacity of 258 MW. The…
22 July 2016
Boskalis Inks Aberdeen Wind Farm Contract
Dutch contractor Boskalis has been awarded the offshore balance of plant contract by Vattenfall for the construction of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre.Following the announcement on 29 June stating that Boskalis was the preferred contractor, the contract has now been formally awarded.The…