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22 July 2016
Ocean Installer Awarded Turnkey Project for FSU in Malta
Ocean Installer has been awarded a turnkey project for procurement and installation of a spread mooring chain system for a Floating Storage Unit (FSU) in Malta.The mooring installation and hook-up takes place in Marsaxlokk Bay, where the FSU will be providing re-gasified LNG for the fueling of electricity generators onshore…
22 July 2016
FPF-1 Update
Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) reports that the "FPF-1" floating production facility has completed the required inclination test as planned and departed the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. The vessel has been moved to a deep water location offshore Gdansk to undertake final marine system trials over…
22 July 2016
Stork Awarded Multi-Services Contract by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK
IRVING, Texas & FARNBOROUGH, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Stork, a Fluor company and global provider of maintenance, modification and asset integrity services to a range of sectors, was awarded a two-year fabric maintenance and asset support services contract by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited across six…
22 July 2016
Noble Energy Commences Production At Gunflint In The Gulf Of Mexico
Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) ("Noble Energy" or "the Company") announced today that it has recently commenced production at the Company's Gunflint oil development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The two-well field is ramping up and is anticipated to reach a minimum gross production of 20 thousand barrels of…
21 July 2016
AgileTek to Support Hydro Group on Wave Energy Project
London-based engineering consultancy AgileTek are pleased to announce that they have been awarded a contract to support Hydro Group on a Wave Energy project.The work will see AgileTek assist the umbilical manufacturer with design and engineering of accessories for the cable connected to a Wave Energy conversion device. Local structural…
21 July 2016
Zennor Looking to Bring Flinaggan Discovery Online by 2019
Zennor Petroleum, formerly known as MPX E&P Ltd, an independent UK-based oil and gas company, has appraised the Lower Cretaceous Finlaggan gas-condensate accumulation in the UK North Sea.The appraisal was conducted through well 21/5c-7 and side-track 21/5c-7Z, drilled by the Transocean Sedco 704 drilling rig.Zennor said that well 21/5c-7Z was…
21 July 2016
Petronas Appoints Vestigo Petroleum SDN BHD as Operator of Berantai Field
Following the cessation of the Berantai Risk Service Contract (RSC) with the previous contractors, PETRONAS has appointed its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vestigo Petroleum Sdn Bhd (Vestigo) to continue the operations and maintenance of the field on its behalf.Located about 150 km offshore Peninsular Malaysia, the Berantai field produced first gas in…
21 July 2016
Technip Awarded MSA for SCT&E LNG’s Monkey Island Project in Louisiana, USA
Technip was awarded a Master Services Agreement (MSA) by SCT&E LNG, Inc. for their proposed 12 mtpa(1) Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal located on Monkey Island, in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, USA.The MSA will be utilized to execute engineering services necessary to develop the project including the Front End Engineering…
21 July 2016
Relatchable Bend Stiffener Connector for Gina Krog FSO
First Subsea has supplied a relatchable bend stiffener connector to NOV Completion & Production Solutions for a flexible production riser for Statoil’s new Gina Krog, turret moored, Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The API 17L-1 compliant, Type II bend stiffener connector…
20 July 2016
Saudi Aramco Signs Contracts for Fadhili Gas Project
State oil giant Saudi Aramco signed four engineering contracts to build its Fadhili gas processing project, the company said on Wednesday.The total project is worth more than 50 billion Saudi riyals and, when completed in 2019, will be the first programme in the kingdom to treat gas from both onshore…
20 July 2016
Deepsea Metro I Starts Malaysia Campaign for Petronas
Odfjell Drilling has kicked off drilling operations for Petronas offshore Malaysia with the ultra-deepwater drillship, Deepsea Metro I.The contract is for one firm well plus four optional wells.The contract duration for the drilling of the one well is approximately 60-70 days with an estimated value of USD 11-13 million.Including the…
20 July 2016
Maersk Training to Offer Renewables Training in Aberdeen
Maersk Training is to offer its Global Wind Organisation (GWO) training at its centre in Aberdeen.GWO training is one of the key industry requirements for anyone wishing to work in the growing Renewables sector and Maersk Training is now the only provider to offer all five compulsory modules in Scotland.David…
20 July 2016
Chevron Preparing for Gorgon Restart
US supermajor Chevron is preparing to restart production at its Gorgon liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia about three weeks after a gas leak halted output.“Start-up activities are underway on Gorgon Train 1, with production to recommence shortly,” a Chevron spokesperson confirmed via e-mail to Upstream.Output at the US$54…
20 July 2016
Aberdeen Drilling Consultants Awarded Contract by BP
Aberdeen Drilling Consultants (ADC), a rig inspection consultancy based in Scotland, has been awarded a contract by BP to provide engineering services globally.ADC will provide support in more than 14 countries worldwide. It will deliver rig site assessments at all stages of operations, technical and marine assurance audits, dropped object…
20 July 2016
New Late Life and Decommissioning Guide to Attract More Projects to East of England
New late life and decommissioning guide to attract more projects to East of EnglandA directory listing skills and services that companies in the east of England can provide the estimated £47bn North Sea decommissioning programme is to be published later this year.The East of England Specialist Late Life and Decommissioning…
20 July 2016
DNV GL Launches New Joint Industry Project for Standardisation of Floating Wind Turbines
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has launched a new joint industry project (JIP) together with thirteen global partners to mutually develop a Recommended Practice for the coupled analysis of floating offshore wind turbines. Despite the fact that the wind industry has a…
20 July 2016
Mexico Approves Auction Terms for 15 offshore Oil Areas
Mexico's oil regulator on Tuesday approved contracts and auction terms for 15 shallow water areas in the southern Gulf of Mexico, to be bid out early next year as part of a series of tenders following a sweeping energy overhaul.The first phase of the so-called Round Two tender will feature…
19 July 2016
Aleron Subsea Introduces New ROV System
Aleron Subsea has built a multi-purpose ROV system to be used for boulder clearance operations in wind farm developments in the Baltic Sea.The system, called AUXROV, has a combined 200HP of power.It is capable of running subsea dredging systems, mass flow excavation tools, various cutting tools including shear tools/diamond wire…
19 July 2016
Paragon Stacks Rig Pair
Paragon Offshore has stacked a pair of rig that used to be on charter to Brazilian state giant Petrobras.The Houston-based rig owner has sent the semi-submersible MSS2 and the drillship DPDS2 to Puerto Rico to be stacked, its latest fleet status update showed.The MSS2 had been on contract to Petrobras…
19 July 2016
Unique Group Continues its Global Expansion Plans with the Purchase of Singaporean Company Oceanvision PTE
On the 13th July 2016, Unique Group, the leading integrated subsea and offshore solution provider, through its subsidiary Unique Maritime Group (SEA) PTE Ltd, completed the acquisition of Oceanvision PTE Ltd and Oceanvision Equipment Services PTE Ltd. Oceanvision will now be part of the Unique Group of Companies and is…
19 July 2016
Engie Spuds North Sea Wildcat
French company Engie has spudded an exploration well in production licence 636 in the Norwegian North Sea.The company revealed the semi-submersible Transocean Arctic had commenced drilling on the Cara wildcat on Monday, targeting both oil and gas.The exploration well lies in roughly 350 metres of water and is expected to…
19 July 2016
Havila Shipping ASA : Amendment to the Contract for the Subsea Vessel "Havila Phoenix"
Havila Shipping ASA has agreed with DeepOcean changes to the chartering contract for the subsea vessel Havila Phoenix.The agreement reduces the payable dayrate for period in exchange for a contract extension.
19 July 2016
MMT Sign Four Year Framework Agreement with TenneT.
MMT are very pleased to announce that they have signed a four year framework agreement with TenneT.The framework agreement runs from 2016 to 2020 and MMT has been selected for geophysical and geotechnical investigations both offshore and nearshore. The area to be surveyed is the electrical grid connection of offshore…
18 July 2016
Strainstall Awarded Contract from Penta Ocean-Toa for Advanced Mooring Solutions
Strainstall, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has been awarded a major contract with the Japanese Penta Ocean-Toa joint venture, for its advanced mooring solution to be installed at the Pengerang Independent Deepwater Petroleum Terminal (PIDPT) in Malaysia. The phase two development of the terminal, comprising 11 new jetties,…
18 July 2016
SembMarine Delivers Noble Rig
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine (SembMarine) has delivered what it claims is the world’s largest jack-up rig to drilling contractor Noble.SembMarine revealed over the weekend that it had delivered the ultra high-specification harsh environment jack-up Noble Lloyd Noble, which will now be deployed at Statoil's Mariner field development in the UK North…
18 July 2016
Flexlife Group and Waterford Subsea Inc. Join Forces to Work Together in Canada
Flexlife is widely recognised throughout the Oil and Gas industry for its expertise and excellence in integrity management, engineering and inspection/repair patented technology associated with flexible risers and flow-lines, Waterford has extensive experience in the Canadian Oil and Gas industry and provides access to experienced engineers and technicians who provide…
18 July 2016
Nordsee One Substation Successfully Installed
The Nordsee One project is now finalised, and this week installation of the substation has been finished.Design for the project began in 2012, while fabrication was initiated in 2014. Fabrication has, according to schedule, been ongoing for nearly two years.Sail away for installation in the Nordsee One offshore wind park…
18 July 2016
First Load-out of Jackets for Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm
The first load-out of jackets for the Wikinger offshore wind farm is done and all went according to plan. The barge left our facilities at Lindø Industripark early this morning with Sassnitz in Germany as next stop.The jacket foundations have a weight of approx. 650 tons and a footprint of…
18 July 2016
Deployment of Vessel SEAMEC II - Long Term Charter for 3 Years
The scope of activities of SEAMEC has now widened to provide vessel SEAMEC II and World Class Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) along with personnel to meet ONGC Tender requirement for which LOI has been awarded to HAL Offshore Ltd. (HAL), the promoter of the company. The total contract value for…
18 July 2016
Potential Farm out of 20% of Kraken to Delek
EnQuest PLC ("EnQuest") is pleased to announce that it is holding discussions with Delek Group Ltd ("Delek") for the sale by EnQuest to one of Delek's subsidiaries of an interest in the Kraken development ("Kraken"). EnQuest confirms that EnQuest and Delek have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding and are…
15 July 2016
Proposed Acquisition, Placing and Publication of Q1 Financial Information and CPR
Faroe, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal, development and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, is pleased to announce that it has conditionally agreed to acquire a package of interests in producing Norwegian oil & gas assets from DONG E&P Norge AS (“DONG”). A…
15 July 2016
Woodside Awards OneSubsea an Integrated EPC Contract
OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract totaling approximately $300 million from Woodside Energy Ltd. OneSubsea will supply a subsea production system and a dual multiphase boosting system for the Greater Enfield Project, offshore northwest Australia.The scope of contract includes six horizontal SpoolTree* subsea…
15 July 2016
DONG Energy Divests Five Norwegian Oil and Gas fields to Faroe Petroleum
DONG E&P Norge AS (DONG Energy) divests its ownership shares in five producing Norwegian oil and gas fields to Faroe Petroleum Norge AS (Faroe). The fields are Trym, Oselvar, Tambar (including Tambar East) and Ula. David Cook, Executive Vice President in DONG Energy, says: “It is very satisfying that we…
15 July 2016
Fugro Awarded Geotechnical Site Investigation Contract By ONGC India
Fugro Survey (India) Pvt Ltd has been awarded a major offshore geotechnical site investigation contract for the KG-DWN-98/2 project on the East Coast of India. The value of this contract is approximately USD 26 million.Fugro has been awarded a geotechnical site investigation contract by ONGC India for the KG-DWN-98/2 project…
14 July 2016
Aker Wayfarer Takes On Renewables
The 157 meters long subsea equipment support vessel (SESV) Aker Wayfarer has been engaged in a tidal energy project for the French developer Sabella to retrieve its D10 tidal turbine from the bottom of the Fromveur Strait, off Ushant island, France.Ocean Yeald’s vessel, on a long-term charter with AKOFS Offshore,…
14 July 2016
Shawcor wins Tuxpan pipeline job
Canada-based Shawcor has won a pipe-coating contract from TransCanada affiliate Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG) for work on a subsea pipeline that would carry natural gas from the US state of Texas across the border to Mexico.Under the "conditional" contract, which is worth about C$300 million (US$231.3 million), Shawcor will…
14 July 2016
Halliburton Introduces Global Rapid Intervention Package (GRIP℠)
Boots & Coots Services, a Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) business, announced that it has developed the Global Rapid Intervention Package (GRIP℠), a suite of services to help reduce costs and deployment time in the event of subsea well control events. GRIP provides well planning and well kill capabilities facilitated by the company’s…
14 July 2016
Alba First Gas for Marathon
Marathon Oil has reached first gas production from its Alba B3 compression platform off Equatorial Guinea.The new platform will allow the US independent and compatriot block partner Noble Energy to convert around 130 million barrels of oil equivalent from the Alba field, some 32 kilometres off the coast of the…
14 July 2016
GE Technology to Power One of the World’s Largest Crane Vessels
Solid partnerships and reliable technologies are needed to realize bold goals and surmount herculean challenges. Recently, such a partnership was forged between GE (NYSE: GE) and Sembcorp Marine to realize one of the most challenging offshore projects in recent times—Heerema’s new Semi-Submersible Crane Vessel.Based on a recently signed deal between…
14 July 2016
AusGroup’s Subsidiary MAS awarded Prelude FLNG
AusGroup Limited (‘AusGroup’ or ‘the Group’) through subsidiary MAS Australasia Pty Ltd (MAS), is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with Technip Oceania Pty Ltd (Technip) for the supply of scaffolding and rope access services on the Shell-operated Prelude FLNG project.MAS will be responsible for the delivery…
14 July 2016
Woodside Agrees to Aquire ConocoPhillips Interests in Senegal
Woodside has entered into a binding Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with ConocoPhillips to acquire all of ConocoPhillips’ interests in Senegal for the purchase price of US$350 million, based on an effective date of 1 January 2016, plus a completion adjustment of approximately US$80 million.Under the PSA, Woodside will acquire…
14 July 2016
Det Norske Second Quarter Results 2016
Det norske oljeselskap ASA (“Det norske”) reported revenues of USD 256 (Q2 2015: USD 322) million in the second quarter of 2016. Production in the period was 62.440 barrels of oil equivalent per day, realising an average oil price of USD 49 per barrel.More - http://www.detnor.no/en/second-quarter-results-201...
13 July 2016
MacArtney Supplies Mermac Winches to Canyon Offshore
MacArtney has supplied Mermac winch systems to Canyon Offshore, the marine contracting unit of Helix Energy Solutions, to be used on the latest two ‘Grand Canyon’ range offshore support vessels.MacArtney has supplied a total of four winch systems, all featuring active heave compensation (AHC) allowing Canyon to launch, operate and…
13 July 2016
NPD to Sell 3D Seismic Data From an Area Southeast of Troll, block 31/5
The 3D seismic data covers Block 31/5 (as well as a small part of Block 31/4).The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) acquired the seismic data in September 2008. The vessel used was the Ramform Challenger. The seismic data was processed by CGG in 2008/2009. The seismic data covers 300 km2 FF.The…
13 July 2016
OGA Awards Contracts for Second £20m UK Seismic Campaign
The OGA has awarded contracts for the second UK Government funded £20 million seismic campaign to promote underexplored areas of UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)PGS Nordic ExplorerPGS and WesternGeco have been awarded the contracts to acquire seismic data from the East Shetland Platform and South West Britain respectively. The programme is…
13 July 2016
Jan De Nul Group to Transport and Install 36 Foundations for Offshore Wind Farm Borkum Riffgrund
Jan De Nul Group signed a contract with Dong Energy from Denmark for the transport and installation of 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2 in German territorial waters. Additionally, the Group was also awarded the supply, transport and installation of scour protection for…
13 July 2016
Oil and Gas Discovery South of the Brage Field in the North Sea - 31/7-1 and 31/7-1 A
Faroe Petroleum Norge AS, operator of production licence 740, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 31/7-1 and appraisal well 31/7-1 A.31/7-1 proved oil and gas and 31/7-1 A delineated the discovery.The wells were drilled 13 kilometres south of the Brage field in the North Sea.The primary exploration target for…
13 July 2016
Oceaneering to Provide ROV and Subsea Tooling under Master Service Agreement with Heerema Marine Contractors
Oceaneering International, Inc. (“Oceaneering” or the “Company”) (NYSE:OII) announced that it has entered into a Master Service Agreement with Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE (“HMC”) through December 2020. During this time Oceaneering will provide up to ten Remotely Operated Vehicle (“ROV”) systems with associated subsea tooling, engineering and technicians to…
13 July 2016
Apache Keeps Wood Group for North Sea Services
Wood Group has been awarded an extension to its master service agreement contract with Apache in the North Sea.Wood Group will continue to deliver subsea engineering and consultancy services, in support of Apache’s routine operation and maintenance works, as well as detailed engineering for future subsea developments across its entire…
12 July 2016
Petrobras Fires up Cidade de Saquarema
Petrobras has started up operations at its latest SBM Offshore-owned floating production, storage and offloading unit on the giant Lula pre-salt field in the Santos basin off Brazil.Output from the Cidade de Saquarema started on Friday from the initial production well in the central part of the field and ramped…