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12 April 2016
Bigroll Barentsz Being Delivered to Bigroll Shipping
On the 8th of April 2016 the first MC Class vessel for BigRoll Shipping was handed over by Cosco Dalian Shipyard Co. Ltd to her owner. The vessel will immediately enter into a multi-year contract with Yamgaz, the consortium of Technip, JGC Corporation and Chiyoda for module transportation as part…
12 April 2016
GE Oil & Gas Starts Production of Flexible Risers Destined for Prelude, Shell’s Landmark Natural Gas Project
GE Oil & Gas (NYSE:GE) has started production of four high pressure, high temperature (HP/HT) dynamic flexible risers destined for the world’s largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, Prelude, to be operated by Shell, located 250km off the coast of Western Australia.FLNG is a revolution in natural gas production…
12 April 2016
Schlumberger Acquisition of ADIL
On March 31, 2016, Schlumberger acquired Asset Development & Improvement Ltd. (ADIL), a leading UK-based oil and gas consulting company.more [ADIL]
12 April 2016
Shell CEO Says May Sell Some North Sea Assets to Improve Portfolio
Royal Dutch Shell could sell some of its older, lower grade North Sea assets to improve the quality of its portfolio, CEO Ben van Beurden said on Tuesday, part of a two-year programme to help finance its purchase of gas major BG Group.After completing the $52 billion acquisition of BG…
11 April 2016
ConocoPhillips Awarded Archer Contract for Mechanical Wireline Services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf until 2021
Archer Limited announces that ConocoPhillips has awarded Archer a five-year contract for the provision of Mechanical Wireline Services for the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract was awarded to Archer following a competitive tender process for ConocoPhillips’ well intervention services in Norway.Archer has provided Wireline Intervention and Cased Hole Logging services…
11 April 2016
Teledyne to Acquire CARIS
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated and CARIS jointly announced today that the CARIS business and its international affiliates (collectively, “CARIS”) have agreed to be acquired by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teledyne. CARIS, headquartered in Fredericton, New Brunswick, is the leading developer of geospatial software designed for the hydrographic and marine community. Terms…
11 April 2016
Manifesto for Oil and Gas Launched in Run-up to Scottish Elections
A manifesto outlining the four key commitments the next Scottish Government can make to help secure the future of the North Sea oil and gas industry has been launched by Oil & Gas UK.The trade body has listed the areas where Holyrood can help after Scotland goes to the polls…
8 April 2016
Premier Oil to Bring Solan into Production 'Imminently'
Premier Oil have announced that their Solan field, located West of Shetland, will be started imminently. The required platform production systems have been commissioned. The operations team has commenced the start-up procedures and first oil from the field is imminent.Source: Premier Oil
8 April 2016
Jubilee Field due to Begin Producing Again
Technical investigation of the condition of the turret bearing on the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah has confirmed that the bearing has been damaged and is no longer able to rotate as originally designed. Oil production and gas export can continue but under revised operating and off-take procedures. A root cause analysis…
8 April 2016
Pile Upending Tools Set to Work on Rampion Construction
Houlder has successfully delivered the first of two offshore Pile Upending Tools for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm development, off the Sussex coast.The specialist marine supplier is leasing the innovative handling equipment to the Rampion project being developed by E.ON, the UK Green Investment Bank and Canadian energy company Enbridge.Ltd,…
8 April 2016
IKM Testing Signs Multi-year Frame Agreement with Bibby Offshore
IKM Testing in Aberdeen has been awarded a multimillion pound pre-commissioning services Frame Agreement by Bibby Offshore Limited. The three year contract, with the provision to be extended by a further two years, spans (3) DSVs, (1) CSV and (1) ROVSV operating primarily within the UK continental shelf. The contract…
7 April 2016
First Steel Cut on Maersk Oil's Culzean Gas Megaproject Topsides
Fabrication of the billion dollar topsides destined for the Maersk Oil operated USD 4.5 billion UK North Sea megaproject, Culzean has begun. The steel-cutting ceremony for the first of the three topsides modules took place at the Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms (SMOP - formerly known as SMOE) Admiralty Yard in…
7 April 2016
Keppel FELS Brasil Secures FPSO Project from MODEC
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its subsidiary, Keppel FELS Brasil SA's BrasFELS shipyard has been awarded a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) module fabrication and integration project by its repeat customer MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a MODEC, Inc. group (MODEC) company, for a…
7 April 2016
Island Offshore Secures Contracts with Shell
The two vessels, Island Valiant and Island Constructor have secured work at the Draugen oilfield for A/S Norske Shell.Island Valiant will start with IMR-work (Inspection, Maintenance and Repair) on three wells in April, preparing the wells for the work which Island Constructor will perform later this summer. The time frame…
6 April 2016
ABB Wins $80 Million Order to Connect New Offshore Windfarm to the Belgian Grid
ABB has won an order worth around $80 million from Rentel NV in Belgium to deliver an advanced cable system that will connect the offshore substation at the Rentel windfarm located off the Belgian coastline to the mainland close to Zeebrugge. The order was booked in the first quarter of…
6 April 2016
NKT Cables Awarded Offshore Contract Worth Approximately EUR 139m
NKT Cables has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy to deliver 170 kilometres of 220 kV high-voltage AC submarine export cable system for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. Hornsea Project One will be the world's first gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm with a capacity of 1.2 GW providing…
6 April 2016
New Report Positive to Unmanned Wellhead Platforms as Subsea Alternative
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) takes a positive view of unmanned wellhead platforms as an alternative development concept to subsea developments.Rambøll Oil & Gas has submitted a study which sheds light on the advantages and disadvantages of unmanned wellhead platforms. The conclusion is that unmanned platforms may provide efficient development…
6 April 2016
OMV Operated Successful Horizontal Appraisal Well for Wisting in Norway
OMV has successfully completed drilling and testing of the Wisting Central II appraisal well. The horizontal well was drilled in the Wisting field in the Barents Sea, about 310 km north of Hammerfest. The Wisting field is the northernmost oil discovery in Norway. Wisting Central II is the fifth well…
6 April 2016
Brae Alpha Gas Leak 'not linked to decommissioning plans'
Oil giant Marathon has denied it is bringing forward plans to decommission the Brae field because of a serious gas leak on one of its platforms.Media reports had suggested it was accelerating its plans as a result of the incident on the Brae Alpha in December last year.The leak caused…
5 April 2016
Jee Ltd Awarded North Sea Decommissioning Contract from Tullow Oil
Tullow Oil has awarded a contract to Jee Ltd, the subsea engineering and training firm, to investigate the most appropriate options for decommissioning their Thames area assets.Awarded in February 2016, the contract relates to the decommissioning of the Horne, Wren, Wissey, Orwell and Thurne fields in the Southern North Sea.…
5 April 2016
OneSubsea Announces Successful Commission and Startup of Subsea Boosting Systems
OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, today announced the successful commission and startup of subsea boosting systems installed in ultradeep waters, located in the Gulf of Mexico."We strive to deliver the solutions that help customers reduce costs while increasing recovery from the reservoir, and in this case, our subsea boosting technology is…
5 April 2016
Fugro Completes Offshore Work for EOWDC
Fugro has completed offshore works undertaken in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) at Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.The geotechnical site investigation took place at 11 turbine locations to assess the seabed, with the data acquired being used to inform the final design and micro-siting of…
5 April 2016
Start of Marine Installation at Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm
Statoil has started marine installations on the Dudgeon offshore wind park offshore Norfolk, England. When completed in 2017, the wind park can power up to 410,000 homes in the United Kingdom with renewable energy.The first monopile foundation was installed and fixed to the seabed by the crane vessel Oleg Strashnov…
5 April 2016
France to Launch Third Offshore Wind Tender
France plans to launch a tender to build turbines for the country's third offshore wind farm, Energy Minister Segolene Royal said in a statement on Monday.The wind farm is to be off the northern harbour town of Dunkerque, Royal said without specifying the size of the tender nor when bidding…
4 April 2016
Bibby Offshore Wins North Sea Decommissioning Contract
Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has secured a multimillion pound contract with a North Sea Operator, to deliver decommissioning operations in the Northern North Sea East Shetland Basin. The agreement, due to commence in Q2 of 2016 and be completed by the…
4 April 2016
Future Solution for Tyra Field to be Identified this Year
Maersk Oil has issued a notification to the Danish gas market. The notification announces that production from Tyra East and Tyra West in the Danish North Sea will cease on 1 October 2018, if an economically viable solution for continued operations is not identified during 2016. Under EU regulatory requirements,…
4 April 2016
Aker Solutions Wins MMO Contract From Statoil for Tie-In of Utgard to Sleipner
Aker Solutions' maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in Norway secured a contract from Statoil for preliminary engineering work to enable a tie-in of the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Sleipner facilities in the North Sea. The work involves preliminary engineering for platform modifications at Sleipner to tie…
4 April 2016
Aker Solutions' MMO Unit to Work With Kværner on Njord A Upgrade
Aker Solutions' maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in Norway will as a subcontractor of Kværner provide engineering services for upgrading the semi-submersible platform at the Statoil-operated Njord A oilfield. The company signed a subcontractor agreement with Kværner, which was awarded the framework agreement for the Njord Future project by…
4 April 2016
Kvaerner Signs Framework Agreement with Statoil for Njord A
Kvaerner has signed a framework agreement with Statoil, on behalf of Partners, for upgrading of the Njord A semi-submersible platform. At the same time, Statoil has made the first call-off from the framework agreement with an estimated value of NOK 120 million."We are proud to have been awarded this project…
4 April 2016
Shallow Water Trial Commences at Portishead Quays Marina
A shallow water trial of a new technology system designed to address a recurring problem in the subsea oil and gas industry has started at Portishead Quays marina.The system, known as V-IR, has been developed by Portishead-based company Viper Subsea with the support of Total, BP, Shell, and Chevron, and…
4 April 2016
Schlumberger Completes Merger with Cameron
Schlumberger Limited has announced that it has closed its merger with Cameron International Corporation. As previously announced, each Cameron stockholder is entitled to receive 0.716 shares of Schlumberger common stock and $14.44 in cash, in exchange for each Cameron share. Schlumberger has issued approximately 138 million shares pursuant to the…
4 April 2016
Wood Group Awarded TAQA Contract Extension in the North Sea
Wood Group has been awarded a two year contract extending its service provision for TAQA in the North Sea. Under the contract, which has the option of three, one year extensions, Wood Group PSN will continue to deliver engineering, construction and maintenance services to five offshore assets; Cormorant Alpha, North…
4 April 2016
DNV GL - Oil & Gas Wins Important Verification Contract on Johan Sverdrup Field
Statoil has awarded contracts to DNV GL for verification of all 4 topsides, the 3 bridges, 3 of 4 jackets, topside installation by use of the Allseas single lift vessel ‘Pioneering Spirit' and extended site assessment for the jack-up. Third-party verification gives the operator and the authorities confidence that the…
1 April 2016
IKM Subsea IMR Work for Shell on Ormen Lange and Draugen to Commence
IKM Subsea was in 2015 awarded a 5 + 5 year contract by Norske Shell and the work will commence in March. The Merlin UCV ROV is successfully integrated to the Siem Pride and ready to commence services. In addition to the ROV service, IKM Subsea provides IMR related engineering,…
1 April 2016
Juniper Subsea Trees Arrive in T&T
BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC (“bpTT”) announced today that all five subsea trees required for the Juniper project have arrived in Trinidad and Tobago. The Juniper project is bpTT’s first subsea field development, located 50 miles off the south east coast of Trinidad. The subsea tree is a complex configuration…
1 April 2016
Boskalis Wins Johan Sverdrup Contract
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by Samsung Heavy Industries for the transportation of the three topside modules of the riser platform and the topside of the processing platform for the Johan Sverdrup project offshore Norway. The contract carries a value of approximately USD 40 million.…
1 April 2016
Chiyoda Corporation and Ezra Holdings Establish 50:50 Joint Venture
Ezra Holdings Limited (“Ezra”) and Chiyoda Corporation (“Chiyoda”) are pleased to announce that Chiyoda has completed its investment into Ezra’s Subsea Services business, EMAS AMC, to form EMAS CHIYODA Subsea – a 50:50 Joint Venture. Source: Ezra Holdings
1 April 2016
Maersk Oil to Reduce the Chissonga Organisation
In view of the continued challenging market conditions for deepwater developments, Maersk Oil has today announced plans to reduce its organisations in Angola and the US. The move will result in the closure of the company’s Houston office and a reduction of the Luanda team, impacting approximately 100 staff positions…
31 March 2016
Mermaid Secures 2+1 Year Subsea Services Contract in Gulf of Thailand
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited has announced that its subsidiary Mermaid Subsea Services (Thailand) Ltd. (“MSST”) has been awarded a subsea remotely operated vehicle (“ROV”) services contract in the Gulf of Thailand with a major upstream oil & gas company.The scope of work includes, but is not limited to, structure…
31 March 2016
GC Rieber Shipping Enters into Charter for Subsea Vessel Polar King
GC Rieber Shipping ASA, through its subsidiary Polar Explorer AS, has entered into a time charter agreement with Nexans Skagerrak AS, a subsidiary of Nexans Norway AS, for the CSV Polar King for a fixed period of about 8.5 months. The charter will commence in January 2017 and contains options…
31 March 2016
Construction Start with Increased Norwegian Content for Johan Sverdrup Platform
Kvaerner and its subcontractors cut the first steel plates for the utility- and living quarters (ULQ) topside for the Johan Sverdrup field. The topside construction starts on schedule and budget. The Johan Sverdrup development is being executed with a high degree of Norwegian value creation. Kvaerner's efforts to improve competitiveness…
30 March 2016
Eni Farms into Deepwater Block Offshore Morocco
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited has signed a farm-out agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni, which will acquire operatorship and a 40% equity interest in return for a capped carry on drilling the JP-1 prospect. Eni will also carry Chariot for other geological and administrative costs relating to…
30 March 2016
Dundee University to Pioneer New North Sea Decommissioning Procedures
A new research project to find better ways of decommissioning N. Sea oil platforms is to be carried out by Dundee University on behalf of Xodus, with support from the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC).Xodus is undertaking the project in order to develop analysis methods and design guidance for…
30 March 2016
LWI Vessel En Route to Erin Energy's Oyo Field
Erin Energy Corporation has announced the Island Constructor light well intervention (LWI) vessel (the vessel) has departed Skalevic, Norway and is en route to the Oyo field, offshore Nigeria.The vessel will be used for LWI service on the Oyo-8 well (Oyo-8), which has been necessitated by the failure of the…
30 March 2016
IHC IQIP’s New Hydrohammer S-4000 Successfully Installs First Monopiles
IHC IQIP has officially launched its new S-4000 Hydrohammer pile-driving system. The Royal IHC business unit’s latest development in hydraulic impact hammers is the largest available on the market, and enables the installation of offshore foundations in even the toughest ground conditions with the largest type of monopile. It‘s also…
30 March 2016
UK Offshore Wind Job for Aqualis Offshore
Offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by A2SEA to perform engineering consultancy services for its offshore wind farm installation work at the Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm offshore the UK.Aqualis Offshore’s London-office will provide engineering services including geotechnical and structural site assessments where A2SEA’s SEA INSTALLER…
30 March 2016
Neptune Engineering Solution Supports BP Project
Energy industry specialist Neptune has completed the latest installation in an innovative subsea project delivered on behalf of BP. The firm’s subsea, design and manufacturing expertise is being utilised to provide wellhead integrity systems for use on BP’s Quad204 programme. The redevelopment of the Schiehallion and Loyal fields west of…
29 March 2016
DONG Energy Terminates EPC Contract on Hejre Platform
In the annual report for 2015 released on 4 February 2016, DONG Energy announced that the Hejre project continues to be in a challenging situation and that first oil in 2017 is no longer the likely scenario. Since then, DONG Energy has worked closely with their partner Bayerngas Norge (Bayerngas)…
29 March 2016
Harkand Awarded TAQA Inspection Campaign in UKCS
Inspection, repair, maintenance (IRM) and light construction company Harkand has secured a scope of work with TAQA in the North Sea.The Aberdeen office of the global IRM company will deliver a pipeline inspection campaign across TAQA’s fields in the Northern and Central North Sea. The campaign is expected to get…
29 March 2016
Aker Solutions to Provide Global Subsea Engineering Services to BP
Aker Solutions secured a global framework agreement to deliver engineering and project management services at BP-operated subsea oil and gas fields.The contract has a fixed period of five years and may be extended by two years. It covers subsea engineering services, asset integrity management and operations support."We are delighted to…