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3 June 2015
Aker Solutions Wins First Order in Offshore Mexico
Aker Solutions will deliver electro-hydraulic steel tube umbilicals of about 73 kilometers (45 miles) that will help connect Mexico's first subsea gas development to onshore processing facilities. The field is located about 98 kilometres (60 miles) southeast of Veracruz at depths of between 900 and 1,200 meters in the Gulf…
2 June 2015
Oranje-Nassau Energie Completes Acquisition of UK Assets
Amsterdam based Oil and Gas producer Oranje-Nassau Energie B.V. ("ONE") announced today the successful completion of the acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in the Sean field. ONE has taken over operatorship of the Sean platform from Shell on 1 June 2015 and has opened an office in Norwich…
2 June 2015
Harkand Completes First Campaign for BG in Caribbean
Harkand, has successfully completed its first campaign in the Caribbean for BG Trinidad & Tobago.The 75-day ROV subsea support services project was concluded at the start of March by the team on board Harkand's multi-purpose vessel the Go Electra in the waters off Trinidad and Tobago.The workscope included carrying out…
2 June 2015
FMC Technologies and Technip Complete Forsys Subsea
FMC Technologies, Inc. and Technip today announced that Forsys Subsea, a 50/50 joint venture, has received all regulatory approvals. The parties closed the transaction making Forsys Subsea operational on June 1, 2015.Forsys Subsea is a joint venture formed as part of a broader alliance between FMC Technologies and Technip that…
2 June 2015
Premier Oil Makes Solan Transaction
Premier Oil announced that it has concluded two separate transactions in relation to its operated Solan project, West of Shetland.Premier has acquired Chyrsaor's 40 per cent interest in the Solan field for nil upfront consideration. In return, Chrysaor will receive the following contingent payments from a notional 40 per cent…
2 June 2015
Chevron to Move Gulf of Mexico Platform to Sheltered Waters Following Damage
Chevron Corporation today advised that the Big Foot tension-leg platform (TLP) will be moved to sheltered waters from its location in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico following damage to subsea installation tendons.The tendons were pre-installed in preparation for connection to the Big Foot TLP. Between Friday, May 29 and…
1 June 2015
Endeavour Announces Launch of Marketing Process for North Sea Assets
Endeavour International Corporation announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the immediate launch of a marketing process in the U.K. for the sale of all or substantially all of its North Sea oil and gas assets. Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P. has been engaged as the Company's financial…
1 June 2015
DOF Subsea Completes Sale of Vessel to Technip
The DOF Subsea Group has entered into an agreement with Technip for the sale of DOF Subsea's ownership in the joint venture vessel Skandi Arctic, with immediate effect. The transaction is done at market terms and will improve the cash position for the Group.The charter contract for the vessel Skandi…
29 May 2015
Statoil Awarded Licences Offshore Nicaragua
Statoil was today awarded four licences offshore the Nicaraguan Pacific.The licences cover an area of about 16,000 km2 in the largely unexplored Sandino Basin. Statoil will be the operator with 85% equity with the Empresa Nicaraguense del Petroleo (Petronic) participating with the remaining equity."Offshore the Nicaraguan Pacific is virtually untested…
29 May 2015
Ultra Deep Solutions Orders New HD ROV
Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS), has secured a new contract today for one HD ROV from manufacturer FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics through Flash Tekk. The 4,000-meter rated HD system will be delivered and will mobilize in December 2015.UDS has signed with China Merchants Heavy Industries (CMHI), to design and construct of…
29 May 2015
UTEC NCS Survey Completes West African AUV Projects
UTEC NCS Survey, an Acteon company, has recently completed three months of AUV operations for a number of Saipem projects located in West Africa.TEC NCS performed pre-lay and as-laid surveys using their Gavia AUV systems on the Mafumeira and Litchendjili fields, offshore Angola and Congo. Using one of seven GAVIA…
28 May 2015
OneSubsea Awarded Contract in North Africa
OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, has been awarded a subsea production systems contract totaling more than $330 million for a gas project offshore North Africa.The scope of supply for the 13-well development includes subsea production equipment, tooling, and installation and commissioning services. Deliveries are expected to begin Q3 2016."The…
28 May 2015
North Sea Cost Reductions Expected by 2016
According to the latest analysis from Wood Mackenzie capital and operating costs in the UK and Norway's Upstream sectors will decrease steadily this year as operators respond to lower oil prices. Wood Mackenzie projects that the biggest reductions will come in drilling costs, which could come down by a third…
28 May 2015
Premier Oil Makes Another Discovery in Falkland Islands
Rockhopper Exploration is pleased to announce an oil discovery at the Isobel Deep exploration well 14/20-1 in the North Falkland Basin, approximately 40km south of the Sea Lion field.The Isobel Deep exploration well has been drilled to a depth of 2527m having penetrated the top of the target reservoir 2m…
28 May 2015
DeepOcean Wins IMR Contract in Norway
DeepOcean has been awarded an Inspection. Maintenance, and Repair ("IMR") contract by GDF SUEZ E&P Norge. The four year contract covers all ROV based IMR work on Gjøa field and the associated subsea assets. DeepOcean will use vessels from its North Sea based fleet for work under this contract."GDF SUEZ…
27 May 2015
Fugro Extends Contract with McDermott Middle East
Fugro has been awarded a three-year extension to its existing contracts with engineering and construction company, McDermott Middle East, Inc., for the provision of survey, positioning, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and diving services in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, India and Saudi Arabia. McDermott currently operates two major work barges…
27 May 2015
Statoil Awards Oseberg Contract to Aibel
Statoil has awarded Aibel the contract to conduct a FEED study for the Oseberg Future Development Brownfield Topside project. The contract gives an opening for the subsequent EPCI contract.The project will be managed from Aibel's new office in Bergen, where up to 29 associates will be involved in the study…
27 May 2015
Discovery Made in Eastern South China Sea
CNOOC Limited announced that the Company made a mid-sized discovery Liuhua 20-2 in the Eastern South China Sea.The Liuhua 20-2 structure is located in Northern Slope Belt of Baiyun Sag in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of the South China Sea with an average water depth of about 390 meters.…
27 May 2015
Total Produces Two Billion Barrels from Deep Offshore Block 17
Total has achieved the significant milestone of producing a cumulative two billion barrels from its operated deep offshore Block 17 located 150 km off the coast of Angola. With the recent start up of CLOV, Block 17 has become Total's most prolific site with production of over 700,000 barrels per…
27 May 2015
Ashtead Technology Boosts Rental Fleet with Neptune Agreement
Independent global leader in underwater rental equipment now offers cost-effective, environmental friendly leak detection systemsAshtead Technology has secured a deal with Neptune Oceanographics Limited, adding innovative underwater leak detection products to its rental fleet. The world's number one independent provider of subsea equipment rental, sales and services will now offer…
27 May 2015
Wood Group Appointed as DECC Technical Advisor for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will provide technical advisory services for carbon capture and storage (CCS) policies, as well as potential projects across the UK, as part of a framework agreement with the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC).The four year agreement will see WGK support DECC to ensure UK…
26 May 2015
McDermott Awarded Project for Twelve Jackets Offshore Saudi Arabia
McDermott International, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a large brownfield contract by Saudi Aramco for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of twelve jackets for offshore oil and gas fields in Saudi Arabian waters. Work is scheduled for completion by the end of the first quarter…
26 May 2015
Statoil Orders Extensive Kongsberg Technology for Johan Sverdrup
Kongsberg Maritime has today been awarded a call-off order for delivery of the Safety and Automation System (SAS), Life Cycle Simulator and SAS Information Management System for the four platforms on the Johan Sverdrup field centre. The order is based on the Project Specific Agreement for the Johan Sverdrup SAS…
25 May 2015
Maari Development Well is Brought Onstream
Cue Energy has announced that production from the Maari MR7A development well has been brought on stream, with a provisional initial production rate between 1,500-2,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd). The optimal production rate will be determined after several weeks of production history, taking into account reservoir management considerations.…
25 May 2015
Sole Gas Field Enters FEED Stage
Cooper Energy reports that the acquisition of a 50% interest in the Sole gas field and Orbost Gas Plant announced on 15 December 2014 has been completed with the project entering Front End Engineering and Design (FEED). Completion of the acquisition has resulted in Cooper Energy booking 2C Contingent Resources…
21 May 2015
Jee Secures Contract on Enhanced Oil Recovery Project
Aberdeen based Jee Ltd, a leading independent multi-discipline subsea engineering and training firm, has been awarded a contract from Amec Foster Wheeler for the front end engineering design (FEED) of a jacket rigid polymer injection riser package (including J-tubes) as part of an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) field development.The pilot…
21 May 2015
Petrofac Supports Bumi Armada With Maintenance Build For North Sea FPSO
Petrofac, the international oil and gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a contract to support maintenance management system (MMS) implementation for Bumi Armada's floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO), the Armada Kraken bound for the North Sea. These services will be performed by Bumi Armada supported by Plant Asset…
21 May 2015
ExxonMobil Announces Significant Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana
Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced a significant oil discovery on the Stabroek Block, located approximately 120 miles offshore Guyana.The well was drilled by ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd., and encountered more than 295 feet (90 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. It was safely drilled to 17,825…
20 May 2015
Shell Receives Consent to Extend the Life of Draugen Field Facilities
Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea, around 150 km north of Kristiansund. A/S Norske Shell (Shell) is the field's operator. Production on the field began in October 1993. The field has been developed using a fixed concrete facility with an integrated deck. Deposits in the vicinity are…
19 May 2015
Fathom Systems & Lexmar Collaborate for 3rd New Build Dive System Contract
Fathom Systems Ltd are delighted to announce the third contract award from Singapore based dive system manufacturing specialists LEXMAR Sat Systems Pte Ltd for the supply of equipment for a new build 18 Man Twin Bell saturation dive system. The project requirements call for a repeat supply of Fathom's high…
19 May 2015
DEA Farms Out Part of West Nile Delta Project
DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG has equalized its working interest and farmed down its stake in the West Nile Delta (WND) project in Egypt to its Joint Venture partner and operator BP in order to better balance its portfolio. The deal includes the sale of a portion of DEA's stake in…
18 May 2015
Kosmos Energy Hits More Gas in Mauritania
Kosmos Energy announced today that the Tortue-1 exploration well in Block C8 offshore Mauritania has encountered additional hydrocarbons while drilling to total depth to evaluate the deeper Albian stratigraphy.Based on the preliminary analysis of drilling results, Tortue-1 has intersected approximately 10 meters (32 feet) of net hydrocarbon pay in the…
18 May 2015
Pacific Osprey Decommissions B-11 Gas Booster Platform
Pacific Osprey has decommissioned B-11 gas booster platform from its location in German waters, Swire Blue Ocean informed through social media.The platform was located in the North Sea, south of the Ekofisk complex.The project, managed by AF Decom, was announced by Swire Blue Ocean in February this year.The platform, with…
18 May 2015
Anadarko Selects Contractor For Initial Onshore Mozambique LNG Development
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation on behalf of the co-venturers in Mozambique's Offshore Area 1, and after a competitive FEED (front-end engineering and design) process, today announced the selection of a consortium consisting of CB&I, Chiyoda Corporation and Saipem (CCS JV) for the initial development of the onshore LNG park in Mozambique."Selecting…
13 May 2015
Atkins Wins Contract to Assist Centrica Energy with Decommissioning Work
Atkins has been awarded a multidisciplinary pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) decommissioning contract with Centrica Energy.The five year agreement will see Atkins provide the UK energy company with engineering and design services, drawing on a range of Atkins' expertise across a number of disciplines in subsea, structures, pressure systems and…
13 May 2015
Hydrocarbon Discovery in Danish North Sea
The exploration well Xana-1X, which was drilled in licence 9/95 in the northern part of the Danish sector with Maersk Oil as operator, has discovered hydrocarbons."The drilling of the High Pressure High Temperature exploration well has been completed. At present the partners are in the process of assessing the technical…
12 May 2015
BP Selects Technip for the Thunder Horse South Expansion
Technip was awarded by BP Exploration & Production Inc. a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit. At a water depth of approximately 1,900 meters, the current field…
11 May 2015
Cairn Submit Evaluation Plan to Government of Senegal
Cairn and its joint venture partners have submitted a three year evaluation work plan to the Government of Senegal including an initial programme of three firm and three optional exploration and appraisal wells, with drilling starting in Q4 2015 in Cairn's new basin play offshore Senegal focused on the acreage…
11 May 2015
Dunlin Alpha to be Decommissioned
Fairfield Energy are planning to commence a Decommissioning Programme for the Dunlin field cluster in the northern North Sea, subject to the necessary regulatory approvals. Fairfield acquired Dunlin, Dunlin SW, Merlin and Osprey fields from Shell and its partners in April 2008. MCX, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, is the…
11 May 2015
Flexlife Announces International Contract Awards
Flexlife, a specialist provider of flexible pipe integrity and engineering services for the oil and gas industry, has won a number of contracts this year to date, valued at over $6m USD for oil and gas operators in the US Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and Malaysia.The contracts are…
11 May 2015
Saipem to Restart South Stream Offshore Work
Saipem announces that it has received notice that the client South Stream Transport BV is lifting the suspension of work under the contracts, and that Saipem should commence works on the offshore pipeline in the Black Sea.Press Release
8 May 2015
Subsea 7 Wins Maria Field EPCI Contract
Subsea 7 announced today the award of a contract with a value of approximately USD 300 million for the Maria field development by Wintershall Norge AS. The field is located in the Norwegian Sea at a water depth of approximately 300 metres.The pipeline and subsea construction contract consists of engineering,…
8 May 2015
Ichthys LNG Project Commences Mooring Installation
Mooring installation works have commenced at the Ichthys Field in the Browse Basin about 220 kilometres offshore Western Australia as part of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project's ongoing offshore installation campaign.The first of 49 foundation piles was safely deployed and driven into the seabed on Wednesday 6 May 2015 in…
7 May 2015
Goliat Platform on its Way to the Field Location
The Goliat platform is being towed from Hammerfest in Finnmark to the field location in the Barents Sea.The cylindrical platform – a so-called floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility – has been lying in the fjord at Ersvika outside Hammerfest for just over two weeks undergoing essential preparations, including…
7 May 2015
Qatar Invites Firms to bid for Al-Shaheen Field in Blow to Maersk
Qatar Petroleum has invited international oil companies to compete to operate and develop its Al-Shaheen oilfield from mid-2017, a blow to current operator Maersk Oil which had hoped to extend its production sharing agreement.QP said on Wednesday that Maersk Oil, the oil and gas unit of giant conglomerate A.P. Moller…
7 May 2015
Aibel Wins Maria Water Injection Contract
Aibel has been awarded the contract for work related to planned water injection from the Heidrun platform to the Maria field, which is operated by Wintershall Norge AS. The contract is valued at NOK 860 million.Aibel will increase the water injection capacity of Heidrun and perform the tie-in of the…
7 May 2015
Jan De Nul Orders Two Subsea Rock Installation Vessels
Jan De Nul Group keeps on investing. This time, two 6,000 ton Subsea Rock Installation vessels have been ordered at AVIC Weihai shipyard in Weihai, China.The vessels will be able to install rock at depths up to about 600 m by means of a flexible fall pipe. An inclined fall…
6 May 2015
Royal IHC and Dräger Announce Strategic DSV Alliance
Royal IHC and Dräger have joined forces to offer the market a single source for fully integrated Diving Support Vessels. The initial focus will lie on the market segment of vessels with automated, 18-person, twin bell saturation diving systems. The partners offer clients the highest available quality and state-of-the-art technical…
5 May 2015
Helix Announces Delivery of Q5000
Helix announced today that on April 30th its wholly owned subsidiary, Helix Q5000 Holdings S.A.R.L., took delivery of the Q5000 semisubmersible well intervention vessel from Sembcorp Marine's Jurong Shipyard. In conjunction with delivery of the vessel, Helix Q5000 Holdings S.A.R.L. used proceeds of the previously announced $250 million Q5000 credit…
5 May 2015
Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) Submitted for Maria Field
Wintershall and its partners have today submitted a Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. This is the first time Wintershall, as operator of the field, has submitted a PDO for a Norwegian development. Today,…