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  • Atlantic Petroleum asks for Orlando operatorship

    28 November 2016

    Faroese oil company Atlantic Petroleum has asked to be named the operator of two UK North Sea licenses, Orlando and Kells, as the current operator Iona Energy is under administration.  Atlantic Petroleum informed on Friday, November 25 it has issued notices to Iona Energy Company (UK) Limited that it requests that special meetings of the Joint […]

  • UK awards new offshore licences in ‘one of the largest rounds in five decades’

    27 July 2015

    The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) – the UK oil and gas regulator – has announced today, July 27, 2015, the remaining winners from the 28th Offshore Licensing Round. According to OGA, the 41 new licences awarded today in addition to the 134 confirmed in late 2014 makes this one of the largest rounds in […]

  • Rig mobilizes for ‘UK’s first CO2 well injection’

    16 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels

    A 1981-built non-propelled self-elevating cantilever jack-up rig has mobilized for the commencement of what will be the UK’s first CO2 well injection test. Perenco UK and Carbon Catalyst Limited secured a license to progress the Poseidon CCS project at the Leman gas fields in the UK southern North Sea in August 2023. In November, Wintershall Dea came on board the […]

  • HR Wallingford, Ørsted Refine Borkum Riffgrund 2 Foundations

    20 April 2018
    Equipment

    HR Wallingford and Ørsted have worked together to test and refine the design of the suction bucket foundations for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The testing was conducted as a part of the research project investigating scour effects, and the most suitable scour protection for the novel foundation structures. The […]

  • UK: Ithaca Energy Awards Flowline Installation & FPSO Mooring System Contract for Athena Field

    2 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited (“Ithaca” or the “Company”), an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, announces that the contracts for the  installation of subsea equipment and the installation of the FPSO mooring system for […]

  • Norway: Safety body investigating Jotun B lifting incident

    23 May 2018

    The Norwegian offshore safety body is investigating a lifting incident that recently happened aboard a platform in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Dolphin Wins Two New 3D Seismic Contracts Off Norway

    22 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Dolphin Geophysical has received a letter of award for two new 3D seismic contract surveys in Norway, for an undisclosed client of approximately 2.300 sq. km. in total. The surveys are located in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea and will be acquired by the high capacity 3D seismic vessels, Polar Duke and/or the […]

  • AET Names 2nd SHI-Built DP2 Shuttle Tanker

    6 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Petroleum tanker owner and operator AET has named its newest vessel, a 120,000 DWT DP2 shuttle tanker, Eagle Bergen, at a ceremony held in Stavanger, Norway. Eagle Bergen is the second of two vessels built by Samsung Heavy Industries to the standards required to operate on the Norwegian continental shelf. She is fixed on a long-term charter […]

  • Top News of the Week May 27 – June 1, 2013

    2 June 2013

    Top News of the Week May 27- June 1, 2013

  • Mentor IMC supports Premier Oil’s Catcher project

    12 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Premier Oil has awarded a contract to oil and gas project resource specialists Mentor IMC Group to supply and support the resource requirements for the North Sea operator’s Catcher development. Mentor IMC Group will partner with Premier in its key overseas design and fabrication locations of Singapore, Japan and Norway. This news solidifies Mentor IMC […]

  • AET Names 2nd SHI-Built DP2 Shuttle Tanker

    6 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Petroleum tanker owner and operator AET has named its newest vessel, a 120,000 DWT DP2 shuttle tanker, Eagle Bergen, at a ceremony held in Stavanger, Norway. Eagle Bergen is the second of two vessels built by Samsung Heavy Industries to the standards required to operate on the Norwegian continental shelf. She is fixed on a long-term charter […]

  • DOF Subsea Wins Mooring Installation Services Contract from Statoil (Norway)

    22 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    DOF Subsea Norway has secured a contract with Statoil Petroleum AS for Mooring Installation Services utilising the vessel Skandi Skolten. The scope of work is to change out mooring segments on the Njord B FSU and Norne FPSO installations in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea whilst these are in production. The offshore operations […]

  • SBM Offshore books lease and turnkey supply orders for 1.2 billion US dollars

    3 October 2006

    SBM Offshore N.V. is pleased to announce that the Company has recently received a number of orders in both the lease and the turnkey supply segments of its activities. SBM Offshore has secured contracts as follows: Semi-Submersible Floating Production Unit for Thunder Hawk, Gulf of Mexico; Mobile Offshore Production Unit with Storage (MOPU Stor) for […]

  • The Netherlands: Vessels Emswind and Emsstrom Working for Van Oord on AEOLUS Project

    25 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    The vessels EMSWIND and EMSSTROM of the EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH are working currently in the North Sea for the charterer van Oord in the project AEOLUS. During the last weeks both vessels were involved in the erection of two wind met masts. Equipped with a fast RIB the vessels are able to transfer technicians […]

  • Thumbs up for well near Frigg

    18 August 2008

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given StatoilHydro the go-ahead to drill exploration well 30/11-7. The well will be drilled about 10 km northwest of the Frigg field in the central part of the North Sea. StatoilHydro is the operator with a 50% stake, while Det norske oljeselskap and Svenska Petroleum each have a 25% […]

  • The Netherlands: Emswind and Emsstrom Working for Van Oord on AEOLUS Project

    25 October 2011

    The vessels EMSWIND and EMSSTROM of the EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH are working currently in the North Sea for the charterer van Oord in the project AEOLUS. During the last weeks both vessels were involved in the erection of two wind met masts. Equipped with a fast RIB the vessels are able to transfer technicians […]

  • KNOT Offshore completes ‘Hilda Knutsen’ and ‘Torill Knutsen’ acquisition

    1 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    KNOT Offshore Partners LP has announced that it has completed its acquisition of all the ownership interests in the companies that own and operate the shuttle tankers Hilda Knutsen and Torill Knutsen. The purchase price of the Hilda Knutsen was $166.0 million, net of $109.6 million of outstanding indebtedness related to the vessel, subject to […]

  • Statoil gains green light for Utgard and Byrding plan

    17 January 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Statoil has informed that the plan for development and operation for the Utgard and Byrding fields in the North Sea has been approved by the authorities. Plans for both fields were submitted to the authorities in August last year. Utgard is a gas and condensate field on the Norwegian and UK continental shelf while Byrding […]

  • DNS to Hold Decommissioning Course in Norwich

    1 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Decom North Sea (DNS) will deliver its first training course in Norwich on 30 April and 1 May, sharing their vast offshore decommissioning experience with the east of England. The two-day interactive course, delivered in partnership with Decomareus Ltd, will give participants an overview and understanding of the key issues across a decommissioning project, utilising […]

  • New Vessels From Hull to Serve Offshore Wind Farms (UK)

    9 February 2012

    A HULL shipyard is to build and operate a fleet of vessels to serve giant offshore wind farms planned for the North Sea. MMS Ship Repair will both construct and run the boats, which will transfer technicians and equipment to the wind turbines. Capable of carrying 12 passengers, the vessels would be able to run […]

  • Interview with offshore aerial photographer (Gallery)

    19 April 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore Energy Today’s Bartolomej Tomić has interviewed Mr. Herman Ijsseling, the owner of the Dutch company Flying Focus. The company specializes in taking beautiful photos of maritime and offshore vessels and installations, as you can see in the gallery above. In the interview, Mr. IJsseling speaks about the beginnings, clients, aircraft, technology, and the accident […]

  • Norway: Statoil Ready for Gudrun Development

    17 June 2010

    The plan for development and operation (PDO) of the North Sea Gudrun field was approved by the Norwegian Parliament on 16 June. Production is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2014. ”This is an important day for us,” says Øystein Michelsen, executive vice president for Exploration & Production Norway (EPN). “The Gudrun field […]

  • Norway offers 61 offshore licences to 30 companies

    19 January 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 61 production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf in the APA 2020 to 30 companies.

  • Wintershall submits $1.2B Nova field development plan

    16 May 2018

    Wintershall has filed a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Nova field in the Norwegian North Sea. The development is expected to cost around NOK 9.9 billion ($1.2 billion).

  • Odfjell Drilling to hire over 200 workers as two new semi-sub rigs join fleet

    27 March 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Odfjell Drilling will employ more than 200 personnel in Norway as two new semi-submersibles join the company’s fleet this year.