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  • More money for marine renewables

    4 February 2010

    While the UK government was backing support for a change in the UK energy market another agency has said marine energy devices are ready for full deployment with £22 million of new funding. After the DECC supported Ofgem’s statement on the need for up to £200 Bn of investment to secure Britain’s future energy supplies […]

  • GeoSea, EWE In Charge of Gemini O&M

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore maintenance contractors Offshore & Wind Assistance (OWA) and EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH (EWE-OSS) have been hired to provide operation and maintenance services to the Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The 600MW Gemini offshore wind park, located 85 km north of the Dutch coast, is being built on two locations close […]

  • EnBW Prolongs Tender Deadline for Hohe See OWF Offshore Infrastructure

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    EnBW has extended the time for prequalification process for the design of wind turbine with foundations and an offshore substation for the EnBW Hohe See wind farm located in the German part of the North Sea.  Instead of August 20, the deadline for submission of proposals is now September 15. The wind farm would feature […]

  • Norway: TGS Commences Seismic Acquisition in North Viking Graben

    8 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    TGS has commenced the acquisition of a fourth 3D multi-client survey in partnership with PGS.  The survey covers 2,772 km2 in the North Viking Graben over an area which has proven to be a very successful petroleum province of the North Sea. The data is being acquired by PGS’ Atlantic Explorer utilizing GeoStreamer technology. This […]

  • Norway: Aker Midsund to Deliver Separation Equipment to Goliat and Gudrun Worth $30 Million

    21 November 2010
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Aker Midsund, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aker Solutions, has signed a contract to deliver four separator and scrubber packages to Hyundai Heavy Industries for the Goliat FPSO. The project has a contract value of NOK 120 million (Approximately USD $20 Million). Separately, Aker Midsund has entered into a contract with Aibel AS to deliver two […]

  • International Connection in Baltic Sea

    2 January 2014
    Storage

    Scandinavia and Central Europe are about to connect their offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, writes the German Welt. Kriegers Flak is the three-border region in the Baltic Sea between Denmark, Germany and Sweden, where German transmission system operator, 50 Hertz Transmission and Danish grid operator Energinet.dk want to construct a power line that […]

  • Supply Vessels Wanted for Global Tech I and BARD Offshore 1

    3 September 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH and Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH have issued a tender for the provision of supply vessels for the Global Tech I and BARD Offshore 1 wind farms in the German North Sea.

  • Alpha Petroleum picks Awilco for Cheviot field drilling

    21 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Awilco Drilling has received a letter of award from UK oil firm Alpha Petroleum Resources for one of its two semi-submersible drilling rigs – the WillPhoenix. Awilco said on Thursday that the UK oil company plans to drill 18 development wells on the Cheviot Field in the northern part of the UK […]

  • Russia: Nevsky Shipyard Lays Keel for Tenth NWS’ River-Sea Vessel

    1 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    On March 28th, 2013 keel-laying for the tenth 7,150 dwt dry-cargo «river-sea» type vessel of project RSD49 (Yard Number 410) took place at Nevsky Shipyard, LLC. The Shipyard is building the vessels for North-Western Shipping Company (NWS), JSC. The vessels of RSD49 project, developed by Marine Engineering Bureau-Design-SPb, JSC, refer to «Volgo-Don Max» class meeting the requirements […]

  • Rotech Wins Boskalis Gig

    20 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Rotech Subsea has been awarded contracts for two significant scopes of work for Boskalis Subsea Cables & Flexibles (previously VBMS). The dual campaign will see Rotech Subsea’s TRS1 and TRS1 LD tools deployed for cable deburial and reburial scopes on a southern North Sea sector offshore wind farm. The campaigns are set to run for […]

  • GDF SUEZ E&P Norge Awarded Partnership in APA 2013

    22 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    GDF SUEZ E&P Norge was awarded partnership in PL637 B, which is a license extension to PL637, in the 2013 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA 2013). “We are happy with the license award, which confirms our interest in the northern North Sea and is important in securing the potential upside to the PL637 license,” says […]

  • ConocoPhillips to Use Maersk Gallant at Ebba and Tjalve Wells (Norway)

    7 June 2012

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given consent to ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS for use of the harsh environment jack-up drilling rig Mærsk Gallant.  The consent applies to permanent plugging and abandonment of the wells Ebba 2/7-31 and Tjalve 2/4-17. The wells are a part of production licence 018, and are located in the southern part […]

  • UK: Nautical Acquires Additional Stake in Licence P1077

    23 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Nautical Petroleum plc  announced on Friday the completion of the acquisition of an additional 15% interest in UKCS Licence P1077 Blocks 9/2b and 9/2c (the “Licence), which includes the Kraken discovery, from Canamens Energy North Sea Limited. The transaction has received approval from the Department of Energy and Climate Change and joint venture partners. […]

  • Norway: E.ON Ruhrgas Drills Duster at Breiflabb Prospect

    18 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Rocksource ASA  announced today that the drilling rig “Borgland Dolphin” is in the process of completing drilling operations on the “Breiflabb” prospect, in licence PL 416 in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The well did not encounter hydrocarbons. The well will be further reviewed in the upcoming quarterly presentation on August 17th. The […]

  • Photo of the Day: Night Shift at Dan Tysk

    10 June 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Seacat Defender working a night shift at the Dan Tysk wind farm. The wind farm is located around 70 kilometres west of the island of Sylt in the German North Sea covering an area of 70 square kilometres. With a capacity of 288MW, it will be able to power […]

  • Subsea 7 Awarded Contract from BP Norge AS

    13 July 2006

    SUBSEA 7 INC. (OSE Symbol: SUB) announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued in the region of US $ 55 million by BP Norge AS for fabrication, installation and tie-in of two new pipeline systems at the Valhall field which is located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Four new […]

  • Go-ahead for near Sleipner appraisal

    16 June 2008

    StatoilHydro has been given the green light to drill an appraisal well near the Sleipner field by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Wellbore 15/5-7 will be drilled from the Transocean Winner rig and will be spudded following the completion of wildcat well 30/9-21. StatoilHydro is the operator with a 78.2% stake and Total is a […]

  • EnerMech wins its largest process services contract

    20 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Mechanical engineering group EnerMech has been awarded a contract covering TOTAL E&P UK Limited’s UK North Sea assets which could be its largest process services contract to date.   The value of the five year agreement, which covers the St Fergus and Shetland gas terminals and Alwyn, Dunbar, Elgin and Franklin platforms, was not disclosed. […]

  • Equinor to extend lifetime of Oseberg’s smallest platform

    25 May 2018

    Norway’s Equinor has been granted consent for continued use of the Oseberg Øst platform located in the North Sea.

  • The Netherlands: Ecofys Introduces Test Module for Seaweed Cultivation in Offshore Wind Farms

    5 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Ecofys started a trial with the combination of seaweed cultivation and offshore wind energy. Thursday, 01 March, the cultivation module left the NIOZ harbour on the Dutch island of Texel for a disused sand extraction area 10 kilometres west of the island. By late June, Ecofys hopes to harvest the first supply of Dutch seaweed […]

  • Norway Offers 65 Production Licences to 48 Companies

    21 January 2014

    Today, January 21st, the Norwegian government has sent offers to 48 companies for 65 new production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf. The offers are being issued after the authorities have evaluated applications from 50 companies in the Awards in Pre-defined Areas (APA) 2013.   Of the 65 production licences, 38 are located in the North Sea, […]

  • Faroe picks up rig safety consent for Brasse East well

    15 October 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Faroe Petroleum has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the Transocean Arctic.

  • First Wave Craft Christened ‘Umoe Ventus’

    27 February 2015

    The first Wave Craft vessel has been christened and is now undergoing sea trials outside the yard in Mandal. Owned by Umoe Wind and built by Umoe Mandal, the vessel, Umoe Ventus, was christened by CEO Jens Ulltveit- Moe’s wife earlier this month. If everything goes as planned, the vessels will head out to Dong […]

  • Labour Party manifesto: Windfall tax on oil firms, delisting for those not tackling climate change

    21 November 2019

    “It is only right that the big oil and gas corporations should pay for the necessary transition”

  • Premier Oil kicks off Tolmount platform construction

    10 January 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Premier Oil has begun platform construction for the Tolmount Main gas project in the Southern North Sea.