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  • Gassco to use Vesterled pipeline beyond design life

    22 January 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian gas transport company Gassco has received approval to use the Vesterled subsea pipeline in the North Sea beyond the design life. “We have now given Gassco consent to operate the pipeline until the production license expires in 2028,” the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway said on Tuesday. Vesterled transports dry gas from the Heimdal riser […]

  • Atlantic Offshore: ‘Ocean Troll’ is UK’s Most Powerful EERV

    16 May 2013

    Aberdeen-based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned what will be the UK’s most powerful emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV). The Ocean Troll – which recently completed a long term charter with Statoil – has undergone a £2million conversion and overhaul at MMS in Hull to become a UK Class A ERRV with […]

  • Decommissioning Is Becoming a Reality

    29 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The decommissioning of offshore installations is both a cost burden to operators and a potential job and profit machine to contractors and service providers. The Technical Session Decommissioning at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 presents the latest decommissioning figures and recent experiences in oil and decommissioning projects. This session is organized in cooperation with […]

  • Bumi Armada to Convert Tanker into FPSO for Kraken Project

    23 December 2013

    Bumi Armada Berhad said that its nominated wholly-owned subsidiary, Armada Kraken Pte. Ltd. has signed a bareboat charter contract with EnQuest Heather Limited, EnQuest ENS Limited, First Oil and Gas Limited, Nautical Petroleum Limited and Nautical Petroleum AG as field partners, led by EnQuest Heather Limited as field operator for a Floating Production, Storage and […]

  • Flexlife Reports 45 Pct Rise in Turnover (UK)

    16 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Flexlife, a specialist provider of flexible pipe technologies and engineering services, has posted its 2011-12 (to year end March 31) results with more than a 45% rise in comparable turnover from £7.35million to £10.6million. The Aberdeen-based company expanded significantly over the 12-month period, with projects completed around the world and long-term agreements signed with a […]

  • UK offshore decom specialist attracts $85M investment

    29 October 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Expenditure on decommissioning in the UK to be £15.3 billion in the next decade

  • DeepOcean Charters New Build SURF Installation Vessel

    22 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has entered into a five and a half year charter agreement starting March 2016 for a new build installation vessel. This key enabler will enhance DeepOcean’s current service offerings in the SURF (Subsea Umbilicals Risers & Flowlines) segment in the Greater North Sea area. “The expansion […]

  • USA: Diamond Offshore Achieves Strong Operating Results

    19 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. reported net income for the second quarter of 2012 of $201.5 million, or $1.45 per share on a diluted basis, compared with net income of $266.6 million, or $1.92 per share on a diluted basis, in the same period a year earlier. Revenues in the second quarter of 2012 were $738.2 […]

  • UK’s subsea exports to pick up in 2017, survey reveals

    2 February 2017

    British subsea companies are expecting to increase overseas activity in the next 12 months, according to a survey conducted by industry body, Subsea UK. Subsea UK on Thursday revealed findings from its export survey at the Subsea Expo, the world’s largest subsea exhibition and conference, currently being held in Aberdeen. According to the survey, of the […]

  • ECITB Works On Expanding UK Oil & Gas Workforce

    3 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) is working hard to build the capacity and capability of the Oil & Gas workforce through the development of training and qualifications to; support the sectors growth, to assure high standards of competency and to allow the UK to compete globally. Many of the skilled personnel needed for […]

  • ConocoPhillips hands out plug and abandonment work to Aberdeen-based firm

    27 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Texas-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips has handed out a global contract to Aberdeen-based technology company, Raptor Data, to manufacture and utilize a fleet of tools, which will initially be deployed in Norway. Pathfinder, described as the first plug-and-play in-well verification system, is said to enable Raptor Data to verify the effectiveness of bismuth caps, a chemical […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    5 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 30 – April 05). Fugro has been awarded a five-year contract with an estimated value of USD 100 million by Total E&P Congo. The agreement is for ROV services and remote subsea tooling in the Moho Nord field, situated […]

  • 34th Anniversary of Norway’s biggest offshore disaster

    27 March 2014

    Norway’s biggest offshore disaster occurred just before 18.30 on 27 March 1980. The Alexander L Kielland flotel capsized and sank by the Edda platform on the Ekofisk field in the North Sea, with the loss of 123 lives. Eighty-nine people survived.

  • Boskalis Wins Veja Mate OWF Foundations Deal

    30 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Boskalis in partnership with VolkerWessels has been awarded a contract by Veja Mate Offshore Project for the Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm foundations in the German section of the North Sea. Under the contract, Boskalis will execute the design, procurement, fabrication, supply, transportation, installation and testing of sixty seven foundations. The contract carries a value […]

  • SeaBird’s Harrier Explorer gets contract extension

    14 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    SeaBird Exploration Plc announces that Harrier Explorer has been awarded a two-month extension to the current contract in the North Sea. The vessel will operate under the extended contract until the second half of May 2014. The value of the extension is estimated at USD 4 million. The Aquila Explorer has been awarded a contract […]

  • Heerema Sends Culzean ULQ Jacket

    7 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has completed construction of the Culzean jackets for client Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited. Following the sailaway of the jacket for the central processing facilities platform (CPF) on June 28, the jacket for the utility & living quarter platform (ULQ) set sail on July 7. Final destination the jackets is […]

  • VIDEO: Testing New LNG TSHD Scheldt River

    4 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    The dual-fuel trailing suction hopper dredger Scheldt River recently returned from successful sea trials, during which it sailed on LNG and its dredging equipment was extensively tested. The 8,400m³ TSHD, the second dredger in the DEME fleet equipped with dual-fuel engines, was officially handed over by Royal IHC to DEME last week. Scheldt River boosts great […]

  • OGN receives process module contract (UK)

    13 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    OGN Group, the North-East of England offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) specialist, has been awarded a prestigious multi-million pound contract by a leading international oil & gas operator for the construction of a new 800te process module in the North Sea. A workforce of up to 500 personnel will be engaged by OGN to […]

  • Hammer Time on Merkur Offshore Wind Farm

    20 April 2017

    GeoSea has installed the first of 66 monopiles on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • EnQuest to buy Golden Eagle from Suncor

    4 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    EnQuest has signed an agreement with Suncor Energy to buy its entire non-operated equity interest in the Golden Eagle area.

  • SPR, Vattenfall Discover WWI German Submarine at East Anglia OWF

    21 January 2016

    Whilst undertaking detailed seabed scanning for the development of wind farm projects in the East Anglia Zone, ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Vattenfall uncovered an ‘uncharted’ wreck of a WWI German submarine, missing in action since 1915. Charlie Jordan, ScottishPower Renewables’ project director for the East Anglia ONE wind farm said: “The scanning team were expecting […]

  • IOG comes by more funds. Stalls Transocean rig deal

    5 February 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG), the North Sea focused oil and gas company, has today entered into a conditional agreement with London Oil and Gas Limited (LOG) for the provision of a secured convertible loan facility for up to £10 million ($14.6M).  In addition, the company agreed with its offshore rig and oilfield services […]

  • Nordsee One OWF Project to Include Trenching

    22 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH has won the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm, a project developed by RWE Innogy GmbH. The OWF will be situated within the German Bight sector of the North Sea, about 40 km north of […]

  • If UK bans new oil & gas exploration licences, what energy games are left to be played?

    21 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Is the saga about the Labour Party’s plans for the UK’s oil and gas industry reaching a softer stance while plans for renewables remain firm?

  • Wood Group Confident on Meeting Full Year Expectations, UK

    5 October 2012

    John Wood Group issued Interim Management Statement. A full year trading update will be released on 13 December. Conditions in energy markets remain favourable. The Group continues to deliver good growth and is confident of achieving full year performance in line with expectations, the company said in a statement. Engineering division is performing well, driven […]