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  • GALLERY: ‘Pioneering Spirit’ sets world record with Brent Delta lift

    1 May 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Allseas-owned dynamically positioned single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has removed Shell’s 24,000 t Brent Delta platform topsides from the UK North Sea setting what the company claimed was the world record in lifting.  Following its arrival to the Brent field on Thursday, the vessel performed the lift on Friday, April 28, 2017. The Shell-operated […]

  • Research center for subsea infrastructure security opens in The Hague

    12 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Safety

    The Seabed Security Experimentation Center (SeaSEC), the research center for submarine infrastructure security, has officially opened in The Hague, the Netherlands. Located at Campusatsea in Scheveningen, the SeaSEC research center is committed to safeguarding the subsea infrastructure in the North and Baltic seas through a combination of experiments, testing, and the development of innovative techniques. […]

  • Elia picks geotechnical survey providers

    29 September 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Elia and 50Hertz have selected GEO.XYZ and G-TEC to provide geotechnical engineering services in the Belgian North Sea and the German Baltic Sea. The selected companies are in charge of providing the geotechnical survey and soil sampling for submarine power cables. GEO.XYZ will carry out drilling from 5 meters up to 10 meters in depth […]

  • New operator takes the reins at UK’s huge undeveloped field ahead of development plan submission

    2 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Orcadian Energy has divested a lion’s share of its interest in a giant undeveloped North Sea field and passed the operatorship baton to Ping Petroleum UK.

  • Eni entrusts Well-Safe Solutions rig with more decommissioning work

    5 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Heavy lifting, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has received a further contract extension from Italy’s energy giant Eni to decommission selected subsea and platform wells across a portfolio of projects in the Dutch North Sea. Eni recently exercised another 90-day option for the Well-Safe Protector jack-up under a newly agreed contract amendment. The work will be carried out […]

  • Sif to Provide Monopiles for EnBW Hohe See OWF

    22 February 2017
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Sif Holding has secured a contract from GeoSea for the production of 71 monopiles and all the transition pieces for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm. The contract for the transition pieces was secured in a joint venture with Smulders. Sif will produce the primary steel and Smulders will be responsible for the secondary steel […]

  • Magseis Fairfield reports positive quarter despite node handler downtime

    2 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    Magseis Fairfield has reported a revenue of $99.3 million for the third quarter of 2022, up from $84.3 million in Q3 2021, despite technical downtime on a node handler and delayed start-up of a project. Revenue for the first three quarters of 2022 amounted to $277.9 million, compared to $185.9 million in the same period […]

  • Offshore renewable energy SMEs to benefit as new DMEC-led project launches, targeting sector support

    26 September 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC)-led Offshore Accelerator for System Integration and Storage (OASIS) project has launched, aiming to accelerate system integration and storage solutions for offshore renewable energy (ORE). Targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the program will offer tools, training, market research, and a strong network to support the sector. According to DMEC, […]

  • With new projects on the horizon, Shearwater boasts sevenfold backlog increase

    9 January 2020

    Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded Letters of Intent for three projects by Equinor, and a 4D Ocean Bottom Seismic project by Lundin Norway.

  • Cairn Energy to drill Chimera well using Stena Don rig

    13 March 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Cairn Energy has said it has hired the Stena Don semi-submersible drilling rig for the Chimera exploration well offshore the UK.

  • Flexlife Announces 45% Rise in Comparable Turnover (UK)

    15 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    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: Independent Firms Receive Record Number of Oil & Gas Licences

    29 November 2013

     UK independent oil and gas companies will be incentivised to invest and undertake additional exploration, as Government awarded a further 52 oil and gas licences today, bringing the total number of offers of awards in the 27th Round to 219 – an all-time record. The offers included licenses being awarded to 21 smaller independents that […]

  • UK: Atlantic Offshore Rescue Commissions Ocean Troll

    16 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • DeepOcean Enters Charter Agreement for Newbuild SURF

    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 […]

  • Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia Leader in Offshore Wind Energy, Says WAB

    19 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    North Rhine-Westphalia is leading the way in Germany when it comes to sales and employment in offshore wind energy. Offshore industry network WAB pointed this out at the “5th Wind Energy NRW Industry Day”. With a share of around 23% of sales in German sales, North Rhine-Westphalia is in front of other German states. “The […]

  • ‘Serious problem’ at Thistle platform, RMT says after workers evacuated

    23 October 2019

    Following the evacuation of 151 workers from EnQuest’s Thistle platform in the North Sea on Monday, Britain’s workers’ union RMT has said the speed of evacuation suggested a serious problem.

  • Shearwater Bags Seismic Project in Turkey

    9 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a seismic acquisition and depth processing contract by Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO). This represents the second project to be executed for TPAO in 2019. The survey covers an area of 6,200 sq. km and includes fast-track processing, followed by full time and depth processing. The four-month project starts in […]

  • Reach Subsea Enters New Contracts with ExxonMobil and MMT

    15 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Reach Subsea has entered into a contract with ExxonMobil for the vessel Stril Explorer. The contract is for light construction work in the North Sea. Further, Reach Subsea has entered into new cooperation contracts with MMT for delivery of ROV services. Total contract value is approximately NOK 15 mil. (USD 2.5 mil). Reach Subsea was […]

  • Statoil Reduces Production on Grane Due to Injection Compressor Problem (Norway)

    7 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Production on the Grane field in the North Sea has been temporarily reduced. In connection with start-up after a scheduled maintenance and modification stop, a problem occurred on the injection compressor which is crucial to maintaining full production. The platform’s oil output is presently limited. Statoil expects production to continue with reduced capacity for […]

  • Elgin-Franklin Contract for Safe Bristolia (UK)

    7 November 2012

    Cyprus-based Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Elf Exploration UK Ltd for the provision of the Safe Bristolia accommodation support rig at the Elgin-Franklin Facility in the UK sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract is 173 days with on-site operations planned to commence 1st May 2013. The owner of […]

  • UK: Noreco Starts Drilling on Romeo Prospect

    21 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) announces that drilling of an exploration well on the Romeo prospect in the UK North Sea has started. The Romeo prospect is situated in licence P1666, block 30/11c in a water depth of 280 feet. The well is being drilled using the semisubmersibles drilling rig WilHunter which is equipped for […]

  • The new Damen Logistic Support Vessel 6513

    15 June 2006

    On Monday the 12th of June, 2006, the new Damen Logistic Support Vessel 6513 “Hr. Ms. Pelikaan”, built to the order of The Royal Netherlands Navy, was handed over to her new Owners at the Damen Shipyards location in Gorinchem. The vessel was partly built at the Damen Galatz facility in Romania and after having […]

  • Stadtwerke München Looks to Acquire Sandbank OWF

    9 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    German utility, Stadtwerke München GmbH, is planning to acquire a stake in Sandbank offshore wind farm located in the North Sea. The 288MW project is located in the German Bight area, around 90 kilometers west of the Island of Sylt, directly on the border between Germany and Denmark. Currently, the sole shareholder Vattenfall is in […]

  • Oil from Statfjord C Platform Leaks into Sea

    27 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s Statoil has announced that gas detection was reported on Statfjord C Platform in the North Sea at 03.30 Sunday morning. The alarm was triggered by an oil leak. The site of the leak has been identified and the leak has been stopped. The crew of 270 people mustered at the lifeboats, but they could […]

  • Coretrax Delivers Decom Campaign with Hess

    4 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Coretrax, a wellbore clean up and abandonment specialist, has completed a three-year decommissioning contract with operator Hess Corporation for the first designated abandonment campaign of its kind. The project began in 2012, involving 30 well abandonments at the FFFA and IVRR fields in the UK North Sea. As part of this abandonment campaign, Coretrax successfully ran […]