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  • Keppel Lands Two Major Contracts

    1 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Keppel Offshore & Marine’s wholly owned subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard and Keppel Singmarine have secured contracts worth a total of $368m. The contract secured by Keppel Shipyard is for the conversion of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Armada Kraken Pte Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bumi Armada Berhad. The new FPSO […]

  • Vroon welcomes ‘VOS Gorgeous’ to Aberdeen

    26 June 2015

    Vroon, an international shipping company, announced that VOS Gorgeous had arrived in Aberdeen, following her long journey from Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding in Fuzhou, China. VOS Gorgeous is the third vessel of a series of four 60-metre ERRV (Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel) field-support vessels (FSVs). It was christened in a ceremony held in November 2014 at […]

  • ConocoPhillips Discovers Gas Near Ula Field, Offshore Norway

    12 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS  has completed drilling of the wildcat wells 7/11-12 S and 7/11-12 A. The wells proved gas. The wells were drilled in the southern part of the North Sea, about 19 kilometres southwest of the Ula field. The objective of well 7/11-12 S was to prove petroleum in Triassic reservoir rocks (Skagerrak formation). […]

  • Work Kicks Off on DolWin3 Onshore Work

    16 May 2014

    The ground-breaking ceremony for the onshore converter station took place at the Dörpen West site in Heede, Germany, yesterday. Representatives of Transmission System Operator TenneT, contractor Alstom and the mayors of the joint municipalities of Dörpen and Heede, together with local and regional politicians and public figures attended the event. The onshore station is a key […]

  • TenneT seeks nearshore cable repair fleet

    13 November 2020
    Project & Tenders

    German transmission system operator TenneT Offshore GmbH has launched a qualification system for the provision of floating units or vessels for nearshore cable failure repairs in the North Sea and the Wadden Sea. In case of a cable failure, TenneT will choose vessels as per the predefined scenario for the applicable repair preparedness plan. The […]

  • Vissim Wins Johan Castberg Contract

    9 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Statoil has awarded Vissim a contract for a sea surveillance system to be installed on the Johan Castberg FPSO. The contract includes ATEX certified radar domes and software for sea surveillance and radio communications around the FPSO. “This contract reflects Vissim’s strong market position on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) as well as the good […]

  • Maersk rig gets more Martin Linge work

    9 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Maersk Drilling has secured an extended well intervention scope with Equinor off Norway for the low-emission rig Maersk Intrepid.

  • Gardline Gets New Geoconsultancy Manager

    9 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Gardline Geosciences has appointed Roi Santos as the new Geoconsultancy Manager. Santos has taken over responsibility for the offshore contractor’s geotechnical engineering team, following the departure of Geotechnical Director Andy Barwise. Gardline Geosciences Managing Director, Eric Zon, said: “The offshore industry is facing challenging times but with Roi at the helm of our expert team […]

  • Eat Your Greens!

    26 October 2015

    Eat your greens! Probably something your mother always told you to do. These greens have evolved over the years when we have learnt which greens hold special healthy properties. Seaweed for example is packed with important nutrients and in the near future it may be possible to devour seaweed straight from the North Sea. Let […]

  • Eat Your Greens!

    26 October 2015

    Eat your greens! Probably something your mother always told you to do. These greens have evolved over the years when we have learnt which greens hold special healthy properties. Seaweed for example is packed with important nutrients and in the near future it may be possible to devour seaweed straight from the North Sea. Let […]

  • Norway: Centrica Gets Consent to Use Vale Beyond Original Planned Lifetime

    17 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Centrica Energi has received consent to use the facilities on the Vale field beyond the original planned lifetime. Vale is a gas condensate field located in block 25/4 in the central part of the North Sea, approx. 16 km north of Heimdal, at a depth of 115 metres. The field was developed with a subsea […]

  • Swire Seabed Lands Wintershall Deal

    10 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Swire Seabed has secured a framework agreement with Wintershall Norge for the provision of marine subsea services in the North Sea. The framework agreement will begin this year and has a duration of three years, plus four years options. The work to be performed under this agreement includes the supply of vessel and services which […]

  • Equinor to book $1.8 bln impairment as UK field reserves shrink

    12 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has reduced its recoverable reserves estimate for a field in the UK North Sea, which will result in a $1.8 billion impairment.

  • DECC Awards Offshore Licence to Egdon Resources, UK

    4 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Egdon Resources plc announces the award by the Department of Energy & Climate Change of a licence covering offshore blocks 41/18 and 41/19 located adjacent to the North Yorkshire coast. The licence, awarded as a result of 26th UK Seaward Licensing Round, will be a Traditional Licence with Egdon Resources U.K. Limited holding 100% interest […]

  • Large-Scale Salvage Operation of MSC Zoe’s Fallen Containers Starts

    11 January 2019

    The large-scale salvage operation of spilled containers from MSC Zoe has officially begun.

  • Schlumberger Intros HD Dual-Imaging for Oil-Based Mud

    4 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Schlumberger has introduced the TerraSphere high-definition dual-imaging-while-drilling service. The new service provides the industry’s first application of a logging-while-drilling dual-physics imager for oil-based mud for drilling oil and gas wells. It incorporates electromagnetic (EM) and ultrasonic measurements that enable multiple high-resolution borehole images in nonconductive mud. According to Schlumberger, this reveals enhanced details for geological, […]

  • Lerwick Harbour Smashing Records

    29 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The arrival of the cruise ship Norwegian Star at Lerwick Harbour on Thursday, September 25, marked the end of the Shetland port’s best season yet, with two records achieved, the Lerwick Harbour Port Authority reports. Passenger numbers reached a new high at 43,056, topping the previous record of 37,572 set in 2012, with the vessel tonnage figure […]

  • DONG Energy to Build German Offshore Wind Farm

    24 February 2011

    DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German part of the North Sea. The construction will represent a total investment of approximately EUR 1 ¼ billion. Borkum Riffgrund 1 will consist of up to 89 3.6 MW turbines from Siemens Wind Power with a total capacity of […]

  • N-Sea strengthens subsea activities with 60-meter-long vessel

    14 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Netherlands-headquartered N-Sea is strengthening its fleet and subsea activities with a 2012-built offshore support vessel. N-Sea Group entered into an agreement with Rederij Groen to long-term charter the Dutch-flagged vessel 4-WINDS. The company said that with the long-term charter, it was strengthening its footprint and position in the subsea service industry, following the expansion of […]

  • Global Marine to Extend Tampnet Offshore Fibre Optic Network

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Global Marine has been awarded a third contract to extend the Tampnet offshore fibre optic network with a new cable linking offshore platforms in the Southern North Sea. This latest signing follows Global Marine’s successful installation of the previous phases of the North Sea project, using cable ship Innovator. The work is scheduled to take place […]

  • Rig duo from Odfjell Drilling’s fleet to conduct hydrocarbon exploration ops in Norway

    8 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    The Norwegian authorities have handed out two drilling permits, which will enable the drilling of an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea and another one in the North Sea, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs for the first one and one of the offshore drilling player’s managed rigs for the second one.

  • Polarcus Asima begins work in Norwegian waters

    7 July 2014
    Equipment

    Polarcus, a UAE-based seismic survey specialist has mobilised one of its seismic vessels in Norway. After a successful winter campaign in West Africa where Polarcus Asima vessel completed a series of 12 streamer and wide-tow 10 streamer surveys for various clients, the technologically advanced 3D seismic vessel arrived early July in the North Sea. Polarcus […]

  • Brazil: Far Saga Hired by Petrobras

    29 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Petrobras has awarded the IMR vessel Far Saga (2001, UT 745 L) a 6 year contract with 6 years options. The contract includes ROV support and other subsea related activities in Brazilian waters. Far Saga will leave the North Sea during December 2013. Before leaving, the vessel will be upgraded with a new and larger […]

  • Fugro orders next-gen SEA-KIT XL USV

    20 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    The Netherlands-based Fugro has ordered a SEA-KIT XL Class uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to support its future North Sea operations.

  • Whalsay Energy seeking operating partner for Bentley oil field. Targets first oil for 2023

    4 October 2019
    Project & Tenders

    UK-based Whalsay Energy is seeking operating partners to help it develop the Bentley offshore oil field, one of the largest undeveloped fields in the North Sea.