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  • A brief contract extension for Blackford Dolphin rig

    31 January 2017

    Fred. Olsen Energy has secured a contract extension for one of its offshore drilling rigs. The company on Tuesday said its subsidiary Dolphin Drilling Ltd has agreed an extension of its current contract with Chevron North Sea Ltd for the semi-submersible Blackford Dolphin. The extension covers ongoing operations with Chevron beyond early February on a […]

  • UK: Noreco Provides Update on Huntington Offshore Field

    30 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) is a 20 percent partner in the Huntington oil field in the U.K. North Sea, which is currently under development. The field will be produced with the Sevan Voyageur FPSO. “The Huntington partnership (the JV) has been monitoring the situation at Sevan closely, and is pleased to learn that a […]

  • UK: Sterling Abandons Cladhan South Well

    13 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sterling Resources Ltd.  announces that the Cladhan South exploration well, 210/29c-5 , located in the northern North Sea (UK) will be plugged and abandoned. The well was drilled to a measured depth of 10,361 feet and encountered multiple Upper Jurassic sand channels on prognosis, none of which was thought to be hydrocarbon bearing. The well […]

  • UK: ConocoPhillips Hires GMS Endurance

    8 May 2012
    Business & Finance

      Gulf Marine Services’ (GMS) Aberdeen office has been selected by ConocoPhillips to provide accommodation and support services to their project in the Southern North Sea. GMS Endurance, a self propelled, self elevating accommodation barge built in Abu Dhabi in 2010, will mobilise from the Mediterranean to commence this contract in August 2012. “This one […]

  • NAO enters contracts for two PSVs

    2 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Nordic American Offshore Ltd. (NAO) has entered into two new contracts for 4 months firm periods with further options for each vessel. The name of the client was not revealed in the press release, however NAO stated that it is “a major oil company”. Furthermore, this contract will secure firm employment for two of NAO’s […]

  • Statoil to Use Ocean Vanguard Rig to Drill Exploration Well in PL 169 (Norway)

    11 December 2012

    Statoil Petroleum ASA has received consent to carry out exploration drilling with the Ocean Vanguard mobile drilling facility. The consent relates to drilling of well 25/11-26 which is part of production licence 169. The well is located in the North Sea, west of Stavanger and is situated approx. 178 km from the Stavanger airport, Sola. […]

  • Norway: Det Norske Hires Prosafe’s Accommodation Vessel ‘Safe Scandinavia’

    4 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Prosafe has been awarded a contract from Det norske oljeselskap ASA (“Det Norske”) for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support vessel at the Ivar Aasen Development Project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The contract has been awarded following a competitive tendering process and is for a firm period of six months […]

  • Ferus Smit Launches New Cargo Ship MV Helge (VIDEO)

    8 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Ferus Smit successfully launched new cargo ship M.V. Helge at the Westerbroek yard on Saturday the 6th of July. This bulk oriented general cargo ship is specially designed for trading in the Gotaland region. With her special dimensions ‘Helge’ exactly fits through the locks of the trollhattan canal, connecting the Vanern with the Port of […]

  • Construction of Port of Amsterdam’s New Sea Lock Gathers Pace

    7 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    The outlines of the new sea lock at the entrance of the North Sea Canal, a Dutch ship canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, are now becoming clearly visible from the air. In the coming months, consortium Open IJ plans to continue the construction of the two lock heads and the lock chamber […]

  • Red ink for Deep Sea Supply as revenues sink over lower vessel utilization

    18 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Offshore supply vessel operator Deep Sea Supply posted a net loss for the second quarter of 2016 as revenues experienced a steep decline due to lower vessel utilization.  The vessel operator on Thursday reported a net loss of $30.9 million for 2Q 2016, including extraordinary impairments of book value of vessels of $17.6 million, compared […]

  • Highlights of the Month – March 2019

    2 April 2019

    We are bringing you a list of ten of most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the month of March. First UK Offshore Wind Project Retires E.ON is set to decommission the two-turbine Blyth offshore wind project, the first wind farm built in UK waters. The work is expected to begin this month and take place for […]

  • Hohe See and Albatros Turbines Halfway There

    2 July 2019

    EnBW has installed 44 of the 87 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines on the Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s installation vessels Brave Tern and Blue Tern load the components for four wind turbines at a time at the port of Esbjerg in Denmark and attach them […]

  • Keppel to Build First Jackup of the KFELS N Plus Design

    3 March 2014

    Keppel FELS shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has secured a contract from TS Offshore to construct an ultra-high specification jack-up rig worth about $500 million. Scheduled for delivery in 1Q 2017, it will be the first jack-up built to Keppel’s new proprietary KFELS N Plus design. With its leg […]

  • MAN to Install HOFIM Compressor on Ivar Aasen

    16 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    MAN Diesel & Turbo in Zurich was awarded a contract for a HOFIM™ compressor (High-Speed, Oil-Free, Integrated Motor). This is a significant business milestone: It is MAN’s first hermetically-sealed compressor being installed on an offshore production platform – Ivar Aasen in the North Sea, run by Det norske oljeselskap ASA. “From a conceptual point of […]

  • ABB, Prysmian to Supply Cables for Horns Rev 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    1 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Energinet.dk has signed contracts with ABB and Prysmian for the supply of 220kV high-voltage cables to transport power from the Horns Rev3 offshore wind farm in the North Sea into the Danish electricity grid. ABB will supply the 33 km long submarine cable for the connection of the wind turbines to the coast at Blåbjerg, […]

  • Heerema scoops first two contracts for giant crane vessel Sleipnir

    27 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Dutch marine contractor Heerema Marine Contractors has been awarded the first two contracts for the Sleipnir, the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel.  The first contract is from Noble Energy Mediterranean, Ltd. for transportation and installation services associated with the Leviathan production platform in the Mediterranean Sea. The second transport and installation contract has been awarded […]

  • Reach Subsea Lands Wintershall Contract

    30 August 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Reach Subsea has secured a frame agreement from Wintershall Norge for the provision of marine subsea services. The frame agreement has a duration of three years plus four yearly options, and starts in 2018. Commercial terms under the agreement are confidential between the parties, Reach Subsea noted. The agreement is call-off based, which means that […]

  • Deep Sea Supply Cautiously Optimistic. Sees Opportunities in W. Africa and Asia

    15 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Deep Sea Supply reports consolidated revenues of MUSD 38.7 in 1Q 2013 compared to MUSD 21.4 in 1Q 2012. Total operating expenses in 1Q 2013 were MUSD 23.3 compared to MUSD 17.7 in 1Q 2012. This resulted in EBITDA of MUSD 16.7 in 1Q 2013, compared to MUSD 4.9 in 1Q 2012. Following financial expenses […]

  • Aker BP gets approval for Hod field development plan

    8 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    The Norwegian authorities have approved Aker BP’s development and operation plan for the Hod field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.

  • EU Funds ECO2 Project for Assessing Environmental Risks of Sub-Seabed CO2 Storage (Norway)

    23 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The European Union (EU) funded project ECO2 to evaluate the potential impact of sub-seabed carbon dioxide (CO2) leakage from storage sites on marine ecosystems has now been launched. 27 project partners from nine nations will study existing sub-seabed storage sites in the Norwegian North Sea and the Barents Sea as well as natural seeps at […]

  • Bibby Offshore to Merge with CECON Contracting

    16 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Fara Holdco, owners of the Bibby Offshore group of companies has entered into merger deal with Rever Offshore. Rever’s subsidiaries include CECON Contracting, an international subsea and offshore contractor, as well as two vessel companies which own both the Cecon Excellence and Cecon Sovereign. The combination of Bibby and CECON Contracting should create a larger […]

  • Ardyne Enters P&A Market, Acquires Wellbore

    8 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    New oilfield services company Ardyne has been launched with £50 million backing from O&G-focused private equity company, Lime Rock Partners. Aberdeen-based, Ardyne will specialize in the provision of downhole products and services for plug and abandonment (P&A) and slot recovery operations in the oil and gas sector. In addition, Ardyne has acquired Wellbore AS, a […]

  • Former Conoco man joins Well-Safe Solutions

    27 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Well-Safe Solutions, a specialist well abandonment company, has appointed a director of well abandonment bringing the senior team to nine since launching the company this summer. Well-Safe said on Tuesday that Matt Jenkins joined Well-Safe from Conoco where he led its UK P&A (plugging and abandonment) engineering and strategy and was involved in the Southern […]

  • Oceaneering to Acquire Norse Cutting & Abandonment AS for USD60 Million (USA)

    7 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

      Oceaneering International, Inc.  announced it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Norse Cutting & Abandonment AS (NCA), for approximately $60 million. The purchase is expected to close by March 31, 2011. NCA is an oilfield technology company that specializes in providing subsea tooling services used in the plugging, abandonment, and decommissioning […]

  • USA: Helix Marks Strong Market Demand for Deepwater Well Intervention Services

    13 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced that it has been awarded its initial customer contractual commitments for the Helix 534. The Helix 534 was acquired in August from Transocean and is undergoing modifications and upgrades necessary for conversion into a well intervention vessel at the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. The Helix 534 is scheduled to […]