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  • Amec FW returns to 1H profit. Upstream challenges persist

    10 August 2017

    Amec Foster Wheeler, a provider of services to the global energy industry, returned to profit in the first half of the year. The UK-based company on Thursday reported a net profit of 57 million pounds on a 2,3 billion pund revenue. This is compared to a loss of 429 million pounds a year ago and […]

  • Axis Offshore puts off flotel delivery

    2 July 2015

    Axis Offshore, a Singapore-based owner of accommodation units for the offshore oil and gas industry, has informed today it will postpone the delivery of the Axis Nova unit. According to a statement by the company, the shipyard where the rig is being built, has agreed to postpone the delivery until July 15, 2016. In exchange, […]

  • TenneT, Mitsubishi Team Up for German Offshore Grid Connections

    9 February 2012

    TenneT has entered into a partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation by agreeing to sell a 49% equity stake in two German offshore high-voltage cable projects, BorWin1 and BorWin2. Mitsubishi’s aggregate equity commitment will total EUR 240 million. This partnership represents a milestone transaction in Germany, allowing infrastructure investors to invest in separate clusters of regulated assets. […]

  • Imtech Designs HVAC System for HelWin Beta

    17 July 2014

    Last week, HelWin bèta platform reached its final destination in the German North Sea, where the platform will supply more than half a million households with sustainable energy. Imtech Marine is responsible for the design, construction and commissioning of the HVAC system, being the heating, ventilation and especially the cooling of all high-quality equipment on […]

  • GDF Suez Worker Injured in Offshore Accident Released from Hospital

    17 June 2013

    GDF Suez’s worker, injured in an offshore accident which occurred in the Netherlands on Friday, June 14, has been released from the hospital. In an e-mail sent to Offshore Energy Today, the oil company’s communication department said that the worker “was released from the hospital on Saturday after suffering minor physical injuries.” Two workers lost […]

  • Aker BP Finds Oil in NOAKA Area

    12 July 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Aker BP has made an oil discovery in the NOAKA – North of Alvheim Krafla Askja – area in the Norwegian section of the North Sea. Aker BP is about to complete the Liatårnet exploration well in licence 442 in the NOAKA area. The well has proved oil with a gross resource estimate of 80-200 […]

  • Pacific Osprey Sports Hohe See Gear

    12 April 2018
    Ports & Logistics

    Offshore wind installation vessel Pacific Osprey is loading the first monopiles and transition pieces for the 497MW EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm at the Port of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.

  • Pacific Osprey Sports Hohe See Gear

    12 April 2018
    Ports & Logistics

    Offshore wind installation vessel Pacific Osprey is loading the first monopiles and transition pieces for the 497MW EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm at the Port of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.

  • Heerema to Handle Borkum Riffgrund 2 Substation

    25 March 2016

    DONG Energy has awarded a contract to Heerema Marine Contractors for the transport and installation of an offshore substation for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. The work will comprise the transport and installation of the substation’s jacket, piles and topside at the German offshore wind farm. In late January, Heerema Marine Contractors was hired to transport and […]

  • Norway: Det Norske Gets Go-Ahead for Steingeita Drilling

    10 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Det norske has been given the approval by the Norwegian authorities to drill the Steingeita prospect, in production license 460. Det norske was awarded the license in the 2007 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) round. The well is located in the central part of the North Sea, some 175 kilometers west of Bergen and about […]

  • UK sends ultimatum over RWE DEA UK sale

    5 March 2015

    LetterOne group, run by the Russian billionaire Mihail Fridman, earlier this week bought RWE Dea, an oil and gas company based in Germany for 5.1 billion euros, from RWE group. The acquisition went ahead despite the UK objecting the move. The reason the UK is opposing the transaction is the fact that RWE Dea owns several […]

  • DeepOcean and EXCEED shake hands for vessel-based plug and abandonment

    12 November 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean and Scotland-based well management company EXCEED have entered a partnership to deliver vessel-based well plug and abandonment (P&A) services to the global decommissioning market. According to DeepOcean, the collaboration leverages the company’s subsea engineering expertise and a fleet of work-class remotely operated vehicles (WROVs) and subsea vessels alongside EXCEED’s specialization […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    7 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (Febuary 01 – Febuary 07). A 22-year-old diver from Karmoy, Norway died on Friday after being critically injured during maintenance work underwater on a platform at Westcon’s shipyard in Ølensvåg. According to reports the diver ran out of […]

  • Ofgem Lowers Revenue Cap for NSL Interconnector

    19 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Ofgem has proposed lower levels for the range in revenues that the developers of the North Sea Link (NSL) can earn, which should benefit the consumers of this electricity interconnector between UK and Norway. The NSL project is one of seven new interconnectors that have been proposed to link GB with neighbouring countries. Statnett and National Grid NSL Limited […]

  • Plans filed for Northern Producer decommissioning

    16 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Northern Offshore and EnQuest have submitted combined decommissioning programmes for the Northern Producer FPF to the UK authorities.

  • Sterling Resources Successful in UK 26th Offshore Licensing Round Awards

    12 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sterling Resources Ltd that it has been successful in the final portion of the UK 26th Offshore Licensing Round awards, which were recently announced by the UK Department of Energy and Climate change (DECC). The initial portion of the UK 26th Licensing Round was previously awarded and announced in November of 2010. Sterling has been successful […]

  • Magseis to Conduct Seabed Seismic Acquisition for Hess Denmark

    29 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Magseis has been awarded a contract by Hess Denmark ApS for seabed seismic acquisition in the southern part of the North Sea using the company’s proprietary MASS system and the Artemis Athene. The duration of the contract is estimated between 45 – 60 days and work will commence upon completion of the ongoing Oseberg and […]

  • PSA Carries Out Audit of Marathon Oil’s Bøyla Project

    17 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On 13 February 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the Bøyla project. The activity was focused on the project management of seabed facilities and pipeline systems. The objective of the audit is to monitor that the project has been planned and carried out in compliance with applicable regulations and […]

  • Wintershall Announces Successful Drilling of Skarfjell South Appraisal Well

    15 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Wintershall is well on track in the North Sea: the largest internationally active German crude oil and natural gas producer announces the successful drilling of the Skarfjell South appraisal well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The company proved oil and gas in the upper and lower Intra-Heather sandstones of the Skarfjell structure with reservoir properties […]

  • BOSS autonomous seismic survey vehicle wraps up sea trials

    11 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Blue Ocean Seismic Services (BOSS) has completed sea trials for a test prototype version of its underwater autonomous vehicle for offshore seismic surveys. The testbed ocean bottom seismic robotic vehicle (tOBSrV) traversed a series of waypoints in Perth, Australia, while providing status updates to a master vessel. The vehicle logged flight and engineering data which is […]

  • Farstad Shipping Wins Charter Contracts in Brazil

    29 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Farstad Shipping ASA has been awarded the following charter contracts in Brazil: 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. […]

  • EnBW Seeks Offshore Inspection Team

    29 August 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has issued a contract notice for technical inspection and testing services on four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The tender is divided into two lots and it covers the Baltic 1, Baltic 2, Hohe See, and Albatros offshore wind farms. Lot 1 calls for recurring […]

  • Equinor drills duster near Johan Sverdrup field

    16 July 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has failed to find hydrocarbons at the wildcat well 16/5-7, near the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.

  • FSV VOS Gorgeous delivered to Vroon

    23 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Vroon has taken delivery of a field-support vessel (FSV) VOS Gorgeous on Thursday, April 16, 2015. The vessel was delivered to the company at Fujian South East Shipyard (FSES) in Fuzhou, China. VOS Gorgeous is a 60-m FSV and third in a series of four such FSVs being built at the Shipyard for Vroon. The vessels […]

  • OGA Invites Tenders for UK Govt Funded Seismic Surveys

    19 April 2016

    The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has issued an invitation to tender (ITT) for the 2016-2017 UK Government funded seismic acquisition and processing. According to OGA, the recipients of the contract will be required to survey areas over South West Britain including the Celtic Sea, Western English Channel, Irish Sea and the East Shetland Platform. Furthermore, a […]