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  • Singapore: Keppel Enters FPSO Upgrade Contract with Petrofac

    12 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Keppel Shipyard announces it has secured a fast-track project for the upgrading of a FPSO vessel from Petrofac International (UAE) LLC, a subsidiary of Petrofac. The upgrading of the ex-FPSO East Fortune includes refurbishment and life extension works, engineering, fabricating, installing and integrating new topside process modules, upgrading of spread mooring and auxiliary support […]

  • IOG marks ‘historic milestone’ as first gas flows from UK project

    14 March 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    IOG has kicked off the first production at its Saturn Banks Project – Phase 1, located in the UK North Sea.

  • Lundin Spins Drill Bit at Another Johan Sverdrup Appraisal Well

    10 June 2013

    Lundin Norway AS has annonuced announce that drilling of appraisal well 16/3-6 in PL501 on the Johan Sverdrup field located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), has kicked off. The well is located on the north eastern flank of the field with the objective to establish the depth, quality and […]

  • UK: Ithaca Acquires Non-Operated Interests in Cook and MacCulloch Fields

    9 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that it has entered into agreements with Noble Energy Capital Limited (a subsidiary of Noble Energy Inc.) to acquire two wholly owned UK subsidiary companies that will hold non-operated interests in UK North Sea producing fields; a 12.885% interest in the Cook field and a 14% interest in the MacCulloch field. […]

  • Semco Maritime Opens New Rig Upgrade Facility (UK)

    16 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Danish offshore project and engineering company Semco Maritime has entered into a strategic partnership with Scottish Cromarty Firth Port Authority. Cromarty Firth Port Authority owns and operates Scotland’s leading marine facility for rig projects, the Invergordon Service Base, situated some 100 kilometres Northwest of Aberdeen. With more than 40 years’ experience delivering engineering and marine […]

  • Cyprus: Prosafe Announces Rig Utilisation Drop

    25 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Operating profit for the first quarter came to USD 14.1 million (USD 40 million). Utilisation of the rigs declined to 61 per cent (73 per cent). Safe Esbjerg, Safe Lancia, Jasminia, Safe Hibernia, Safe Britannia and Safe Regency have been fully utilised in the first quarter. MSV Regalia operated for BP at Valhall on […]

  • N-Sea Extends Vessel Charter with Siem Offshore

    13 January 2015

    Following 3 years of successful operations, N-Sea has extended its charter agreement with Siem Offshore, concerning its offshore subsea construction vessel Siem N-Sea, previously Siem Stork. The agreement has a duration of up to 6 years, having begun on January 1, 2015. The Siem N-Sea is a dive, multi-support and construction vessel, designed to meet […]

  • Statoil’s Johan Sverdurp Appraisal Well Confirms 14m Oil Column (Norway)

    7 March 2013

    Norway’s oil giant Statoil has, by basic wireline logging, confirmed a 14 meter oil column in well 16/5-3, located in PL 502 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The well is being drilled in the southern extension of the Johan Sverdrup area. Logging in the reservoir section is still in an initial phase […]

  • Subsea Expo: Award Winners Revealed

    6 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    A host of successes within the subsea sector were celebrated last night (Wednesday 5th February) at Subsea UK’s ninth annual awards ceremony, which celebrates outstanding achievement across the UK. Sponsored by Forum Subsea Technologies, the dinner, which was attended by over 800 people, closed the opening day of Subsea Expo in spectacular style. Bibby Offshore […]

  • VIDEO: Fugro Shows Off New Geotech Ship

    26 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The latest addition to Fugro’s fleet, the geotechnical drilling vessel ‘Fugro Scout’, was baptized last week in Rotterdam by Marian Geise, wife of Joost Geise, commercial director of Fugro Offshore Geotechnics. Tebma Shipyards delivered Fugro’s new vessel, earlier this year at its shipyard at Malpe, India, following the delivery of its sister ship Fugro Voyager in 2013. […]

  • Popular offshore industry news in 3Q 2018

    2 January 2019

    The most popular news at Offshore Energy Today during the third quarter of 2018.

  • Deep Sea Supply completes 10 PSVs buyout

    26 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Deep Sea Supply, a Cyprus-based shipping company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, has completed the previously announced transaction to acquire ten offshore vessels. Recently, Deep Sea Supply has entered into an agreement to acquire 10 PSVs, of which 4 are currently under construction, through the acquisition of the company PSV Holding Inc. Deep Sea Supply […]

  • WATCH: Nova Field Templates Project Wraps Up

    20 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

     Wintershall Dea has installed two subsea templates on the ocean floor in Norway, marking a major milestone for the operated Nova project. The installation unlocks the next phase of the field development, with 65 kilometers of pipelines now ready to be laid in preparation for tie-back to the nearby Gjøa platform in the North […]

  • ConocoPhillips makes discovery near Balder field

    12 November 2019

    ConocoPhillips has made a hydrocarbon discovery at its wildcat well 25/7-7 near the Balder field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.

  • In focus: CO2 capture and storage – important element in the green transition

    10 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Green Marine, Technology, Transition

    As the world faces new challenges in 2023, offshore energy industries are making new plans to deliver on the net-zero target. In addition to marine energy, the fast-growing offshore wind sector is also finding its place among oil and gas players. Example number one: SSE Renewables and Equinor, the developers of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the […]

  • Statoil to Hook Up Sleipner A to Gina Krog

    11 December 2014
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Statoil has received consent for modifications at Sleipner for connecting a gas pipeline from Gina Krog. Gina Krog is an oil and gas find, located in blocks 15/5 and 15/6 in the central North Sea. Statoil is the operator of the field, which is situated around 250 kilometres west of Stavanger and 30 kilometres north-west […]

  • Norway: Marathon Gets Consent to Use Facilities on Vilje Field

    1 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Marathon Oil Norge AS (Marathon) consent to use the facilities on the Vilje field in connection with the company assuming operatorship from Statoil as of 1 October 2012. A change of operatorship entails that the new operator must apply for consent to use the facilities. This is […]

  • First Monopile In at Nordsee One

    16 December 2015

    The first monopile foundation was installed at the Nordsee One offshore wind farm site on December 15 – ahead of schedule. GeoSea, which has been contracted to install the monopiles produced by Ambau, will continue the work through the remainder of 2015 and into 2016. The monopiles are being installed in water depths ranging between 25 and 29 meters. The 332MW Nordsee […]

  • Talisman Sinopec Returning Workers to Buchan Alpha Platform

    9 December 2013

    Talisman Sinopec is returning workers to its Buchan Alpha platform after last week’s evacuation due to severe weather in the UK North Sea. “On Sunday, 8 December, 33 personnel were safely returned to the Buchan Alpha according to plan, and we anticipate returning to full complement by Wednesday, 11 December,” said Jill Moir, Head of Corporate […]

  • Noreco Gets Go-Ahead to Drill with West Alpha Rig Off Norway

    8 September 2010

    Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has received consent to conduct exploration drilling in the North Sea with the mobile installation West Alpha. The well is part of production licence 545 and is located approx. 110 kilometres southwest of Haugesund. Well 17/6-1 has the following geographical coordinates: North 58º 44′ 15.461″, East 3º 55′ 34.931″. Water […]

  • Macduff Shipyards: Hull of the 16m Tug Completed, UK

    29 March 2013

    Macduff Shipyards, in the North East of Scotland, has completed the Hull of the 16m tug under construction for John Mcloughlin and Son. Based on the highly successful “Sally Mcloughlin” built for the same owner the new vessel will have a bollard pull approaching 25 tonnes. The vessel is a repeat build of MSY 648 […]

  • Ørsted Schedules German Offshore Wind Tours

    8 May 2018

    Ørsted and the shipping companies Cassen-Tours and Adler-Schiffe are organising offshore wind tours in the German North Sea this month. The catamaran MS Adler Cat will set off from the Nordeney Island to the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farm on 12 and 26 May. The guests from the mainland will be transported […]

  • Transformer Lands on Northwester 2 Substation Topside

    23 April 2019
    Storage

    Bladt Industries has installed the transformer on the offshore substation built for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium. According to the Danish company, three cranes were necessary for the installation of the 235t transformer on the substation. To remind, the substation topside began its journey towards Bladt’s premises in Aalborg from Mostostal Pomorze in […]

  • Kenz Cranes Delivers Cranes for Thistle Alpha Plaform

    18 November 2013
    Equipment

      Kenz Cranes has delivered two identical 60t diesel-hydraulic Boom Hoist cranes to EnQuest on September 18th and October 24th of this year. After successful Factory Acceptance Testing, the cranes were sea fastened and shipped to the client’s Peterhead shore based facility in the UK. At this location, the pair is awaiting final installation on […]

  • MacGregor to Supply SWL Subsea Crane for Wuchang Shipbuilding

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order from Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry for a 100-tonne SWL active heave-compensated subsea crane. The MacGregor crane will be installed on the anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel, currently under construction for the offshore specialist, China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL). Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry, a subsidiary of one of China’s […]