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  • Gina Krog FSO gets clean bill of health

    25 May 2017

    Along with Statoil receiving consent to start production from the Gina Krog field in the North Sea, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) issued a “clean bill of health” for the Gina Krog FSO. The Norwegian safety body carried out an audit of the design and fabrication of the Gina Krog floating storage and offloading vessel and found […]

  • Wood Group lands four subsea deals in Norway

    25 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Wood Group has recently won four subsea contracts with Statoil on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The latest award is a study to deliver subsea field concept engineering for the Snorre expansion project located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Wood Group said on Monday that this project would focus on cost efficient […]

  • UK: Total Extends Drilling-Waste Management Contract with TWMA

    19 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Environmental waste management contractor TWMA has been awarded a £4million contract extension by TOTAL E&P UK Limited for continued drilling-waste management services in the UK North Sea. The Aberdeen-headquartered firm has been contracted for a further two years to process and handle drill cuttings from the Rowan Viking’s first drilling campaign with TOTAL. The […]

  • European Investment Bank and Typhoon Offshore at Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance Conference Rotterdam

    21 December 2010
    Human Capital

    Melchior Karigl, Financial Director at the European Investment Bank and Michael van der Heijden, Managing Director at Typhoon Offshore have confirmed their presence at the conference Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance 2011. The second edition of the conference will open with a session on the financing of wind parks. Within the European Investment Bank, speaker […]

  • Scotland harbors 200,000 potential jobs in low carbon sector

    25 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The research paper, published by the Scottish Green Party, outlines how Scotland could create 200,000 jobs over the next 20 years by pursuing a new low carbon economy. The report ‘Jobs in Scotland’s New Economy‘ uses government and industry assessments to calculate that significantly more people could be employed in sustainable industries than are currently […]

  • The Netherlands Boosts Offshore Wind with New Law

    24 June 2015
    Authorities & Government

    The Dutch Senate has adopted a new law on offshore wind energy, thus making a crucial step in the transition to a more sustainable energy mix. Offshore wind energy is one of the main pillars of the Dutch Energy Agreement (Energieakkoord). The European target of 14% of renewable energy by 2020 requires some catching up, […]

  • GDF Suez Starts Gas Production from Juliet Filed

    7 January 2014

    GDF Suez announced first gas production from the Juliet field, a subsea development on the western flank of the Southern Gas Basin, 39 km East of the Lincolnshire coastline in the United Kingdom. Initial gas has been produced from the West Well, the first of two wells to be drilled. The second well (Juliet East) […]

  • SHI Crane Collapse Delays Total’s Construction Projects

    6 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    The incident which occurred at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) Geoje yard in South Korea on May 1 has caused delays to the projects under construction at the yard. According to the French oil and gas major Total, in the aftermath of the crane collapse, when six workers lost their lives and over 20 others were injured, […]

  • VBMS and NKT Nab Borssele Alpha Export Cable Contract

    8 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Storage

    Dutch transmission systems operator TenneT has awarded a consortium of VBMS and NKT Cables with a contract to supply and install two export cables that will connect the Borssele I & II offshore wind farms to TenneT’s onshore grid in the Netherlands. The contract value of VBMS’ share is approximately EUR 70 million. Separately, the option has […]

  • Plexus wins equipment delivery for Centrica (UK)

    21 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Plexus Holdings PLC, has received an additional purchase order from Centrica Energy Exploration and Production to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an exploration well in the Southern North Sea, Offshore UK. The value of the order is estimated at approximately $1 million (£600,000) with revenues expected to start shortly. Under the terms of […]

  • UK Fabricators to Compete with the World’s Best

    30 May 2013

    The first central North Sea platform to be built at a single construction yard in the UK for at least 25 years has been completed by British manufacturer OGN on Tyneside. The final part of the fabrication, the topside (deck), will be towed down the Tyne to the North Sea Forties Field, 110 miles off […]

  • TÜV NORD to Certify Hollandse Kust (zuid) 1-4

    4 March 2020

    Vattenfall has selected the German technical services provider TÜV NORD to certify the Hollandse Kust (zuid) 1-4 offshore wind project in the Dutch North Sea. TÜV NORD will for the first time be carrying out project certification in accordance with the internationally recognised IECRE (International Electrotechnical Commission Renewable Energy) OD-502 scheme. “We’re delighted to be […]

  • Denmark Probing New Offshore Wind Sites

    28 September 2018
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has contracted COWI A/S to screen parts of the North and Baltic Seas to find new potential locations for offshore wind farms to be built.

  • Saipem Nets USD 400 Mln Worth of Offshore Contracts

    15 October 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Saipem has signed new offshore E&C contracts in Azerbaijan, the North Sea and the Republic of Congo with the overall value of approximately USD 400 million. In Azerbaijan, Total has awarded a SURF contract to the consortium between Saipem’s subsidiary, Saipem Contracting Netherlands, Boshelf and Star Gulf, for the development of the Absheron field operated […]

  • Troms Offshore Expands Fleet with Arctic-Ready PSV

    3 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Troms Offshore Supply AS  has taken delivery of a new build no 817 at VARD Aukra shipyard in Norway. A naming ceremony was held in Bergen on Friday 31st January and the ship was named MV Troms Arcturus. Troms Arcturus is a clean design diesel electric PSV (Platform Supply Vessel), 94.5 metres long and 21 […]

  • Statoil in minor gas discovery near Oseberg field

    25 February 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil giant Statoil has completed drilling of wildcat well 30/9-28 S, near the Oseberg field in the North Sea offshore Norway, that resulted in a minor gas discovery.  Statoil is the operator of production licence 104 where the well is located. The well was drilled about 5.5 kilometres west of the Oseberg South field in […]

  • Most popular articles of the week, July 14 – 20, 2014

    20 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Workers stuck on North Sea rig due to helicopter leak A crew consisting of 18 oil workers has been left stranded on a North Sea Ensco 102 rig when discovered that the helicopter, that was supposed to fly them home, is leaking fluid.   Saipem bags two FPSO contracts in Brazil and Angola Saipem has […]

  • Wood Group Expects Growth This Year, UK

    14 December 2012

    John Wood Group issued pre-close trading update for the year to 31 December 2012. Full year results will be announced on 5 March 2013. Overall, conditions in energy markets remain favourable. The Group expects to deliver good growth for the year in line with expectations. Engineering division is performing well and continues to anticipate that […]

  • Belgium: 3E, OWA Launch New FLiDAR Company

    7 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Technology

    With support from Flemish Government, a newly launched joint venture, FLiDAR nv, starts product trials in North Sea with aim to deliver tools to drastically reduce costs of offshore wind developments. 3E and OWA (DEME Group) have announced the official launch of FLiDAR N.V. Based in Oostende, FLiDAR is a joint venture established between 3E […]

  • ‘Olympus Taurus’ Installs Half of Inter-Array Cables at DanTysk OWF

    29 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The Olympus Taurus multipurpose vessel from VSMC has completed the installation of more than half of inter-array cables at DanTysk offshore wind farm. A cable of a 145 mm diameter will transport the electricity from turbines to the offshore substation. The 80 turbines are organized in eight strings to decrease power losses in the collector […]

  • Spotlight on major projects in carbon capture realm

    12 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Equipment, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Transition

    Carbon capture utilization and storage has gained momentum in the last couple of years as energy transition talks and plans intensified.

  • Shelf Drilling’s triangular merger move consolidates its jack-up fleet and sorts out funding gap

    16 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has made a consolidation move, which is structured as a proposed triangular merger between its indirect subsidiary SHLF MergCo, Shelf Drilling North Sea (SDNS) as the surviving entity in the proposed merger, and SHLF as the issuer of the merger consideration shares.

  • Wind Farm Vessels Respond to Mayday Call off Colwyn Bay

    20 June 2016

    Tidal Transit’s crew transfer vessel Kitty Petra and North Sea Logistics’ Excalibur responded to a mayday call yesterday, after a jet ski capsized and threw a man and two children into the sea off Colwyn Bay. Following an alert by people ashore, Holyhead Coastguard broadcast a Mayday Relay to the vessels in the area, called out Llandudno RNLI inshore […]

  • UK firm to support oil & gas developments offshore Suriname

    24 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    Asco has inked a deal with Kuldipsingh Port to provide technical expertise for supply base ops to support Suriname’s energy industry.

  • INEOS makes headway on its 2030 decarbonization targets with 22% GHG emission cuts

    8 May 2024
    Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    London-based INEOS has published its 2023 global sustainability report which highlights a 22% reduction in GHG emissions compared to 2019.