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  • PHOTO: Kvaerner’s Jacket En Route to Edvard Grieg Field

    16 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    After the recent naming ceremony, Kvaerner announced yesterday that the Edvard Grieg jacket of 14 500 tones has left the yard in Verdal. The “Solveig” jacket is heading south to be installed at Lundin Norway’s Edvard Grieg field in the central North Sea. The jacket will be installed in circa 110-115 meters water depth. The […]

  • 4Subsea Develops Automated Integrity Testing of Flexible Risers

    9 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    4Subsea, a Norwegian technology company specialised in production riser systems and subsea well systems, has launched Portable Annulus Tester (PAT), a product that automates integrity testing of flexible risers. According to the company, PAT is an “Engineer-in-a-box” solution that removes the requirement for mobilising dedicated third-party personnel offshore for annulus testing. The objectives of the […]

  • Huntington Faces Further Delays

    15 December 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has been informed by the Huntington field operator that production has been further delayed due to an incident during restart of the CATS riser platform. According to information received, the riser platform will be closed at least until 18 December 2014, probably longer. The Huntington field has been closed from […]

  • GC Rieber’s Polar Queen Gets More Time with Senvion

    25 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian shipping company GC Rieber Shipping said that Germany-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has decided to extend the firm period of charter for the construction support vessel (CSV) Polar Queen until December 6, 2017. In addition, Senvion has the option to extend the charter further by up to 3 weeks. The previously agreed firm period, […]

  • Island Offshore lays up two Platform Supply Vessels

    13 February 2015

    Island Offshore has resolved to lay up two PSV vessels, Island Duke and Island Duchess, for an indefinite period. Island Offshore says that the lay-up of vessels is due to a worsening of market conditions following reduced activity in the oil companies, especially in the North Sea but also in other markets. As of today there […]

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting to Support Shell’s Offshore Ops

    14 August 2013
    Business & Finance

      Seaway Heavy Lifting has signed an Enterprise Framework Agreement with Shell Global Solutions B.V., in the category of Offshore Installation. The contract duration is 5 years and covers the engineering, project management and offshore installation of fixed and floating facilities. The Agreement may be used globally but will initially focus on Shell projects in the North Sea, […]

  • Statoil to Use Songa Delta for Drilling on Stjerne Field (Norway)

    29 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent to use Songa Delta semi-submersible rig  for drilling, sidetrack drilling and completion on the Stjerne field. Statoil will use the rig for drilling, sidetrack drilling and completion on the Stjerne field in production licence 104. The Stjerne field, previously known as Katla, is situated in the northern part […]

  • Dong Lets Svane Field Go (Denmark)

    21 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy and partners have, following detailed technical evaluations, decided at the present point in time not to pursue drilling of an appraisal well in the Svane field in the Danish sector of the North Sea. The gas accumulation in Svane is found at a depth of 5.5-6 km at a pressure of 1200-1300 bar […]

  • UK: Awilco Drilling Plc Secures Contract for WilHunter Semi-Submersible Rig

    26 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Awilco Drilling Plc has signed a drilling contract with MPX North Sea Ltd for 1 firm well and 1 optional well, representing the second and third well of the SPD multi-client, multi-well 2011 drilling programme. The contract value for the firm part is approximately USD 11 million. The contract is expected to commence early […]

  • Statoil cleared to use West Elara rig for Valemon drilling

    17 August 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has received a consent to use the West Elara drilling rig for drilling and completing on the Valemon field, offshore Norway. According to the Petroleum Safety Authority that has given the consent, Statoil will use the West Elara jack-up drilling rig to drill and complete production wells 34/11-B-6 and 34/11-B-16 on […]

  • Polarcus in 3D project award off W. Africa

    26 June 2017

    Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus has received an award for a 3D project offshore West Africa. The project, with an undisclosed client, is expected to begin in the early fourth quarter 2017 with a scheduled duration of one month. The Polarcus XArray methodology will be utilized to optimize both data quality and acquisition efficiency. Richard […]

  • Total hires Safe Caledonia accommodation rig

    26 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Prosafe has secured a contract with Total to deploy one of its flotels to the UK North Sea. Under the agreement, Total E&P UK will hire the Safe Caledonia semi-submersible accommodation rig at the Elgin-Franklin offshore platform. The firm period of the contract is 134 days plus additional 30 days option to extend with on-site […]

  • Reach Subsea’s vessel hired by ExxonMobil for construction work

    15 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Reach Subsea has entered into a contract with EXXON Mobil for the vessel Stril Explorer for light construction work in the North Sea. Total contract value is approximately NOK 15 million. Furthermore, Reach Subsea has entered into new cooperation contracts with MMT for cooperation on Offshore Survey and delivery of ROV-services. The collaboration has already resulted in multiple operations for […]

  • Vroon’s VOS Faithful launched in China

    1 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Vroon has announced that ERRV VOS Faithful has been launched yesterday in China. This 50‑m ERRV (emergency response and rescue vessel) is under construction at Nanjing East Star Shipyard in China. VOS Faithful is the third in a ten-vessel newbuilding programme, with six 50-m ERRVs being built at Nanjing and four 60-m vessels under construction […]

  • Germany Approves Borkum Riffgrund 2

    2 January 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has approved 97 wind turbines in German North Sea. 97 wind turbines are planned for the 43 square kilometers area. Dong Energy will build BR2 as the second phase of BR1. Borkum Riffgrund 1 will consist of up to 89 turbines with 3.6MW capacity each from Siemens Wind Power […]

  • UK: Examination of Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Closes

    24 January 2013

    Examination of the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm project has closed. The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) wrote to interested parties on 21 January 2013 notifying them of completion of the Examination. The findings and conclusions arising from the Examination, together with a recommendation from PINS will be sent to the Secretary of State within three months. […]

  • CableFish Proves to Be Revolutionizing for Subsea Cable Installation

    6 August 2014
    Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    The first stage of the new CableFish test programme was completed last week and the results proved that this concept will revolutionise submarine cable installation for high flow environments. The trials were conducted on a simulated cable off the Dorset coast in flows of up to 2.5knots. The objective was to prove the concept, including the […]

  • Talisman sticks with Odfjell

    7 July 2008

    Odfjell Drilling has won a two year extension to its existing drilling and maintenance contract for work on Talisman Energy’s North Sea platforms. The contract extension also includes the provision for a further two year option, potentially extending until November 2012. Odfjell CEO Ketil Lenning said: “I am delighted to confirm that our partnership with […]

  • BP & Maersk Oil Approve Front End Engineering & Design for Harding Area Gas Project

    12 July 2006

    BP and its partner, Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited, today announced the approval of FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) for the Harding Area Gas Project. This is the first stage of a development project to allow the production of gas from the Harding area and prolong the life of the field beyond 2015. […]

  • EEW OSB Produces First Borssele 1&2 Transition Piece

    28 May 2019

    EEW Offshore Structures Britain has produced the first transition piece for the Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Teesside-based company rolled out the first of 35 transition pieces destined for Ørsted’s Borssele 1&2 project at the beginning of April. EEW SPC, the parent company of EEW OSB, is in charge of manufacturing 47 monopiles […]

  • Deutsche Bucht Centerpiece Nears Installation

    27 March 2019
    Storage

    The jacket foundation for the Deutsche Bucht offshore substation has arrived at the installation site in the German North Sea and will be installed as soon as there is a suitable weather window, a spokesperson for Northland Deutsche Bucht GmbH told Offshore WIND. The substation topside has been towed from Vlissingen to Eemshaven in the Netherlands, as the […]

  • UK: Endeavour Awards Technip East Rochelle Development Contract

    27 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Endeavour Energy UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Endeavour International Corporation, awarded Technip  an EPCI(1) lump sum contract, worth around €70 million, for the East Rochelle development in the United Kingdom North Sea. The field is located approximately 185 kilometers north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland in 140 meters of water. The contract covers full project management and […]

  • Shell and Equinor weeks away from court fight over two mega oil & gas projects in UK waters

    24 October 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The legal battle that may decide the fate of two of the largest undeveloped oil and gas fields off the coast of the United Kingdom (UK) is fast approaching with less than three weeks left until the set date.

  • ATP Expects to Spud First Well at Shimshon Prospect Off Israel in 2nd Q 2012

    13 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    ATP Oil & Gas Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary ATP East Med B.V.have acquired the Shimshon, Daniel East and Daniel West licenses in offshore Israel and the Israeli government has approved these licenses. Based on the acquired licenses, ATP through ATP East Med anticipates spending between $3 and $5 million in 2011 in offshore Israel […]

  • CHC gets Mariner field transportation contract from Statoil (UK)

    18 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Statoil (U.K.) Limited has Awarded the Helicopter Transportation Contract for the Mariner Field to CHC Helicopter in the UK.