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  • Goliat FPSO on board ‘Dockwise Vanguard’. Soon to set sail

    5 February 2015
    Equipment

    Eni Norge has informed that the Goliat platform has now been towed on board the Dockwise Vanguard, “the largest marine transport vessel in the world”. According to Eni, the Goliat platform is the largest and most sophisticated cylindrical FPSO (Flotating production, storage and offloading) facility ever built. It was designed by the Norwegian company Sevan […]

  • Solstad Farstad Books $146M Loss

    23 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian owner and operator of offshore vessels Solstad Farstad has recognized loss of 1.15 billion Norwegian Kroner (NOK) (USD 146 million) in the final quarter of 2017, up from 1,5 billion Kroner (USD 190.5 million) in the corresponding comparable period in 2016. Solstad Farstad is the result of a merger between Solstad Offshore, REM Offshore, […]

  • Six killed in crane incident at Samsung Heavy shipyard

    2 May 2017

    Six people were killed and over 20 injured on Monday after a crane collapsed at Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, where modules for Total’s Martin Linge topsides are being built. According to Total’s statement on Monday, the accident happened at 07:45 Norwegian time and no one from the Total project organization was […]

  • Norway: Maersk Rigs for Brynhild Field Development

    16 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Drilling​ has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS for an ultra harsh environment jack-up rig to carry out subsea field development of the Brynhild Field in Norway. The contract will be for MAERSK GUARDIAN or MÆRSK GIANT to be declared by 1 January 2013. The firm contract duration is for three wells of […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    17 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 11 – January 17). The deepwater pipelay construction vessel “Jascon 18” was arrested last week on behalf of a shipyard in Singapore. The vessel, formerly owned by the marine contractor Sea Trucks, was sold to its new […]

  • Det norske: Ivar Aasen topside nearly finished. On track for first oil in 4Q

    18 January 2016
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Det norske, a Norwegian oil exploration and development company, has informed that the construction of the topside for the Ivan Aasen field platform, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, is nearing completion.  According to Det norske’s update on Monday, the platform deck, under construction at Sembcorp Marine’s SMOE yard in Singapore, has reached […]

  • ExxonMobil gets green light for new Balder field well

    5 July 2016
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given ExxonMobil a consent to use a new subsea well on the Balder field, offshore Norway. PSA said on Monday that ExxonMobil has been given consent to use another subsea well, designated E-29-AH located 3,500 meters from the Balder floating production unit (FPU). The Balder […]

  • Ada Shipyard Launches ISV Siem Moxie (Video)

    16 September 2013

    The “Siem Moxie”, an infield support vessel (ISV) developed by the Norwegian vessel designer Ulstein Design AS, was launched on Sunday at Ada Shipyard Tuzla – Istanbul, Turkey. The vessel, with a length of 74 meters and a beam of 17 meters, will be the first X-BOW vessel equipped with Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP). The two […]

  • Statoil Officially Opens Vega Field (Norway)

    18 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Vega field in the North Sea was officially opened during a ceremony in Bergen yesterday, 17 March. The subsea field adds important natural gas and condensate to Statoil´s production on the Norwegian continental shelf. Regardless of a challenging development, the partners on the Vega field have completed the development project on time and within […]

  • Equinor getting ready to spud two North Sea wells with Shelf Drilling and Transocean rigs

    25 August 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator to use rigs owned by Shelf Drilling and Transocean for drilling activities in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Kongsberg to supply safety and automation systems for Johan Sverdrup Phase 2

    14 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has extended an existing contract with Kongsberg for the Phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup field development.

  • Det norske gets permission to drill North Sea wildcat

    30 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for the well 2/9-5 S in the North Sea, offshore Norway. Well 2/9-5 S will be drilled from the Mærsk Giant drilling facility at position 56°24’45.50’’ north and 03°55’06.08” east. The drilling program for well 2/9/-5 S relates to drilling of a […]

  • DOF downsizes its fleet by selling one of its vessels

    13 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    DOF Rederi, a fully owned subsidiary of Norway’s vessel owner DOF Group, is in the process of divesting one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs).

  • Polarcus Opens Office in Norway

    29 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Polarcus has opened its first office in Norway to better service and support the Company’s rapidly expanding operations across Norway. The new office is situated in the center of Stavanger, at Reidar Berges gate 9, and complements the global network of regional marketing offices in London, Houston, Singapore, Moscow, and Rio de Janeiro. Polarcus has […]

  • Eidesvik lands new contracts for two platform suppliers

    19 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norway-based company Eidesvik has secured contracts for two of its platform supply vessels (PSVs).

  • Lundin Petroleum to Drill with Bredford Dolphin near Avaldsnes Discovery, Offshore Norway

    20 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/5-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/5-2 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 58°44’43.55’’N 02°37’58.20’’E after completing the drilling of wildcat well 9/1-1 for Premier Oil Norge AS in production licence […]

  • Oil Spill Preparedness Strengthened in Finnmark

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Two new depots for oil clean-up equipment being opened at Hasvik and Måsøy in northern Norway represent important building blocks in emergency preparedness for the Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Due to become operational on 23 and 24 September respectively, these facilities provide western Finnmark county with an oil spill preparedness which is top-class […]

  • Vår Energi creates new VP role for Aker Energy man

    20 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has named Bjørn Thore Ribesen as its vice president Field Development & Projects.

  • Faroe picks up first new UKCS license in four years

    24 May 2018

    Faroe Petroleum has been awarded a new prospective exploration license in the UK’s 30th Licence Round.

  • First steel cut for North Sea-bound unmanned gas production platform – gallery

    2 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Aker BP has celebrated the start of the construction phase for a platform, which is destined to be deployed in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Wintershall Dea in last phase of Nova project as drilling operations start

    27 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has started drilling the first of six wells on the operated Nova field in the Norwegian North Sea.

  • New Umbilicals International’s Member to Establish UK Facility

    18 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Joe Gorman has been appointed Operations Manager at Umbilicals International UK, part of the Seanamic Group. Formerly production manager at Hydrasun, Aberdeen, he will be responsible for establishing a UK based umbilicals service and manufacturing facility. The new UK umbilical facility will extend Umbilical International’s reach to supply to North Sea, Norwegian and African projects. […]

  • Statoil Spuds Tastaveden Well

    13 January 2014

    Petrolia Norway AS, a fully owned subsidiary of Petrolia SE, announces that drilling of Well 25/9-4 Tastaveden in PL 628 has started.   The well, which is located approximately 35 km northeast of the Grane Field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, will test a prospect adjacent to the Utsira High. Well 25/9-4 Tastaveden will be drilled […]

  • Farstad expands fleet with new AHTS vessel

    10 February 2014

    Norwegian offshore shipping player Farstad Shipping has expanded its fleet with a new Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel. The Far Sigma anchor handler has today, Monday, February 10, been delivered from Vard Langsten to Farstad Supply AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Farstad Shipping ASA. The 87,4m long vessel will trade the spot market in the North Sea. In April […]

  • Cosco Orders Cranes for Axis Offshore Accommodation Rig

    20 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    China’s COSCO Qidong Offshore co has ordered two offshore cranes from TTS Group, to be installed on board a semi submersible accommodation rig. The value of the order is estimated at approximately NOK 50 million (USD 8.2 million). The accommodation rig  is ordered by Axis Offshore to target the strong demand for modern units to operate […]