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  • CentrePort Wellington Ready for Another Bumper Cruise Season

    3 October 2017

    New Zealand’s CentrePort Wellington has welcomed the first ship of the 2017/18 cruise season, Radiance of the Seas, which brings with it another busy season. The 90,000-ton Radiance of the Seas is owned by Royal Caribbean International and started service in 2001. Derek Nind, Chief Executive Officer of CentrePort, said Wellington stands to benefit from “another bumper season”, […]

  • Aker BP taps Shearwater for Ivar Aasen 4D OBS survey

    22 February 2021
    Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Shearwater has secured an ocean bottom seismic 4D survey for Aker BP at the Ivar Aasen field. According to seismic exploration company, the OBS project in the Norwegian North Sea, has a duration of approximately one month. The survey will commence in Q2 2021 and will employ Shearwater’s multi-purpose vessels the SW Cook and also […]

  • PG Flow Solutions Gets MEG Package Order for Nova Field

    18 July 2018
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Rosenberg WorleyParson has awarded PG Flow Solutions’ subsidiary, Calder, a contract to supply a MEG pump package to the Nova field tie-back to Gjøa platform, in the North Sea. Wintershall as the operator of Nova has decided to develop the field with two subsea modules tied back to the Gjøa platform, which is operated by […]

  • Scarabeo 8 Incident Under Investigation (Norway)

    11 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has decided to initiate an investigation of the stability incident on the mobile drilling facility Scarabeo 8 in the Barents Sea on 4 September 2012. Scarabeo 8 is a semi-submersible drilling facility owned by Saipem SpA Norwegian Branch (Saipem). The facility is currently engaged in exploration drilling for Eni […]

  • Statoil: More Gas Flows from Sleipner B (Norway)

    8 April 2011

      Gas began flowing to continental Europe last week from the Beta West structure in the Sleipner area of the North Sea, which was discovered by Statoil in 2009. “This was one of the largest discoveries we made that year, with a well drilled from the Sleipner B platform,” reports Edvin B Ytredal, vice president […]

  • MacGregor Receives Order for Two AHC Cranes

    15 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order for two MacGregor active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from a Turkish shipyard for a new subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and construction vessel for a Norwegian owner. A 250-tonne and a 15-tonne MacGregor subsea crane will be installed on the 129m vessel. The 250-tonne unit will […]

  • AGS inks Utsira data licensing deal

    4 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production, Technology

    Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an undisclosed international oil company. The late sale is related to the company’s OBN seismic data library over Utsira in Norway. The Utsira OBN seismic data library is now in its final stage of data processing. Processing and delivery to pre-funding customers of […]

  • Aker Solutions wins FEED job for electrification of Troll platforms

    15 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    Equinor has awarded Aker Solutions a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) for topside modifications to accommodate power from shore at the Troll B and C platforms located offshore Norway. 

  • Polarcus Receives LoI from Wintershall for 3D Seismic Acquisition Project Offshore Norway

    26 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Polarcus Limited  announces that the Company has received a Letter of Intent from Wintershall Norge ASA for a 500 square kilometer 3D seismic acquisition project over PL577 in the Norwegian North Sea, offshore Norway. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will be acquired during the 2011 summer season and is expected […]

  • Norway: RXT Wins Kvitebjorn Field Survey Gig

    10 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    The multi-component seismic company Reservoir Exploration Technology ASA (RXT) has received an contract award for an Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBC) survey for the Kvitebjørn Field in Norway for Statoil. The main objective is to improve structural interpretation and achieve better illumination of fault planes to improve fault interpretation. The survey duration is estimated to be […]

  • PSA Approves Marathon’s Diving Ops Offshore Norway

    5 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Marathon Oil Norway AS (Marathon) has been granted consent to conduct manned underwater operations on Volund and Alvheim fields, both located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. Marathon will conduct manned underwater operations in connection with installation of equipment for connection of new subsea-completed wells on the Volund and Alvheim fields. Minor maintenance […]

  • EMGS extends charter, cuts dayrate for survey vessel Atlantic Guardian

    21 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    EMGS, a Norwegian provider of geophysical services to the oil and gas industry, has signed an extended charter agreement for the vessel Atlantic Guardian with a reduced dayrate.  EMGS said on Friday that the agreement was signed with an owner of the vessel, North Sea Commander Shipping, at ‘new and improved’ commercial terms. The new terms […]

  • Statoil restarts Snorre B production

    5 June 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Statoil has fully resumed oil production from its Snorre B platform in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. According to Reuters, the news of the oil output resumption was first shared by the Stavanger-based newspaper, Aftenblad. Production from a subsea template at the Snorre B platform was shut down on 17 May following the […]

  • LNG RoRo Newbuilding Runs Aground off Norway

    29 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Nor Lines’ 5,000 dwt short sea cargo Ro/Ro vessel MS Kvitbjørn (White Bear) ran aground off Ulsteinvik on Sunday morning local time, little over two months after entering service, according to local media. The LNG-powered Kvitbjørn was refloated at around 9:45 pm in high tide, with the assistance of the tug S/B Hugin. The Ro/Ro ship was towed […]

  • Nexans Extends Charter with GC Rieber

    15 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has secured a charter extension with Nexans Skagerrak, a subsidiary of subsea cables specialist Nexans Norway, for the CSV Polar King. The first time charter agreement announced in March this year, was set for a fixed period of about 8.5 months, plus option for extension, scheduled to start […]

  • OSV market rates to remain low in 2018, Siem says

    22 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipping company Siem Offshore expects rates in the North Sea offshore support vessel market to remain volatile and generally low in 2018. 

  • CHC helicopter makes emergency landing on BP’s North Sea platform

    10 June 2016

    A CHC-operated helicopter had to make an emergency landing on a North Sea platform after experiencing an issue on Friday.  According to VG, a Norwegian language news website, the helicopter of the Sikorsky S-92 type landed on BP’s Ula platform located in the North Sea, offshore Norway. There were 16 people on board, two pilots and […]

  • Grieg Star creates innovation spin-off with sustainability in mind

    17 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Innovation, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Norwegian shipowner Grieg Star has set up a separate company, named Grieg Edge, to drive innovations within sustainable maritime services.

  • Cyprus: Prosafe Posts 2010 Results, Sees Growing Interest in Semi-submersible Accommodation Rigs

    17 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      Prosafe’s operating profit for the fourth quarter came to USD 18.4 million and net profit amounted to USD 30 million. Operating profit for the year 2010 was USD 221.1 million, and net profit for 2010 equalled USD 198.5 million. Financials (Figures in brackets refer to the corresponding period of 2009) Full year 2010 Operating […]

  • AGR scoops drilling and well engineering deal with MOL Norge

    2 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The agreement covers the supply of technical support within drilling and well engineering to the operator’s Norwegian subsidiary.

  • Four giant oil & gas projects line up for start-up in 2025 offshore Norway with more on the cards

    11 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy

    Vår Energi has confirmed that four major projects are expected to be put into operation this year, enabling the firm’s production to exceed 400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (kboepd).

  • Det norske Gets Nod for Alvheim Zone

    13 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The PSA has given Det norske a consent to use the existing facilities on the Alvheim, Vilje and Volund fields, and the new Bøyla field, in the North Sea. The background to this consent is Det norske’s acquisition of Marathon Oil Norge AS and the company’s production licence assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Marathon’s operatorship […]

  • Equinor to tackle helideck nonconformities at two North Sea platforms

    7 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Norwegian regulator has conducted an audit of the management of emergency preparedness and helidecks at Equinor’s two North Sea platforms.

  • Baltic Pipe now connecting Polish and Danish coasts

    18 November 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The construction of the Baltic Pipe offshore section has been completed as the last weld was made on the gas pipeline connecting the coasts of Denmark and Poland.

  • New task for Transocean regarding rig working off Norway

    10 May 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of stability and marine systems on one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.