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  • Norway: New Control Rooms for Valhall Field

    28 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    BP Norge has received consent from Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to use an onshore control room for Valhall at Forus near Stavanger. The new control room with associated systems can operate all the wells at the Valhall centre, Flanke Sør, Flanke Nord and Hod. For the Valhall field, this means that two new control rooms […]

  • Wintershall gets nod for Orion drilling

    11 May 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Wintershall its approval to drill an exploratory well with the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig offshore Florø, Norway. Wintershall is the operator for production licence 248 in the North Sea where the well will be drilled. The exploration prospect is named Orion and bears the designation 35/11-19S. It is located around […]

  • Safety probe finds improvement points on Heimdal

    22 July 2016

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has identified several improvement points during an audit of Statoil and Gassco. No non-conformities were found. PSA said on Thursday that the audit was conducted on June 9 and 10 and that the revealed improvement points were related to the condition of the main support structures […]

  • Virgin Islands Seaports Resume Operations after Irma

    11 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Seaports on St. Croix are open and fully functional after being closed for days due to the Hurricane Irma, the Virgin Islands Ports Authority informed. All United States Virgin Islands seaports were closed on September 5 to all inbound commercial traffic unless authorized by the US Coast Guard’s Captain of the Port. Meanwhile, activities are […]

  • Solstad bags new contract for Normand Mermaid

    8 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Norwegian shipowner Solstad Offshore has entered into a new contract for its subsea construction vessel (CSV) Normand Mermaid. The award is in direct continuation of its current contract with the present client for the vessel, Solstad said. The new contract will keep Norman Mermaid fully utilized to the second quarter of 2025, with one optional […]

  • Oil & Gas UK welcomes CAA’s offshore helicopter safety measures

    21 February 2014

    Oil & Gas UK has welcomed yesterday’s publication of the CAA safety review of offshore public transport helicopter operations in support of the recovery of oil and gas.   Robert Paterson, Oil & Gas UK’s health, safety & employment issues director, said:  “This comprehensive analysis of North Sea helicopter operations and safety performance proposes a […]

  • AVEVA Joins Offshoreenergy.dk (Denmark)

    7 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    AVEVA announced today that it has joined the Esbjerg-based network Offshoreenergy.dk. The network focuses on building collaboration across the Danish oil & gas, offshore and wind energy industries. “The majority of the Danish offshore activity is in the Norwegian and British areas of the North Sea, where AVEVA has a dominant position for engineering design […]

  • Ulstein Cuts First Steel for Merkur SOV

    10 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has cut the first steel for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte. The SOV yard number 315 is of the SX195 design from Ulstein, and is destined to operate for GE Renewable Energy on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The vessel […]

  • Zamakona Yards: FSV Hull Launched

    3 February 2014

    The Zamakona Yards on Friday launched the “Ocean Marilin” vessel hull in its yard in Pasajes in Northern Spain. The vessel is the second which Zamakona Yards has launched of the three vessels contracted with the Norwegian shipping company, Atlantic Offshore A.S. The principal mission of the vessel will be to provide immediate attention in […]

  • Statoil to Use Songa Trym for Permanent Well Plugging on Glitne Field

    26 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil has received consent to use the Songa Trym mobile drilling facility for permanent well plugging on the Glitne field. The Glitne oil field lies in blocks 15/5 and 15/6 in the Sleipner area of the Norwegian North Sea, about 40 kilometres north-west of Statoil’s Sleipner East development. Made in 1995, the Glitne find was […]

  • 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.

  • Norway: Reef Subsea Nabs Ormen Lange Dredging Deal

    23 April 2012

    Reef Subsea AS announced today that Scanmudring, one of its Norwegian subsidiaries, have been awarded by A/S Norske Shell a seabed dredging contract on Ormen Lange Mid-North field development. The task will be performed by the newly-built Scanmachine 4, the new generation of the highly experienced tool carrier developed and operated by Scanmudring. The water […]

  • Green light for Vår Energi to use Ringhorne platform for production drilling

    12 April 2019

    Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has received consent from the Norwegian authorities for the use of the Ringhorne platform, which is located offshore Norway. 

  • Longboat sees start of drilling ops on its first-ever exploration well

    15 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Vår Energi has started drilling the Rødhette exploration well, the first in a series of seven wells where Longboat Energy will participate.

  • Atlantic Offshore to Provide Support for Major Oil Companies in UK North Sea

    28 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has secured contracts in the last few weeks with major oil companies worth a combined £12million. The vessels will provide support in the UK North Sea for Shell, Nexen, Hess and Talisman Energy (UK) Limited. Atlantic Offshore has been in operation since 1995 and manages a fleet of […]

  • Norway: Reef Subsea Wins Ormen Lange Seabed Dredging Gig from Shell

    23 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Reef Subsea AS announced today that Scanmudring – one of its Norwegian subsidiaries – have been awarded by A/S Norske Shell a seabed dredging contract on Ormen Lange Mid-North field development. The task will be performed by the newly-built Scanmachine 4, the new generation of the highly experienced tool carrier developed and operated by Scanmudring. […]

  • Subsea 7 Wins USD 800 Mln SURF Contract from Total, Norway

    15 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 S.A. today announced the award of a subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) contract valued at approximately $800 million from Total E&P Norge AS for the development of the gas field Martin Linge, located 180 km west of Bergen in the North Sea. The contract comprises engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPIC) of […]

  • UK’s Most Powerful ERRV Commissioned

    16 May 2013

    Aberdeen-based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned what will be the UK’s most powerful emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV). The Ocean Troll – which recently completed a long term charter with Statoil – has undergone a £2million conversion and overhaul at MMS Ship Repair in Hull to become a UK Class A ERRV […]

  • New JV sets up engineering and asset integrity management firm in Guyana

    23 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Norway’s asset integrity management company Axess Group and Guyana Logistics and Support Services (GLASS) have established a joint venture (JV) to launch an engineering and asset integrity management (AIM) firm in Guyana. Axess has been delivering services including design, inspection, maintenance, certification, modification, engineering, and installation of equipment for both offshore and onshore installations, since […]

  • KfW IPEX-Bank Finances LNG-Powered Ship in Germany

    6 September 2011
    Vessels

    KfW IPEX-Bank is financing the construction of the first completely gas-powered and thereby low-emission ship in Germany. The 15,600 cubic metre LNG tanker will be used to decentrally supply Liquefied Natural Gas to energy intensive industries and LNG tank facilities in the North Sea and Baltic Sea as well as to supply the towngas network […]

  • Songa Offshore swings to loss

    9 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Songa Offshore’s revenues dropped due to lack of contribution from two stacked rigs. 

  • Statoil dishes out new drilling contracts worth over $1.5 billion

    3 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has awarded three drilling contracts for drilling, completion, intervention services, plugging, maintenance and modifications on 18 of its fixed platforms. 

  • Yara Clean Ammonia appoints new CEO to spearhead ‘rapidly growing’ business

    3 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    Oslo-headquartered Yara Clean Ammonia has appointed Hans Olav Raen as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective May 1, 2024.

  • Equinor to keep PGS busy this summer

    27 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s PGS has leveraged its multi-year frame agreement with compatriot oil and gas giant Equinor to secure contracts for the 2022 summer season. PGS will be carrying out 4D GeoStreamer monitoring surveys over the Visund field in the North Sea and the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea. The company was also recently awarded a […]