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  • 2012-built rig in digital era pursuit as Island Drilling awards five-year gig to Tampnet

    21 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, IT & Software, Project & Tenders, Technology

    With digitalization spreading its wings across offshore operations, Norway’s offshore drilling contractor Island Drilling has handed out a multi-year deal to Tampnet, a compatriot provider of offshore high-capacity and low-latency connectivity services, to enhance the digital capabilities of its semi-submersible rig ahead of its upcoming assignment in the North Sea.

  • Höegh Autoliners secures 5-year deal for US to Middle East trade

    27 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Norwegian RoRo transportation services provider Höegh Autoliners has signed a five-year contract with an unnamed ‘major’ international car producer for the transport of cars from the US and Mexico to the Middle East.

  • Seadrill taps Semco Maritime to prepare rig for Lundin gig

    24 January 2020
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Semco Maritime has been awarded a contract by Seadrill for preparation and modification of the West Bollsta prior to starting its ten-well contract with Lundin on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in 2Q 2020.

  • Maersk Drilling boasts largest quarterly backlog addition since 2017

    20 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Maersk Drilling has added hundreds of millions to its contract backlog, its largest quarterly backlog addition since 2017.

  • Havkraft’s CEO joins IEA board of directors

    28 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Geir Arne Solheim, Havkraft’s CEO, has joined the International Energy Agency (IEA) Marine Renewable board of directors. Solheim was selected by The Norwegian Wind Energy Association (NORWEA), a trade organization that works to promote Norwegian renewable energy production, including wave and tidal energy. “This is a unique opportunity to be in the forefront of the […]

  • Equinor files plan for further development of North Sea field, unveils investment of over $1.1bn

    26 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Equinor and its partners have submitted a PDO for the Oseberg field and revealed plans for investing over $1.1. million in this development.

  • Centrica, Statoil Sign Deal for Gas Exploration in Norway and UK

    8 June 2012

    Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, and Statoil signed an extension to their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on gas-focussed exploration opportunities in Norway and the UK. The original MoU, which was signed in November 2011, has already resulted in the companies bidding jointly in the 27th UK North Sea licensing round. This […]

  • Equinor hires compatriot company for diving intervention services

    16 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vision

    Norway’s energy giant Equinor has signed a long-term frame agreement for diving intervention services with compatriot SubseaPartner. The frame agreement focuses on contingency preparedness for Equinor as the principal user, in addition to 23 other operating companies participating in the Pipeline Repair System and Subsea Intervention (PRSI) Pool. Tasks that this frame agreement covers also […]

  • Norled’s 4th electric ferry hits the water at Remontowa

    24 July 2020
    Vessels

    Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding has launched the fourth and last hybrid electric passenger-car ferry in the series being built for Norwegian shipowner Norled. The ships, ordered back in 2018, feature LMG 120-DEH design. According to LMG Marin, the design LMG 120-DEH features many energy-efficient solutions including general use of heat recovery, full LED lighting, electric […]

  • Building for the future: Keppel PELS

    3 August 2012

    The Singapore based Keppel FELS also has its roots in building huge offshore jack up platforms for the oil and gas industry. It is a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), which, in turn, is a wholly owned company of Keppel Corporation Limited. This yard not only builds the vessels but also […]

  • Norway: Statoil Gives Vilje Operatorship to Marathon Oil

    16 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil transfers operatorship of the Vilje field in the North Sea to Marathon Oil Norge. The agreement does not involve any change of stakes in the production licence (PL 036D). “Statoil is interested in good area solutions. We therefore find it natural that Marathon, as the biggest operator in the area, gets to optimise the […]

  • TBN Triples Coverage Area

    2 October 2014

    Florida’s MTN Communications says the number of Terrestrial Broadband Network-connected cruise ships has doubled and covered regions have tripled one year after the TBN’s launch. Since the MTN TBN kick-off in Alaska in the Summer 2013 cruise season, several MTN partners, including Norwegian Cruise Line and Princess Cruises, have started using this new technology. The company enabled […]

  • Vestdavit Supplies Work Boat and Man Overboard Davits for Four PGS’ Ships

    14 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted to supply work boat and man overboard davits for four specially designed chase vessels which will support Norwegian seismic major PGS’ fleet of seismic ships. The ships are to be built at Turkey’s BEŞIKTAŞ GEMI İNŞA A.Ş. yard for Faroe Island shipowner P/F […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    10 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 04 – January 10). Oil services company, Subsea 7, saw its stock price hit a five-year low after dropping below NOK 55 on Wednesday. The stock has fallen some 36 percent since May this year after the […]

  • Equinor to disclose Sleipner CO2 storage data in push to advance development

    12 June 2019

    Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor and its partners will disclose a dataset from the Sleipner field; the world’s first offshore CCS plant, in a push to advance innovation and development on the field of CO2 storage.

  • UK:Tidal Transit Orders Third Innovative Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessel

    23 October 2012

    Leo Hambro, Commercial Director of Tidal Transit, has announced that the company has just placed an order for the manufacture of the third, in its potential fleet of ten, innovative wind farm crew transfer vessels. To be named Tia Elizabeth, this new vessel will be built to exactly the same high specification as its two […]

  • Ulstein Lays Nexans Aurora Keel

    6 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein has recently held the keel laying ceremony of the cable laying vessel Nexans Aurora. Keel laying marks the start of assembling the grand blocks of a newbuild vessel, destined for the installation of subsea cables by Nexans. The hull is being built at Crist, Poland, while the engineering, outfitting and system integration, […]

  • Wave power explored for the Mediterranean

    12 July 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Waves4Power has welcomed the representatives of the Maestrale project to discuss opportunities for wave energy deployments in the Mediterranean.

  • Oceanteam Settles with Sawicon

    15 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Oceanteam has reached an out-of-court settlement over an IP infringement case related to the Oceanteam ASA – North Ocean vessel series, which was filed against naval architect Sawicon AS in 2011. According to the company’s Oslo-filing, the terms of the settlement are to remain confidential, but Oceanteam said that the settlement will have no negative effect […]

  • Latvian Shipping Company to Dry Dock Eight Tankers

    27 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Latvian owner and operator of medium and handy size tankers Latvian Shipping Company (Latvijas Kuģniecība) plans to dry dock eight of its vessels at Riga dockyard until July, to reduce fuel consumption and upgrade communication equipment. While in dry dock, the vessels will undergo technical repairs, get a fresh coat of paint, and new satellite equipment. The company estimates that over […]

  • ‘Songa Endurance’ starts drilling for Statoil

    31 December 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Songa Endurance semi-submersible drilling rig has started drilling operations under its contract with Statoil in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The rig’s owner Songa Offshore broke the news on Thursday, saying that the rig “is now on operating rate”. The Songa Endurance is on an eight-year drilling contract with Statoil at the Troll oil and […]

  • Norway: Aker Solutions Wins Asgard Modifications Work

    20 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Aker Solutions has secured a contract for subsea compression topside modifications of the Åsgard A and B platforms with Statoil. The contract value is approximately NOK 650 million. The purpose of the modification is to supply electricity to the Åsgard subsea compressor units, which will be installed in 2013. In December 2010 Statoil awarded Aker […]

  • Axxis Geo Solutions Wraps Up OBN Survey for ONGC

    7 June 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has completed an Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) survey for ONGC at D1 and NH fields on the western continental shelf of India. The company conducted the acquisition of over 2,000 square kilometers area. The campaign contract was awarded in August 2018 to AGS and its strategic partner. AGS part of this […]

  • Skangas: Coralius LNG bunkering vessel to start ops in June

    4 April 2017
    Vessels

    Norway-based LNG terminal operator Skangas said Monday its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel, Coralius, would be delivered in June. The Coralius, built by the shipyard Royal Bodewes in the Netherlands, is owned by a joint venture between Dutch Anthony Veder and Swedish company Sirius Shipping. The Skangas-chartered LNG bunkering vessel has a cargo capacity of 5,800-cbm and is […]

  • AF Group, Saipem UK Win Contracts for Removal of Two North Sea Platforms

    29 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      AF Decom Offshore AS and Saipem UK Ltd have been awarded a Letter of Intent for the tasks of removing the H7 and 2/4-S jacket platforms in the North Sea. The conditional contracts have been awarded by Statoil on behalf of operator Gassco. AF Decom Offshore AS will remove and sell the H-7 platform, […]