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  • Solstad terminates charters for three laid up anchor handlers

    18 February 2020

    Norwegian offshore vessel operator Solstad Offshore has terminated bareboat charter agreements for three anchor handlers owned by SFL Corporation. The vessels have been in lay-up since 2016.  Solstad Offshore said on Tuesday that the company and SFL Corporation had agreed to terminate the bareboat charter agreements for three medium size AHTS vessels, Sea Cheetah, Sea […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    21 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 15 – February 21). Norway’s Statoil has reportedly given up on constructing a new platform to develop its Snorre 2040 project offshore Norway for a subsea solution which should cut costs, help improve recovery and extend the […]

  • North Sea subsea tie-back job enables Ocean Installer to handle ‘key component’ for FPSO’s life extension

    26 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Ocean Installer, part of the Moreld Group, has been hired to handle a subsea tie-back project to an existing floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel operating in the North Sea, as part of a new frame agreement for offshore construction.

  • EMGS dispatches ‘Atlantic Guardian’ for Barents Sea survey

    3 April 2019

    Norwegian offshore survey firm EMGS has signed a final contract with Spirit Energy for a survey in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. Spirit signed the contract on behalf of the PL1031 production license group.

  • Lundin looking to sanction North Sea discoveries before end of 2022

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

    Following successful completion of appraisal wells on the Lille Prinsen discovery, Lundin will now work to submit a PDO by the end of 2022.

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • ‘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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • TechnipFMC scores iEPCI contract for Maria revitalization project

    20 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    TechnipFMC has won an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract by Wintershall Dea Norge for the Maria revitalization project in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The revitalization project will tie in an additional lightweight six-slot integrated template structure (ITS) and is set to boost production at the existing Maria field. Under the contract, TechnipFMC […]

  • Irregularities spotted during well plugging audit at Ekofisk

    2 November 2017

    Non-conformities have been found during an audit of ConocoPhillips’ permanent plugging and abandonment of wells at Ekofisk 2/4 A platform off Norway. 

  • Norwegian oil & gas electrification story takes another step forward with multimillion-dollar deal

    17 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Equinor has made a move to progress its offshore oil and gas electrification plans on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) by handing out a contract for early stage engineering services to Multiconsult Norge, in collaboration with subcontractors Aker Solutions and fully owned subsidiary LINK Arkitektur.

  • Ørsted launches its own uncrewed surface vessel for metocean campaigns, USV also validated as floating LiDAR

    22 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Technology, Vessels

    Ørsted has designed and developed its own uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for offshore metocean measurement campaigns. The USV, which has also achieved DNV’s type validation as a floating LiDAR system, is set to enter serial production. The company, whose employees invented the concept which has now been patented, says its vessel is the first USV […]

  • Aker Solutions posts 4Q loss. Cuts dividend

    12 February 2016

    Aker Solutions, a Norway-based oilfield services provider, has reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of 2015, and it has decided not to pay dividend for 2015. The loss was NOK 250 million, compared to a net profit of NOK 359 million a year ago. Converted to US dollars 4Q net loss was $29 […]

  • Norway: Milestones Set for Johan Sverdrup Discovery

    10 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The licensees of Norway’s Johan Sverdrup discovery will select a development concept in the fourth quarter of 2013, and aim to start production in the last three months of 2018. With a forecast producing life of more than 30 years, the production time frame for this North Sea find extends to 2050. A plan for […]

  • Floatel bags Martin Linge extension with Equinor

    16 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore accommodation rig operator Floatel International has been awarded a contract extension for its Floatel Superior by Equinor. 

  • Lundin finds oil and gas in Filicudi prospect

    24 February 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Lundin Norway, operator of production license 533, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7219/12-1 and appraisal well 7219/12-1 A, in the Barents Sea. The well proved oil and gas. The company gained a drilling permit for the wildcat in September 2016 and for the appraisal in January 2017. The prospect is named Filicudi. According […]

  • NextGeo buys survey vessel for €6.7M, refit now on schedule

    12 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Italy-headquartered Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has expanded its fleet with a 2010-built multi-purpose survey vessel (MPSV), which will after refitting be operational from the first quarter of 2025. NextGeo purchased the vessel Sea Admiral from the Norwegian company Beitveit Holding, renamed to NG Explorer and set to be deployed for geophysical, geotechnical, environmental and UXO survey […]

  • Höegh Autoliners Faces Price Fixing Charges

    13 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian car shipping company Höegh Autoliners has been referred to the Competition Tribunal of South Africa for prosecution on seven charges relating to collusive tendering, price fixing and market division. The charges come on the back of a probe into widespread anti-competitive conduct in the market for the provision of transportation of motor vehicles, […]

  • Panama Canal Cruise Ship Season Nearing

    25 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Panama Canal cruise ship season 2015-2016 will officially begin on October 3 with the transit of Costa Luminosa on a voyage from Italy around the world. Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Celebrity Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line will offer itineraries of 10 or more days, including the Panama Canal as part of the […]

  • Statoil evacuates Kårstø plant after gas leak

    8 January 2016

    At 10:30 pm on Thursday night, a gas leak was reported at Statoil’s Kårstø processing plant in Norway. Statoil said that the emergency services and authorities have been notified about the situation and Statoil’s emergency response organisation has been established. “All personnel have been accounted for and brought to safety. A notice to neighbours has […]