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  • Top news, May 21 – 27, 2018

    27 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from May 21 – 27, 2018.

  • MRC Global to work on Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup field development

    3 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Houston-based MRC Global Inc. has been awarded contracts through its Norwegian subsidiaries to support Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup project in the North Sea. Johan Sverdrup development will include four platforms: a utility and accommodation platform, a processing platform, a drilling platform and a riser platform all linked by bridges. According to MRC Global, its subsidiary from […]

  • Wartsila to Supply Design of New LNG Powered PSV

    2 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the design and an integrated solution for a new large platform supply vessel (PSV). The ship will operate primarily on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and is owned by Siem Offshore, the Norway based provider of marine services to the […]

  • Pinsent Masons sign up oil & gas litigator

    1 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    International law firm headquartered in London, Pinsent Masons has appointed litigator Bruce Craig to its oil and gas team in Aberdeen. Craig, who was formerly managing partner of niche Scottish law firm Mackinnons, will head up the Pinsent Masons’ litigation and regulatory practice in Europe’s oil capital, focusing on contentious issues in the oil and gas, […]

  • DSD Shipping Tangled in Magic Hose Case

    14 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    A US federal grand jury in Mobile, Alabama, has indicted a Norwegian-based shipping company Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab AS (DSD Shipping) and four of its engineering officers on seven counts, including the use of the so-called ‘magic hose’ on board the tanker M/T Stavanger Blossom back in 2014. DSD Shipping and the engineering officers were charged with violating the Act […]

  • Siemens’ First Service Operation Vessel Sailing to Norway

    12 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The hull of one of Siemens’ new service operation vessels (SOVs) is on its way towards Norwegian Havyard shipyard, where it is supposed to arrive any day now. On July 19, 2014, the hull was launched at the Cemre shipyard in Turkey, reported Ingo Bischof, Siemens’ Project Manager for Offshore Service Germany in charge of […]

  • Siemens’ First Service Operation Vessel Sailing to Norway

    12 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The hull of one of Siemens’ new service operation vessels (SOVs) is on its way towards Norwegian Havyard shipyard, where it is supposed to arrive any day now. On July 19, 2014, the hull was launched at the Cemre shipyard in Turkey, reported Ingo Bischof, Siemens’ Project Manager for Offshore Service Germany in charge of […]

  • Subsea Manifolds for Bøyla Field Complete (Norway)

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The development of the Bøyla Field (PL 340) located close to the Alvheim Area has passed an important milestone towards first oil. The subsea manifolds for the Bøyla Field are now completed and being transported for installation in the North Sea. Marathon Oil Norge AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation, is the operator […]

  • Irregularities spotted during Alvheim risk factor management audit

    8 November 2017

    Norwegian offshore safety body has found several safety issues during an audit of Aker BP’s management of risk factors on the Alvheim field off Norway. 

  • Finland: Wartsila Completes First Marine Dual Fuel Conversion

    23 November 2011

    The product tanker ‘Bit Viking’ was the first vessel ever to undergo a conversion by Wärtsilä from heavy fuel oil to liquefied natural gas (LNG) operation. The conversion enables the ‘Bit Viking’ to qualify for lower nitrogen oxide (NOX) emission taxes under the Norwegian NOX fund scheme. The unique fuel conversion of the product tanker […]

  • Report: Ill-fated Yme field could start producing in 2019

    20 January 2017
    Project & Tenders

    By Bartolomej Tomić Following years of delays and several set and missed start-up dates at Norway’s Yme field, there is now another first oil forecast – 2019. The Yme field, which used to be operated by Talisman, had been slated for first oil production in 2010. Talisman had taken over operatorship of the field in […]

  • Aker BP building data factory in the cloud to improve productivity

    31 January 2022
    Automation, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Innovation, IT & Software, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition

    Aker BP has joined forces with Accenture to develop and deploy a cloud-based solution to improve oil and gas operations.

  • Gallery: Heerema cuts first steel for Oseberg Vestflanken 2 platform

    17 June 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), the Netherlands-based manufacturer of large structures for the oil and gas industry, has held a steel-cutting ceremony for Statoil’s unmanned wellhead platform (UWP) for the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 development, offshore Norway. The company said on Thursday via social media that the ceremony was held at its Zwijndrecht yard in the Netherlands. The ceremony […]

  • Statoil suspends ‘Songa Trym’ contract

    6 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Songa Offshore has informed that Statoil will suspend Songa Trym contract after the current well at the Oseberg field in the North Sea. Statoil has recently received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Songa Trym for permanent well plugging on the Oseberg field. The rig is currently performing plug and abandonment activity […]

  • AGR Wins DEA Norge Job

    20 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    AGR has secured a well engineering and operational support services contract with DEA Norge. The contract covers support in well planning and operational execution and consultancy manpower to DEA’s drilling projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The contract includes HSEQ and environmental services in addition to well planning, project execution and post well reporting assistance. […]

  • More North Sea work lined up for Floatel unit

    16 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Floatel International has been awarded a new deal for one of its units, which will work for Vår Energi in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Harbour Energy finds ‘marginal’ hydrocarbon accumulations in North Sea well

    30 December 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Harbour has completed the drilling of the Dunnottar exploration well in the UK North Sea, encountering marginal hydrocarbon accumulations.

  • OEEC: ‘O&G need to be delivered with always evolving lower carbon footprint’

    11 October 2017

    On Tuesday, October 10, the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) hosted an Industry Panel where representatives from the oil and gas industry discussed the transition to a low carbon energy mix. The theme of the panel was Energy transition: Distinguishing facts from fiction when it comes to both fossil and renewable energy sources, their […]

  • OMV Hits Oil in Barents Sea (Norway)

    6 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Tullow Oil plc announces that the Wisting Central exploration well (7324/8-1), offshore Norway, has made the first ever oil discovery in the Hoop-Maud Basin in the Barents Sea. Results of drilling, wireline logs and samples of reservoir fluids show that the well has encountered 50-60 metres of net light oil pay in good quality relatively shallow […]

  • Floating solar takes on high seas

    6 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Offshore solar energy systems are an emerging application in which photovoltaic (PV) systems are installed directly over bodies of water. Floating solar photovoltaic is a subset of that technology in which PV panels are mounted on buoyant substructures. PV panel technology is similar to traditional ground-mounted PV, except the panels rest on a platform usually […]

  • C6 Technologies Demos Its New Well Intervention Solution

    22 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    C6 Technologies, well intervention and conveyance specialist, said it has completed a world-first application of its ComTrac technology, in conjunction with its parent company, Archer. ComTrac is said to be the only system in the world that comprises a reel of spoolable 12mm diameter semi-stiff carbon composite rod with electrical conductors. To date the technology […]

  • Samskip to Expand Norway Presence with Nor Lines Takeover

    26 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Rotterdam’s transportation firm Samskip plans to acquire activities associated with Norwegian shipping and logistics company Nor Lines AS, in a major expansion of its shipping, transport and logistics businesses in Norway. Subject to approval by Norway’s competition authorities, Samskip has agreed with the DSD Group to acquire the activities of Nor Lines, which generate an average […]

  • UK: Rolls-Royce Wins USD 79.9 Mln Order to Design and Equip Two AHTS Vessels

    30 March 2012

      Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured a £50 million (approx USD 79.9 mln) order to design and equip two advanced offshore anchor handling vessels for Norwegian ship owner Farstad Shipping. The UT 731 CD vessels are designed and equipped to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow rigs to location and also serve […]

  • Equinor Taps DEME for Hywind Tampen Foundations Study

    26 April 2019
    Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    DEME Offshore has signed an agreement with Equinor to carry out a study examining potential floating concrete substructures for the planned Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in the Norwegian North Sea. The agreement was signed early December 2018 with a five-month duration, and the study is a part of the engineering works before the final investment […]

  • Blue Offshore delivers ‘world’s largest modular basket carousel’

    6 June 2014
    Equipment

    Marine engineering and subsea cable installation equipment provider Blue Offshore Marine Services has successfully built a third and what they claim is the world’s largest modular basket carousel. After contract award, the basket carousel, with loading tower and 15Te tensioner, was fabricated in 16 weeks and assembled in 4 weeks. After its assembly in Kalundborg, […]