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  • Remontowa to build hybrid ferry for Torghatten Nord

    18 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. has signed a contract to construct a hybrid-powered passenger-car ferry for Torghatten Nord AS, one of the largest ferry operators in Norway. The ferry will be fitted with two azimuth thrusters with vertically mounted electric motors powered by batteries. In case of emergency, the vessel has the option to switch to […]

  • BP confirms Forties pipeline sale to Ineos

    3 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    UK oil giant BP has agreed to sell its Forties Pipeline System (FPS) business, with assets including the main Forties offshore and onshore pipelines and other associated pipeline interests and facilities, to chemicals company Ineos. Following talks in March to sell the pipeline, BP said on Monday that, subject to partner, regulatory and other third […]

  • Norway: NPD Starts Seismic Data Acquisition

    10 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On 10 July, at 06.00 hours, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) started acquiring seismic data in the Nordland IV and V areas. The work is planned to last for one month. The Storting (Norwegian Parliament) has tasked the NPD with mapping the seabed to gain knowledge regarding potential petroleum deposits in the area. Originally, the […]

  • Norway: Det Norske Plans to Submit PDO for Jetta Discovery

    10 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Det norske plans to submit a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Jetta discovery this summer. On the exploration side, the company will participate in an additional eight wells in 2011. During the first quarter, Det norske oljeselskap ASA has given priority to the development of the Draupne field and the Jetta […]

  • GE to Supply DSME with Integrated Topside Turbomachinery

    5 September 2013

    GE Oil & Gas (GE) has been awarded a contract to provide Korean shipbuilding firm Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) with turbomachinery equipment and services for a new oil and gas production platform being built to support the production activities of Statoil Petroleum AS (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) and its partners Total S.A. and […]

  • Norway-based Aker Solutions Increases its Middle East Presence with X3M Acquisition

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Aker Solutions has signed an agreement to acquire the well intervention technology business from X3M (pronounced “Extreme”) International. The acquisition will grow Aker Solutions’ well intervention technology and service portfolio worldwide as well as increase the company’s presence in the important Middle East market. X3M is an international niche provider of down-hole intervention service tools […]

  • DOF scoops deals for two platform suppliers

    11 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian supply shipping company DOF has been awarded contracts for two of its platform supply vessels (PSVs).

  • Höegh Autoliners CEO: Scrubbers Just Move Emissions to the Sea

    10 April 2019
    Rules & Regulation

    The company “ordered zero scrubbers and will order no more”.

  • GC Rieber picks up charter renewal for crew-boat tandem

    17 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian offshore vessel owner GC Rieber Shipping has won a contract extension for a tandem of crew-boats.

  • World’s first subsea wet gas compression starts

    12 October 2015

    Norway’s Statoil with partners Petoro and OMV has initiated the world’s first wet gas compression on the seabed of the North Sea Gullfaks field.​ According to Statoil, the technology  will increase recovery by 22 million barrels of oil equivalent (oe) and extend plateau production by around two years from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir. “We are […]

  • Northern Lights: ‘World’s first’ cross-border CO2 transport and storage facility is officially open

    26 September 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Green Marine, Infrastructure

    Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage facility, a joint venture (JV) of energy majors Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, has been completed, marking “an important milestone for the global development of a business model for carbon capture, transport, and storage”. The official opening ceremony of the CO2 transport and storage facility in Øygarden, near Bergen, was conducted by […]

  • Operators gearing up to sanction two of the largest undeveloped discoveries in UK

    1 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Transition, Vessels

    Following the extensions of licences for two of the largest undeveloped discoveries off the UK, operators of these two projects are laying the groundwork for their final investment decisions.

  • ConocoPhillips taps TechnipFMC for Tor II development

    23 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (iEPCI) contract from ConocoPhillips for the TOR II development, located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea at a water depth of 80 meters.

  • Aker Solutions lands Johan Castberg work worth over $480M

    5 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure

    Aker Solutions has won work to help Statoil develop the Johan Castberg field, the largest oil discovery in the Norwegian Barents Sea.

  • Aker Solutions Aims to Create 500 New UK Jobs

    19 August 2011

    International oil services company Aker Solutions aims to create 500 new UK jobs over the next year. In a bid to grow its business substantially, Norway-listed Aker Solutions is set to recruit 300 staff to its Aberdeen operation and create 200 positions at the company’s newly established west-London engineering office. The move follows a successful […]

  • Teekay Tankers to install Shipshave on four ships in 2023

    12 April 2023
    Automation, Green Marine, Innovation, Technology, Vessels

    Hamilton-based tanker shipping company Teekay Tankers plans to install Shipshave, a semi-autonomous hull cleaning tool, on four more vessels this year. The installation plans are being revealed on the back of a successful trial period during sea passages to keep a silicone-coated hull free of fouling which the tanker owner carried out in coordination with […]

  • Anchoring solutions provider selected for Ørsted’s USVs

    12 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Anchoring solutions specialist Maxwell Marine has won a contract to design and supply a technical anchoring system for uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) for the world’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted. The USVs will be used for offshore met-ocean measurement campaigns in the wind farm industry and ten of them will be built by the Tuco […]

  • Industry firsts: SHI tests autonomous navigation system on 15K TEU boxship

    6 July 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has tested an autonomous navigation system installed onboard a 15,000 TEU containership.

  • Carbon Transition and repeat customer sign $2.5 million seismic data licensing contract

    3 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Carbon Transition has entered into a new $2.5 million multi-client seismic data licensing contract with an existing customer for the Utsira multi-client survey in Norway. Under the contract, the customer, whose name has not been disclosed, will license Carbon Transition’s Utsira multi-client survey. According to the company, the agreement includes significant additional uplift revenues relating […]

  • AGR, Statoil to Develop New Generation of MPD (Norway)

    31 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    AGR has joined forces with Statoil to develop a new generation of Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) solution for floating rigs. This phase of the project is worth US$5.1m (NOK31m). The development project will build on two technologies. The first is AGR’s EC-Drill® system, which has been used successfully on two deep-water wells in the Gulf […]

  • Nexans Provides Snøhvit CO2 Umbilical

    7 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil’s Snøhvit gas field will be equipped with Nexans’ static umbilical that provide hydraulic, electrical and fibre optic services for subsea services. The Snøhvit project development will establish an additional well at a new CO2 injection template as well as prepare for gas production from existing templates. The new Nexans supplied umbilical will be routed […]

  • Statoil Starts Production from Gullfaks South

    29 July 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Production from the Gullfaks South (GSO) fast-track project for improved oil recovery in the North Sea started on 27 July. GSO will increase the output from the Gullfaks area by around 65 million barrels of oil equivalent. “GSO demonstrates how we can increase recovery and profitability by use of standardised, simplified development solutions tied to […]

  • Cecon ASA Opens New Office in The Netherlands

    24 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Cecon ASA, the Norwegian based independent offshore subsea contractor, has announced firm commitment for its new office in Leiden, The Netherlands, including the creation of 15-25 new jobs and a further significant investment over the next 12 – 24 months. It is intended that Cecon”s Dutch branch will support existing and potential international oil and […]

  • Equinor suspends helicopter flights while waiting on coronavirus results

    10 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has suspended helicopter flights to several offshore installations due to suspected coronavirus case, but the test results are still not in. 

  • PGS plans to sell seismic vessel to Japanese corporation

    15 November 2018

    PGS has offered to sell the Ramform Sterling to the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC).