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  • Room for improvement found on Johan Sverdrup welding work

    4 April 2017

    Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found two improvement points during an audit of detail engineering and fabrication of Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup drilling platform. Johan Sverdrup is an oil and gas field under development at the Utsira High in the North Sea, 160 kilometers west of Stavanger. Statoil is the operator […]

  • OAASIS Wins Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm PPE Contract

    13 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    OAASIS Group Ltd, an MRO and PPE distributor based in Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen, has been awarded a new PPE supply contract for the Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm following a competitive tendering process. The 3 year framework agreement was awarded by Norwegian renewable energy generation company Statkraft for the project with further options for contract […]

  • GEOSHIPS: Loch Roag Secures Multimillion Pound Contracts (UK)

    21 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    GEOSHIPS Group, a marine and subsea services provider, has announced two contract wins worth a combined value of £3 million for the company’s latest vessel. Following an open day on-board the Loch Roag for potential clients, the vessel secured work in the North Sea with two new customers for GEOSHIPS. The forecasted revenue for the […]

  • Barroso: Shah Deniz Pipeline Decision Bolsters Energy Security of EU

    28 June 2013

    The European Commission welcomed today’s final selection of the pipeline delivering Azeri gas to Europe. The Consortium of the Shah Deniz II gas field, who holds the license for exploiting the 16 bcm/year gas reserves, has chosen the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) to bring the gas from the Turkish border via Greece and Albania to Italy. With […]

  • Reprocessing project wraps up for ‘largest OBN survey on Norwegian Continental Shelf’

    7 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    A tripartite partnership has completed the reprocessing project for what is said to be the largest ocean bottom node (OBN) survey conducted on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Viridien, TGS and Aquila Holdings, under its subsidiary Axxis Multi-client, announced on November 4 the completion of the Utsira OBN reprocessing project, which had received significant industry […]

  • Statoil Celebrates 30 Years of Gullfaks

    22 December 2016

    Norwegian oil and gas giant, Statoil, has marked 30 years of Gullfaks oil field, which started production on December 22, 1986. The Gullfaks was the first field where Statoil was both the developer and the operator. “Gullfaks is a prime example of the best that this industry has achieved in Norway,” said Gunnar Nakken, senior […]

  • ‘Big step forward’ for Harbour Energy as it takes hold of Wintershall Dea’s oil & gas assets

    3 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Harbour Energy has brought into its fold all upstream business assets that used to belong to Germany’s Wintershall Dea, aside from the ones in Russia, after wrapping up an $11.2 billion acquisition. 

  • Norway Approves Asgard Subsea Compression

    27 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The development of the Åsgard subsea gas compression was approved in the Storting (Norwegian parliament) on 27 March 2012. This signals the start for implementation of one of Statoil’s most demanding technology projects aimed at improving recovery.   Åsgard subsea gas compression will increase recovery from Mikkel and Midgard by around 280 million barrels of […]

  • Norway: Havyard Scores Another Major Contract with Global Offshore

    29 May 2012

    Havyard Group has once again signed a contract for delivery of a PSV vessel to Global Offshore with option for one further delivery. Since 2005 contracts to the value of NOK 2 billion ( approx USD 332.9 Mln)  have been signed with the Indian shipping company. This will become offshore vessel number 7 and 8 […]

  • Wartsila Completes Bit Viking Conversion (Finland)

    23 November 2011

    The unique fuel conversion of the product tanker ‘Bit Viking’, from heavy fuel oil to gas operation, has been finalised and in October the vessel was handed over to Tarbit Shipping. The re-commissioned vessel is operated by Statoil along the Norwegian coastline, and the conversion carried out by Wärtsilä enables it to qualify for lower […]

  • With number of agreements signed, PGS to stay busy in period ahead

    22 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian seismic company PGS has signed an agreement with Shell for its cloud-based digital asset management solution designed specifically for seismic data, which is set to enable the UK-headquartered energy giant to streamline access to seismic data and accelerate workflows. This Data OnDemand Agreement complements the MultiClient Library Access agreement the two companies established in 2022. […]

  • CorPower Ocean goes before Swedish Parliament to spotlight wave power benefits

    19 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    CorPower Ocean has spoken at the Swedish Parliament to build awareness of the future potential of wave energy amongst the nation’s policy makers.

  • Renewable energy investments swelling, oil & gas giants’ energy transition speeding up

    2 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Offshore wind could become a $ 1 trillion industry over the next two decades, and renewable energy in general will create an investment opportunity of between $ 8 trillion and $ 16 trillion by 2030, according to some of the reports recently published. Meanwhile, oil & gas giants are making concrete steps in the renewable […]

  • Aker Solutions assembles huge team for giant project: Johan Sverdrup

    26 August 2014

    Norway’s Aker Solutions says it has assembled one of its biggest engineering teams ever to deliver the initial plans for the engineering and design phase of the giant North Sea Johan Sverdrup oil deposit.   The company is on track to deliver the first draft report due in the fourth quarter, a project that has […]

  • Seabed Geosolutions Continues with Eidesvik Duo

    19 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has been awarded new contracts by Seabed Geosolutions for the seismic source vessel Vantage and the node-handling vessel Subsea Viking. The new contracts will start in direct continuation of the existing contracts. The duration is approximately 4 months for each vessel with further options for extension. Both vessels are booked […]

  • Magseis Fairfield Defeats Seabed Geo’s Patent Challenge

    25 January 2019
    Equipment

    The Patent Trial and Appeal board of the U.S. Patent Office denied a petition for inter partes review challenging the validity of the ‘589 Patent that had been brought by Seabed Geosolutions. Magseis Fairfield is asserting that Seabed’s MANTA system infringes the ‘589 Patent in a case brought in the Southern District of Texas. “While the Court has […]

  • New NCE Subsea CEO States Future Ambitions

    13 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Centre of Expertise Subsea appointed Owe Hagesæther as CEO. Hagesæther has more than 25 years of experience of management positions, international sales, business development and board memberships. Until recently, Hagesæther was CEO of Sea Hawk Navigation AS, a Norwegian advanced detection and navigation equipment developer. An experienced international manager, Hagesæther is aware of the processes […]

  • Singapore: Otto Marine Extends its Specialized Offshore Services into North America

    25 June 2010
    Business & Finance

    Otto Marine Limited, a leading offshore marine Group which specializes in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offer specialized offshore services had expanded to the US market with Otto Marine’s wholly owned subsidiary, Surf Subsea Pte Ltd taking a 19.2% stake in the US based Joint Venture company, SURF Subsea Inc . SURF […]

  • Greenpeace activists end 13-day occupation of Shell’s oil platform (Gallery)

    14 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Greenpeace activists have disembarked Shell’s oil platform at the port of Haugesund in Norway after 13 days of occupation and a journey of almost 4,000 kilometers from the Canary Islands, with no arrests having taken place.  Four activists boarded the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit from inflatable boats north of the Canary Islands […]

  • Aqualis Offshore to analyze risk for Aibel

    13 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Marine and offshore engineering consultancy firm Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Aibel to conduct human factors analyses for a number of the EPC contractor’s ongoing projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. Aqualis informed on Monday that, under the contract, the company’s risk management specialists will conduct human factors analyses of Aibel’s work on the […]

  • Statoil kicks off drilling ops at Oseberg Vestflanken 2 using new Cat J rig

    26 February 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has started drilling at the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 development offshore Norway using the Cat J rig Askepott. 

  • Waveco gearing up for Subwave prototype debut

    25 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    In collaboration with strong international players, the Norwegian wave energy developer Waveco has advanced the development of the full-scale Subwave wave energy prototype which could be ready for deployment by the end of the year.

  • Grieg Star shares ‘surprising’ findings of a study involving retrofitting deep-sea ships to ammonia

    14 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Environment, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    A group of cross-industry experts, led by Grieg Star, has conducted a study involving the potential retrofitting of an open hatch vessel to run on green ammonia. Initial findings of the study said that elements perceived as challenges turned out not to be barriers or present major risks for moving forward with a retrofit project. […]

  • Namibia Sets Three-Year Ban on Seabed Mining

    20 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A moratorium on the issuance of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) clearance certificates on bulk seabed mining for industrial minerals as well as base and rare metals in Namibian waters will be in place for a minimum of three years. Cabinet made this decision during its 13th ordinary meeting in September this year. A media statement […]

  • Island Offshore Orders ULSTEIN-Designed Vessel (Norway)

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    ULSTEIN has entered into a contract with Island Offshore and their American partner Edison Chouest Offshore for the delivery of a multifunctional offshore vessel based on ULSTEIN’s SX121 design, with an option for an additional vessel. The vessel is prepared and tailored for the well intervention, IMR and SURF segments, and meets the latest requirements […]