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  • CRYO Shipping Unveils New Bunkering Tanker Design

    13 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipping company CRYO Shipping has developed a new type of tanker design, which would provide clean and cheap bunkers, in an effort to expand its foothold as an LNG feeder and bunker operator. The company aims to establish a fleet of flexible and efficient small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, by conversion of offshore vessels into LNG […]

  • Otto Marine Pens $170 Mln Sale & Leaseback Deal

    29 July 2013

    Otto Marine Limited, (Otto Marine), a leading offshore marine company which specializes in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialized offshore services, has entered into a sale and leaseback deal with a renowned unrelated third party for 2 units of the large Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels for US$85 million each. The […]

  • Top Stories of the Week (Feb 18 – Feb 23, 2013)

    3 March 2013

    VIDEO: Turkey’s First Indigenously Built Research Vessel Hits the Water The first ever research vessel built in Turkey named RV ‘TUBITAK Marmara’, was launched on Sunday, Feb. 17th, in Istanbul. The vessel, 41.2 meters long and 9.5 meters wide, was designed by Soyaslan Marine, indigenously developed and built at the Çeksan Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul. […]

  • Shipowners Must Do More to Prevent Engineroom Fires (Norway)

    11 April 2012
    Business & Finance

      Shipowners are increasingly lax when it comes to upholding 2003 amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention that are designed to prevent engineroom fires, according to a loss prevention circular from Gard. The circular says that the risk of fire is highest when maintenance work is taking place or immediately afterwards, but […]

  • Update: Statoil says situation in Algeria ‘calm’ after gas plant attack

    18 March 2016

    (Updated with statements by Statoil, BP, 18.03. 2016) Norwegian energy giant Statoil said Friday that the Salah Gas asset in Krechba, Algeria was hit by “explosive munitions” fired from a distance. Statoil operates the In Salah dry gas fields together with BP and the Algerian state oil and gas company Sonatrach. “After the attack on […]

  • Island Offshore Orders Multifunctional Offshore Vessel (Norway)

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • Gibdock Completes Work on ‘Viking Vanquish’

    1 October 2013

    The Viking Vanquish, a high capacity 3D seismic survey vessel operated for CGG, has undergone a 21-day programme of works at Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock. The vessel left the shipyard’s drydocks in mid-September prior to sea trials. Based in France, CGG operates 23 seismic survey vessels, after acquiring Fugro’s geoscience division earlier this year – claimed to […]

  • Aker BP and DeepOcean: ‘Definitely yes’ for subsea inspections using autonomous technology

    16 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Norwegian subsea services provider DeepOcean and oil and gas player Aker BP have completed subsea trials with an autonomous inspection drone (AID) at an Aker BP-operated field in the central North Sea. As part of a ten-day inspection campaign, Aker BP and DeepOcean inspected subsea trees and other subsea infrastructure at the Alvheim subsea field on […]

  • Statnett, KfW and TenneT Conclude Agreement for Norway-Germany Interconnector

    4 December 2012
    Storage

    The Norwegian power grid operator Statnett, KfW IPEX-Bank on behalf of KfW and TenneT TSO GmbH, transmission system operator for the German North Sea region, have concluded a cooperation agreement to develop and construct a subsea cable between Germany and Norway. The high voltage direct current interconnector will enable energy to flow between Germany and […]

  • Lifeboat simulator installed on Prosafe’s Safe Boreas

    30 April 2015
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Virtual Marine Technology, a Canadian simulation services provider, announced it has installed its first lifeboat simulator system in Norway. The simulator was installed onto Prosafe’s Safe Boreas accommodation vessel in Stavanger. The simulator system was unveiled in as an element of the vessel’s safety equipment. Mike Jubb, Offshore Installation Manager on the Safe Boreas says; “The lifeboat simulator […]

  • Viridis Bulk Carriers gains backing from five cargo owners

    1 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Ammonia-powered shipping startup Viridis Bulk Carriers has signed MoU’s with cargo owners Elkem, Vestkorn, BioMar, Franzefoss Minerals, and Saltimport to develop a zero-emission freight network. In addition to further developing the ship technology platform, the partnership will explore a zero-emission logistics system comprising ships, fuel logistics and flows of cargo from the 5 cargo owners. […]

  • NPD presents new management team

    25 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has presented the six directors that will make up its senior management team.

  • Aker BP produces first oil from Valhall Flank West project

    17 December 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has produced first oil from the Valhall Flank West project in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Promising results from Maersk Drilling’s first low-emission rig

    17 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Technology, Transition

    After being converted to a low-emission rig, Maersk Intrepid has entered operations as the first Maersk Drilling rig to feature this set of upgrades.

  • Repsol Sinopec files decommissioning plans for North Sea field duo

    13 March 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Repsol Sinopec Resources has filed its draft decommissioning plans to the UK authorities for the Buchan & Hannay fields located in the UK North Sea. 

  • Island Offshore Orders Another Ulstein Vessel

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • Transmission coordination road to UK’s 2030 offshore wind ambition

    2 December 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The increase of UK’s goal to have 40 GW instead of 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030 represents a huge opportunity for the sector. However, it is not without its challenges. With the quadrupling of capacity, cumulative environmental and social impacts of the lack of offshore transmission coordination represent a major barrier to delivery, according to the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

  • MCP to build ‘world’s largest 4G network at sea’ for Statoil

    12 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Statoil has chosen Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) to deploy and operate their high speed 4G-network on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Statoil and MCP have signed a six years contract with an option to extend for another four years. With that MCP will immediately start building the world’s largest 4G network at sea, the company […]

  • Norway: Geospace Technologies Provides Seabed Seismic Systems for Snorre and Grane Fields

    14 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Geospace Technologies Corporation has received and signed a Letter of Award from Statoil awarding Geospace Engineering Resources International the contract to provide 660 kilometers of seabed seismic reservoir monitoring systems for the Snorre and Grane fields on the Norwegian continental shelf. The company estimates the final contract value to be approximately $160 million. By receipt […]

  • Ithaca Energy Announces UK Exploration Portfolio Farm-Out Transactions

    23 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Ithaca Energy Inc. announces further UK exploration portfolio farm-out transactions. When combined with the previously announced UK farm-outs the Company is now fully carried for the forecast cost of drilling the UK exploration well commitments transferred as part of the Valiant Petroleum plc (“Valiant”) acquisition and in addition will receive over $8 million in cash […]

  • Trapoil to Assume Majority Equity Position in Romeo Discovery

    29 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Trapoil, the independent oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf region of the North Sea, has provided a corporate and operational update. Trapoil’s management is in the process of determining how best to create value from the group’s existing cash reserves and assets while minimising risk for shareholders. Following […]

  • Eidesvik sees challenging PSV market in winter with improvement in spring

    22 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Eidesvik Offshore expects a challenging market for platform supply vessels this winter but sees an improvement coming in spring next year. 

  • Wintershall Dea adds more time to Energy Swan PSV charter

    10 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norwegian offshore vessel operator Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has secured another contract extension for its Energy Swan platform supplier with Wintershall Norge.

  • Equinor buys its way into project envisaged as ‘premier regional carbon storage hub’ in US

    29 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Equinor has gotten its hands on a stake in a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project located along the Texas Gulf Coast.

  • Kongsberg’s suite of new vessel designs brings methanol, ammonia, and hybrid-battery power into play

    6 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels

    Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled new vessel designs, featuring next-generation anchor handler (AHT) and platform supply vessels (PSV).