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  • Damen completes ‘Rowan Viking’ a month ahead of schedule

    2 September 2014

    The Rowan Viking jack-up rig yesterday received clearance to operate on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Damen Shiprepair was responsible with helping the rig meet the stringent Norwegian standards. Dutch yard Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion was responsible for a major upgrade of the Rowan Viking, owned by the U.S.-based drilling contractor Rowan […]

  • Bibby Offshore: Successful Evacuation Drill

    9 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore is leading the way in saturation diving safety in the North Sea after recently carrying out fully successful evacuation trials. The trials involved mating a Self Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat (SPHL) from the company’s Diving Support Vessel (DSV), Bibby Sapphire, to a Portable Hyperbaric Reception Facility onshore. Saturation diving requires […]

  • Bassoe: Demand for deepwater rigs in South America to double by 2021

    17 January 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Up to 50 offshore rigs could be working on deepwater programs in South America depending on how new prospects turn out.

  • Germany: MAN Diesel & Turbo Lands First Order for EGR System

    9 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced the first order for its second- generation EGR system, to be applied aboard a Maersk Line container vessel – the 4,500-teu new building #2358. The system will be fully integrated with the vessel’s main engine, a two-stroke MAN B&W 6S80ME-C9 type to be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries’ engine […]

  • Floating solar not yet up to par to be brought into offshore wind tenders, says BP’s Benelux head of offshore wind

    14 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    System integration is what is needed for the next leap in offshore wind, however, not all technologies that can integrate with offshore wind farms have the same starting point. Floating solar still has some way to go in becoming more resilient to harsh offshore conditions. On the other hand, hydrogen is a more ready option […]

  • Interior Launches Leasing Process for Commercial Wind Energy Offshore RI and MA (USA)

    18 August 2011
    Authorities & Government

    As part of Interior’s “Smart from the Start” offshore wind energy initiative to spur rapid and responsible siting, leasing and construction of new wind projects, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced the initial steps to develop commercial wind energy […]

  • Prosafe CCO: Efficiencies can be found if you look hard enough (Interview)

    16 December 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore Energy Today has interviewed Mr. Ryan Stewart, Chief Commercial Officer at Prosafe, one of the world’s largest providers of offshore accommodation vessels. In the interview below, one can learn about the high-spec offshore accommodation units in general, attractive regions for deployment, both advantages and disadvantages over lower specification units; and also about the challenges of […]

  • UK govt to speed up new energy projects, including five oil & gas developments

    26 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    UK government plans to accelerate various energy projects, including five oil and gas as well as several CCS, hydrogen, and offshore wind projects.

  • BW Offshore sells FPSO while pursuing redeployment opportunities

    10 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway’s FPSO operator BW Offshore has decided to sell one of its FPSOs, which it recently marked as a redeployment candidate.

  • Vår Energi’s precommitment to subsea systems to cut tie-back development time by up to one year

    4 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Norwegian oil & gas company Vår Energi has signed a pre-commitment agreement with OneSubsea, a joint venture (JV) backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, for the delivery of subsea production systems (SPS), a move expected to shorten subsea tie-back development time by up to one year. Under the SPS pre-commitment program, work starts immediately […]

  • Antin IP Buys BP’s Stake in CATS Pipeline

    23 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Antin Infrastructure Partners (‘Antin IP’) has agreed to increase its stake in the Central Area Transmission System (CATS). Antin IP will acquire BP’s 36.22% share of the CATS system and will own 99% of the business, subject to the receipt of regulatory and other third party approvals. The investment will follow Antin IP’s acquisition of […]

  • TechX Pioneer Programme Funds Ten Start-Ups

    11 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Autonomous underwater swarm robots and micro-polymers designed to reinstate well integrity, are just some of the new technologies that have secured funding through the Oil & Gas Technology Centre’s TechX Pioneer Accelerator Programme. Nearly 200 applications from over 35 countries were received this year, with strong representation from the UK, US and Canada, covering both […]

  • BPS rolls in $1.6M for wave energy tech

    26 June 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    BioPower Systems (BPS) has secured funds from the Australian government for a project looking to develop a standardized power conversion module for ocean energy applications.

  • Pipeline Installation in SP Phase-19 Complete, Iran

    13 November 2012

    The implementation and installation of the first 32-inch offshore pipeline of phase-19 of South Pars energy zone, Bushehr province, was completed successfully, said the manager of the project. Hamidreza Masoudi said the pipeline laying for transferring gas produced in offshore platforms was completed by Iranian specialists within two months, IRNA reported. He said the pipeline […]

  • Det norske oljeselskap Gets New CEO

    8 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Karl Johnny Hersvik has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Det norske oljeselskap ASA. Mr. Hersvik comes from the position as Senior Vice President of Statoil’s Research and Development division in Trondheim. Mr. Hersvik will take up the position as CEO of the company effective from 1 May 2014. Mr. Hersvik says […]

  • Portugal Charts Offshore Wind Path

    27 November 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    The Portuguese Government has approved the Industrial Strategy for Ocean Renewable Energies (EI-ERO) with the aim of developing the country’s offshore wind potential.

  • Hilcorp’s Cook Inlet survey plan approved

    20 August 2019

    The survey will involve one seismic acquisition vessel and two support vessels.

  • UK: Ithaca Energy Receives FDP Approval for Stella and Harrier Fields

    12 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that the Company has received Field Development Plan (“FDP”) approval for the Stella and Harrier Fields from the UK government. – The joint development of the Stella and Harrier fields, located in the Central North Sea, will involve the drilling of subsea horizontal wells tied back to the “FPF-1” floating production […]

  • U.S. to offer 14696 offshore blocks in Gulf of Mexico lease sale

    14 February 2019

    The U.S. is set to offer 78 million offshore acres in the Gulf of Mexico to interested oil companies in a lease sale scheduled for March 2019. 

  • Aker BP to buy 11 licenses from Total for $205 million

    31 July 2018

    Aker BP has entered into an agreement with Total E&P Norge to acquire its interests in a portfolio of 11 licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf for a cash consideration of $205 million.

  • Equinor gets nod to power Johan Sverdrup from shore

    18 July 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Equinor has received consent to use a facility to supply power from onshore to the Johan Sverdrup field located off Norway. 

  • ACCC gives nod for Woodside’s acquisition of Apache’s Wheatstone, Balnaves and Kitimat fields in Australia

    5 March 2015

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has announced that it will not oppose Woodside’s proposed acquisition of Apache Corporation’s interests in the Wheatstone, Balnaves and Kitimat Projects. The Wheatstone and Balnaves Projects are located in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, offshore WA, while the Kitimat Project is located in British Columbia, Canada. In Australia, Woodside and […]

  • Danish ESVAGT Orders a Standby/Rescue Vessel for Goliat Field Offshore Norway

    18 June 2010

    Danish shipping company ESVAGT has ordered a standby/rescue vessel of the Ulstein SX123 design. The vessel is a part of emergency preparedness in the Goliat field for operator Eni and will enter directly into a ten-year contract. The vessel will be constructed at the shipyard Astilleros Zamakona SA in Bilbao, Spain. “This contract with ESVAGT […]

  • UK: Scira Offshore Renews Charter of ‘Eden Rose’

    2 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Tidal Transit’s personnel transfer vessel, Eden Rose, has been on charter to Scira Offshore Energy since May 2012. Initially it was transporting construction workers building the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm to site, and since this 88 turbine power plant was completed late last year, it has been taking maintenance technicians to the wind farm […]

  • Norway’s energy minister officially opens Eni’s Goliat (Gallery)

    18 April 2016

    Eni’s Goliat field, located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway, was officially inaugurated by Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tord Lien, on Monday, April 18, 2016. Although first oil was initially planned for 2013, the Italian oil company, Eni, started production from the Goliat field in March 2016, making it the first oil field […]