Business & Finance
The Netherlands: Jumbo Shipping Receives Safety Award
In 2011 Jumbo Shipping successfully completed its scope of work as awarded by client Technip for the ASENG field located off the coast of Equatorial Guinea in West Africa. This field is to be developed as a standalone turret moored FPSO with subsea production, water injection and gas injection wells
Channel Islands: DHT Holdings Amends Time Charter for VLCC DHT Eagle
DHT Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has amended the time charter with Frontline for the VLCC DHT Eagle, whereas the charter hire shall be paid at $26,000 per day monthly in advance for the remaining period of the charter commencing January 1, 2012. The difference between the original charter
Finland: STX Turku Starts Construction of Multipurpose Deck Cargo Vessel
The keel-laying of the multipurpose deck cargo vessel, built for Oy Gaiamare Ab, was held at STX Turku Shipyard on Wednesday 4 January 2012. The NB 1379 is 105.4 metres long and 18.8 metres wide. The environmentally friendly vessel is to be delivered to the client in spring 2012 will provide work fo
Denmark: Ramboll Plunges into Tyra East Rationalisation Project
Ramboll Oil & Gas has just won the Tyra East Rationalisation Project. The Tyra Field is the largest gas field in the Danish sector of the North Sea. The field is operated by Maersk Oil, and production started back in 1984. Optimising production for future demand The Tyra East Rationalisation Project
Norway: DeepOcean Group Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
DeepOcean Group Holding AS, an integrated provider of subsea engineering and trenching services, today appointed Bart H. Heijermans as their new CEO effective February 1, 2012. The announcement represents the next step in DeepOcean Group’s development into a leading global subsea services organizati
The Netherlands: Jumbo Shipping Receives Safety Award; Sponsors Ronald McDonald House
In 2011 Jumbo Shipping successfully completed its scope of work as awarded by client Technip for the ASENG field located off the coast of Equatorial Guinea in West Africa. This field is to be developed as a standalone turret moored FPSO with subsea production, water injection and gas injection wells
Providence Bags More Rathlin Basin Acreage Offshore Northern Ireland
Providence Resources P.l.c., today confirmed it has been offered a frontier exploration licence over six blocks in the Rathlin Basin, offshore Northern Ireland by the UK Government’s Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC). This offer was made as part of the second tranche of awards under the U
DeepOcean Group Appoints New CEO (Norway)
DeepOcean Group Holding AS (“DeepOcean Group” or “the Company”), an integrated provider of subsea engineering and trenching services, today appointed Bart H. Heijermans as their new CEO effective February 1, 2012. The announcement represents the next step in DeepOcean Group’s development into a lead
Statoil Marks Unique Year on Norwegian Continental Shelf
“Statoil has completed a fantastic year, both in terms of exploration successes, and the development of our portfolio on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS),” says Øystein Michelsen, executive vice president for Development and Production Norway. According to Michelsen the NCS will remain the back
UK: STATS Completes Isolation Project on North Everest Platform
STATS Group, a company specializing pipeline engineering, has completed an isolation project on behalf of AMEC to allow maintenance and replacement works on the North Everest platform in the central North Sea. The workscope covered three maintenance valves and one ESD valve on a 20-inch gas import l
UK: DECC Offers Two New Offshore Blocks to Serica Energy
Serica Energy plc has been offered a further two Production Licences in the final stage of the 26th Round of UK Offshore Licensing announced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Block 110/8b in the East Irish Sea has been offered to Serica as operator with a 100% interest. The work commit
Norway: Greenland Group to Supply PetroFlame for Island Innovator Rig
Grenland Group, a full-service engineering, procurement and construction company based in Norway, has been awarded a contract for two PetroFlame® burner booms for the semisubmersible drilling and intervention rig, Island Innovator. Island Innovator is owned by Marine Accurate Well ASA (Maracc), and
Ireland: Providence Secures New Six Block Licence over Rathlin Basin
Providence Resources P.l.c., the London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM) listed oil and gas exploration and production company, confirms that its wholly owned UK subsidiary PR Singleton Limited has been offered a frontier exploration licence over six blocks in the Rathlin Basin, offshore Northern Ireland by t
UK: Apache Completes Beryl Transaction
Apache Corporation has completed its previously announced acquisition of Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Mobil North Sea Limited assets including the Beryl field and related properties for a previously agreed amount of $ 1.75 billion. Apache has assumed operations of the Beryl, Nevis , Ness, Nevis South,