Fairmount Marine’s powerful tugs Fairmount Sherpa and Fairmount Summit have delivered FPSO Skarv Idun in the port of Stord, Norway. The two tugs needed just 92 days for the long distance tow of about 15.300 nautical miles from Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. The towage was e
THE winner of a competition will find the top prize something of a breeze. By Richard Wright (iwcp) [mappress] Source: iwcp, March 02, 2011
Statoil has declared the second of three one year options for each of the AHTS vessels Havila Mars and Havila Mercury and the first of two one year options for the RRV vessel Havila Runde. The agreed rates for the optional periods are according to current market level. The firm period for Havila Mar
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the publication of the following documents relating to fiscal year 2010, which ended on November 30, 2010: 2010 Annual Report and Financial Statements 2010 Annual Report on Form 20-F 2010 Annual Accounts for the Luxembourg holding Company The Company advises that the 20
Cosalt Offshore, a provider of lifting, tooling and marine services to the oil and gas industry, is to provide inspection services to Shell at two UK onshore gas processing plants. The three-year contract will involve Cosalt Offshore carrying out inspection and test activities on the sites at St Fer
Renewable energy investment in the UK will be hit by government cuts and new proposals for the industry might be anti-competitive and … By Todd Cardy (growthbusiness) [mappress] Source: growthbusiness, March 02, 2011
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/3-4, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/3-4 is to be drilled from the drilling facility Bredford Dolphin(image) located at position 58° 48’ 14.5” north 02° 43’ 08.5” east after t
Today at 08:18, a helicopter flying between the Maersk Oil operated Gorm and Rolf Field observed oil on the water. Oil production from the Rolf platform was immediately stopped. Maersk Oil has activated its oil spill contingency plan, including 2 x 1,200 metre floating boom barriers which are being
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Klaus Rud Sejling, Vice President of A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. The parties addressed the opportunities for cooperation deepening to ensure year-round well d
Statoil has declared the second of three one year options for each of the AHTS vessels Havila Mars and Havila Mercury and the first of two one year options for the RRV vessel Havila Runde. The agreed rates for the optional periods are according to current market level. The firm period for Havila Mar
During 30 years as a commercial diver Bob Durrant was often intrigued by the impact discarded car tyres had on the seabed. So instead of retiring, he launched a company to investigate whether linked tyres could prevent sand scouring which causes problems for turbines, cables and other subsea structu
Blue Offshore and Integrated Subsea Services have completed their feasibility study on the possible use of multipurpose DP2 vessel Normand Tonjer for array cable installation on offshore wind farms. The scope of the study included development of deck layouts for cable installation and cable burial t
The public consultation period on the proposed extension of the Kentish Flats wind farm is coming to an end this week. (wind-watch) [mappress] Source:wind-watch , March 01, 2011
The public consultation period on the proposed extension of the Kentish Flats wind farm is coming to an end this week. (wind-watch) [mappress] Source:wind-watch , March 01, 2011
