Bergen Group BMV has been awarded contracts from Sartor Offshore AS for the construction of three multi-purpose offshore vessels with a total value of about NOK 1 billion. The newbuilding program has a strong focus on environmentally solutions based on high safety and flexibility. The contract for t
Alpha Ventus, the first German offshore wind farm, launched operations in 2010. In the future, offshore wind power will play an increasingly important role, not only in Germany but across the world. TÜV SÜD has stepped up its activities in this sector by establishing an Offshore Windenergydepartment
Total today announced the following appointments to its Management Committee, effective January 1, 2011: Arnaud Breuillac, Senior Vice President, Middle East, Total Exploration & Production. Michel Hourcard, Senior Vice President, Development and Operations Techniques, Total Exploration & Production
Findon-based AMC Engineering Ltd is ending the year on a high note after securing another industry certification. The international torque equipment specialists have been awarded the OSHAS18001 certification, an internationally recognised assessment specification for occupational health and safety m
VOSTA LMG B.V. has received from Jordan Modern Industries Co. Ltd. (JMI) a repeat order for the delivery of a Dismountable Cutter Suction Dredge, of type ‘CSD 600 S’ to the Iraqi market. The turn key project will be executed by VOSTA LMG in co-operation with its co-maker Vantage in Malaysia. The new
The partners in the Snøhvit licence have decided to perform studies of possible concepts for building a new LNG plant at Melkøya in Hammerfest (Train II). The licence has conducted a feasibility study of processing capacity expansion of Hammerfest LNG plant, Melkøya called Snøhvit Train II, and have
Four firms have entered bids to develop Norway’s first major offshore wind farm valued at NOK 7 Bn. US $ 1.17 billion project. By John Bradbury (offshore) [mappress] Source: offshore, January 12, 2011
Subsea service provider DOF Subsea Norway AS has appointed Jan Kristian Haukeland as General Manager of its Bergen office Subsea service provider DOF Subsea Norway AS has appointed Jan Kristian Haukeland as General Manager of its Bergen office. He will start in the position from 1st February this ye
Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited , an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, announces that the Sedco 704 drilling unit (image above) is now being anchored on location over the
If you can learn how to coax out more years from your infrastructure, look with fresh eyes at well data and think laterally, then you can gain a competitive edge when working with mature assets. Maersk Oil is an old hand in the art of teasing out oil from aging fields in the North Sea […]
Prosafe has been awarded a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract linked to the LOI is four months with on site operations planned to co
ACE Winches has secured a £1.6m contract from Bluestone Offshore for the design and manufacture of two comprehensive winch packages for use on the offshore support vessel, Greatship Maya. Each winch package comprises 18.5t of safe working load (SWL) hydraulic drum winch, 300kW containerised electric
In a move to drive further reductions in the number of accidental hydrocarbon releases in the UK oil and gas industry, companies have committed jointly to cut leaks on their offshore installations by 50 per cent over the next three years. As a result of unremitting efforts by the industry working co
Narec has awarded a framework contract to Shepherd Construction for the building of three new facilities to house new test rigs for full scale wind and marine prototype devices: * Project Nautilus, a 3MW drive train test rig, will de-risk in-field activities by allowing Narec to perform certificatio
