Equipment
Island Constructor Gets Green Light for Another Draugen Job
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given permission to use the Island Constructor for start-up and repair of wells on the Shell-operated Draugen field. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea in 250 metres of water, around 150 km north of Kristiansund. The field has been developed
Baker Hughes Reorganizes, Shuffles Leadership
Houston-based oilfield services player, Baker Hughes, has announced changes to its organizational structure and senior leadership team. The changes follow the company’s May 2 announcement of plans to simplify its business structure, reducing costs and enhancing its commercial strategy. Namely, Baker
DeepOcean lands work offshore Abu Dhabi
DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching of a 42km power cable from the shore to an offshore location in the United Arab Emirates. The company did not say who the client was. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed either. DeepOcean will use its T1 m
Inpex, Mitsubishi team up for tech challenges in oil & gas industry
Inpex Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have concluded a memorandum based on an agreement to jointly study solutions for various technological challenges in the energy sector. Under the auspices of the memorandum, Inpex and MHI plan to jointly establish a working committee and addres
Magseis Cuts Losses
Norwegian seabed seismic services player, Magseis, has managed to shrink its loss as the revenue increased by close to 220 per cent in the first quarter of 2016. The Oslo-listed company has seen its revenue climb to USD 18.1 million compared to USD 5.7 million same time last year. Increase in revenu
Boskalis’ Water Injection Dredger Terra Plana Launched
Boskalis’ new water injection dredger Terra Plana was successfully launched at TBG Harlingen – Thecla Bodewes Group shipyard last month. Two companies signed the contract for the construction of the Terra Plana on June 3, 2015 and the actual work on the dredger began in September 2015. Water injecti
ThinJack Grabs Egypt Contract
Westhill-based oil service company ThinJack has secured a deal with an undisclosed Middle East oil and gas company for the removal of multiple well Christmas trees on surface platforms in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Reportedly the agreement could be ThinJack’s largest ever agreement in the region. It f
Technip Nets Umbilical Supply Contract from Statoil
Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiary Technip Umbilicals has been awarded a contract by Statoil to supply the umbilical to the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field offshore Norway. This field is located approximately eight kilometers North West of the Oseberg field center at Block 30/9-30/6 on the Norwegian cont
TGS – PGS in 3D Shoot Off Canada
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) is expanding its multi-client library offshore Eastern Canada, with plans to acquire approximately 2,000 km² of 3D seismic data, in partnership with PGS. The survey will be acquired utilizing the PGS GeoStreamer technology, and it should begin during the summer se
Technip’s umbilicals for Statoil’s North Sea field
French oilfield services supplier Technip will supply an umbilical for Statoil’s Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field offshore Norway. This field is situated some eight kilometers North West of the Oseberg field center at block 30/9-30/6 in the North Sea offshore Norway, at water depths of 100 meters. The co
Seismic pair set for 3D shoot offshore Canada
Norwegian seismic contractor TGS has announced the expansion of its multi-client library offshore Eastern Canada, with plans to acquire approximately 2,000 km² of 3D seismic data, in partnership with PGS. The survey will be acquired utilizing the PGS GeoStreamer technology and data acquisition will
Kongsberg Equipment for New Peruvian Navy Research Vessel
Kongsberg Maritime has been selected to deliver a subsea technology systems package including two Hugin autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) for the new Peruvian Navy hydrographic and oceanographic research vessel. The 97-meter ‘BAP Carrasco’ vessel is built at Construcciones Navales P. Freire shipy
Fugro supports BP’s Trinidad & Tobago operations
Fugro has provided a wide range of services to BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) which allow drilling and completion of five subsea wells in an area of strong currents. According to Fugro’s press release from Wednesday, the services include wellhead motion (fatigue) monitoring, metocean measurements and
Ocean Team Launches UK Division
Danish-headquartered Ocean Team Group, specialists in cleaning technical fluids and their transfer systems for the global energy industry, has established its first UK division in Aberdeen. Ocean Team has seven divisions which service the on and offshore energy industry, including the Oil & Gas, sub