Equipment
Important Milestone for 2H Offshore
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has joined an international European consortium comprising nineteen leading industry and research organisations to develop deepwater mining solutions. Over the next four years, the European Commission funded project, known as Blue Mining, will be developing seabed min
Industry Majors Team Up to Develop Next Generation Subsea Production Equipment
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement which establishes a joint industry program that includes Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, BP, ConocoPhillips and Shell for the purpose of jointly developing a new generation of standardized subsea production equipment and systems design
Slovenia: Koper Dredging Project in Full Swing
The Port of Koper dredging scheme is moving forward. The second, larger dredger, owned by the Netherlands-based contractor Van Oord, yesterday commenced dredging works aimed at the seabed deepening along the Container Terminal to 14 metres. By the end of August, the trailing suction hopper dredger D
Statoil Resumes Production on Njord A
Statoil resumed oil and gas production on the Njord A platform in the Norwegian Sea on 19 July, after a major reinforcement of the platform structure. Production has been shut down since last summer. Extensive analyses and inspections in 2013 revealed a need to reinforce the Njord A platform structu
Kleven signs shipbuilding contract with IES Pioneer
Kleven has signed a new shipbuilding contract with Malaysian based Joint Venture Company IES Pioneer Ltd. The contract for the new vessel is of the MT 6015 MPSV design, designed by Norwegian design company MarinTeknikk, and will be outfitted with a crane, helideck and FiFi II. Delivery will be in Se
Det norske: Gohta-2 well confirms oil and gas presence (Norway)
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has announced that the Gohta-2 appraisal well in PL492 is about to be completed. The well confirmed presence of oil and gas and two production tests were undertaken. The test of the gas zone was successful, whereas the test in the oil zone was inconclusive. The appraisal w
Plexus wins equipment delivery for Centrica (UK)
Plexus Holdings PLC, has received an additional purchase order from Centrica Energy Exploration and Production to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an exploration well in the Southern North Sea, Offshore UK. The value of the order is estimated at approximately $1 million (£6
Plexus Bags Additional Order from Centrica
Plexus Holdings PLC, the owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has received an additional purchase order from Centrica Energy Exploration and Production (‘Centrica’) to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an exploration well in the So
Top News – July 14 to 20, 2014
Boskalis Consortium Bags Singapore Port Expansion Contract Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has in consortium been awarded work associated with the expansion of the Singapore Tuas Mega Port development. Experts Doubt Panama Canal Expansion Will Be “Game Changer” The expansion of the Pana
PSA reviews pressure drilling on COSL Innovator
From 10 to 13 June 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Statoil’s use of managed pressure drilling using COSL Innovator on the Troll field. The objective of the activity was to audit that Statoil, the service providers, drilling contractor and other stakeholders, were
Statoil’s MDR monitoring on Heimdal needs improvement
From 24 March to 18 June 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s monitoring of major-accident and OHAS risk associated with a modular drilling rig (MDR) in temporary use for well plugging at the Heimdal facility. The objective of the activity was to audit
Loggers Noise Solutions for World’s Largest Dredgers
During its 91st session in November 2012, IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) adopted a number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Among these amendments was the adoption of the new SOLAS regulation II-1/3-12, which requires ships to be constructed
Veessen-Wapenveld Channel: Scale Model Tests Underway
To protect Deventer, Zutphen and the villages on the IJssel River from extreme high water and flooding, an eight-kilometre-long channel is being created between Veessen and Wapenveld. Work will start after the summer on the channel, which can take a maximum of 45% of the water from the IJssel. Scale
Engineering of Aasta Hansteen platform subject of PSA inspection
From 3 to 25 June 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s engineering of the Aasta Hansteen spar platform. The objective of the audit was to assess whether Statoil’s and the contractors’ management of detail engineering in the area of OHAS was being carrie