iSurvey has secured a framework contract with Total E&P UK Limited for the provision of rig move navigation and positioning services. According to iSurvey, the framework contract with an effective date of October 12, 2015, is for three years. Under the contract, iSurvey will provide platform, rig an
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has inspected Eni Norge’s follow-up of electrical installation requirements on Goliat, the circular floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), in the Barents Sea. The Goliat FPSO is a circular FPSO of the Sevan 1000 type used for the develo
Songa Offshore, a Norwegian drilling contractor, has received a notice of cancellation of the drilling contract with Statoil for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs, four months before the expiration of contract on March 4, 2016. The cancellation for the 1976-built Songa Trym rig becomes effec
Fairfield Energy, a UK oil company, has sold its interest in the producing Clipper South gas field, in the UK North Sea, to a petrochemicals giant, INEOS. The sale of 25% interest in the Clipper South field was done through the sale of Fairfield’s two 100% owned subsidiaries, Fairfield Acer Limited
Statoil on Wednesday announced it would delay the start of production from the Mariner field, in the UK North Sea, from 2017 to the second half of 2018. In addition, the Norwegian oil and gas giant said on Wednesday, in its 3Q 2015 results report, it would delay production start from the Aasta Hanst
Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor, has stacked several of its drilling rigs and has received a contract award for one of its jack-up rigs in the United Arab Emirates. According to Transocean’s October fleet status report, the company’s high-spec jack-up drilling rig, GSF Constellation I, h
Fred. Olsen Energy has terminated a newbuilding contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of a semi-submersible drilling rig, the Bollsta Dolphin, as a result of delay in delivery of the rig. The rig construction contract provides that on termination Bollsta will be entitled
Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil has been hit by yet another oil spill at its Statfjord field, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. According to Reuters, the oil spill occurred on Sunday at Statfjord A platform with no impact on production from the platform. The news organization quoted Stat
Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor, has agreed with Shell and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) to delay the operating and delivery contracts of two newbuild drillships. The Deepwater Pontus and the Deepwater Poseidon ultra-deepwater drillships will be delayed by 12 months
Lundin Petroleum, independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has made a small gas discovery with the Mengkuang-1 exploration well in license PM307, offshore Malaysia. Lundin started drilling the well at the start of October. The well targeted hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands 75 km
Fred. Olsen Energy has received a notice of arbitration from South Korea’s rig builder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (HHI). Namely, the Oslo-listed company said Thursday that its subsidiary Bollsta Dolphin Pte. Ltd (Bollsta), had received a notice in which HHI alleges that it is entitled to an a
Vidar Helgesen (Conservative Party of Norway), minister of European Economic Area (EEA) and EU affairs, has paid a visit to the Statoil-operated ‘Troll A’ platform, in the Troll field, located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The reason behind the visit was the start-up of the two new giant c
Det norske oljeselskap AS, the operator of the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea, has shared images of a helideck being lifted on top of the Living Quarters (LQ) for the Ivar Aasen platform, being built by Apply Leirvik in its construction site in Stord, Norway. According to Det norske, it took thre
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has shared a photo of the topsides for Marathon Oil’s new Alba B3 platform, loaded on a seagoing barge in Zwijndrecht yard in the Netherlands. Preparations are now under way for a sail away to the Heerema Vlissingen yard, where the lower part of the platform, the jack
