Fossil Energy
Environmental impacts of Nord Stream Pipeline ‘minor, local, short-term’
Today, March 20, Nord Stream AG has presented the results and learnings of the environmental monitoring of the Nord Stream Pipeline at the Baltic Sea Days in St. Petersburg, Russia. According to Nord Stream, the findings show that the construction of the two 1,224 km offshore pipelines through the B
Polarcus inks LOI for seismic survey job in UKCS
Polarcus Limited has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project on the UK Continental Shelf utilizing Polarcus’ RightBAND(TM) technique for broadband data acquisition. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will start in Q2 2015 a
Marin Teknikk re-constructs vessel for IES Pioneer
Norway’s Marin Teknikk AS has informed it is performing a large re-construction of the MT6015 for Malaysian-based IES Pioneer Ltd. The re-construction will include lengthening the vessel with 9 meters, plus adding a moon-pool and life boats. According to Marin Teknikk, the vessel is supposed to be r
EPOL organized first emergency response seminar in Aberdeen
Oil & Gas UK has reported that Police Scotland, the Marine Coastguard Agency and the RAF were among those who dealt with an ‘offshore incident’ this week at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. There was one ‘fatality’ and two ‘casualties’ in the mock scenario which formed the first ever e
IOG expands North Sea licence area
Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG), the North Sea focused oil and gas company, has announced that further to the award of block 48/22c in the UK 28th offshore licensing round, the licence area has been increased by 42km2 to the South and now contains the Hambleton discovery. On November 6, 2014 the c
Alfa Laval pumps for FSO in Norway
Alfa Laval, a Swedish company specialising in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Framo pumping systems for an FSO project in Norway. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Pumping Systems segment, has a value of approximately SEK 115 million ($13
IKM nets EPC contract from Statoil
Statoil has awarded the EPC Contract for the Zeepipe IIA Gooseneck Spool and Retrofit Hot Tap Tee to IKM Ocean Design. According to IKM, the contract has a duration of approximately 18 months for the completion of detailed design/engineering, procurement and construction. The work starts immediately
Offshore worker airlifted from North Sea platform
An offshore worker has been airlifted from an oil platform in the UK North Sea. According to Evening Express, a daily newspaper in Aberdeen, the crewman was working on Canadian Natural Resource’s (CNR) Tiffany platform located 155 miles north-east of Aberdeen. The evacuation followed after the medic
Enquest Producer FPSO completed. Alma/Galia on course for first oil
EnQuest, an independent UK-based oil and gas company, has informed that works on the Enquest Producer FPSO at the OGN yard in Newcastle have been completed. The 249m long Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel left the yard in Newcastle following major modification and life extens
Siem Offshore carves out offshore vessels business
Siem Offshore Inc. has decided to streamline its business by forming one dedicated organisation for its core offshore vessel business named “Siem Offshore OSV”. According to Siem Offshore, the remaining business consisting of Siem Offshore Contractors, Joides Resolution, Siem Wis, the combat managem
Statoil to install ‘world’s first wet gas compressor’ (Gallery)
Statoil has informed that the world’s first subsea wet gas compression system is ready to be installed on the seabed and tied back to the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea to provide another 22 million barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir. “I’m very proud of this proj
Transocean sends another four rigs to scrapyard
Transocean Ltd. has issued its monthly Fleet Update Summary according to which the company intends to scrap four of its rigs. In December last year, Transocean also announced it is scrapping seven lower-specification deepwater and midwater floaters. Transocean intends to scrap the Deepwater Expediti
Statoil high bidder on 14 leases in Gulf of Mexico Central Lease Sale
Statoil has announced today that it successfully bid on 14 leases in the U.S. Department of the Interior’s central region Gulf of Mexico lease sale 235, which occurred in New Orleans, LA yesterday, March 18, 2015. “The acreage high bid today, completes our ownership of the Monument prospect, brings
PSA Norway: No compromise when it comes to safety
Dramatic changes may be affecting Norway’s oil and gas sector, but the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) director-general Anne Myhrvold makes it clear that savings must not affect continuous safety improvements. Oil price decline which began last year and has continued into 2015 has put a new face on