Fossil Energy
Stirling offers safety course for Oil & Gas pros
Stirling Group, a company specializing Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) services with the head office in UAE, is offering a new course tailored specifically to meet the needs of those with safety responsibilities and duties within the oil & gas industry. The organization has recently been approv
Valemon field output cut
Production from Statoil’s Valemon field in the North Sea has been reduced due to processing problems. According to an update by Gassco, a pipeline operator, the problems started today at 13:05 CET, reducing the fields gas production by 5 million cubic meter per day. The issue is expected to be resol
Wood Mackenzie reviews Europe’s upstream sector in 2014
Wood Mackenzie’s European upstream research team have assessed the most significant events of 2014 impacting Continental & Mediterranean Europe’s (all of Europe excluding UK and Norway) oil and gas sector, including the Ukraine Crisis and the collapse of global oil prices, identifying the key areas
Exclusive: Ocean Rig dismisses media writings
Following press speculation that George Economou, CEO of Ocean Rig UDW, an offshore drilling contractor, is looking to swap a drillship order for a couple of tankers, Offshore Energy Today has managed to get a response from the company. According to media writings, due to the falling oil prices putt
Fastnet in management shuffle
Fastnet Oil and Gas, the UK and Irish listed E&P company with assets in Ireland and Morocco, has announced management changes following the appointment of Carol Law as CEO in December 2014. The company also announced a review of its cost structure in light of the lower oil price environment. Fastnet
Four offshore blocks for Spike Exploration (Norway)
Spike Exploration Holding AS (Spike) has been awarded four licenses in the 2014 Norwegian APA (Awards in Pre-defined Areas) Licence Round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf; three in the North Sea and one on Haltenbanken. Work commitments are a mix of reprocessing of seismic and acquisition of exist
ERRV VOS Faithful on its way to North Sea
Vroon has informed that the vessel VOS Faithful left Jiangsu Islands Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. in Nanjing, China, earlier today, January 27, 2015. VOS Faithful is a 50m ERRV (emergency response and rescue vessel) and the fourth in a ten-vessel newbuilding programme, with six 50m ERRVs being bu
Huisman cranes onboard four Maersk SSVs
Huisman, a specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, secured a contract from COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard for the delivery of four customized 400mt Rope Luffing Knuckle Boom Cranes and two 100mt Knuckle Boom Cranes onboard four new subsea support vessels (SSVs) for Maersk Supply Service. The
Subsea Expo to turn spotlight on technology
For the first time, Subsea UK’s annual conference and exhibition, which takes place from 11 to 13 February, will provide a platform for organisations to introduce, discuss and demonstrate their latest innovations. Subsea UK says that new technologies and how their implementation can boost or support
PSA looks into Gina Krog jacket fabrication
From 15 to 17 December 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of the jacket fabrication for Gina Krog. The Gina Krog jacket, destined for Statoil’s Gina Krog field development in the North Sea, is under construction at the Heerema yard in Vlissingen, The Netherlands.
Economou swapping drillship for tankers. Or not?
In the past couple of days, several internet sources have suggested that George Economou, Greek shipowner and CEO of Dryships and Ocean Rig UDW, is in talks with Samsung to swap a drillship order for a batch of tankers. Amid falling oil prices and oversupply in the offshore drilling rigs market, off
VIDEO: Zamakona Yards refits VOS Hera and VOS Hades
The Zamakona Yards in Pasajes, Spain has finished refitting two vessels, VOS Hades and VOS Hera, owned by Vroon Offshore Services UK and has launched a video detailing the work carried out on the vessels. According to Zamakona Yards, the conversion required a major upgrade of the VOS H-Class to enab
Suncor to use ‘Borgland Dolphin’ rig for Norwegian sea well
Suncor Energy Norge AS, a Norwegian subsidiary of Canada’s Suncor, has received consent to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. Suncor will drill the 34/4-14 S and A well, located in the production licence 375 in block 34/4. Suncor has applied for consent to drill exploration well 34/4 us
IWCF launches well control training for top talent
The International Well Control Forum (IWCF) has launched a new training standard in drilling and well intervention. According to the IWCF press release the training standard is for top achieving candidates, and the organization has urged operators to get involved. IWCF has said that the move is a di