Fossil Energy
Technip wraps up diving assets sale
French oilfield services provider Technip has completed the previously announced sale of its Diving Assets in the US Gulf of Mexico to Ranger Offshore Inc. According to the company, this sale reinforces Technip’s strategy to focus on its core North America subsea business lines of high technology an
SeaBird: Charter extension for ‘Munin Explorer’
SeaBird Exploration has received an amendment to the time charter for the vessel Munin Explorer. It is estimated that the company will charter the vessel for an additional 2 – 2.5 months starting March 1, 2015. The contract extension will have an estimated value of $3.5 – 4.0 million. M/V Munin Expl
Registration opens for Subsea Expo (UK)
Subsea UK has informed that the registration has opened for Subsea Expo, Europe’s “largest annual subsea conference and exhibition”, which takes place at the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre from the 11th to the 13th of February 2015. The flagship event, organised by industry body Subsea UK,
Offshore testing underway for Surveyor Interceptor ROV
Reach Subsea and MMT Sweden AB have announced today that after one week of offshore testing from the vessel Edda Fonn, a survey ROV called the Surveyor Interceptor is performing according to expectations, and “both on speed and the survey data quality”. To remind, Reach has together with its survey
Incident during restart delays Huntington
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has informed that production from Huntington field, located in the UK North Sea, has been further delayed due to an incident during restart of the CATS riser platform. Noreco says that according to information received from the field operator, the riser platform wil
DONG Energy names former TAQA exec as CEO for E&P
DONG Energy has informed that Søren Gath Hansen will step down as Group Executive Vice President and CEO for E&P. His successor is David B. Cook who comes from a position as Executive Officer and Head of Oil & Gas at the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, TAQA. Søren Gath Hansen will continue in DON
Aker Solutions expands role in Mariner field development (UK)
Aker Solutions has secured a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to provide engineering, construction and commissioning services for the hook-up phase of the Mariner oilfield development in the UK North Sea. The agreement is worth more than GBP 120 million ($188.8 million). It c
Technip backs out of CGG takeover talks
French oilfield services provider Technip has pulled out of CGG takeover talks. Technip approached its compatriot CGG, a seismic acquisition specialist, with a view to making an offer on November 10, 2014 and announced its intents to the press on November 20. At the time, the plan was for the propos
Chevron awards Captain EOR FEED gig to Amec Foster Wheeler
Amec Foster Wheeler has announced the award of a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Chevron North Sea Limited to an Amec Foster Wheeler company for the Captain Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) development in the North Sea. The value of the contract has not been announced. According to the co
MacGregor’s deck handling equipment for Maersk’s AHTS vessels
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order from Kleven in Norway for six comprehensive deck handling equipment packages. They will be installed on six new-generation Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels for Maersk Supply Service. MacGregor’s delivery of Triplex and Hatlapa products is p
Dolphin Drilling’s fleet to get AGSL software
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd (AGSL) has been awarded a contract by Dolphin Drilling AS of Tananger, Norway. This is the first contract awarded to AGSL by a Norwegian-based company. Asset Guardian AGSL will provide Dolphin Drilling AS with Asset Guardian, a fully configurable process software managem
DOF inks AHTS charters
DOF ASA has received contract extensions for two of its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels and signed contracts for other two AHTS vessels. Total Argentina extended the contracts for AHTS Skandi Møgster and AHTS Skandi Saigon for one year. Both vessels are firm until the end of February 2016.
3sun Group elects subsea division general manager
3sun Group, a provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has appointed James Smith as general manager for its subsea division, RRC Controls Services. Smith joins 3sun Group after a 16 year career with Aker Subsea Limited, where he progressed from a service team workshop manager
Popular news, December 8 – 14, 2014
An article about SBM Offshore laying off 1200 workers was the most read news story of the week. You have also read about a new report commissioned by Oil & Gas UK stating that the UK offshore oil & gas industry will hire 12.000 new workers over the next five years, ConocoPhillips slashing its 2015 c