Fossil Energy
Thousands of offshore workers waiting for helicopters
All offshore helicopter traffic from airports at Stavanger, Bergen and Floro in Norway is grounded for a third day due to bad weather, Stavanger’s Aftenbladed reports. Helicopter operators have grounded most of their aircraft due to risk of thunder and lightning. According to the newspaper, Statoil
Technip enters five-year deal with Farstad
Farstad Shipping ASA has been awarded a 5-year framework agreement by Technip Norge AS for delivery of ROV support operations, light construction work, IMR and other subsea related activities. The agreement gives Technip the right to utilize the vessel up to 320 days per year, and to extend the cont
Halliburton slashes 1000 jobs
World’s second largest provider of oilfield services, Halliburton, will let a thousand workers go, according to reports. The layoffs will affect workers in Europe, Asia, Africa and Middle East, while there will be no workforce cuts in America. Reportedly, Halliburton spokesperson told AFP that the j
Sevan Marine faces tax penalty
Norway’s Sevan Marine has received a notice from Skatt Sør, Norwegian tax authorities, that the tax assessment for 2012 may be adjusted. According to Sevan Marine, Skatt Sør contemplates an adjustment by way of reducing the booked deduction for losses on intra-group receivables following the sale of
DeepWell hired for Edvard Grieg field works
DeepWell has been awarded a four year contract with Lundin for wireline services on the Edvard Grieg field, in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract also includes two options for a one year extension. The contract applies to all cased hole services, including tractor and electric wireline logging, a
Semi-sub Songa Trym resuming ops in January
Songa Trym, which was recently suspended from operations, is expected to resume operations on or about January 1, 2015.
Magseis bags LoI for North Sea seismic shoot
Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has been awarded a Letter of Intent (LOI) by a major international oil company for seabed seismic acquisition in the UK sector of the North Sea. Magseis will be using the company’s proprietary MASS system and Artemis Athene. MV Artemis Athene is a DP 2 class
Modules ready for world’s first subsea gas compressor
Norway’s Aker Solutions is set to deliver the modules for the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the Statoil-operated Åsgard field. The facility, scheduled to come on stream in 2015, will enable the recovery of an additional 282 million barrels of oil equivalents. The modules will be ass
SeaBird gets MOA for 2D seismic survey
SeaBird Exploration has received a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) from an undisclosed client to acquire up to 45,000 km of 2D seismic data in North/ South America region. According to the company’s press release, the MOA provides for the company to charter one seismic vessel from SeaBird over a perio
Farstad Shipping wins new AHTS contracts
Norwegian provider of offshore vessels Farstad Shipping has been awarded several new charter contracts for its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels in Australia. Inpex has awarded contracts to the AHTS Far Sabre (2008, UT 712 L, 14.688 BHP) and the AHTS Far Sound (2007, UT 712 L, 14.688 BHP). T
Panoro closes Oslo office. New CEO appointed
Panoro Energy today announced that as part of its continuing efforts to reduce its overhead costs it will close its Oslo office. As a result of this corporate reorganization to improve efficiency, the Board of Directors of Panoro has appointed its Chief Operating Officer, Nishant Dighe, as Interim C
Antrim updates Skellig 3D data (Ireland)
Antrim Energy Inc. has provided an update on its prospect inventory with respect to Frontier Exploration Licence 1/13 (FEL 1/13) which includes blocks 44/4, 44/5 (part), 44/9, 44/10, 44/14 and 44/15 (collectively the Skellig Block, Antrim 25% working interest) offshore Ireland. The prospect inventor
VIDEO: Rolls-Royce unveils oX bridge concept
Together with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Rolls-Royce today unveiled its latest vision of Ship Intelligence – a futuristic ship’s bridge concept which, according to Rolls-Royce, could become reality by 2025. Rolls-Royce predicts that Ship Intelligence will be the next major transition
Workers return to Buchan Alpha platform
Talisman Sinopec is returning its workers back to the Buchan Alpha platform in the North Sea, following an evacuation earlier this week. The company yesterday said it had flown 61 non-essential personnel from the semi-submersible platform, located 83 miles North East of Aberdeen, following severe we