Fossil Energy
Rolls-Royce to supply deck machinery for Maersk’s AHTS
Rolls-Royce is to deliver an extensive package of advanced deck machinery to six new anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) to be built by Kleven in Norway for the Danish ship owner Maersk Supply Service. The contract with Kleven is worth in excess of £54 million ($84.54M) to Rolls-Royce, and inc
PSA inquires about Goliat FPSO emergency preparedness
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the management of emergency preparedness conditions on the Goliat FPSO. Eni Norge AS is the operator of the Goliat field, located on the Tromsøflaket bank in the Barents Sea around 85 kilometres north-west of Hammerfest. The fie
‘Esvagt Cornelia’ begins Det norske spell
The latest Emergency Response & Rescue Vessel (ERRV) in the fleet of Esvagt last week entered the port of Trondheim for its naming ceremony. Camilla Berg, the Senior Contracts Engineer at oil company Det norske named the fourteenth C-type ERRV of Esvagt at a ceremony held Thursday, December 4. The n
Coretrax names first global business development director
Coretrax, a specialist in wellbore clean-up and abandonment, has appointed a global business development director to focus on the expansion of the company’s global presence. John Fraser joined Coretrax in 2010 as business development manager and has recently been promoted to the newly-created positi
Norway: Bad weather delays offshore flights
Offshore helicopter flights in Norway have been either cancelled or delayed today due to rough weather offshore. ConocoPhillips has, through Heliport.no, informed that due to thunder and lighting, flights to Ekofisk complex in the North Sea are delayed until further notice. According to Stavanger’s
ExxonMobil: ‘West Alpha’ to drill in Balder field
ExxonMobil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use West Alpha drilling rig for production drilling, completion and installation of subsea equipment on the Balder field, in the North Sea. Balder was the first oil field to be discovered on the Norwegian Continental
Kosmos discovers new prospects (Ireland)
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) has received a new prospect inventory from Kosmos Energy, the operator of the licences FEL 2/13 and FEL 3/13 in the South Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. The inventory is based on 3D seismic acquired in 2013 and includes the identification of a number of new, large pro
Songa Dee rig on hold
Songa Offshore has reported that its semi-submersible drilling rig Songa Dee is waiting for the weather to improve to continue its work for Statoil in the North Sea. Songa Dee is currently located at the coast of Norway. Once the weather conditions are improved, the rig will move to drilling locatio
Gallery: ABB package for China-built heavy lifter
ABB will deliver a package including electrical propulsion, power, safety and automation systems for a 5000T heavy-lift pipelay construction vessel. By integrating power and automation on the vessel, overall efficiency, safety and reliability will be increased, ABB has promised. This is the first ti
Det Norske gets approval for subsea ops
Norwegian oil company Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) has received consent for manned underwater operations in 2015 on the Alvheim and Bøyla fields, offshore Norway. The fields are located in blocks 24/6 and 24/9 in the central North Sea, close to the boundary with the UK Continental Shelf.
Centrica: Gas shows in Norwegian Sea wildcat
Centrica Resources Norge AS, operator of production licence 528 B, has informed it is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 6707/10-3 S, in the Norwegian Sea. The well was drilled about 20 kilometers northeast of the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. The primary and secondary explorati
Popular news, December 1 – 7, 2014
Last week was all about South Stream pipeline cancellation and therefore some of the most read stories in the first week of December were related to South Stream. You have also read about Schlumberger axing its seismic fleet and workforce and offshore worker being evacuated from the North Sea platfo
Cluff Natural Resources nets 11 blocks in North Sea
Cluff Natural Resources Plc has announced that further to the provisional award of promote licences in the UK’s 28th Offshore Licencing Round on November 7, 2014, it has now been formally awarded the five promote licences covering a total of eleven blocks by the Department of Energy and Climate Chan
Viking cancels contract due to sanctions against Russia
Swedish owner of offshore support vessels Viking Supply Ships (VSS) has cancelled a contract for aerial reconnaissance services with Blom ASA. Blom is a Norway-headquartered service provider within area of acquisition, processing and modelling of geographic information. According to Blom’s press rel