Fossil Energy
New charter for accommodation vessel Bibby Bergen
Bibby Maritime has secured a new charter for floating accommodation vessel ‘Bibby Bergen’, starting 15th October 2014. The vessel is moving to support Bergen Group Hanøytangen AS, who have been awarded a contract from Dolphin Drilling AS for an upgrade and five-year class renewal survey on the semi-
Sevan, Cosco agree rig delivery delay
Sevan Drilling and Cosco have agreed to amend the termination rights of the construction contract for the Sevan Developer drilling rig and defer the delivery date. Delivery is deferred for 12 months with mutually agreed options, exercisable at 6 month intervals, to extend the delivery date for up to
Lundin hits dry hole in Vollgrav (Norway)
Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum AB has completed the drilling of the wildcat well 33/12-10 S, offshore Norway. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Vollgrav South prospect in PL631, which is located 150 km west of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and between the Gullfaks and
Odfjell Drilling, WJM in offshore rigs engineering co-op
Odfjell Drilling has announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with William Jacob Management (WJM). Under the agreement, the companies will mutually deliver engineering services of offshore drilling facilities to the global energy market. The services will include conceptual and front end eng
PSA Norway audits emergency preparedness at Statoil’s Veslefrikk
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil’s management of emergency preparedness at Veslefrikk. The PSA carried out an audit of Statoil’s management of emergency preparedness at Veslefrikk A and B from 25-28 August 2014. The objective of the audit was to gain an
FMC Technologies, Total pen subsea systems deal
FMC Technologies, Inc. has received an order from Total to supply subsea systems for its Edradour and Glenlivet fields offshore in the West of Shetland area. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply consists of subsea equipment including manifolds and associated connections and controls equipment, wellhead
Eni Norge names new MD
Ruggero Gheller has been appointed new Managing Director at Eni Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of Eni, an Italian oil giant. Gheller has held several international leadership roles, including experience in the USA, North and West Africa. His latest experience is as VP of the Italian Southern Distri
Kleven to build six SALT AHTS for Maersk
Norway’s Kleven has signed a contract with Maersk Supply Service A/S to build six anchor handling vessels. The contract also includes options for up to four additional vessels. The 95 m long vessels are of SALT 200 AHTS design from Salt Ship Design, and will be built at Kleven’s two shipyards in Nor
Nimrod Sea Assets acquires DSV Alliance
Nimrod Sea Assets Limited has completed its third acquisition by investing USD 10.6 million in a 99.5% stake in DSV Alliance DIS which has purchased the Seamec Alliance and will be renamed Red 7 Alliance. Red 7 Alliance, a dive support vessel, will be back-to-back bareboat chartered to Red7Marine Gr
Wood Group bags Peterhead CCS FEED contract
Wood Group Kenny has been awarded the front end engineering design (FEED) for the subsea and pipeline element of the Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in Aberdeenshire. The project, the world’s first full-chain CCS project on a gas-fired power station, is being developed by Shell, w
Japex expands North Sea portfolio
Japan’s Japex is increasing its UK North Sea presence through another acquisition of interest in Apache’s offshore blocks. To remind, in March 2014, JAPEX UK E&P LIMITED, wholly owned by Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (“JAPEX”), executed a farm-out agreement with Apache North Sea Limited to a
Trelleborg’s offshore solutions at OTD 2014 (Norway)
Trelleborg will present an extended range of offshore solutions, including its recently re-branded portfolio of thermal insulation materials, subsea seals and LNG hoses, at the Offshore Technology Days (OTD) 2014 in Bergen, Norway. Trelleborg’s offshore operation, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions and Tr
Det norske acquires Marathon Oil Norge
Norway’s Det norske oljeselskap ASA has finalised the acquisition of Marathon Oil Norge AS. After the integration Det norske becomes a large and robust E&P company with activities within exploration, development and production. In 2013, combined production from the two companies amounted to approxim
BP opts to use AGSL software on Quad 204
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd (AGSL), which specialises in protecting companies’ process critical software assets, has announced that its software management platform Asset Guardian has been chosen by BP to manage the process control software used to operate Quad 204. Quad 204 is a field redevelopmen