Fossil Energy
Delta House FPS reaches GoM location
LLOG Exploration, a U.S.-based oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced that Delta House FPS system arrived on location in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
DNV GL creates team to meet subsea sector growth
The subsea sector is reportedly set to quadruple in size, with projected annual revenues of £85bn by 2020. Currently 45% of the UKCS (United Kingdom Continental Shelf) production comes from subsea wells and with an increased focus on maximising economic recovery, one of the key challenges is to incr
Nautronix’s subsea positioning system for Aasta Hansteen
Nautronix, a provider of through water communication and positioning technology to the offshore industry, has secured an order to supply NASNet®, an underwater positioning system for Subsea 7. The system will be used on the Aasta Hansteen field, which is located in the northern part of the Norwegian
Marine Platforms counting days to ‘African Inspiration’
On 5 November, Havyard’s shipyard in Leirvik in Sogn will hand over the ship to the Nigerian company, and on the following day the ship will be named and duly celebrated in Fosnavåg in Møre og Romsdal county.
Double win for Petrofac
Petrofac’s Offshore Projects & Operations business unit has been awarded two major reimbursable contracts in the UKCS and the Middle East. In the Central North Sea, Petrofac has been selected to provide engineering and construction support worth up to $120m for Chevron’s three operated assets – the
MPX to plug Aragon well
MPX North Sea limited has informed that well operations drilling and open hole logging operations have been completed on the Aragon exploration well 9/14a-15A in Licence P1763, offshore UK.
Lundin spuds Storm (Norway)
Swedish operator Lundin Petroleum AB has begun drilling of exploration well 33/2-1 in PL555, in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The well will investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Storm Prospect in PL555, which is located 200 km west northwest of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and approxim
Phoenix project ready to move ahead, Enegi says
Enegi has decided that Block 22/12b, containing the Phoenix Discovery in the UK Central North Sea, is a suitable candidate for development. In 2010 the previous operator, Apache, drilled the 22/12a-12 appraisal well. Under the well release guidelines the results of the well remained confidential f
Xodus Subsea to challenge big guns
Chiyoda has, in partnership with Xodus Group and Saipem, announced the launch of a global subsea engineering company to be named Xodus Subsea.
‘Prospector 1’ rig starts Total contract
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. has informed that Prospector 1 rig has been placed on Total E&P UK’s Franklin location in the central North Sea. The rig has now started its two year drilling services contract. In addition, Prospector has announced that Total is installing their equipment on Prospe
Seafox Contractors in long term deal with ONEgas
Seafox Contractors B.V has secured a new long term contract with ONEgas, the combined business unit of Shell UK Exploration & Production (Shell) and the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. (NAM). The contract extends the current cooperation and allows for the upgrade of the Seafox 4 with customiz
Cyprus halts peace talks as Ankara plans to deploy seismic vessel
The ongoing ethnic conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots has deepened as the peace talks have stumbled over the Turkish side’s plans to deploy a seismic vessel into Cypriot waters. Greek Cypriots are accusing Turkey of trying to undermine the ethnically divided island’s sovereign offshore gas
Rolls-Royce to design OSV for Island Offshore
Rolls-Royce has won a £7 million ($11.25 million) order to provide design, integrated power and propulsion systems and equipment for an offshore service vessel for Norwegian ship owner Island Offshore. The offshore service vessel will be built at VARD shipyard in Brevik, Norway and is due for delive
Iona arranges Orlando field offtake route (UK)
Atlantic Petroleum, together with Iona Energy UK Limited, has signed all necessary agreements with CNR International (U.K.) Limited, the Operator of the Ninian Central Platform (NCP) securing the offtake arrangements for the Orlando field development . Atlantic Petroleum has a 25% interest, and Io