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Viking Supply Ships sells PSV to focus on modern tonnage
Swedens’s Viking Supply Ships has sold the 1985 built platform supply vessel SBS Cirrus.
‘Muslim Magomayev’ on sea trials
Incat Crowther has announced the launch and sea trials of Muslim Magomayev, a first-of-type 70m Catamaran Fast Crew Boat (FCB).
Talisman in preps for Yme platform scrapping
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Talisman Energy Norge AS consent to use the Mærsk Giant jack-up drilling rig as living quarters on the Yme field, in the North Sea. The Yme field is in the south-eastern section of the North Sea in 77-93 metres of water. The field was first devel
Fugro takes delivery of ‘Fugro Pioneer’
Fugro has taken delivery of the second of the three Fugro Offshore Coastal Survey Vessels (FOCSV), ‘Fugro Pioneer’, being built by Damen.
What to wear under survival suit when flying offshore?
The Passenger Size workgroup has created a standardised clothing policy which sets out guidance on what should be worn under a survival suit when travelling offshore in a helicopter in the UK. According to Step Change in Safety, the policy will be effective from Wednesday, 1st October and should be
Oil & Gas UK Awards finalists revealed
The finalists for the Oil & Gas UK Awards, sponsored by Shell U.K. Limited, have been announced today (Tuesday September 16).
Northern Offshore expects revenue drop on drillship woes
Northern Offshore’s third quarter 2014 revenue will take a hit after it has been announced that the company’s only drillship experienced equipment problems offshore Nigeria.
Norway: August oil production beats prognosis
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has informed that preliminary production figures for August 2014 indicate an average daily production of about 1 842 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is 79 000 barrels per day (about 4 percent) less than in July 2014. Total gas sales were about 7.3 bil
SPE launches new offshore drilling seminar
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen has added a brand new UK-first event to its 2014-15 session, specifically targeted to the oil and gas drilling sector. ‘Drilling Automation – do I need some too?’ is a full day event which will take place on 2 October at Aberdeen Exhibition and Confe
Lundin selects AGR’s well intelligence software
Global oil and gas service provider, AGR today announced its software solutions division has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS (Lundin). The two-year deal includes AGR’s latest software offering, iQˣ™ – designed to simplify the planning and execution of wells as well as maintenance and support
New technologies key to develop complex N. Sea fields
PILOT, the government-industry forum focused on initiatives to maximise economic recovery of the UK’s oil and gas resource, has established The Technology Leadership Board (TLB).
Ithaca’s fourth Stella well flows at 12,005 boepd
Ithaca Energy Inc. has announced the successful completion of flow test operations on the fourth development well on the Stella field, in the UK North Sea, with the well achieving a flow rate of 12,005 barrels of oil equivalent per day (“boepd”). Well 30/6a-B2Z (“B2”) is the fourth development well
InteMoor celebrates 7 years without LTI
InterMoor UK Operations, part of Acteon’s foundations and moorings business, has completed seven years and more than 2,300 projects without a single lost-time incident (LTI). The safety record includes the companies comprising InterMoor UK Operations – InterMoor Ltd, InterMoor Marine Services Ltd an
Mechanical problem shuts production from Scott platform
Endeavour International Corporation today announced that the Rochelle field, in the UK North Sea, is offline until repairs to the dry gas export compressors on the Scott platform are completed.