Fossil Energy
Damen to supply propeller nozzles for 4 ocean going tugs
Damen Marine Components will supply a total eight 5,050 millimetre propeller nozzles for four ultra long distance towing and anchor handling vessel newbuildings. They are the largest nozzles that DMC will have manufactured with its spinning machine technique to date. The order was granted by Caterpi
Dolphin hired for 16-streamer seismic survey in Kara Sea
Dolphin Group ASA has been awarded an industry first ever 16-streamer 3D seismic contract for an undisclosed client in the Kara Sea, offshore Russia.
Mubadala begins drilling at Manora
Mubadala Petroleum, Operator of the Manora Oil Development joint venture, has advised that the Atwood Orca jack-up drilling unit spudded the first of 15 planned development wells, MNA-02, in the Gulf of Thailand. The MNA-01 and MNA-02 wells will be batch drilled to final total depths of 2,104 m and
Tullow divesting North Sea gas assets to focus on oil
Tullow Oil plc has entered into an agreement to sell its operated and non-operated L12/L15 block interests and non-operated Q4 and Q5 block interests to AU Energy B.V., a subsidiary of Mercuria Energy Group Limited for a consideration of €62.7 million (US$81.1 million). The transaction involves the
DNV GL launches new JIPs to address offshore pipeline challenges
With the oil and gas industry’s push into new energy frontiers, the offshore pipeline industry is faced with greater technical challenges relating to pipelines and the expectation that it will optimise solutions to be cost effective. DNV GL is launching three new Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) to he
Palfinger cranes for Statoil’s Mariner platform
Palfinger Marine has sold a package of three travelling cranes and two foldable knuckle boom cranes to Aker Solutions for the use at the Mariner platform. The Mariner platform will be established at the Statoil-operated Mariner field, which is located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Se
Shell to use subsea well on Draugen field (Norway)
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has reported that A/S Norske Shell has received consent to use the G1 subsea well on the Draugen field. A/S Norske Shell (Shell) is the operator of the Draugen field, located in block 6407/12 in the Norwegian Sea. Production at Draugen began in 1992 and the fi
Veolia to scrap Yme platform
Veolia group has won a contract to decommission a 14,000-tonne oil platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The Talisman-operated Yme platform has been sitting unmanned in the North Sea, offshore Norway, since mid-July, 2012, when Talisman decided to evacuate the personnel due to cracks found in the pla
Cape worker dies at BP’s Unity platform
A worker has died after an incident on a BP-operated platform in the UK North Sea.
Aker Solutions, Baker Hughes get nod for Subsea Production Alliance
Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes have received the necessary regulatory approvals for the Subsea Production Alliance announced in April 2014. Earlier this year, Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes agreed to form an alliance to develop technology for production solutions designed to boost output, increase
Kongsberg to provide simulators for Ocean Rig
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., an international offshore drilling contractor, has chosen Kongsberg Maritime to supply an extensive offshore and navigation simulator package for a brand new training centre.
SAL Heavy Lift brings in senior project engineer to Singapore
SAL Heavy Lift Singapore Pte Ltd has brought in Alexander Poetz, a senior project engineer and naval architect from its Hamburg headquarters, to its Asia/Australasia base in Singapore. “Alex’s appointment to SAL Heavy Lift Singapore is an evolutionary step,” said Justin Archard, managing director of
‘Skandi Singapore’ hired by Saipem for W. Africa work
DOF Subsea UK Limited, a provider of integrated subsea services, has begun work on a multi-million dollar contract with Saipem S.A.
Reef Subsea completes gigs in Norway and The Netherlands
Reef Subsea has informed it has completed work on the L5 Sierra Pipeline and Bøyla development projects, in The Netherlands and Norway, respectively.