Fossil Energy
InterMoor opens major base in Aberdeen
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has opened a major new storage, maintenance and inspection facility in Aberdeen, UK. The new base – on a three-acre site with a warehouse, 20 permanent onsite staff and a multi-million pound mooring inventory – will support InterMoor’s global mooring operations with a f
Statoil extends EMGS survey contract
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a supplement contract from Statoil for a survey offshore Norway. The deal, worth approximately $1.0 million, is for multi-client 3D EM data acquisition in the Norwegian Sea. EMGS expects to start the survey soon, after completing the survey for S
LR approves OEG Offshore’s 200th CCU design
Lloyd’s Register Energy has approved the 200th cargo carrying unit design type for OEG Offshore, marking five years of collaboration between the two global firms.
PSA: Lack of competence and experience risk to offshore safety
A new report on competence and capacity in the rig industry shows that a lack of professional competence and rig experience from the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) may pose a safety risk.
10 highest paid contract jobs in oil and gas industry
No jobs in the U.S. cracked the list of highest paying this year.
Subsea 7 orders Maxccess walk to work system for project off Angola
Tyne Gangway and OSBIT Power have received a multi-million pound order to provide an innovative telescopic gangway system for offshore services contractor Subsea 7. Tyne Gangway and Osbit Power joined forces to design and manufacture the MaXccess P35 telescopic gangway system, for installation at th
Statoil shuts Huldra for good
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Den Helder gets brand new helicopter simulator
The new facility will be used to provide compulsory Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET)
SPE Aberdeen selects new Chairman
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section has appointed Ross Lowdon as Chairman. He takes over from Anthony Onukwu and will hold the chairmanship until September 2015.
FSG orders MacGregor equipment for two well intervention vessels
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract from German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) for the complete delivery of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) access doors and hatches for two well-intervention vessels (WIVs). The well-intervention vessels are destined for service wit
Fire shuts Troll B
A fire broke out aboard the Statoil-operated Troll B platform, offshore Norway, on Monday, September 1. According to the Norwegian news website Aftenbladet.no, smoke entered the room after a switch on a platform in the North Sea caught fire. Production was immediately shut. The Stavanger-based websi
MOL, Viken establish shuttle tanker joint venture
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that the company has decided to establish a ship-owning joint venture with Norway-based Viken Shipping AS and participate in a shuttle tanker project.
Rosneft, PetroVietnam discuss offshore projects
Rosneft Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin held a working meeting with PetroVietnam (Vietnam Oil and Gas Group) Chairman of the Board of Directors Nguyen Xuan Son in Moscow, Tuesday. Shortly before the meeting of the Russian-Vietnamese intergovernmental panel there was a considerable dialo
OES launches Dropped Objects Prevention Programme
The OES Oilfield Services (OES) Group has launched a new safety training and support programme of the offshore sector, the Dropped Objects Prevention Programme (DOPP). DOPP has been specifically designed to minimise the number of dropped object incidents that can occur on oil and gas projects, at th