Fossil Energy
Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc sells gas Repower Italia
Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc has announced that its subsidiary Medoilgas Italia SpA has signed a ‘take and pay’ gas sales contract with Repower Italia SpA relating to the Company’s entire net gas production from the Guendalina gas field and all of its onshore Italy gas fields for a further period of
Socar worker dies in Caspian Sea
Azerbaijani oil company SOCAR has informed that one of its workers died in an incident at the Oil Rocks field, in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. The company said that the incident occurred around 3 p.m. on March 15 during the repair works, when four workers fell into the sea. Three were
Fairmount delivers Castoro Sei to Rotterdam
Tug Fairmount Glacier has towed pipelay-vessel Castoro Sei to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from where the vessel will start its seasonal activities on the North Sea. The Fairmount Glacier hooked-up with Castoro Sei in Genoa, Italy. The Castoro Sei is a 28,000 ton DWT 152 meters long semi-submersible
Suretank builds container for pipeline recovery tools
Suretank, the world’s leading provider of engineered solutions to the offshore oil and gas industry, has produced a highly specialised container for the transportation of a new range of pipeline recovery tools (PRT). The custom-built 20ft open top container has been specially fitted out to hold and
Total faces prosecution over Elgin gas leak
French oil major Total may face prosecution over the 2012 gas leak incident at its Elgin field platform in the UK part of the North Sea, 240 km from Aberdeen. According to the British media, the UK Health and Safety Executive has filed the final report on the incident to the Scotland’s Crown Office
Offshore Independents open Baku office
Next to the Dutch office, Offshore Independents has recently opened a new office in Baku, Azerbaijan to serve the Caspian region. “The Caspian area has a large number of business opportunities and has attracted the attention of the entire oil industry. Offshore Independents believes that it is cruci
South Stream Offshore Pipeline EIA gets approval in Russia
The State Expert Review Commission reached a positive conclusion regarding the Design Documentation for the Russian Sector of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. This concludes the final stage of the review process for the Design Documentation, which also includes the environmental impact assessment
Greenpeace sues Russia for ‘unlawful detention’ of activists
Greenpeace is suing Russia for detaining its 30 activists back in September last year, for climbing the Gazprom oil rig Prirazlomnaya, in the remote Pechora sea, in the Russian Arctic. Below is the original release by Greenpeace, written by Sergey Golubok, a legal representative for the Arctic 30 be
Reflex Marine launches FROG-XT4
The new four-person device was unveiled at Reflex Marine’s regional partner EnerMech’s fifth birthday party.
Dril-Quip receives FPSO equipment order
Dril-Quip, Inc. has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $110 million, based on current exchange rates, to supply subsea completion systems and related services for an FPSO development project. In accordance with the contract, Dril-Quip (Europe) Limited, a company serving the North Sea,
Babcock refits Bibby Offshore’s DSV Polaris
Babcock has successfully completed a contract to undertake a substantial refit on Bibby Offshore’s dive support vessel, Polaris, at its Rosyth dockyard. The project was Bibby’s largest ever refit package and underlines Babcock’s move to expand its role in the maintenance and refitting of complex oil
Gallery: Siem Symphony launched in Poland
Polish Nauta Shiprepair Yard S.A. has launched a hull of the Siem Offshore-owned platform supply vessel, Siem Symphony. The Siem Symphony is designed by Finland’s Wartsila for safe and reliable services to offshore installations. The vessel is environmentally friendly with focus on dual fuel consump
Wintershall sells VNG share to focus on upstream
Wintershall, Germany’s largest internationally active crude oil and natural gas producer, is planning to divest its shareholding in the Eastern German company Verbundnetz Gas AG (VNG) as part of its strategy to concentrate on the upstream sector.
LetterOne to buy RWE Dea for $7.1B
Germany’s RWE Aktiengesellschaft and LetterOne Group have today agreed terms for the sale of RWE Dea AG for approximately 5.1 billion Euro (USD 7.1 billion)