Fossil Energy
No oil at Statoil’s Tastaveden well
Petrolia Norway AS, a fully owned subsidiary of Petrolia SE, announces that drilling of well 25/9-4 Tastaveden in PL 628, offshore Norway, is about to be completed. The main objective of Well 25/9-4 was to prove hydrocarbons in the Hugin Formation of the Vestland Group. The well encountered Hugin Fm
Providence gets Barryroe area extension
Providence Resources has been granted areal extent on Barryroe field in Standard Exploration Licence (SEL) 1/11, offshore Ireland. SEL 1/11 contains the Barryroe oil field which is operated by Providence Resources (80%) on behalf of its partner Lansdowne Oil & Gas (20%). The area lies in c. 100 metr
Ocean King vessel stays at Norne field for another year
Statoil has awarded Atlantic Offshore’s Ocean King a one year + two yearly options for ERRV service at Norne field in the Norwegian Sea. The beginning of the contract is in direct continuation of the existing contract ending in July 2014. Ocean King has served Statoil since it was built and in her l
Clean Sea team uses Sabertooth ROV to detect oil spills in early stages
Benefits to asset integrity and environmental monitoring of oil and gas installations will come from a project developed by Eni Norge and Tecnomare called Clean Sea (continuous long-term environmental and asset integrity monitoring at sea). The Clean Sea team have found answers to key issues, like t
Gallery: Simek delivers North Cruys PSV
Norway’s Simek yard has delivered a new platform supply vessel to GulfMark Offshore. The naming ceremony for the vessel took place on Saturday, February 15, in Simek’s yard in Flekkefjord, Norway. The vessel, of the ST – 216 Arctic design, was named ‘North Cruys’. The 92.6 meters long ‘North Cruys
EnQuest develops new incident management tool
A new, fully-integrated incident investigation, reporting and management tool being implemented by EnQuest is believed to be an industry first for the North Sea.
Seafox secures work on Dong Energy’s Hejre field in Denmark
Seafox Contractors B.V. has announced a contract win with DONG Energy E&P in a string of recent contracts awards for O&G and Renewable Energy clients.
Statoil gets nod to drill Barents Sea well with West Hercules rig
Statoil Petroleum AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 7220/7-3 in the Barents Sea. The well is located in production licence 532, where Statoil is operator. The well is to be drilled using the West Hercules semi-submersible drilling rig, with earliest start-up in Februa
Foster Wheeler to help Statoil boost Snøhvit operational performance
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Statoil Petroleum AS to perform a study for the Snøhvit Improvement Project 2 at Melkøya, 450 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle in Norway. The Foster Wheeler contra
Meta helps North Sea operator to increase output
Meta, a downhole isolation company offering complete integrity across the life of the well, has completed three contracts for a major Norwegian North Sea operator with its Meta Casing Reconnect™. Meta said that following the success of the first project, which saw production triple for what was alre
GMS aims to raise $100M through London IPO
Gulf Marine Services PLC today announced its intention to proceed with an initial public offering. GMS intends to apply for admission of its ordinary shares to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The com
Siem Offshore contracts Wärtsilä for design of new PSVs
Siem Offshore has contracted Wärtsilä to supply the design and integrated solutions for four new platform supply vessels. The ships will be built at the Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Poland. The contract was signed in January 2014. The four new vessels, like the two currently under construction, wi
Eni to spud exploration well offshore Cyprus in August, Energy Minister says
Italian oil company Eni will move ahead with its exploration activities offshore Cyprus, said Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, the Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism in Cyprus. Lakkotrypis said that he had had a meeting with the leadership of the Italian company ENI during which “we discussed va
MultiClient Geophysical: CEO, COO swap positions
Tom Wolden has been appointed as the new CEO of MultiClient Geophysical. Wolden is currently holding the position as COO, a position he has had since he joined the company in January 2013. Wolden has been in the oil business for more than 30 years, both in the seismic industry and in oil companies.