Fossil Energy
DeepOcean UK Names New Operations Director
DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, announced the appointment of Simon James, as Operations Director. Simon joins DeepOcean from GSP Offshore, where he was also Director of Operations. With over 20 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas sector, James brings a wealth of operational,
Lundin Completes Torvastad Drilling
Lundin Petroleum AB has completed exploration well 16/2-20S, located north of the Johan Sverdrup discovery in PL501, in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. A sidetrack well will now be drilled. Well 16/2-20S explored the Torvastad prospect located in PL501 immediately north of t
PSA Norway Finds ‘Serious Breaches of Regulations’ on Rowan Gorilla VI Rig
The PSA Norway has issued a notification of order to Rowan Drilling Norway AS (Rowan Drilling) following an audit of the Rowan Gorilla VI mobile drilling facility. The audit identified serious breaches of the regulations. Between 24 September 2013 and 17 October 2013, the PSA carried out an audit of
Kenz Cranes Delivers Cranes for Thistle Alpha Plaform
Kenz Cranes has delivered two identical 60t diesel-hydraulic Boom Hoist cranes to EnQuest on September 18th and October 24th of this year. After successful Factory Acceptance Testing, the cranes were sea fastened and shipped to the client’s Peterhead shore based facility in the UK. At this location,
DNV GL Starts JIP to Promote ‘Walk to Work’ Approach for Offshore Sector
DNV GL is initiating a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to provide guidance on an alternative means of personnel transfer onto offshore installations. The “Walk to Work” (W2W) approach, where offshore installations are manned from a ship via gangway is being increasingly considered and used in the North
DNS Holds Lunch and Learn (UK)
Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil and gas decommissioning forum, will be hosting a lunch and learn to provide attendees with an insight into supply chain companies’ decommissioning capabilities. The lunch and learn will take place on Wednesday, November 27, at the Palm Court Hotel, Aberdeen, f
Havyard to Build Offshore Icebreaker for FEMCO in Russia
Havyard has agreed a contract with the Russian shipping company FEMCO about design and construction of a Havyard 843 Ice, an icebreaking offshore vessel. The vessel will be designed by Havyard Design & Solutions in Fosnavaag, Norway, and is going to be constructed at Havyard Ship Technology`s shipya
Oil & Gas UK: Kraken Proves North Sea Has a Lot to Offer
Oil & Gas UK has welcomed the announcement that EnQuest’s Kraken development is to go ahead, a project set to recover around 140 million barrels of oil from the North Sea, secure thousands of jobs and generate billions of pounds of revenue for the Treasury over the next 25 years. The project, EnQues
MacGregor Provides Subsea Crane for ‘Island Intervention’
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to deliver a 250-tonne SWL active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane for the 120m construction vessel, Island Intervention. The crane was ordered by Marine Procurement Ltd, part of the US company Edison Chouest Offshore. An existing vessel operated b
AGR Celebrates 10th Anniversary of RMR System
Offshore technology provider AGR Enhanced Drilling is celebrating 10 years of its Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR®)system – trusted to reduce risk on more than 200 wells worldwide to date. RMR® is an innovative way to return mud and cuttings to the rig before the riser is run, without any discharge to t
Statoil Evacuates Workers from Njord A Platform
Statoil on Saturday completed the airlift of personnel from the Njord-A platform, and all employees have been sent to shore. The de-manning was initiated as a precautionary measure since the platform is currently subject to weather restrictions, in connection with ongoing reinforcement work taking p
Polarcus Secures Multiple Seismic Survey Contracts
Polarcus Limited has received Letters of Intent from four undisclosed clients for separate 3D seismic acquisition projects offshore New Zealand, East Africa, and West Africa. The current contract backlog inclusive of the bareboat charter of Vyacheslav Tikhonov to SCF amounts to USD 190 million and t
Top News of The Week October 11-16, 2013
Allseas to Build Vessel Larger Than ‘Pieter Schelte’ Swiss-based Allseas has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel. The new vessel, larger than Pieter Schelte, can remove all platform topsides in the North Sea which are beyond the capability of Pieter
TAQA Sells Stake in Gas Pipeline in The Netherlands
TAQA, the international energy company from Abu Dhabi, has reached an agreement with PensionDanmark A/S, the Danish pension fund, to sell its stake in the Noordgastransport B.V. (NGT) natural gas pipeline in the Netherlands. NGT consists of approximately 470 kilometres of offshore pipeline with a