Fossil Energy
Noreco’s Production Woes Continue
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) continues to record unstable production levels at its Huntington and Oselvar fields, which were both shut-in during parts of August. At the Huntington field the issues are mainly related to the British pipeline system Central Area Transmission System (CATS), which i
Heerema Christens Deepwater Construction Vessel ‘Aegir’
Heerema Marine Contractor’s new Deepwater Construction Vessel (DCV) Aegir was christened in the Rotterdam Calandkanaal (NL) on Fridaywith a spectacular show to mark the festive occasion. The christening was performed by Mrs Ann Vardeman. This state-of-the-art vessel is capable of executing complex i
Top News of The Week, September 16 – 21, 2013
Top News of The Week, September 16 – 21, 2013
Lukoil Selects Contractors for Construction of Offshore Platform
LUKOIL has summed up the results of its bidding procedure for contractors to run construction projects as part of the second stage at Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. OAO Globalstroy-Engineering will be responsible for the development of engineering documentation, purchase of equipment
EEEGR 2013: Gas & Wind to Boost East of England Energy Industry
Delegates to the EEEGR 2013 conference went home enthused by more evidence of the renewed dash for gas and a fresh blast of windpower to boost the East of England energy industry. Experts from three world-leading wind turbine producers agreed that the East of England was ideally placed to support th
Azerbaijan: New Shipyard Begins Rig Construction
A new shipbuilding yard that is jointly developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC) was officially opened this morning by President of Azerbaijan, H.E. Ilham Aliyev. Singapore’s Senior Minister of St
VIDEO: Fire Breaks Out on Scarabeo 5 Rig in Keppel Verolme Yard
A fire broke out this morning on the Scarabeo 5 rig in the Keppel Verolme yard in the Netherlands.
Wintershall Hires Energy Endeavour Rig for Dutch North Sea
Northern Offshore U.K. Ltd, has been awarded a contract with Wintershall Noordzee B.V. , for the jack-up offshore drilling rig Energy Endeavour. The contract will be performed in the Dutch Sector of the North Sea starting around October 1, 2013. The dayrate for the rig has been set at $160.000. The
SSP Offshore Introduces New Deepwater Drilling Rig Design
SSP Offshore Inc. today introduced its new offshore drilling platform designated as the “SSP12000”. “The SSP12000 incorporates the exceptional motion characteristics of the existing SSP proprietary floating platform designs integrated with an industry leading drilling package targeted for the deepwa
Shah Deniz Consortium Signs Major Gas Sales Deal with European Buyers
The Shah Deniz consortium announced today that 25-year sales agreements have been concluded for just over 10 billion cubic metres a year (BCMA) of gas to be produced from the Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan as a result of the development of Stage 2 of the Shah Deniz project. Nine companies will purch
Hansa Acquires interest in Dana Petroleum’s Pharos Prospect
Dana Petroleum has reached an agreement with Hansa Hydrocarbons Limited (Hansa) for them to participate in the Pharos exploration well on Licence P.1566 in the UK Southern North Sea, due to be spudded before the end of September. The Pharos prospect is located approximately 50 km northeast of the Ea
Students Visit Statfjord A Platform (Norway)
Students from Danielsen upper secondary school in Bergen were the winners of this year’s prestigious Natural Science Award. This week they got to visit the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea. The competition tasks are prepared in accordance with target student competency levels in physics and che
NDM’s Deck Machinery for Remontowa-Built LNG PSV
NDM signed a new contract with Remontowa Shipbuilding for delivery of deck machinery to a PSV vessel of Wärtsilä VS 4411 LNG PSV design. The ship will operate primarily on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and is owned by Siem Offshore, the Norway based provider of marine services to the oil and gas indus
Nexans Supplies Umbilicals for Statoil’s North Sea Project
Nexans, a France-based expert in the cable industry, has been awarded an 8 million Euro contract by Statoil to supply the static umbilicals for the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen project in the Norwegian North Sea. This is the fourth Statoil project in quick succession to feature the new standardized fast-tr