Fossil Energy
Scottish and Norwegian O&G Hubs Aberdeen and Kristiansund Get Direct Air Link
UK-based airline bmi regional will launch a new scheduled service linking Aberdeen (UK) and Kristiansund in Norway in August, it was announced today (17 June 2013). The service will be the first direct, scheduled air link between the two cities, which are important hubs for oil and gas activity, and
Massive Offshore Rigs Enter Sea of Okhotsk (Russia)
Gazprom’s semi-submersible drilling rigs Polyarnaya Zvezda (Polar Star) and Severnoye Siyaniye (Northern Lights) left the Kholmsk Port on the Sakhalin Island last Thursday and entered the Sea of Okhotsk. The Kirinsky block of the Sakhalin shelf is their destination point. Polyarnaya Zvezda is moving
DNS Hosts Decommissioning Solutions Event (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 event will take place on June 19 at the Palm Court Hotel in Aberdeen from noon-
DeepOcean Names New CFO
DeepOcean Group, today announced that Dennis de Vreede will join DeepOcean as its Chief Financial Officer on 1 August 2013. Dennis takes over from Frank Eggink who will leave DeepOcean on June 30, 2013. Dennis de Vreede joins from Prologis, global market leader in the industrial real estate space, w
ABB Board Elects New Chief Executive Officer (Switzerland)
The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer, the head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Joe Hogan in this role in an orderly transition on September 15, 2013. Hogan will continue with ABB for some months as Senior Advis
Skansi Offshore Names ‘Kongsborg’ Platform Supply Vessel
Skansi Offshore on Saturday, June 15, named their 5th newbuild. The PSV vessel «Kongsborg» was delivered to Skansi Offshore on Friday and was named Saturday at quay in Stavanger. All the company’s vessels are of a Havyard designTM and four of these have been constructed at Havyard Group`s shipyard i
Scana Offshore Vestby Wins Riser Thermal Coating Job
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Offshore Vestby, been awarded contract for upgrade of Work over Risers. The value of the contract is approximately 40 MNOK (USD 7 million). First call off has a value of approx. 22 MNOK. The company did not reveal the client’s name. “Thermal coat
Reach Subsea Hires ‘Bourbon Emerald’ MPSV
Reach Subsea has entered into a charter party agreement with Bourbon for the MPSV “Bourbon Emerald” for 140 days + options. The vessel will be equipped with the company’s own ROVs for operations in the North Sea and under the Joint Venture with Marin Mætteknik. Further, Reach Subsea has entered into
Lundin Spuds Brynhild Development Well Off Norway
Swedish operator Lundin Petroleum has kicked off the drilling of the first development well on the Brynhild field in PL148, located in the Norwegian North Sea. The Brynhild field is located adjacent to the Norway-United Kingdom border, some 210 km from the Norwegian mainland. The development of Bryn
Ithaca Enters More UK Farm-Out Transactions
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces the execution of further UK exploration farm-out transactions. The Company has executed a farm-out agreement with a subsidiary of Edison International SpA for a 25% interest in the licences containing the Handcross prospect and an agreement with Shell UK Limited concerni
Troms Offshore Expands Fleet with New PSV
Troms Offshore Supply AS on Thursday, June 13, took delivery of its new build no 756 at VARD Brevik shipyard in Norway. The ship has been given the name MV Troms Lyra. Troms Lyra is a Clean Design diesel electric PSV (Platform Supply Vessel) with a deck area of 850 m2. Engines and propulsion in [&he
OSV Hits Platform and Sinks in U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Offshore support vessel M/V Celeste Ann sank on Friday morning after colliding with an offshore production platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, WDSU in New Orleans has reported. The news portal cited the U.S. Coast Guard which said that the incident took place 15 miles west of Southwest Pass (one of
Top News of The Week June 10 – 15, 2013
Top News of The Week June 10 – 15, 2013
Update: GDF Suez Confirms Death of Two Offshore Workers (The Netherlands)
GDF Suez has confirmed that an accident has occurred earlier today on board of its gas platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. Two workers died and one was injured. In a release sent to Offshore Energy Today via e-mail, the company’s Dutch subsidiary said that the accident occurred on 14th Ju