Fossil Energy
Gallery: Supercomputer Helps Total with Seismic Data Processing
French oil company Total will Friday, March 22, 2013, inaugurate the new high-performance computer of its Scientific and Technical Centre in Pau which now ranks the Group among the top ten international companies in terms of computing power. The event will take place in the presence of Lionel Beffre
Huntington Field to Produce First Oil By March End (UK)
Noreco, a Norwegian company with a stake in Huntington field in the Southern North Sea, offshore UK, has announced that all risers are connected to the subsea facilities, and consequently the entire Huntington system is fully connected from the wells to the FPSO Voyageur Spirit. The final subsea pre
MOG Sells All Gas from Guendalina to Repower, Italy
The Board of Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc announce that its subsidiary Medoilgas Italia SpA has signed a gas sales contract with Repower Italia SpA relating to the Company’s entire net gas production from the Guendalina gas field for a period of one year from 1 October 2013 until 30 September 2014. R
ASCO Hosts Well Capping Equipment Presentation (Norway)
ASCO, one of the world’s leading oil and gas service companies, has played host to the launch of cutting edge well capping equipment that can be deployed in the event of a subsea well control incident in Europe. On Friday (15 March 2013) around 200 guests assembled at ASCO’s Tananger base in Stavang
Farstad Secures Multiple OSV Charter Deals
Farstad Shipping ASA, a Norwegian owner of offshore support vessels has secured multiple charter contracts worth NOK 225 Million (USD 38,5 million). The company has been awarded a new four month contract with four monthly options by Statoil for the PSV Far Solitaire (2012, UT 754 WP, 5,800 DWT). Com
Havyard to Build Iceland’s First Platform Supply Vessel
Yesterday at the Fosnavåg Shippingklubb Cod Dinner the Foreign Minister of Iceland, Dr. Össur Skarphéðinsson announced that Fafnir Offshore, an Icelandic oil service company, had contracted HAVYARD GROUP to build and deliver Iceland’s first platform supply vessel. The Foreign Minister stated that Ic
SCF’s Arctic Offshore Vessel ‘Aleksey Chirikov’ Starts Sea Trials
Arctic offshore vessel Aleksey Chirikov has left on sea trial for four days on 19 March 2013. Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is building two identical offshore icebreaking supply vessels for Russias largest shipping group Sovcomflot (SCF Group). The first vessel of the serial, Vitus Bering, was delivered
BG, Halliburton, Shell Charter SOFF’s PSV Trio
Norway’s owner of offshore support vessels Solstad Offshore (SOFF) has entered into contracts for three of the company’s Platform Supply vessels ( PSV) . The total value of the firm part of the contracts is approximately NOK 170 million (USD 29 million). BG Norge, a subsidiary of UK’s gas giant BG G
Ivanhoe, SBM Offshore to Develop FPUSO Vessels
Ivanhoe Energy and SBM Offshore have formed a global strategic alliance (Alliance), combining their respective expertise to create Floating, Production, Upgrading, Storage and Offloading vessels (FPUSO’s). The two companies have combined their respective technologies and experience to produce a firs
Statoil Makes $600 Mln Investment Decision for Smørbukk South Extension Project
Statoil and the partners in the Åsgard Unit have today decided to realise the Smørbukk South Extension project offshore Norway. Smørbukk South Extension holds estimated recoverable reserves of 16.5 million barrels of oil equivalent, and will be developed with a new subsea template connected to exist
Solstad, GSP Sign AHTS Charter Contract
Solstad Offshore has signed a contract with GSP Antares Limited(GSP) by which GSP will bareboat charter SOFF’s 1985 built AHTS “Normand Mjolne” for a period of 2 years. Thereafter GSP has an obligation to purchase the vessel at a pre-agreed price. The commencement of the bareboat charter will be Apr
Dana, RWE to Drill Severn Together. Magnolia Dry (UK)
Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum is partnering with RWE to start drilling operations on a prospect in the Southern North Sea. The companies are targeting the Severn prospect in blocks 43/17a, 43/18a which comprises Carboniferous sandstones. RWE is the operator for the drilling operations which will sta
Denmark’s Ramboll Designing Gina Krog Pipeline
Following the recent award of the record breaking Polarled pipeline for the international energy company Statoil, Ramboll Oil & Gas has now also been selected to do detailed engineering of the pipeline for the Gina Krog (formerly known as Dagny) field development in Norway, operated by Statoil. “We
Havyard Delivers PSV ‘Ben Nevis’ to Indian Owners
Friday last week Havyard Group delivered its sixth newbuilding to the Indian shipping company Global Offshore Services and the naming ceremony were held Monday in Aberdeen, UK. The platform supply ship (PSV) “Ben Nevis” is a Havyard 832 design. The naming ceremony was held in Aberdeen on Monday and