Fossil Energy
Prosafe to Order Accommodation Rig in Singapore
Prosafe has today entered into a Letter of Intent for the construction of a semi-submersible accommodation rig at Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd (“JSPL”) in Singapore. The rig, which is of similar design as Safe Boreas presently in construction at JSPL, will be built to comply with Norwegian regulations. T
Rialto MD Leaves for Personal Reasons
Rialto reports that the Company’s Managing Director Jeff Schrull has informed the Board that he intends to relocate back to Perth, Western Australia from the Company’s current base of operations in London by mid-2013. The decision by Schrull is further to a number of ongoing Rialto Board discussions
Van Oord’s Tertnes to Install Rocks along Corrib Subsea Pipeline (Ireland)
Irish Government Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has informed that subsea rock dumping operations will be carried out along the Corrib offshore field pipeline in mid October. Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel, Tertnes, will be used for the operations which should take 6-10 days to be co
Offshore Energy 2012: ECN COO to Address Importance of Natural Gas in Energy Transition
Robert Kleiburg, Chief Operating Officer of the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) will give a key note speech on the importance of natural gas in energy transition on 23 October as part of the official opening of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference. In a recent article published by
VIDEO: Devenick Gas Project Comes On Stream (UK)
BP today announced the successful start-up of the Devenick gas project in the central North Sea. The Devenick project is a subsea tie-back to Marathon Oil’s East Brae platform and provides an important new source of domestic gas for the UK. Trevor Garlick, Regional President for BP’s North Sea busin
Romania’s GSP Bags UK North Sea Pipeline Contract from Perenco
Romania’s Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) has been awarded a new contract in the UK North Sea, to be performed by GSP Falcon, the DNV class pipelay vessel. The operations under the new contract with Perenco are scheduled to start in mid October 2012 and involve all engineering, procurement installati
Providence Preparing for Dalkey Island Drilling (Ireland)
Providence Resources an Irish based offshore oil and gas exploration and production company, has been awarded a Foreshore Licence (“Licence”) over an area in the Kish Bank Basin, offshore Dublin. The Licence was awarded by the Foreshore Unit of the Irish Department of Environment, Community and Loca
UK Oil and Gas Tax Regime Praised by Oil & Gas UK Director
Oil & Gas UK’s economics director, Mike Tholen, yesterday (3 October) told a London audience of over 150 that recent changes to the UK oil and gas tax regime will promote investment to the benefit of British jobs, oil and gas production and tax revenues. He was speaking at an Oil & Gas UK breakfast
Gas Alarm Shuts Snorre A Production (Norway)
Production from Statoil-operated Snorre A tension leg platform was shut last night after a gas alarm on board the facility went off, Reuters reports. A Norwegian oil giant’s spokesperson informed Reuters that the platform, located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea was undergoing a partial resta
Wintermar Gets $10 Mln Loan from IFC (Indonesia)
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has agreed to invest $10 million in PT Wintermar Offshore Marine Tbk, to help expand the company’s fleet of support vessels serving the exploration and development of Indonesia’s offshore oil and gas fields and thereby helping the country meet its energy needs.
Apache Restarts GoM Production Following Hurricane Isaac (USA)
Apache Corporation reported that its Gulf of Mexico production facilities are back online following suspended operations due to Hurricane Isaac. Also, production from North Sea assets has recovered following maintenance activities completed during the third quarter. As the company enters its fourth
Statoil Gets Approval to Use Borgland Dolphin (Norway)
Statoil has received consent to use the mobile Borgland Dolphin facility on Oseberg Sør. The consent relates to drilling and completion of a production well in production licence 104. Water depth at the site is 102 metres. The planned drilling start-up date is 27 October 2012 and the duration will b
PSA in Oseberg C Audit (Norway)
During the period 21 March – 5 June 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the management of risk factors related to maintenance and modification work (M&M) within insulation, surface protection and scaffolding (ISS). The objective of the audit activity was to asse
Det Norske Orders Tie-Ins from Apply Nemo (Norway)
Apply Nemo AS (AN), the subsea unit in Apply, has been awarded a contract with Det norske oljeselskapet ASA for the delivery of thirteen remote controlled tie-ins, up to 14”, for installation on the Edward Grieg and Ivar Aasen jackets. The contract value is approximately 60 mNOK, and the equipment d