Fossil Energy
Swire Oilfield Services to Exhibit at Offshore Energy 2012 (The Netherlands)
Swire Oilfield Services has announced that will be exhibiting at this year’s Offshore Energy 2012 Exhibition and Conference (Stand No. 319). On Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 October 2012, the 5th edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference will take place at the Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands.
Farstad New PSV Enters North Sea Spot Market (Norway)
Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA, a major international supplier of large, modern offshore support vessels, has announced that Far Scotsman (STX PSV08 CD) was yesterday delivered from STX OSV Langsten to the company’s subsidiary Farstad Shipping Limited. The vessel will trade the spot market in the Nor
DylanGroup: Gold Sponsor of Offshore Energy 2012
DylanGroup, the international trade organization providing complete packages of steel piping products and services, is a Gold Sponsor of the 2012 edition of Offshore Energy, Exhibition & Conference. The 5th edition of this annual event takes place at 23 and 24 October in Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlan
Atlantic Offshore’s ERRV Vessel to Work at Total’s Martin Linge Field (Norway)
Atlantic Offshore has been awarded a four-year contract with the oil- and gas-company TOTAL in the North Sea. The company will from 2014 operate a new ERRV, providing for of up to 300 people, in the field of Martin Linge, North West of Stavanger. The agreement is initially for four years and initiat
Veripos Positioning Systems for ER Offshore Vessels (Germany)
VERIPOS has been awarded a two year extension on its GNSS positioning contract with ER Offshore GmbH, the subsidiary of the Hamburg-based shipping organisation ER Schiffahrt. The extended contract is to support ER Offshore’s fleet of 11 platform supply vessels (PSVs) and two anchor handling tug supp
GE, Rosneft Sign MoU (Russia)
GE and OJSC Rosneft, a leader in Russia’s petroleum industry, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that lays the foundation for the two companies to jointly evaluate and develop commercial opportunities in oil and gas exploration and production in the Russian Federation. The MOU was sign
Atlantic Offshore Orders Two Platform Supply Vessels (Norway)
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Atlantic Offshore on the delivery of two platform supply vessels (PSV) at a total value of around NOK 700 million( USD 117 million). The vessels are to be built at Kleven Maritime’s shipyard Myklebust Verft. The contract also includes an option for a furthe
Naming Ceremony for Ugland Offshore’s PSV (Norway)
Ugland Offshore’s latest addition to the fleet – Evita – was named during a ceremony in Geiranger fjord, Norway, on Saturday 30th June. The vessel is built at Myklebust Verft. Together with other investors, J.J.Ugland (JJUC) now has returned to the offshore business through the establishing of Uglan
Stork Lands Caisson Integrity Management Contract from CNR (UK)
Stork Technical Services (Stork), the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the oil & gas, chemical and power sectors, today announces it has secured a three year contract, with two one-year extension options, from CNR International (CNR) for the provisio
Bergen Group Provides Yard Stay Services for Safe Scandinavia Rig (Norway)
Bergen Group Hanøytangen is awarded contract for a short yard stay for the accommodation rig Safe Scandinavia in July this year. The contract value for Bergen Group Hanøytangen is estimated to NOK 8-10 million, and is based on an option agreement from earlier this year. Safe Scandinavia, which is op
Vroon Holds Naming Ceremony for Subsea Support Vessel (The Netherlands)
Dutch shipping company, Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) held the namegiving ceremony for VOS Shine on Thursday 28 June 2012, in Den Helder, the Netherlands. VOS Shine was christened by Mrs Gwen Klaphake, wife of Mr Rolf de Vries, Managing Director, Blue Stream Offshore B.V.. Blue Stream Offshore B.V.
Total: Absheron Discovery Declared Commercial (Azerbaijan)
A ‘Notice of Discovery and its Commerciality’ for the Absheron discovery was submitted on June, 1 on behalf of the partnership Socar – Total – GDF Suez by operator Total E&P Absheron. The step is described as “an important milestone in the frame work of the Agreement on Exploration, Development and
Finland: Arctech Launches Arctic Offshore Vessel
Arctic offshore vessel NB-506 was launched at Helsinki Shipyard on Saturday 30 June 2012. The hull assembly of sister vessel will start in the beginning of July, after the launch. Arctech is building the vessels for Russian shipping corporation Sovcomflot and they will supply the Arkutun-Dagi oil an
King Lear: Statoil’s New High Impact Discovery (Norway)
Statoil has made a significant gas and condensate discovery in the King Lear prospect in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea along with its partner Total E&P Norge. Exploration well 2/4-21 drilled by the jack-up rig Maersk Gallant in production licences 146 and 333, has proven a 48-metre ga