Fossil Energy
Dockwise Buys More Fairstar’s Shares (The Netherlands)
Dutch marine transport specialist Dockwise today announces that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dockwise White Marlin B.V., Dockwise now controls 80.4% of the outstanding shares of Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (“Fairstar”). Over the weekend shares were bought from various shareholders includin
Subsea 7 SURFs on BG’s Knarr Field Offshore Norway
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $400 million from BG Norge Limited, for the development of the Knarr field, in the Norwegian Sector of the North Sea. The contract is for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of a 4.5 km flowlin
STX to Construct Two PSVs for Island Offshore (Norway)
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has secured new contracts for the construction of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) for Island Offshore. The total value of the contracts amounts to approxi
Nord Stream Completes Tie-Ins of Second Gas Pipeline
Nord Stream has successfully completed the second of the two underwater tie-ins of its second gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea on 28 June. The 1,224-kilometre offshore pipeline is now complete and will be de-watered and dried before being joined to the onshore landfall sections in Russia and Germ
Det Norske to Complete Drilling on Clapton Prospect (Norway)
Det norske is as partner about to complete drilling operations on exploration well 2/8-18S on the Clapton prospect in PL 440S. The well is located about five kilometers east of Eldfisk East field and ten kilometers north of the Valhall field. The reservoir contained no hydrocarbons of producible qua
Keppel Secures Contracts from Transocean and BSC
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) yards in the U.S. and Azerbaijan have secured contracts worth a total of about US$70 million. In the US, Keppel AmFELS LLC, has secured a contract from Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (Transocean) to repair and upgrade the semisubmersible (semi) ri
Norway: Successful Tie-In of Fifth Pipeline on Statoil’s Troll A Platform
Specialist engineering company, STATS Group, has completed an 18 month design, manufacturing and installation project to enable the tie-in of a fifth pipeline on Statoil’s Troll A Platform. Statoil’s Troll A platform, located off the west coast of Norway, utilises a system of seal tubes to tie-in ri
Hertel to Deliver Additional LQ to Shell’s Draugen (Norway)
Hertel Offshore, part of the international multi-disciplinary industrial services company Hertel, has recently signed a contract for the EPC delivery of the Shell Draugen Additional Living Quarter. The Living Quarter will accommodate 44 people and will be designed according to the Norsok standards.
ExxonMobil to Hire West Alpha Rig for USD 410 Mln (Norway)
Seadrill’s subsidiary North Atlantic Drilling has received a letter of intent from ExxonMobil for assignment of the harsh environment semi-submersible drilling unit West Alpha. The extension has a firm period of two years with an estimated revenue value of US$410 million. Commencement of operations
Atlantic Offshore Orders Field Support Vessel from Havyard (Norway)
Atlantic Offshore chose a Havyard design when securing a North Sea agreement with the France-based international oil and gas corporation Total. The Fosnavåg-based Havyard Group AS was today officially unveiled as supplier of a Havyard 820 design for the shipping company Atlantic Offshore. Atlantic O
Ensco Waves Goodbye to Executive VP and COO (UK)
William S. Chadwick, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ensco plc, will retire from the company effective 31 August 2012. Mark Burns, currently Senior Vice President – Western Hemisphere, will succeed Mr. Chadwick as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “It
Oil & Gas UK to Discuss the Role of Natural Gas
The role of natural gas in the UK’s energy mix is the focus of Oil & Gas UK’s forthcoming breakfast briefing. The event, which is sponsored by Herbert Smith and The Royal Bank of Scotland, is being held on 12 July in London. Mike Tholen, Oil & Gas UK’s economics and commercial director, said: “The [
Statoil Gets Approval to Use Deepsea Bergen Rig for Norwegian Sea Ops
Norway’s oil and gas exploration and production company Statoil has received consent to use the Deepsea Bergen Semisubmersible rig on the Norwegian sea fields. The company recently informed Odfjell Drilling that it was exercising the option for maximum duration of the new drilling contract, which me
Scarabeo 5 to Drill on Statoil’s Visund Sør Production Well (Norway)
Statoil has been granted consent to use the Scarabeo 5 mobile drilling rig for drilling and completion of a production well on Visund Sør. Visund Sør is an oil and gas field located between the Gullfaks C and Visund facilities, approx. 125 km west-northwest of Bulandet in Sogn og Fjordane County. Th