Fossil Energy
Keppel Ready to Deliver Another Semi to Ensco (Singapore)
Long standing customer Ensco has to date entrusted Keppel with 19 major newbuild projects worth more than US$4.8 billion. Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is set to deliver ENSCO 8506, the seventh semisubmersible (semi) drilling rig in the ultra-deepwater ENSCO 8500 Series® to Ensco safely, on time
TTS Group to Provide Equipment for Four Offshore Vessels (Norway)
TTS Group ASA, Bergen has through its subsidiary Company TTS ships equipment AS secured four contracts with STX OSV Brattvaag building, STX OSV Soviknes and Kleven Maritime in a total value of 30 MNOK (USD 5 million). The contracts with STX OSV Brattvaag relate to vessel no. 793 and vessel no.794 fo
Visiongain: Spending on Subsea Production Systems to Reach USD 8.89 Bln in 2012
The world has finite hydrocarbon resources and conventional oil reserves are particularly in short supply. Furthermore, conventional oil resources from the Middle East are very much under threat of disruption as embargoes on Iranian oil exports come into full effect at the end of June 2012. However,
Myklebust Verft Gets New Dock
Saturday 16 June, the new dock arrived at Myklebust Verft. With the new, larger dock, the yard can now offer docking facilities also for large offshore vessels like anchor handling vessels and seismic vessels. Myklebust Verft is a combination shipyard that both builds newbuilds and carries out maint
Dutch Alewijnse to Convert Two Jack-up Rigs into Offshore Hotel Accommodation
Alewijnse Marine Systems is to play a significant role in the conversion of the jack-up drill rigs Atlantic London and Atlantic Amsterdam to offshore hotel accommodation. Both refits will start in July 2012 and take several months to complete. This significant order from Nordica Offshore further rei
Olympic Shipping Orders Subsea Support & Construction Vessel (Norway)
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Olympic Shipping on the delivery of a subsea support and construction vessel of MT 6022 MK II design. The vessel is to be built on Kleven Maritime’s shipyard Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The total contract value is around 600 million NOK. The contrac
PSA Norway Receives Emergency Contingency Award
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) was last night awarded the Emergency Contingency Award for its innovative and dedicated development efforts. The award was presented by Ketil Karlsen, who is accountable for HSE-issues in Industry Energy, to discipline leader of Logistic and Emergency Preparednes
Statoil, Partners Submit Svalin Field PDO (Norway)
Statoil and its partners in the Svalin field have today, 15 June, submitted their plan for development and operation (PDO) to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Svalin field lies about six kilometres south-west of the Grane platform at a water depth of 125 metres. The Svalin field development
NOFO to Conduct Oil Spill Response Drill on Frigg Field
The drill on the Frigg field will involve deploying oil on the sea. Norway is one of few countries in the world that permit this type of testing of equipment and procedures.
WesternGeco Orders Two Seismic Vessels in Germany
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has signed a contract with globally operating seismic company WesternGeco, a frontrunner in its sector, for the construction of two offshore ships. The delivery of the 127metre long vessels is planned for 2014. The Flensburg newbuildings are for worldwide ope
AF Group to Rebuild Cranes on Statoil’s Gullfaks A and C Platforms (Norway)
This is an important assignment for our offshore operations, and we look forward to continuing the good cooperation with Statoil, says Pål Egil Rønn, CEO of the AF Group.
Eidesvik Secures Charter Deals Worth USD 168 Mln (Norway)
Eidesvik, a Norway based owner of a modern fleet of highly specialised offshore vessels, has today entered into several new contracts. Leiv Eriksson Consortium has awarded Eidesvik two contracts for Viking Lady and Viking Athene offshore supply vessels. The contracts are for the the firm period of 1
SBM Offshore to Supply FPSO for Shell’s Fram Field in UK
SBM Offshore has received a letter of interim award (LOIA) from Shell for the supply, lease and operation of a FPSO for the Fram field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The LOIA allows SBM Offshore to commence engineering and procurement of long lead items to ensure timely completion of the planned
Norway: Statoil Charter Spree
Statoil has awarded contracts for the charter of seven new supply vessels for the NCS. The newbuildings are equipped with the latest environmental technology while some of them are specially designed for operation in the High North “The seven newbuildings solidly equip us to meet the requirements fo