Fossil Energy
STX OSV Enters LOI with Troms Offshore for Large PSV (Norway)
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has entered into a Letter of Intent with Troms Offshore Supply (“Troms Offshore”) for the design and construction of one Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). Troms Offshore and Stat
Norway: Farstad Enters Charter Deals Worth USD 233 Million
Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA, a major international supplier of large, modern offshore support vessels, has been awarded multiple charter contracts by three oil and gas majors: Statoil, Santos and Shell. Statoil has awarded Farstad Shipping ASA a long-term charter contract for two platform supply v
Wood Group GTS Pens Maintenance Deal with Maersk FPSOs (UK)
Wood Group GTS has secured an exclusive term maintenance agreement with Maersk FPSOs to support multiple Siemens gas turbines operating on their Curlew and North Sea Producer Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units. The contract duration is five years. Maersk’s FPSOs operate in som
UK: Sonar Equipment Orders Sonardyne 6G Equipment
Recognising the benefits of Sixth Generation (6G®) acoustic technology, Sonar Equipment Services has placed its first order with Sonardyne International Ltd. Based in Great Yarmouth, UK, Sonar Equipment is a leading supplier of high grade geophysical, oceanographic, ROV and hydrographic marine surve
Hallin Marine Charters Stril Explorer for North Sea and Mediterranean
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces a further significant step in the expansion of its subsea services capability in the North Sea and Mediterranean regions. Hallin has chartered the offshore support vessel Stril Explorer for an initial twelve months, with options to renew.
Apache Spuds Tryfan Well in UK North Sea
Valiant Petroleum plc announces that drilling has commenced on the Tryfan prospect (Valiant, 33.33%) located in UK Block 3/17 and operated by Apache North Sea Limited. Tryfan is an Eocene channelized sand play in the UK Northern North Sea which benefits from a strong seismic amplitude response. Tryf
Solstad, Ocean Installer Order Subsea Construction Vessel from STX OSV (Norway)
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has received an order for the design and construction of a large, advanced Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) for Ocean Installer and Solstad Offshore. The contract v
Coretrax Welcomes New Manager (UK)
Aberdeen-based oilfield services firm Coretrax Technology Limited has appointed Scott Laing as Business Development Manager. Mr Laing joins Coretrax from MI Swaco Wellbore Productivity where he was based in Egypt since 2007. He brings over 20 years of experience within the global oil industry with s
MPX North Sea Sells Orlando Stake to Iona (UK)
MPX North Sea Ltd announces that, subject to approval of the DECC, it has sold its 30% interest in Licence P1606 to its co-venturer, Iona Energy Company (UK) Limited. Sorgenia E&P (UK) Ltd, the sister company of MPX, has also sold its 35% interest in the Licence to Iona. The Licence contains the Orl
Lundin Suspends Albert Drilling Until August (Norway)
Lundin Petroleum announces that drilling of exploration well 6201/11-3 in PL519 targeting the Albert offshore prospect has been temporarily suspended until August. The Bredford Dolphin drilling rig is moving to a Norwegian yard to complete its five year renewal survey before returning to complete th
Norway: Statoil to Use COSL Innovator to Drill on Troll Field
Statoil Petroleum AS has been granted consent for drilling on the Troll field with the mobile drilling facility COSLInnovator. The consent applies to drilling, completion and plugback on the Troll field in production licence 054 and 085. The water depth at the sites varies from 333 metres to 377 met
Now Available: The Global Specialist Job Site for the Offshore Wind Industry!
Navingo BV, a maritime and offshore media group based in Rotterdam, has launched a new worldwide job portal specialized in the offshore wind industry. Offshore wind contractors, suppliers and job seekers are now able to find each other at OffshoreWIND.Jobs. OffshoreWIND.Jobs offers companies related
Rialto Updates on Gazelle Drilling Progress (Ivory Coast)
Rialto Energy Limited provides a weekly update on drilling operations at the Gazelle-P3 ST2 Well, Offshore Côte D’Ivoire as at 06:00hrs, 12 June 2012 (GMT). The Gazelle-P3 well was spudded on 12 March 2012 using the Transocean GSF Monitor jack-up drilling rig. The well is the first of an overall thr
Denmark: WGP, P-Cable Enter Into JV for 3D Seismic Technology
During the EAGE in Copenhagen the WGP Group signed a new joint venture (JV) agreement with P-Cable 3D Seismic AS (“P-Cable”) for the commercialisation of new, patented High Resolution 3D seismic technology; the joint venture will trade as WGP Survey Ltd. The benefits of P-Cable’s new technology incl