Global leader in subsea and offshore grouting, FoundOcean announces today that its expanded Offshore Service Base in Livingston, Scotland will see it doubling the number of employees the company has based there, including offshore personnel. A specialist provider of support services for the energy c
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Summit had towed pipelay and heavy lift barge Acergy Polaris from Brazil to Gabon. The Acergy Polaris, owned by Subsea 7, is a multipurpose barge for pipely and heavy lift activities in deepwater fields. The barge, equipped with pipelay tower, heavy lift crane and ac
Last Saturday, on March 24th, a naming ceremony for Olympic Shipping’s new Platform Supply Vessel took place in Ålesund. The naming of the vessel, now called Olympic Energy, was performed by Godmother Marianne Synnes. After the ceremony, the ship was open to the public and about 1500 people used the
Aker Solutions has received a Letter of Award from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), to supply a further two drilling equipment packages to the ‘Category D’ drilling rigs the yard is building for the rig operator Songa Offshore. Contract value is undisclosed. The development of the Ca
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. acting through its wholly owned subsidiary Pacific Stratus Energy Colombia Corp. (“PSE”), announced today the signing of a natural gas/ LNG Liquefaction, Regasification, Storage and Loading Services Agreement with Belgium based EXMAR NV (“EXMAR”). The Agreement calls fo
Kvaerner has signed a contract with Statoil for dismantling and recycling of redundant offshore installations. The contract is for dismantling of the jacket and adjacent bridge foundation belonging to the previously removed Ekofisk 2/4-S platform. The jacket has a total weight of 9000 tonnes and the
Norway’s oil giant, Statoil has awarded Sevan Marine a study of the potential application of a Sevan FPSO for Statoil’s Skrugard/ Havis development in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The study will be performed in the period from April 2012 to May 2013 and will be focused on further development of the Se
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd, a leading offshore harsh environment drilling company, 77 pct owned by Seadrill, has, via Private Placement, successfully placed 150,000,000 new ordinary shares at US$ 2.00 per share, raising gross proceeds of US$300 million. The private placement was directed towards No
Roc Oil (GB) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, advises that production from the Enoch oil and gas field (ROC: 12% interest), located in the North Sea, is anticipated to be offline for the remainder of 2012 due to mechanical issues related to subsea equipment. ROC is awaiting advice from the
On 25 March, Total reported that a gas leak following a well operation occurred on the same day at the wellhead platform on the Elgin gas field which is located in the UK North Sea approximately 240 km east of Aberdeen. Total immediately launched internal emergency procedures and Crisis Management T
The key to success for the industry is to make the right choices in a very competitive world market. The Dutch companies have made the choice to specialize in niche markets which require complex and sophisticated ships.
Bergen Group Hanøytangen is awarded contract for a yard stay for the accommodation rig Safe Scandinavia in April this year. The contract value for Bergen Group Hanøytangen is estimated to NOK 15-20 million. The contract also includes an option for a shorter yard stay during summer 2012. Safe Scandin
Emerson Process Management has released Roxar RMS 2012, the latest version of its reservoir modelling software. The launch sees the continued expansion of Roxar RMS into the geophysics domain through a completely integrated reservoir modelling workflow which includes seismic interpretation, reservoi
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by A/S Norske Shell, to deliver subsea connection systems for the Draugen field on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is approximately NOK 105 million. Scope of work includes the delivery of complete tie-in connection systems for production flo
