The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer of Eni. The parties discussed current issues and prospects for further cooperation in the energy sector. Particular attention was p
Hydratight has launched an updated Emergency Pipeline Repair System to offer better disaster planning and contingency services to operators and contractors. Following the dramatic reaction to the Gulf disaster in early 2011, ever-increasing demands are being placed on oil and gas operators to provid
Veripos, world leaders for provision of high-precision GNSS positioning solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry, has extended the North West European sector of its global multi-source network with the establishment of new reference station facilities at Hammerfest in northern Norway. The new
Seabrokers Group reports that ExxonMobil has sublet Simon Møkster Shipping AS-owned platform supply vessel, the MV “Strilmøy”, to Norway’s Statoil. Statoil has chartered the 85,65m long vessel, designed by Marin Teknikk AS, on a 6 month contract with 2×3 month options. The contract is expected to be
DONG Energy has contracted Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig Maersk Resolve for work on the Hejre field in the Danish North Sea. The expected duration of the five-well contract is approx 750 days and the contract also includes an option for two additional wells of estimated 280 days’ duration. The contr
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR has started 3D seismic data acquisition operations at Umid and Babak offshore blocks in the Caspian Sea to gain more information on availability of the South Caspian basin, as well as its geological structure. Caspian Geophysical, a joint venture between WesternG
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted BG Norge AS a permission to use subsea facilities and pipelines on the Gaupe field. The Gaupe field is part of production licence 292 and lies about 240 km southwest of Stavanger, near the border to the UK shelf. The water depth in the area is about
‘BW Athena’ Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel (“FPSO”) has departed Dubai Dry Docks World to be met by a dedicated guard vessel. All FPSO production critical equipment was run and fully tested prior to vessel departure thus minimizing the period between arrival in the Athena field a
In parallel to drilling the appraisal well in the Maria field, Wintershall Norge is now operating another drilling project in Norway. The Skarfjell exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea will provide information as to the potential hydrocarbon reserves in that area. It is planned
Statoil has appointed Lars Christian Bacher as executive vice president for Development and Production International (DPI) department. Bacher will take up his new position as of 1 September, succeeding Peter Mellbye who is retiring after 30 years with the company. Lars Christian Bacher holds a maste
IHC Offshore & Marine, part of IHC Merwede, and SapuraCrest have signed two contracts for the design, engineering and construction of two new 550t pipelaying vessels. A third contract has been signed with OSX Construção Naval S.A. Brazil for the design and engineering of a 300t pipelaying vessel, as
Dong E&P Norge AS has received consent to use a subsea facility and pipeline on the Oselvar, an offshore oil field located 250 km (160 mi) southwest of Stavanger in the southern Norwegian section of North Sea The Oselvar field is situated southwest of Ula and northwest of Ekofisk. The field was disc
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s resource accounts for 2011 show a solid increase in proven resources and a net increase in reserves. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD’s) resource accounts, with figures updated as of 31 December 2011, show that the total recoverable petroleum resources
EnerMech have been awarded a £6.6 million contract by Apache North Sea Ltd to supply and install four new Blow Out Preventer (BOP) handling cranes on the Forties Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta platforms. The project, which will deliver four Stahl cranes and is expected to be completed by Q1 2013, w
