Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has established a new department dedicated to developing its crane and lifting products for the offshore supply and subsea segment. The department, which opened officially in January 2012 is based in Molde, Norway, with production ta
Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd. has completed the tie-back of an umbilical connector from the Blackbird field to the nearby Ettrick field’s FPSO Aoka Mizu located in the UK central North Sea First Subsea conducted a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study to assess the ease of retrofitting an Oceaneer
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted consent to Statoil for the use of the mobile drilling facility COSLPioneer. The consent applies to permanent plugback, drilling and completion of well 15/5 A-7, which is part of production licence 048 B. The planned position of the rig in connection
Norway’s Statoil has awarded Songa Offshore with contracts for two newbuild “cat D” semisubmersible rigs. This award follows the agreement of July 2011 between Songa Rig AS and Statoil for the first two cat D rigs. The contract period is for eight years with an aggregated value of USD 2.66 Billion,
On the 23rd of February the Trans Adriatic Pipeline started a nearshore survey north of Vlore in south-eastern Albania. The purpose is to collect samples of the seabed soil near the Albanian coast along the planned route of the natural gas pipeline, which plans to bring Caspian gas to southern Italy
Dana Petroleum plc (‘Dana’), a subsidiary of Korea’s KNOChas reached an agreement with Hess Corporation to acquire Hess’ 28.3% interest in the Bittern field, increasing Dana’s share to 33%. As a result of the transaction Hess will resign the affiliated operatorship of the Triton floating production,
Havyard Group AS has sold yet another Havyard 832 design, the 15th of its kind. Yesterday, Vestland Offshore ordered a PSV vessel, with an option for one further delivery. The first vessel to be constructed is of a Havyard 832 L design, whereas the optional ship is of a Havyard 833 design. Both vess
International FPSO moorings and marine engineering services business, Sigma Offshore, has added new impetus to its growth plans by appointing an experienced industry figure to head up one of its key service areas. Geir Eik has become Vice-President Internal Turret Systems at Aberdeen-headquartered S
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee reported today to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the progress with the South Stream project. “It is a very timely project. Besides the evident growth in gas transit reliability, it will considerably enhance our capabilities to flexibl
Offshore Energy, Exhibition & Conference, introduces the Offshore Wind Zone at the fifth edition of the event, taking place on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 October 2012, Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands. Offshore Energy is the only annual event in The Netherlands dedicated to offshore energy, and the f
In connection with Noreco’s drilling scope at the Luna-1 site (license 1/11) in the Danish North Sea sector, Blue Water Shipping has been awarded the offshore base contract in Esbjerg. “We are very proud to have been awarded this contract. Currently, we are performing all base activities, handling a
Solstad Offshore won the Environmental award at the Annual Offshore Support Journal (OSJ) 2012 event. The company won the prize for its Green Operations initiative, which has seen the company work with the Rainforest Foundation Norway to reduce emissions and provide funds towards protecting the rain
ExxonMobil’s affiliate EMEPRL Corporation and OMV Petrom SA, the 51% subsidiary of OMV Aktiengesellschaft, today confirmed a potentially significant gas discovery in the Black Sea offshore Romania. Operated by ExxonMobil, the Domino-1 well is the first deep water exploration well offshore Romania an
Shah Deniz consortium in Azerbaijan lead by BP and SOCAR has selected Trans Adriatic Pipeline over the ITGI (Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy) as the pipeline route for Caspian natural gas. The pipeline will carry gas from Shah Deniz field located in the Caspian Sea to Italy and further to Western
