The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) is hosting a seminar at its premises in Stavanger on Wednesday 19 October 2011 concerning pipelines and risers – both rigid and flexible. The focus will be on pipeline integrity from a systems perspective. The purpose of the seminar is to enhance general k
GSP Offshore, a company known in the Black Sea region for its technological expertise in offshore drilling and construction, well intervention services and naval supply, confirmed that it will participate at Offshore Energy 2011 Exhibition and Conference. The event takes place in Amsterdam, the Neth
The Gudrun project is reaching new milestones, with the West Epsilon rig busy drilling wells that need to be ready for production start in 2014. “The Gudrun field is characterised by high pressure and high temperature,” says Petter Kostøl, who is in charge of drilling and well operations in Stavange
Eni and GDF SUEZ have signed an agreement for Eni to purchase the 22.5% shareholding of GDF SUEZ in EFOG, a joint-venture between GDF SUEZ and Total E&P UK Ltd, which holds a 46.2% stake in the Elgin – Franklin fields located in the United Kingdom’s North Sea. Through this shareholding Eni will obta
E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS (ERN) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 6507/6-4 (S&A) in the Norwegian Sea with the Borgland Dolphin mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 350, with ERN as the operator (40%). The other licensees are Statoil ASA (30%) and
Bourbon Front, a BOURBON last-generation Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), has left Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group’s Zhejiang shipyard, in China. “ The Bourbon Front is the first vessel of a new BOURBON series of 4, with the Bourbon Clear, the Bourbon Calm and the Bourbon Rainbow” declares Christian Lef
Noble Energy, Inc. announced today it has revised drilling plans for the three deepwater rigs it has under contract in the offshore Eastern Mediterranean. The Ensco 5006 rig (formerly the Pride North America), which has experienced multiple subsea equipment issues, will move off the Leviathan #3 wel
French group Total said the North Sea, largely written off by other oil majors, should continue to provide growth opportunities, citing … By Sarah Young (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, September 27, 2011;
U.S. energy giant Exxon Mobil expects to book the reserves it will develop in Russia’s Arctic with state oil company Rosneft under U.S. SEC … By Melissa Akin (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 27, 2011;
Leading offshore rope manufacturer, Lankhorst Ropes Offshore Division has been awarded a contract by Eni Norge AS to supply the polyester rope mooring lines for the Goliat FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading). The Goliat FPSO will be positioned 85 km offshore, north west of Hammerfest i
Statoil has declared contract options for the large-size PSV ‘Siem Pilot’ and the medium-size PSV ‘Siddis Skipper’. The term of the contracts is 2 years for the ‘Siem Pilot’ and 1 year, with 1 year option, for the ‘Siddis Skipper’. The contracts shall commence in direct continuation from current con
SPT installed nine (9) suction piles of OD 5.5-6.5m x 10-11m deep for Bibby Offshore . The suction piles will be used to moor the Ithaca Athena FPSO in 140m water depth. SPT’s strong SAPS-004 suction pump was used. Actual suction time was only 30 minutes per suction pile. The SAPS-004 suction pump w
Havyard Group can now present another product on the ship`s bridge. Havyard Bridge Automation System(Havyard BAS) was recently certified by the Veritas (DNV) , and there have already been plenty of new system orders. Only days after the Herøy-based company Havyard Group delivered newbuild 102 «Saebo
Xtract Energy Plc confirms that Chevron expects the Noble Byron Welliver jack-up drilling rig to be on site at the P2 block in the Netherlands, over which Xtract has an overriding royalty interest, in October 2011 and intends to spud the first well (P2-10 appraisal well) in November 2011. The P2-10
