The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) recently announced that it wished to procure specialised environmental and engineering consultancy services to support its functions relating to the regulation of offshore oil, gas and condensate exploration, production and decommissioning activitie
Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted by Mitsubishi Heavy Industry on behalf of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to design and supply extra-long outreach workboat/lifeboat/FRC davits for PGS’s 5th generation Ramform new building seismic vessels. T
A Turkish research ship, named after well-known Ottoman captain, geographer and cartographer Piri Reis, set sail on Friday for the … Source: Today’s Zaman [mappress] Source: todayszaman,September 23, 2011;
Saipem and the Russian company, United Shipbuilding Corporation (OCK), have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for the development of oil & gas projects in the Russian Federation and in other countries. The cooperation agreement outlines objectives, criteria and timing to establish a fifty-fi
The first – ever Maritime by Holland Pavilion is making its debut at the trade show Offshore Energy which is being held October 11 and 12. Offshore is seen as major growth market for the Dutch Maritime Industry. This conclusion was made after a thorough export research done by the branch association
Cypriot President Demetris Christofias said on Thursday the east Mediterranean island nation could open up more gas exploration drilling…. By Daniel Bases (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 23, 2011;
Bergen Group Hanøytangen is awarded contract for a yard stay for the accommodation rig Safe Scandinavia in October this year. The length of the dock stay is one about one week, and the contract value for Bergen Group Hanøytangen is estimated to NOK 8-10 million. Safe Scandinavia, which is operated b
Tummas Justinussen from the Faroe Islands is willing to compete with Norwegian shipowners and focuses on advanced supply vessels from the Herøy-based company Havyard Group. This Saturday the Faroese character invites 50 people from Sunnmøre and Sogn in western Norway across to the naming ceremony of
Lundin Petroleum AB announced that the sidetrack (16/2-7A) of the second appraisal well, 16/2-7, has confirmed excellent quality oil bearing Upper Jurassic sandstone reservoir. The Avaldsnes field is located in license PL501 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The sidetrack well (16/2-7A) encountere
Statoil has received consent to use the gas pipeline, Troll P12 Pipeline. The Troll field is located about 63 kilometres west of Kollsnes, and consists of production licences 054 and 085. The P12 gas pipeline was installed in April 2011 by Solitaire, the world’s largest pipe-laying vessel. The pipel
Cypriot president Demetris Christofias said he guarantees Turkish Cypriots will benefit from offshore hydrocarbon discoveries even before… By Stelios Orphanides (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source:Bloomberg ,September 22, 2011;
Veidekke Entreprenør AS has entered into a contract with Statoil ASA in connection with the construction of a new test facility for a subsea compressor at K-lab on Kårstø. The total value of the contract is approx. NOK 115 million, excluding VAT. K-lab is Statoil’s specialised laboratories for larg
Noreq was recently awarded the contract for Lifeboats, davits, Fast Rescue Boat and Rescue boat davit for the six drill ships Maersk Drilling are building with Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The contract is valid for all drill ships and is consisting of 6pcs 80-persons lifeboats together w
Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr. Borten Moe, is participating at the CSLF conference held in Beijing this week. – The world needs more energy in order to lift more people out of poverty. At the same time it is our common responsibility to make sure that the increased energy consumption is susta
