The concept chosen for the Mariner heavy oil project on the UK continental shelf includes a production, drilling and quarter (PDQ) platform based on a steel jacket, with a floating storage unit (FSU). Statoil expects a final investment decision in late 2012 and first oil in late 2016. The Bressay he
Top representatives of GDF Suez E&P Nederland, Chevron E&P Netherlands and NAM, the joint venture of Shell and ExxonMobil, share their vision on the future of North Sea gas production during the Offshore Energy conference. The conference will take place on 11 and 12 October in Amsterdam and will run
Preliminary production figures for August 2011 indicate an average daily production of about 1 957 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is a decrease of 80 000 barrels compared to July. Gas production was about 7.9 billion Sm3, which is 0.6 billion Sm3 more than the previous month. The avera
Rocksource ASA announced today that the drilling rig “Borgland Dolphin” has commenced drilling on the “Phoenix” prospect in PL 559 in the Norwegian Sea. Phoenix is interpreted as an extension of the nearby Linerle discovery with a shared Oil Water Contact (OWC) The PL 559 partnership consists of Roc
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $60 million from Det norske oljeselsakp ASA, for tie-back of two satellite wells in the Jette field to the Jotun B platform. The contract is for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a 6km flex
French utility GDF Suez plans to sell several of its gas assets in the British part of the North sea to Italian oil company… Reporting by Caroline Jacobs (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, September 8, 2011;
Wood Group PSN, an energy services company, is to bring an engineering jobs boost to Cheshire. The company, headquartered in Aberdeen, plans to increase staff numbers following a string of North Sea contract wins. Wood Group PSN is set to create upwards of 150 jobs, doubling the size of its existing
Alan Brunnen and Tove Røskaft will both take a seat at the executive management team of Aker Solutions following a restructuring of the company’s business area Subsea. Mads Andersen who has headed Subsea leaves the company after eight years in the same executive team. Alan Brunnen has headed up Aker
Recently Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg visited the Havila-ship Seven Havila from Herøy while the ship was in Randaberg. Afterwards he told Stavanger Aftenblad that he has learned a lot from the visit and that he never earlier have been aboard a offshore-vessel as big as this. Seven Havila is the w
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Premier Oil Norge AS a drilling permit for well 9/1-1 S. Well 9/1-1 S will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility in position 57°35’37.02’’N and 4°00’56.05”E. The drilling program for well 9/1-1 S concerns the drilling of a wildcat well
In July 2011 T.O.S. (Transport & Offshore Services) and Sheffield Offshore Services have joined forces to broaden their range of high quality personnel services. The new venture is called ‘TOS Sheffield Pte. Ltd.’ By joining forces, they will be able to supply a full range of crew, consisting of bot
Bourbon Front, the first of four platform supply vessels of the PX105 design from ULSTEIN built at Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., was delivered to Bourbon Offshore Norway at 6 September 2011. The vessel features an overall length of 88.80m, breadth of 19.00m, DWT of 4250T, and maximum speed of 15.5
TTS Energy AS, subsidiary of TTS Group ASA, has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with OSX WHP 1 & 2 Leasing B.V, subsidiary of OSX S.A of Brazil, for delivery of two complete wellhead platform drilling units (WPDUs). The companies are aiming to enter a firm contract within short time. The scope of wo
Wood Group Kenny has been appointed by BP to provide engineering design and project management services for the subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) infrastructure for BP’s Quad 204 redevelopment project West of Shetland. Wood Group Kenny is responsible for the design of $1.2 billion worth o
