On 22 September 2010, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of logistics, cranes, lifting appliances, lifting equipment and structural safety on board the Songa Dee mobile facility. Introduction The verifications targeted technical and operational factors on board the faci
Aberdeen-based Operational Excellence (OPEX) Group Ltd, a specialist company focused on helping operators produce more oil and gas, has won new business worth more than £500,000 in the last month and is targeting turnover exceeding £1 million in its first year of trading. The company was set up in A
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced an £11million order to design and equip two offshore service vessels for Italian ship owner Fratelli D’Amato. These UT 755 XL vessels will carry out operations in the offshore oil and gas sector and will be built at the Rosetti Marino S.
Leading international service company Expro has received a commendation from a major customer for maintaining an extremely high level of safety for the past year. Chevron has thanked Expro for an exemplary incident-free workplace for the past 12 months, covering work across its global operations. Ex
Statoil has received consent to carry out modifications on Njord A for Njord Nordvestflanken (NNVF). NNVF is part of production licence 107, and is located in block 6407/7 about five kilometres northwest of Njord A. NNVF contains a discovery with gas and condensates. The owners are E.ON Ruhrgas Norg
GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 7124/4-1S&A in the Barents Sea with the Aker Barents mobile facility. The consent relates to the drilling of an exploration well in production licence 530, with a possible sidetrack. The well is located approx. 53 n
Aker Solutions has won a contract to conduct the topside FEED (front-end engineering and design) study for Statoil on the Mariner field on the UK continental shelf in the North Sea. The contract value is approximately NOK125 million. The study will be delivered in the summer of 2012, after which the
Premier Oil Norge AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 9/1-1S in the North Sea with the Bredford Dolphin mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 406, with Premier Norge AS as the operator (40%). The other licensees are Skeie Energy AS (40%) and Sp
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, announces that its Offshore Engineering & Operations (OE&O) business has been awarded a contract renewal by Marathon Oil (“Marathon”). Petrofac has been working with Marathon on its North Sea Brae assets since 2005. Following the del
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted BP Norge AS (BP) consent for continued use of the mobile living quarters facilities MSV Regalia and Safe Scandinavia on the Valhall field. BP has previously received consent to use the living quarters facilities MSV Regalia and Safe Scandinavia
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has received consent to use the mobile living quarters facility COSLRigmar at Eldfisk 2/7 FTP. The consent relates to the period from 1 June 2011 to 1 July 2015. COSLRigmar (formerly Port Rigmar) will be moored to the southeast of Eldfisk 2/7 FTP, with a gangway connect
The Board of Directors of Sevan Marine ASA continues to hold constructive dialogue with bondholders and other relevant parties regarding a global restructuring of the Company’s balance sheet. In particular, the Board is in dialogue with the advisors to Norsk Tillitsmann ASA (the bond trustee for the
Bergen Group Hanøytangen has been awarded a letter of intent from Odfjell Drilling & Technology related to a yard stay for the rig Deepsea Atlantic scheduled to be carried out in August 2011. For Bergen Group Hanøytangen the project has an estimated value of NOK 20-25 million. A contract is expected
DOF Subsea Norway AS has been awarded the contract for Goliat FPSO Marine Installation Activities. The value of the contract is approximately 300 MNOK. The contract duration is from July 2011 to December 2013. DOF has been selected as preferred partner after a thorough evaluation of both technical a
