In 2011, PGS is looking for more unexpected and the unexplored targets in key producing areas of the North Sea with a new wave of GeoStreamer MultiClient 3D. Near-field exploration potential GeoStreamer® technology promises to unlock the excellent near-field exploration potential still offered by th
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS (KOGT), a wholly owned company of KONGSBERG, has acquired 100% of the shares in the Stavanger, Norway based Seagear AS. The acquisition, which completed today (30th June 2011), will see the entire Seagear team join forces with KOGT’s Seaflex Riser Technologies Bus
Just six weeks after the plan for development and operation (PDO) for Hyme (ex-Gygrid) was submitted on 12 May, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has given the green light. First oil is scheduled for the first quarter of 2013. The approval was given the same day as Norwegian petro
The Board of Directors in Bergen Group ASA has appointed Terje Arnesen as the new CEO of the company. Arnesen has been acting in the position since 1 June 2011 when he took over from Pål Engebretsen. “We are very pleased that Terje Arnesen has agreed to take responsibility as CEO of Bergen Group. Ar
GSP has secured a new contract for subsea survey and divers’ services for the development of Kirinskoye gas condensate field, Russia for JSC Mezhregiontruboprovodstroy (MRTS). GSP will provide ROV and subsea works with divers extension option, beginning in the second half of August. GSP shall provid
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has signed a contract with Saipem Ltd for use of the Construction Service Vessel (CSV) “Normand Oceanic” The duration of the contract is 150 days with commencement end of June 2011. The commercial terms are confidential between the parties, but are in line with present ma
OMV (Norge) AS (OMV) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 6407/5-2S in the Norwegian Sea with the Borgland Dolphin mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 471, with OMV as the operator (50%). The other licensees are Norwegian Energy Company ASA (30%)
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has received consent to use the Island Constructor mobile facility for well intervention on Ekofisk 2/4 VA. The consent relates to well intervention on the eight 2/4 Victor Alpha injection wells. The activity has a planned duration of 30 days. Island Constructor (photo)
On June 27, SOCAR President Mr. Rovnag Abdullayev and Company management visited the Oil Rocks offshore field. During the meeting, SOCAR management was accompanied by representatives of “Azneft” Production Unit and of other enterprises. Mr. Abdullayev and SOCAR officials visited the monument to the
Mechanical engineering group, EnerMech, is on a major recruitment drive as it forecasts its workforce will grow by one-third from 750 to 1000 by the end of 2011. The Aberdeen-based oil services company currently has 80 vacancies but is hoping to attract ex-military personnel and plans to open two ne
Schlumberger announced today the acquisition of the remaining equity shares from Frank Mohn AS in Framo Engineering AS—a privately owned Norwegian company specialized in the business of developing, manufacturing and selling products and services relating to multiphase pumps and subsea pump-systems,
AF Decom Offshore AS and Saipem UK Ltd have been awarded a Letter of Intent for the tasks of removing the H7 and 2/4-S jacket platforms in the North Sea. The conditional contracts have been awarded by Statoil on behalf of operator Gassco. AF Decom Offshore AS will remove and sell the H-7 platform, w
Ulstein Power & Control AS has secured a record contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ yard in Nagasaki, Japan for the delivery of the communication and infotainment system ULSTEIN COM®. The contract is for the delivery of two, plus an optional two, ULSTEIN COM® systems to be installed on board
Aker Solutions has acquired 70 percent of the Norwegian companies Ing. Harald Benestad AS (Benestad) and Phaze Technologies AS, leading suppliers of controls and power distribution products and advanced instruments for subsea applications. Benestad and Phaze Technologies, founded and owned by Harald
