Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) reports that production from the Alvheim field (Lundin Petroleum working interest (WI) 15%) and the Volund field (Lundin Petroleum WI 35%), offshore Norway was shut down for 13 days in May due to unscheduled maintenance on the Alvheim FPSO. The shut down was re
Aker Solutions has won two contracts to supply complete drilling equipment packages for two new deepwater drilling units that are being built by Cosco, the Chinese shipbuilding company. The combined value of the contracts is about $195 million, and includes options for a further two units. “These co
Sevan Drilling ASA announces that its subsidiaries have entered into contracts with Cosco Shipyard for the construction of two new build ultra deepwater (“UDW”) drilling rigs, Sevan UDW3 and Sevan UDW4, for delivery in Q4 2013 and Q2 2014 respectively. The total all-in turnkey price under the constr
AUSTRALIAN oil and gas company Woodside will use the Riserless Mud Recovery system (RMR®) from AGR Drilling Services to ensure top-hole drilling goes as smoothly as possible. AGR’s Asia Pacific team has signed a deal worth an estimated NOK 4.5m (USD 800,000) to supply RMR® for use on Australia’s Nor
Statoil has received consent to use the Bideford Dolphin mobile facility in the northern and southern parts of the North Sea. The consent relates to drilling, sidetrack drilling, plugging, completion and well interventions at the Oseberg, Vigdis, Tordis and Vigdis Nord Øst fields. According to the p
ConocoPhillips has awarded Aibel a frame agreement for maintenance and modifications in the Greater Ekofisk Area. The agreement is valid for five years, with an option of three plus three years. ‘This is a great day for Aibel, and everyone working in the company. The agreement is one of the largest
Zurich (Switzerland) hosted today a working meeting of Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Dr. Johannes Teyssen, Chairman of the E.ON AG Management Board and Klaus Schaefer, Chairman of the E.ON Ruhrgas AG Management Board. The meeting participants considered the current sta
The Dutch company Fairstar Heavy Transport has ordered two OCTOPUS-Onboard systems for the two new build semi-submersible heavy lift vessels MV Forte and the MV Finesse. Fairstar Heavy Transport NV is the leading provider of marine heavy transport solutions involving high-value cargoes for the offsh
Through its subsidiary TTS Energy AS, TTS Group ASA’s Energy division has signed a contract worth approximately NOK 39 million(USD 7.1 million) The contract is with Ulstein Verft AS in Norway and concerns delivery of a crane. The delivery will take place in August 2012. TTS Energy delivers high perf
Leading oil and gas industry body, the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) European Chapter is set to host a one-day seminar of technical presentations from coiled tubing and well intervention specialists in Norway. Among the nine companies exhibiting at the event, Red Spider Technology
GSP has chosen to develop the western and northern shores of the European Union as part of its core operational area, and in order to strengthen its local presence GSP is relaunching its subsidiary company in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. GSP first established its Rotterdam office in 2009 under the na
Awilco Drilling PLC confirms that the WilPhoenix and WilHunter are delivered from the Remontowa Shipyard in Poland following extensive rig upgrading and re-classing projects. WilPhoenix is currently en route to its drilling location. WilHunter is undergoing its last preparations before departure to
ALE has recently unveiled its latest groundbreaking innovation – the Mega Jack system. Capable of lifting 50,000te to a height of 25m, the Mega Jack has been developed by ALE to meet the increasing demand in the offshore industry to jack up larger and heavier oil and gas platform modules and other l
Statoil’s first fast-track –project – Visund South – is moving ahead as planned. The seabed template has commenced its journey out to the field located south of Gullfaks in the North Sea. “We submitted the plan for development and operation of Visund South in January. Now, four months later, we’ve b
