Today, the Norwegian government recommended the plans for development and operation (PDO) of the Ekofisk and Eldfisk fields. The project plans (Ekofisk South and Eldfisk II) submitted to the Storting (parliament) today entails investments of about NOK 65 billion. – Ekofisk is the oldest field comple
Lauritzen Offshore has fulfilled the first part of its strategy to become an important partner in the offshore services market with special focus on deep water employment offshore Brazil. Recently Lauritzen Offshore’s unique Accommodation and Support Vessel, Dan Swift, was contracted by Petrobras. P
Data Respons has entered into a 3 year framework agreement with a value of NOK 30 million. The contract covers delivery of embedded solutions for advanced equipment for the offshore market. The customer is a world leader in the design, manufacturing and sales of equipment used in the offshore/mariti
Olympic Ship has entered into long term contracts with Petrobras Brazil for the PSV`s Olympic Elena (MT6009) and Olympic Promoter (UT755). The firm contract period is 4 years with further options for 4 x 1 year . The contracts have been entered into on market terms. The Olympic group of companies is
Imenco is awarded a contract by SMOE Pte Ltd. The contract is for a new Helicopter Refueling System at Greater Ekofisk Area 2/4, as the platform will have the busiest Helicopter traffic in the North Sea. The contract will include delivery of a Dispenser Unit, Defueling Unit, Storage Skid, Sample Ski
EnCore Oil plc announced yesterday that the Cladhan appraisal well 210/30a-4z located in UK North Sea Block 210/30a has reached Total Measured Depth of 15,900 feet (12,312 feet Total Vertical Depth Sub Sea). The appraisal well was drilled as a side-track to evaluate the Upper Jurassic sands, approxi
Dong E&P Norge AS has received consent to use the mobile facility Mærsk Giant on Oselvar, located in the southern part of the North Sea. The Oselvar field is located southwest of Ula and northwest of Ekofisk. The field was discovered in 1991 and belongs to production licences 274 and 274CS. The wate
Aker Solutions’ operating revenues in the first quarter of 2011 were NOK 12 billion (2.19 billion U.S. dollars), and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation amounted to NOK 1.8 billion (328.9 U.S. dollars), including profit from asset sales and non-recurring items. “The streamli
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of the Fossekall-Dompap Marine Installation and Pipelay Contract with an approximate value of $180 million from Statoil, close to the Norne FPSO in the Norwegian Sea. The contract scope includes transport and installation of 2 of 4 slots Integrated Template St
Ulstein Verft delivered the platform supply vessel Rem Mist to Remøy Shipping on 5 May 2011. The vessel, which is yard number 289 from Ulstein Verft, was delivered one day before the contracted date. In his speech at the delivery, managing director of Remøy Shipping, Per Gunnar Jarnes, emphasised UL
On May 5th the Ocean Rig Corcovado commenced its voyage from Peterhead to Greenland. The drillship has been successfully prepared for the Greenland Campaign, including installation of Cairn 3rd party equipment bunkering for drilling of three wells. The ship is expected to arrive at the well-site in
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) has patented a strain measurement system and unique attachment scheme that can be integrated into the insulation and anti-corrosion layers on ultra deep water Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs). This technology was developed because production SCRs typically have thick
Noreco had revenues of NOK 547 million in first quarter 2011, an increase of 14 percent compared to first quarter 2010, driven by higher oil prices which more than compensated for lower production volumes. Production in the quarter was 10,355 barrels of oil equivalents per day (boed), down from 11,3
Nord Stream AG announces that all three sections of its first 1,224 kilometre gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea have now been laid and will be joined together underwater off the coast of Finland and Sweden in the summer. The new pipeline system will start transporting natural gas from Russia direc
