ACE Winches has secured a £1.6m contract from Bluestone Offshore for the design and manufacture of two comprehensive winch packages for use on the offshore support vessel, Greatship Maya. Each winch package comprises 18.5t of safe working load (SWL) hydraulic drum winch, 300kW containerised electric
In a move to drive further reductions in the number of accidental hydrocarbon releases in the UK oil and gas industry, companies have committed jointly to cut leaks on their offshore installations by 50 per cent over the next three years. As a result of unremitting efforts by the industry working co
Providence Resources P.l.c. , (‘Providence’), through its wholly owned subsidiary EIRGAS Limited (‘EIRGAS’), announces that it has completed the first phase of the AMEC conceptual development study for the ULYSSES salt cavern gas storage project in the Kish Bank Basin, offshore eastern Ireland. The
Vessel utilization is defined as the percentage of the full quarter where the vessel is in paid work either in the form of acquisition, mobilization, demobilization, steaming, standby or other. The vessel utilization for the 9 seismic vessels operated by SeaBird for Q4 2010 was 51%, down from 76% in
Aberdeen-based specialist subsea service company DOF Subsea UK has secured a contract with Technip. The award is for the provision of a Light Construction Vessel in the North Sea and is worth approximately £8 million. The work is scheduled to start in Q2 2011, and to take place in 2011 and 2012 usin
CGGVeritas and BG Group have signed a Technology Cooperation Agreement (TCA) that focuses on the development and deployment of advanced seismic solutions across the E&P workflow. Under the terms of the Agreement, the partners will collaborate on a number of high-end technology projects within BG Gro
Hamworthy , a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative marine and offshore fluid handling systems, announced that it has been awarded a contract from Brazilian shipyard Engevix Construcões Oceânicas S.A. for the supply of cargo pumping systems for eight Floating Production Storage an
Offshore Solutions B.V. (OSBV), the joint venture between AMEC and Cofely Nederland N.V., has commenced operations of its Offshore Access System (OAS) to support personnel transfer to and from the offshore component of the Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) project in Qatar. Pearl GTL, the world’s largest G
Management and major accident risk, groups exposed to risk, barriers and the natural environment are the main priorities for the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) in 2011. Certain ultra-important areas identified by the PSA on the basis of its knowledge of and experience with the Norwegian oil
Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited , an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, announces that combined production in the fourth quarter averaged 8,754 barrels of oil equivalent pe
KCA DEUTAG, the leading international drilling and engineering contractor, has been awarded a flagship six-rig contract by BP as operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli and Shah Deniz fields in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea, to manage all of BP-operated platform drilling assets in the Caspi
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that drilling of exploration well 24/9-10S on the Caterpillar prospect has commenced. The well is located in licence PL340BS in the Norwegian North Sea. The Caterpillar prospect is located 6 km east of the Marihøne discovery which sits 27 km south of
Subsea 7 S.A. announced on Friday January 7, 2011 that the combination between Acergy S.A. and Subsea 7 Inc. was completed following the closing of Oslo Børs on that day. On completion the Company’s name changed to Subsea 7 S.A. and the restated Articles of Incorporation approved by Acergy S.A.’s sh
Songa Venus achieved operating efficiency of 100% during the month. The rig completed its well for MEO Australia under contract farm out from Shell Development (Australia) during the month and the rig commenced mobilization to Total E&P Australia location to start a 2 firm + 1 option well contract.
