The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted A/S Norske Shell a drilling permit for wellbore 6603/5-1 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6603/5-1 S will be drilled from the Aker Barents drilling facility at position 66°34’33.20” north and 3°32’46.10” east afte
Statoil received 400 more applications compared with last year and the company is taking on 181 new apprentices, compared with 168 last year. “With apprentices we are building future competencies, not just for us, but for society at large. Statoil is an attractive workplace for apprentices and the y
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Petro-Canada Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 34/4-13 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 34/4-13 S will be drilled from the West Alpha drilling facility at position 61º 38’ 43” North and 02º 05’ 59’ East, aft
Germanischer Lloyd certified the new alarm-, monitoring- and control system developed by Imtech Marine Germany and Free Technics, two companies of Imtech Marine group. This new System will be presented at the Imtech Marine stand at SMM in Hamburg (7-10 September) at stand 210 in hall B6. Imtech AMCS
Global Marine Systems has announced the successful completion of the Gjøa power cable installation. Gjøa is the first ever floating platform to have power supplied by a direct link from shore, and will contribute to a greener source of energy, reducing carbon emissions by an estimated 210,000 tonnes
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited announced that it has appointed RBC Capital Markets as Joint Broker with immediate effect. Chariot Oil & Gas Limited is an independent oil and gas exploration group. The Group currently holds licences covering eight blocks in Namibia, all of which are offshore. All of these
Australian subsea contractor TSmarine is primed to start a multi-year service contract with international oilfield service company Expro which could be worth a potential $100 million. The deal, awarded to TSmarine’s new Scotland-based offshoot SALT Subsea, will deliver worldwide support for Expro’s
STX Europe reported an EBITDA of NOK 205 million for the second quarter of 2010 which is an increase from NOK 75 million in the second quarter 2009. The Offshore & Specialized Vessels business area had a record EBITDA in the second quarter of NOK 298 million and the Cruise & Ferries business area ha
Offshore Solutions B.V. (OSBV), the joint venture between AMEC and Cofely Nederland N.V., has appointed Lindsay Young as managing director. Mr Young joins the business from RBG Ltd. (RBG) where he was operations director for its UK business. With more than 25 years experience within contractor compa
In a visit to IHC Engineering Business (EB) on Tuesday 31 August 2010, local Labour MP, Alex Cunningham, (Stockton North), declared that the company which recently (31 May 2010) completed an order to build one of the world’s biggest marine pipe laying machines, represents the “future and the best of
At this year’s SMM shipbuilding exhibition from the 7th to the 10th of September, MTU’s exhibits will include a new genset for diesel-electric propulsion and on-board power generation which is specifically designed to meet the needs of supply ships for wind farms or oil and gas rigs. Developed on th
Dockwise Ltd. announces 12 awards for Heavy Marine Transport (HMT) and engineering projects that have recently been secured by its subsidiary Dockwise Shipping with a total contract value of almost USD 37 million. Dockwise was awarded an engineering contract to provide a FEM (Finite Element Model) a
The corporate assembly of Statoil has chosen Lady Barbara Judge and Bjørn Tore Godal as new members of Statoil’s board of directors. The corporate assembly also re-elected Svein Rennemo as chair, Marit Arnstad as deputy chair, and Roy Franklin, Grace Reksten Skaugen and Jakob Stausholm as board memb
Valiant Petroleum plc announced that its operated Viola North exploration well (Licence P1629, Block 30/18b) spud on 30 August 2010 using the Ensco 100 jack-up drilling rig. The well is anticipated to take around 60 days to reach its target depth of 15,750 ft true vertical depth sub-sea (~4,800 metr
