Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Duco Ltd. has been awarded by BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd a contract, worth approximately €14 million, for the Andrew field development. This field is located 230 kilometers north east of Aberdeen, in the United Kingdom North Sea, at a wate
Total announces that it has received approval from the United Kingdom Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum & Energy (MPE) to develop its Islay gas field in the Northern North Sea, 440 kilometres north-east of Aberdeen. The Islay field is located in B
DOF was founded in 1981 and is today an international group of companies which owns and operates a modern fleet of offshore-/subsea vessels, and owns engineering capacity to service the subsea market. The main objectives for DOF are to: * engage in long-term, industry-related offshore activities. *
Ascent Resources plc, the AIM-traded oil and gas exploration and production company, through its subsidiary Ascent Resources (Netherlands) BV (‘ARN’), has increased its interest in the M10/11 block in the southern North Sea off the Netherlands’ coast. Following the transfer of McLaren Resources Inc’
On Sunday 11 July Statoil switched on the power, making Gjøa Norway’s first floating platform to get electricity from the mainland. “This is a good example of how Statoil can play a part in solving some of the climate challenges in collaboration with the supplies industry,” says Bjørn Midttun, head
Farstad Shipping Ltd., a wholly owned UK subsidiary of Farstad Shipping, has entered into an agreement to buy the platform supply vessel Seabed Viking. The vessel is a Havyard 832 CD (4000 DWT) built at Fjellstrand AS and delivered in February 2010. The vessel is a modern and environmentally friendl
Production had been shut down on Gullfaks C since a well incident occurred on 19 May. Activities on board have been concentrated on plugging the C-06 well systematically from the bottom and up. The incident entailed change in pressure and loss of drill fluid, which resulted in the loss of one barrie
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won orders to design and equip five offshore and special purpose vessels plus options worth in total around £80 million in the last few weeks. Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with Italian shipyard, Rosetti Marino Spa, for delivery of an integrated
DONG Energy has agreed a development plan for the Norwegian gas field Marulk, in which DONG Energy has a 30% stake. The costs of developing the Marulk field are expected to total approximately DKK 3.8 billion, of which DONG Energy’s share will amount to approximately DKK 1.1 billion. “The developmen
Dana Petroleum announces the successful appraisal of the Blackbird oil field in the UK Central North Sea. The 20/2a-9 well, operated by Nexen, was drilled in a water depth of approximately 367 feet to a total measured depth of 12,000 feet, targeting a high quality Upper Jurassic oil discovery. The w
TGS has commenced a new multi-client 3D survey in partnership with PGS. This project, ESB10, covers an 1,100 km2 area in the East Shetland Basin area immediately west of the United Kingdom/Norway border. Ramform Viking, operated by PGS, is acquiring this multi-client high density 3D survey, utilizin
Aker Solutions has received a Letter of Intent for Sleipner Modifications Portfolio Agreement and the first project specific agreements herein; engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) for the Gudrun tie-in to Sleipner. This specific order will be worth approximately NOK 900 mi
Leading international oilfield service company Expro announced it has secured a four-year extension to a major contract with Statoil in Norway. Expro provides well testing and specialist data acquisition services across Statoil’s Norway operations. The contract extension will allow Expro to further
Lloyds Banking Group’s Corporate Markets division has boosted the growth prospects of leading oil and gas services firm EnerMech Ltd with new funding worth £24 million. The Aberdeen-based mechanical engineering services business will also streamline its global finance capabilities with a new interna
