Fossil Energy
Teledyne Oil & Gas wins Aker contract
Teledyne Oil & Gas group has been awarded a contract by Aker Solutions for materials and engineering support covering subsea electrical and optical wet-mate interconnects. Shipments are expected to start late in the fourth quarter of 2014 and continue throughout 2015. In April 2014, Aker Solutions a
Cape in BP’s Magnus Life Extension project
Cape plc will supply its services to BP within the Magnus Life Extension project, MLXP in the UK North Sea. MLXP is a project being undertaken by BP as part of its North Sea renewals programme, and will see work carried out continuously from now through to Q2 2015. The North Sea business will then
DeepOcean’s seabed survey services for Statoil
DeepOcean AS has been awarded a contract for Seabed Survey Services for 2015 by Statoil. The contract award supports DeepOcean’s strong position as a provider of advanced light construction and seabed survey services, and confirms Statoil’s continued trust in contractor’s consistent performance over
Offshore rig burning in Alaska (VIDEO)
The U.S. Coast Guard launched several assets in response to a report of a fire on board a natural gas drill platform in Cook Inlet Thursday. The Coast Guard diverted a Coast Guard Hercules HC-130 crew and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to conduct an overflight of the Baker Platform in Cook Inlet,
Vallourec: Line Pipe delivery for Egina kicks off (Nigeria)
Vallourec has started delivering premium line pipe for the offshore Egina field, operated by Total Upstream Nigeria. The Egina oil field is located 130km off the coast of Nigeria, in 1,750 m water depth indeepwater Oil Mining Lease (OML) 130. The field is currently under development and the produc
McDermott creates ‘first of a kind’ valve for Ichthys
A team of McDermott experts has achieved what the company says is a first of a kind in the valve industry; the world’s largest forged body specialty valve. The valve was created in collaboration with a leading valve manufacturer. The valves are destined for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. “T
Results for Pegasus West well expected before end of October (UK)
Atlantic Petroleum has informed that well test preparation operations continue on the 43/13b-7 Pegasus West gas well, on UK Licence P1724, in the Southern North Sea. The well is being completed so that it can be used for later production, if the flow test proves commerciality. Results from the tests
PSA Norway tackles lifeboats safety issue
The deadline for comments on changes proposed by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to regulations for lifeboats on offshore facilities expired on October 1, 2014. PSA says these responses will now be studied in detail before the amendments are finalised. Ensuring the same level of safety f
‘Polarsyssel’ equipped with Aptomar’s oil spill detection technology
Norway’s Aptomar will provide its oil spill detection and combating technology to Fafnir Offshore’s Polarsyssel vessel that will operate offshore Svalbard. The Polarsyssel PSV was recently delivered to Fafnir Offshore, Icelandic offshore service company , from Havyard Ship Technology’s yard in Leirv
Huge demand for liftboats, Eversendai exec says
First steel was cut for two self-propelled jack-up units at Eversendai Offshore’s UAE yard, the company today announced. The two liftboats ‘Aryan’ and ‘Arjun’, being built at the company’s yard in RAK Maritime City, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, are scheduled to be delivered in 2016. The uni
‘Polarcus Alima’ mobilized off Cote d’Ivoire
Polarcus has reported that Polarcus Alima has been mobilized for a dual-azimuth proprietary 3D seismic survey offshore Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa.
Statoil, partners done with joint Barents Sea survey. Data processing in progress
Statoil and its partners have completed their joint seismic acquisition project in the south-eastern Barents Sea. New forms of cooperation have ensured resource-efficient acquisition, the company says.
DNV GL celebrates 150th anniversary of DNV
Today, DNV GL celebrates its 150th anniversary of DNV and the one year of the DNV GL merger in The Hermitage and The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. DNV GL wishes to celebrate this milestone primarily by looking ahead and has therefore developed six strategic themes for a safe and sustainable
Petrobras extends ‘Skandi Hav’ charter
Brazilian national oil company Petrobras has extended a vessel contract with DOF ASA, a Norway-based owner of offshore vessels.