Fossil Energy
Statoil hires ‘Mokul Nordic’ IRM
Nordic Maritime, an offshore service operator, today announced its newest DP2 vessel, Mokul Nordic, has been hired by Norway’s oil company Statoil.
Otto Marine clinches two charter contracts in Australia
Otto Marine Limited, an offshore marine company which owns and operates a large fleet of offshore support vessels, hashas secured time charter contracts with two oil majors for its Deep Water Anchor Handlers, GO Sirius and GO Spica, worth AUD57 million. Employed in drilling and pre-lay support, the
ONS: Statoil explains why Aasta Hansteen is unique
Aasta Hansteen and Polarled are moving the boundaries for technology, deep waters and ripple effects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). “Aasta Hansteen is one of the biggest and most complex industrial projects in Europe. With the Polarled pipeline we are taking the Norwegian gas infrastructu
‘Transocean Leader’ cleared for North Sea well
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling using the Transocean Leader semi-submersible drilling rig to drill well 25/8-18 S in the central North Sea, offshore Norway.
Schlumberger launches photorealistic reservoir geology service Quanta Geo
Schlumberger has launched the Quanta Geo photorealistic reservoir geology service at the Offshore Northern Seas Annual Conference and Exhibition. The new service includes the industry’s first microresistivity imager that produces oriented, photorealistic, core-like images of the formation in wells d
Strategic Marine reveals Gen 3 crew boat design
“The Gen 3 design surpassed our expectations,” said Reece Newbold, Head of Group Business Development. “Our team has developed a vessel we are confident will eclipse the competition.”
Circle Oil finds oil off Tunisia. Appraisal well imminent
“We are extremely pleased to add this potential large discovery to our portfolio in Tunisia. It is unfortunate that the hole conditions became untenable so quickly and we were unable to conduct a full log evaluation of the hydrocarbon column in the well.”
Bowleven: More time needed for Etinde farm-out completion
Bowleven, the Africa focused oil and gas exploration, has announced that all parties to the LUKOIL/NewAge Etinde farm-out agreement announced on 24 June 2014 have agreed to an extension to the longstop date. With the majority of conditions to transaction completion now satisfied, the longstop date,
Chevron extends ‘Pacific Bora’ contract
Pacific Drilling S.A. a Luxembourg-headquartered offshore drilling contractor has secured more work for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships. The company has announced that that Chevron’s affiliate Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited has signed a firm contract extension for the Pacific Bora drillship
Petrobras hires WGK for Lapa field job in Brazil
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has won two contracts with a total value of over $2 million with Brazilian operator Petrobras. In the first, Wood Group Kenny has begun a conceptual engineering study of two alternatives of pipeline heating systems for the Petrobras pre-salt Lapa field, water-heated pipe-in-pi
Aker Solutions assembles huge team for giant project: Johan Sverdrup
Norway’s Aker Solutions says it has assembled one of its biggest engineering teams ever to deliver the initial plans for the engineering and design phase of the giant North Sea Johan Sverdrup oil deposit. The company is on track to deliver the first draft report due in the fourth quarter, a projec
Sen. Vitter to DOI: Don’t scrap old rig. Let it stay as artificial reef
Louisiana’s U.S. Sen. David Vitter has sent a letter to Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, asking that the Department allow a collapsed structure to remain serving as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico. “Decommissioned, idle platforms that develop into artificial reefs
Shell finds gas at Marjoram off Malaysia
Shell has announced further exploration success in Malaysia with another gas discovery at the Shell-operated deep-water Marjoram-1 well. “Our strategy to expand our heartland areas through technologically advanced exploration is delivering tangible success in deep-water in Malaysia,” said Andrew Bro
McDermott to construct jacket for Bukit Tua project off East Java
McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a fast-track fabrication contract by PC Ketapang II Ltd., a subsidiary of PETRONAS for the BTJT-A jacket as part of the Bukit Tua Development Project in the Ketapang block off East Java, Indonesia.