Fossil Energy
COSCOL orders semi-submersible heavy lifter
China’s COSCO Shipping Company Limited (COSCOL) placed an order for a new heavy lift and transportation vessel.
Sparrows reports 25 per cent profit rise
Sparrows has announced annual results which show a 12% increase in turnover and almost 25% rise in profits. The Aberdeen headquartered company, which provides engineered products and services to the global oil and gas industry primarily in offshore lifting and mechanical handling, has also created o
Tullow names Guinea manager. Donates $200.000 to fight Ebola
Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced that Tullow Guinea Ltd., has appointed Gilbert Yevi as its country manager for Guinea.
Aibel to hook-up Oseberg C living quarters
Statoil has awarded Aibel the contract for the hook-up of new living quarters to the Oseberg C platform. The contract has an estimated value of about NOK 125 million.
‘Far Sun’ delivered to Farstad
The Far Sun platform supply vessel has today been delivered from Vard Langsten to Farstad Supply AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Farstad Shipping ASA. The vessel will upon delivery start a long-term charter contract with Statoil for a firm period of 6 years and 3 x 1 year options. The long-term fin
Sir Ian Wood: In the right hands Southern North Sea can be revitalised
During the last week’s EEEGR 2014 Conference, which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund – Sir Ian Wood told delegates that good leadership would see the Southern North Sea (SNS) gas industry revitalised. He said that when he first began his national report for government on maxi
Doedijns to supply UCS for Gina Krog jacket
Doedijns recently received an order to supply the complete Upending Control System (UCS) for the Gina Krog launch jacket currently being fabricated at the Heerema yard in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. Weighing 17.000 tons with a height of 142 meters, a footprint of 60 x 50 meters and a top of 40 x 30
Supply boat hits Oseberg East platform
A supply boat crashed this morning into the Statoil-operated Oseberg East platform in the North Sea, offshore Norway.
Watchdog grills Statoil over risky accommodation camp use
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has issued Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) with an order in connection with the use of an accommodation camp at Melkøya during planned shutdowns at Hammerfest LNG.
‘Maersk Viking’ kicks off GoM operations for ExxonMobil
Danish drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has informed that one of the company’s drillships has started drilling operations in the US Gulf of Mexico. Maersk Drilling has reported through their Facebook page that the company’s first drillship Maersk Viking began operations in Gulf of Mexico for the
Russia, Cuba set to ink offshore oil deal
Russian oil companies Rosneft and Zarubezneft are expected to sign an agreement with Cuba’s national oil company Cupet, to develop an offshore block in Cuban waters.
Senator Landrieu pushes for more offshore production (USA)
In the epicenter of the deepwater oil and gas industry, U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, from the State of Louisiana, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, has pushed for more offshore energy production as the Department of the Interior (DOI) begins to draft its new five-year
Thien Nam to use Sonardyne’s Ranger 2 to track ROVs
Vietnamese survey company, Thien Nam Positioning JSC, has recently invested in its first Ranger 2 USBL acoustic positioning system from Sonardyne International Ltd., purchased through the company’s regional office in Singapore. Ranger 2 will be used to track a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) during
ROC receives another ‘confidential’ takeover offer
Australian oil company ROC has today said it has received a second confidential takeover offer, unrelated to the one received last month.