Fossil Energy
PSA Norway audits Skarv FPSO loading system. All good.
On 29 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of BP Norge’s management of loading operations from Skarv FPSO to shuttle tankers. The objective of the audit was to verify the operator’s organisation and division of responsibilities for the loading system, loading operat
‘Safety zone’ declared at Statoil’s drill site. Greenpeace won’t move
Late last night Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum informed the Greenpeace ship Esperanza of the creation of ‘safety zone’ around a drilling site in the Barents sea.
ConocoPhillips to remove accommodation modules from Ekofisk 2/4 Q
ConocoPhillips has received consent for the removal and final disposal of accommodation and office modules at Ekofisk 2/4Q in development licence 018, offshore Norway.
No trawling during PRM installation for Grane and Snorre fields, NPD says
Work will continue this summer and autumn on installing a Permanent Reservoir Monitoring solutionon Snorre offshore field in Norway.
JOGMEC to pay for JX Nippon’s drilling offshore Qatar
Japan’s JOGMEC will provide equity financing to JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Qatar) Limited for exploration project offshore Qatar.
North Sea contract extensions for Atlantic Offshore
Aberdeen-based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has secured a five year charter with five, one year options to extend with Shell UK to support operations in the Gannet, Annasuria and the Dana Petroleum Triton Asset in the central North Sea. Ocean Osprey, a brand new Class A tanker as
ConocoPhillips drilling ahead at Pharos-1 (Australia)
ConocoPhillips is getting ready to proceed with drilling at the Pharos-1 well, offshore W. Australia, following the blowout preventer installation. As at 0600 WST on 30 May 2014 the cement shoe at the bottom of the 13-3/8″ casing has been drilled out and preparations are being made to drill ahead in
Offshore helicopters provider opens bigger hangar in Brazil
CHC says that oil and gas companies working off the cost of Brazil will benefit from even greater capabilities and capacity after CHC Helicopter’s Brazil unit this week opened a new, much larger hangar for its existing offshore flying operations in Cabo Frio.
Aiken looking at record-breaking year
Aberdeen-based Aiken Group has reported that the company has secured deals worth in excess of £14 million since the beginning of this year.
Sevan Louisiana begins its contract with LLOG
Sevan Drilling’s offshore drilling rig is now ready to begin drilling operation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
CFO leaves Topaz
The search process to appoint the company’s new CFO has started.
Modus buys 150hp HD ROV
Modus Seabed Intervention Ltd has taken delivery of a new 150hp HD ROV complete with Launch and Recovery System (LARS) from Schilling Robotics in Davis, California.
Sterling disappointed by Black Sea well
Sterling has completed drilling operations and has abandoned a well in Romania’s Black Sea .
Roc Oil, Dialog sign farm-out LoI for Malaysian offshore fields
Roc Oil plans to divest part of its stake in a Production Sharing Contract offshore Malaysia.