Fossil Energy
ALE breaks world record with Arkutun Dagi topside load-out
ALE Heavylift has completed another world record with the load-out of the 47,830t Arkutun Dagi topside.
Spartan Rig 202 arrives at SMI 6 block in Gulf of Mexico
Byron Energy Limited has announced that the contracted jack-up drilling rig, Spartan Rig 202, arrived on the Byron Energy SM6 #1 well location in the South Marsh Island Block 6 (“SMI 6”) on Saturday morning, 17 May 2014 (USA Central Time), and is currently jacking-up.
McDermott to create 100 jobs in Port of Gulfport
McDermott International, Inc. has signed a lease agreement with the Mississippi Development Authority and the Mississippi State Port Authority for the exclusive right to operate a spoolbase and marine operations base in the Port of Gulfport. McDermott expects the facility, designed to serve projects
Noreco: 1Q loss narrows
Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) today announced what the company described as “good financial results for the first quarter 2014.”
BSEE director opens OESI risk forum in Houston
Last week, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director, Brian Salerno attended the Ocean Energy Safety Institute’s inaugural event in Houston, a risk forum. Also attending were members of industry, academia, stakeholder groups, and government. The objective of the forum was to pro
BP extends ‘Deepsea Stavanger’ rig contract in Angola
Odfjell Drilling and BP Angola have entered into a contract amendment securing further work for Odfjell Drilling’s sixth generation ultra deepwater and harsh environment semi-submersible “Deepsea Stavanger” on Block 18 in Angola. The contract is in direct continuation of the existing contract and is
AWE to start production at Pateke-4H in 2015
Pateke-4H development well suspended for production at a later date.
MOG: Hagar Qim 1 well spud imminent
Noble Paul Romano semi-submersible drilling rig is sailing toward its drilling location, offshore Malta.
Claxton bags Martin Linge development job
Claxton, an Acteon company, has won a major contract to provide conductor centralizers, internal centralizers, deck covers, drill bushings, support frames and associated services for the Martin Linge development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The first phase of Claxton’s four-year contract with
New contracts for Havila PSVs
Norwegian owner of offshore support vessels Havila Shipping ASA has entered into new contracts with Mærsk Oil for the PSV vessels Havila Clipper, Havila Herøy and Havila Fanø. Havila Clipper will be with Maersk Oil on a firm contract for three years starting June 1, 2014 with one optional period of
Bilfinger Salamis to assist Aker Solutions with Murchison decommissioning
Aberdeen-headquartered industrial services contractor Bilfinger Salamis UK has been awarded a significant contract for the supply of the fabric maintenance services support and access solutions by Aker Solutions for the first stage of decommissioning CNR International’s Murchison Platform. The contr
Lamprell delivers jack-up rig to NDC
The contract for this latest NDC rig was signed in October 2011 and this is the fourth rig in a series of six identical rigs being built and delivered by Lamprell to NDC.
Chinese shipyard delivers derrick lay vessel to SapuraKencana
China’s COSCO Nantong shipyard has delivered a derrick lay vessel, “SapuraKencana 3500” to the Malaysian oilfield services provider SapuraKencana. The vessel, designed by Ulstein, is designed to carry out multiple functions including oil piping processing, laying, installation and heavy lifting. Cla
WorleyParsons nets TANAP job
TANAP has awarded WorleyParsons a significant five year contract for the supply of Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services for the 1,841km Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project which has an estimated total project cost of USD 11.7 billion. TANAP is designed to tra