Fossil Energy
Kongsberg Maritime UK: Courses for offshore survey industry
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the UK subsidiary of global maritime technology developer Kongsberg Maritime, has developed new training courses based on the company’s products for the offshore survey industry. The courses will be conducted from Kongsberg Maritime Ltd’s Westhill, Aberdeen training centre wi
Go Offshore to buy GO Emerald vessel from Sinwa
Otto Marine’s Australian subsidiary GO Offshore has decided to acquire the GO Emerald anchor handling tug from Sinwa Limited. Sinwa, a Singapore based company which owns and charters ships, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of agreement with Go Offshore, under which Go Offshore w
Wood Group PSN gets more time to decide on marginal fields initiative
Enegi and ABTechnology, the owners of ABT Oil & Gas, have agreed to extend the option agreement with Wood Group PSN (‘WGPSN’) until 31 March 2014. The option agreement allows WGPSN the possibility to expand its participation in the development of the marginal field initiative, initiated by Enegi and
WesternGeco, PGS to acquire 3D seismic data in Barents Sea
Seismic specialists WesternGeco and PGS have secured contracts for seismic acquisition in the southeastern Barents Sea. The surveys cover blocks proposed for the 23rd concession round by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) and will in total cover an area of approximately 13,700 squa
Sonardyne gets positioning technology order from Ashtead
Ashtead Technology, a subsea equipment specialist, has begun 2014 with an order for nearly £3 million ($4.9 M) worth of 6G acoustic positioning technology from Sonardyne International Ltd. Sonardyne’s Ranger 2 and Scout USBL positioning systems are designed for wide-ranging construction survey appli
‘Lam Son’ FPSO named in Singapore
Singapore’s Keppel shipyard on Saturday held a naming ceremony for the Lam Son Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. It took 22 months for Keppel to convert the vessel into an FPSO from an old tanker. The FPSO will be deployed in the Thang Long and Dong Do oil fields which are lo
BMT, Met Office, Oceanweather provide ocean modelling to O&G majors
BMT ARGOSS, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has announced a joint initiative with the Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, and Oceanweather Inc, to help support oil and gas majors with offshore engineering design and operational planning in the mid-Atlantic region. The main deliverable of t
Kongsberg introduces offshore leak detection system at Oceanology
Kongsberg Maritime has presented new modular leak detection and environmental monitoring system at Oceanology International.
Solstad orders largest OSCV to be built by Vard
The OSCV vessel will be the largest in the Solstad fleet as well as the largest ever constructed by VARD.
Tullow gets permission to drill using ‘Borgland Dolphin’ rig
Tullow Oil Norge AS has received consent to drill exploration well 31/2-21 S in production licence 550 using the Borgland Dolphin mobile drilling facility. The well is in the northern part of the North Sea, west of the Troll field. Water depth at the site is 348 metres. Borgland Dolphin is a semi-su
Cape acquires Motherwell Bridge (UK)
Cape plc, the international provider of critical support services to the energy and mineral resources sectors, has announced that it has acquired UK-based Motherwell Bridge, a leading provider of storage tanks, gasholders and heat exchangers to the energy and steel markets. The total consideration f
Harkand wins major North Sea contract with CNRI
An international subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) group Harkand is to position a second dive support vessel in the burgeoning North Sea sector after securing a major contract with CNR International (CNRI). The contract will see Harkand deliver jacket life extension works, IRM scopes a
UTEC first to use Sonardyne’s Connect software
Following the introduction of Sonardyne International Ltd.’s new acoustic metrology software, Connect, offshore survey company UTEC has become the first operator to use the technology on a real world campaign. Developed in conjunction with software engineering company, 4D Nav, Connect was used as th
Statoil to use ‘Ocean Vanguard’ to drill pilot hole in North Sea
Statoil has received consent to use Ocean Vanguard drilling rig for drilling a pilot hole at 16/2-U-7 in the Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway. Johan Sverdrup field is located in the North Sea, about 36 km south of the Grane field, 56 km north-east of the Sleipner field (Sleipner Øst) and about