Fossil Energy
Masirah: Very encouraging results offshore Oman
Masirah Oil Limited today announced the test flow rates of the previously announced discovery at the second exploration well in Block 50 Oman, were very encouraging. The exploration well was drilled to its final depth into the Cambrian formation. The key objectives of the exploration well were to pr
Petroleum Safety Authority in Goliat FPSO Audit (Norway)
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of materials handling on the Goliat FPSO. The objective of the audit was to verify the company’s management of technical, operational and administrative aspects of materials handling on the Goliath FPSO, and measure this against the company’
Statoil gets green light to use ‘Bideford Dolphin’ rig
Bideford Dolphin is a semi-submersible Aker H-3 drilling facility built in 1975 and operated by Dolphin AS.
LOC names Dr Robin Bidwell CBE as Group chairman
LOC, independent marine and engineering consultancy and survey organisation, appointed Dr Robin Bidwell, CBE as non-executive chairman. Bidwell was the founding partner of the global environmental advisory firm ERM. “His long experience there as Chief Executive and latterly as non-executive chairman
Taqa resumes production from Harding platform
Taqa has resumed production from its Harding platform in the North Sea, following the last week’s incident in which one worker died. In a statement issued Tuesday, Taqa said: “TAQA can confirm that production has now been restarted at the TAQA-operated Harding platform, located 320 kilometres north-
Florida joins lawsut against BP for Deepwater Horizon spill
Florida Governor Rick Scott yesterday entered into the litigation currently pending in federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana involving the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The suit against BP and other responsible parties was filed yesterday by the Florida Department of Environmental Protec
Flowserve gets equipment order for Shell’s Malikai project
Flowserve Corporation, has received major orders to supply custom-designed water injection and liquid transfer pumps for Sabah Shell Petroleum Company’s Malikai oilfield project. Flowserve will also supply pumps for seawater lift, firewater, drain caisson, flare knockout drum, circulation and sump s
IHPC, SMMI open Maritime and Offshore Engineering R&D laboratory
A*STAR’s Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI) officially launched a joint laboratory in Maritime and Offshore Engineering R&D yesterday, to develop innovative technological solutions through modelling and simulation using high perfor
Iceland’s first PSV launched in Turkey
Turkish Cemre Shipyard has launched a hull of a new platform supply vessel being built for of Fafnir Offshore, an Icelandic oil service company.
Seaway Heavy Lifting equips ‘Stanislav Yudin’ with OCTOPUS-Onboard
The Dutch offshore contractor Seaway Heavy Lifting has ordered Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-Onboard decision support technology for her monohull crane vessel Stanislav Yudin. This order is the second OCTOPUS-Onboard installation for Seaway Heavy Lifting. In 2011 the Oleg Strashnov was equipped with Amarcon’s m
Aqua-Guard supplies oil skimming systems for Damen OSRVs
Aqua-Guard has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards of Gorinchem, The Netherlands for the supply of two large URO 300Z1 offshore oil skimming systems. Damen Shipyards are currently building two Oil Spill Response Vessels (OSRV’s class 1050) for the end customer GeoNavegação of Rio de Janeiro, Braz
Lloyd’s Register to provide risk assessments for Johan Sverdrup
Lloyd’s Register Consulting has been awarded a substantial contract with Aker Solutions to deliver a suite of risk analyses at the Johan Sverdrup field on the Norwegian continental shelf
Drydocks World delivers ‘Eagle Louisiana’ MCV
The first MCV, Eagle Texas, sailed away from Drydocks World’s yard in August last year. The vessels are the world’s first MCVs.
ANP approves Karoon, Pacific Rubiales transaction (Brazil)
Pacific Rubiales is now a 35% equity interest holder in the Kangaroo and Bilby oil discoveries