Fossil Energy
Olympic Shipping secures contracts for Subsea Support newbuilds
Olympic Shipping has secured contracts for two of its Subsea Support newbuilds to be delivered from Kleven Maritime in 2014 and 2015. Both vessels have been awarded contracts for 3 years fixed with options of another 2 x 1 year. The company, based in Norway, did not reveal more details on the agre
ITF: Industry operators discuss pressing technology issues
A host of operators will give their views on where UK oil and gas technology development needs to be focused to help maximise recovery rates at the ITF Technology Showcase being held in collaboration with Oil & Gas UK on Wednesday 5 March. Leading industry figures from operators and major service co
Boskalis buys Fairmount
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) Group today announces it has sold its Dutch subsidiary Fairmount Marine to Dutch group Royal Boskalis Westminster NV (Boskalis). In the last 7 years, LDA Group has transformed Fairmount Marine from a pure operator into a fully integrated shipowner with a fleet of 5 mode
Drydocks to showcase its innovative projects at Offshore Arabia 2014
Drydocks World & Maritime World, will attend the oil & gas sector’s leading event, the 8th Offshore Arabia 2014 Conference & Exhibition. The conference is being held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai fro
Kosmos Energy, Pura Vida to share drillship offshore Morocco
Pura Vida Energy NL and Kosmos Energy will share a drilling rig off the coast of Morocco. Pura Vida said that it would use the drillship for the drilling of two wells in the Mazagan permit, 100 km offshore Morocco. The Atwood Achiever is contracted to Kosmos Energy under a long term hire arrangement
India, Oman, Iran in subsea pipeline talks
Iran, India and Oman are preparing to begin official negotiations for delivery of the Iranian natural gas to the Indian market through a deepwater pipeline. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, and Omani Foreign Minister Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla
Lamprell sells International Inspection Services
Lamprell has completed the sale of one of its service businesses, International Inspection Services Ltd. (‘INSPEC’), which is a UAE-based provider of non-destructive testing (‘NDT’) and associated services to the energy industry. Lamprell has today completed the sale of INSPEC to Intertek Testing Se
Noble Paul Wolff rig stable following tilting in Brazil
Noble Corporation issued an update on the status of Noble Paul Wolff, a dynamically positioned semisubmersible rig operating off the coast of Brazil.
Keppel’s new jack-up rig: 500 feet for $500 million
Built to the KFELS N Plus design, the ultra-high specification jackup rig will be one of the first with the ability to work in such deep water depths
Police Scotland reveals name of worker killed in rig accident
Police Scotland revealed the name of the oil worker who died following an incident on the Harding Platform in the North Sea as George Bartlett, aged 62. Bartlett was from the Shotts, West Lothian area. His family have released the following statement: “George was a loving husband, father and grandfa
Swissco to buy rig leasing business from Double Dragon
Swissco Holdings Limited a Singapore-based marine service provider for the offshore oil and gas industry, announced the proposed acquisition of Scott and English Energy Pte. Ltd. (“Scott and English”) for approximately S$285.0 million yesterday. The Swissco has entered into a legally binding heads o
PGS starts seismic survey offshore Côte d’Ivoire
Petroleum Geo-Services, with local partner Laguna and in cooperation with Petroci, is currently acquiring 2,300 sq km of MultiClient 3D GeoStreamer® data over blocks CI-506 and CI-507, offshore Côte d’Ivoire. The new MultiClient 3D GeoStreamer data will cover part of the western offshore Côte d’Ivoi
MacGregor wins OSJ’s Innovation of the Year award
MacGregor’s three-axis motion compensated offshore crane has won the Offshore Support Journal’s (OSJ) Innovation of the Year award. The news was announced at OSJ’s fifth Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference and Awards event in London, UK, on 19 February 2014, and the award was presented to Mac
Statoil, ExxonMobil complete Zarafani-2 testing in Tanzania
Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil today announce the results from their first drill stem test in the Tanzania Block 2 offshore discoveries. The data acquired is important to reduce technical uncertainties in a possible future Tanzania offshore and LNG development. The Zafarani-2 operation tested tw