Fossil Energy
Vroon Gets Charter Extension for PSV ‘VOS Producer’
Vroon, a Dutch-based owner of a large fleet of offshore-support vessels, has announced that Peterson Den Helder B.V. has extended the charter of the platform-supply vessel (PSV), VOS Producer, for an additional year until Spring 2015. The VOS Producer will continue to work alongside four other Vroon
Gullfaks B Production Shut Down (Norway)
Statoil has closed oil production from the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea after discovering a rupture in a pipe on the offshore unit. The hole was found on a pipe linked to the platform’s flaring system last night, driving Statoil to send 159 workers to the living quarters, NRK reports, citing
Total Spuds Exploration Well Offshore Libya
After 780 miles long tow from Croatia, CROSCO’s semi-submersible drilling rig Zagreb-1 was positioned and anchored on December 14th, 2013 at the offshore location A1-16/3, 128 km northwest from Tripoli, Libya. Spud in was successfully performed in the morning hours on December 30th, 2013. As per sig
Reach Subsea to Deploy ‘The Surveyor’ ROV for Troll A Works
Together with its strategic partner within Offshore Survey, Marine Mætteknik (MMT) in Gothenburg, Reach has developed, and recently started production of, a new generation, innovative survey ROV, The “Surveyor” specially designed for pipeline inspection and seabed surveys. The new asset will be deli
Vermilion Runs Matrix’s Centralizers on Australian Wells
Vermilion Oil & Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian based Vermilion Energy Inc, has run Matrix Composites & Engineering’s (Matrix) ultra-low friction revolution centralizers on the sandface completions of two challenging extended reach drilling (ERD) side tracks of existing wells. The wells a
Veolia to Dismantle Subsea Equipment from BP’s North Sea Fields
Veolia Environmental Services in partnership with Peterson has been awarded a major North Sea decommissioning project. The contract with BP, revealed in December 2013, is to dismantle and recycle subsea equipment associated with the Schiehallion and Loyal fields located in the West of Shetland regio
FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela Arrives in Brazil
The SBM Offshore vessel berthed safely at the Niteroi-Rio based Brasa yard on Sunday 12th January 2014. She had arrived in Brazilian waters in time for the New Year following her 10,625 Nm (19,678 Km) voyage from China. Integration of the bare hull and topsides will commence at Brasa – a joint ventu
Alfa Laval to Equip DSME-Built Platform with Freshwater Generator
Alfa Laval, a company specialized in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order from the Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for a freshwater generator module to an offshore oil platform in the North Sea. The order, booked in the Energy & E
Sigma Cancels Lifting Equipment Contract with TTS
TTS Group ASA has been informed that Sigma Drilling Ltd. has terminated the construction contract for a new, high-specification drillship with STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (STX) in Korea. As a consequence of this an ordered lifting equipment package from TTS, with a total value of MNOK 130,
Woodside Sells Pluto Gas to Chubu
Woodside advises that it has signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. (Chubu Electric) for the supply of up to approximately 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over a three year period starting in April 2014. LNG delivered to Chubu Electric under
Det Norske Spuds Its First Operated Well in Barents Sea
Drilling of Det norske’s first operated well in the Barents Sea starts today 14 January, on the Langlitinden prospect in production license 659. The target for the well (7222/11-2) is to prove hydrocarbons in the Kobbe formation on the Bjarmeland platform. The same structure was drilled in 2008, app
Petronas Produces First Oil from KBM Cluster
Malaysian oil giant Petronas has produced first oil from the Kapal, Banang & Meranti (KBM) Cluster fields, offshore Peninsular Malaysia, which commenced on 16 December 2013. The KBM Cluster, operated by Coastal Energy KBM Sdn Bhd, has been developed with JV partner Petra Energy under a Risk Service
Chevron Gets Nod, Reaches FID for Alder Field Development
Chevron has reached a final investment decision and received approval from the U.K. government to proceed with the development of the Alder Field in the Central North Sea. The project has a planned design capacity of 110 million cubic feet of natural gas and 14,000 barrels of condensate per day. Fir
Drydocks World to Build ‘Mega Jack-up Rig’
Drydocks World, the UAE-based service provider to the maritime, oil & gas and energy sectors, signed an Agreement with Drill One Capital for building the “Dubai Expo 2020 NS” mega Jack-up rig. Gusto MSC which is one of Drydocks’ major partners in this project has designed the CJ 80 rig and the rig w