Fossil Energy
Fugro to Provide Satellite Positioning for Entire DOF Fleet
Fugro has won a contract from DOF ASA for the provision of precise satellite positioning for the entire DOF fleet of more than 70 vessels globally. The contract is valid for a firm five years with two optional years and also includes the new vessels of DOF’s continuously expanding fleet. DOF is one
EIA Report Submitted for Turkish Sector of South Stream Offshore Pipeline
South Stream Transport submitted the draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report for the Turkish Sector of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline to the countries’ Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation. “As a result of the design and management of the Project, construction and operation of the
FSRU Toscana Starts Commercial Activities
The company OLT Offshore LNG Toscana has informed that the activity of commissioning of the Terminal “FSRU Toscana”, moored in the Adriatic Sea offshore Italy, has been successfully finalized on last December 19th. As anticipated, the company communicates also that on December 20th the FSRU started
Statoil Becomes Operator of Block 6 Offshore Greenland
Statoil, along with partners ConocoPhillips and Nunaoil, has been awarded block 6 in the East Greenland licence round. Statoil will be operator of the block. Block 6 is located offshore north-east Greenland in a frontier area. Statoil will hold 52.5%, ConocoPhillips will have 35% and Nunaoil will ha
MEO: Blackwood-2 Production Test Completed
MEO Australia Limited has announced that the Ensco 104 jack up drilling rig had completed the Blackwood-2 production test and is preparing to plug and abandon the well as planned. The production test was carried out across the interval 3,234m – 3,254mMDRT. The top of this 20m interval is approximate
Gazprom Begins Oil Production from Prirazlomnoye Field
“Gazprom” has started oil production from its Prirazlomnoye field. The Prirazlomnoye field was discovered in 1989. It is located on the Pechora Sea shelf 60 kilometers off the shore at the water depth of 19 to 20 meters. Built by Sevmash Production Association, the Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resista
TGS: Seismic Survey Offshore South Australia Scheduled for January
TGS has announced the acquisition of a 3D multi-client seismic survey, The Nerites 3D, which covers 8,300 km2 in the Great Australian Bight, offshore South Australia. The survey, scheduled to commence in early January 2014, will cover two of the newly released petroleum exploration blocks in the Gre
EMGS, TGS Expand Cooperation In Barents Sea
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) and TGS have agreed to expand the cooperation agreement in the Barents Sea from 11 to 17 blocks. In addition, TGS will increase its investment in all the 17 blocks. “The expansion of this agreement confirms our strategy to integrate our 3D EM data with seismic
Cygnus Topsides on the Move
The Cygnus project, which will develop the largest gas discovery in the Southern North Sea in the last 25 years has reached a milestone. Construction of the Cygnus Alpha Platform, the first of four platforms for the Cygnus field, is nearing completion at Heerema’s fabrication yard in Hartlepool. The
Top News of The Week, December 16 – 22, 2013
The most popular stories of the week.
Aker Solutions, Statoil Sign Johan Sverdrup Framework Contract
Aker Solutions has won a framework contract from Statoil to provide engineering services, procurement and management assistance (EPma) for as many as 10 years at the Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea. The agreement includes front-end engineering design (FEED) work, for a value of
Statoil Refuses to Pay for Veslefrikk Leakage
Statoil sad today it would not not to accept a fine of NOK 10 million imposed by the public prosecutor for Rogaland county on 18 October 2013, in connection with leakage from an injection well on the North Sea Veslefrikk field in the period 2002–2009. The company says that the fine is based on an [&
Petrobras Hires ‘Skandi Fluminense’
DOF’s subsidiary Norskan has been awarded two new 4 years contracts from Petrobras for the AHTS vessels Skandi Fluminense and Skandi Rio. The contracts will start in direct continuation after finalization of the previous contracts with Petrobras, in 1st quarter and in 2nd half 2014 respectively. D
Cairn to Abandon FD-1 Well Offshore Morocco
Cairn Energy has informed that is FD-1 wildcat exploration well offshore Morocco will be plugged and abandoned. The FD-1 exploration well is located in 1,500 metres (m) of water approximately 120km offshore Morocco in the Foum Draa block (Cairn 50% Working Interest (WI) and Operator). The primary ta