Fossil Energy
NPD Names Director for the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea
Ingrid Sølvberg (43) joined the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s management team on 1 October, as director for the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea. Ingrid Sølvberg comes from the position of commercial manager in Centrica. She has previously held a number of expert and management positions in Statoil
BMT to Update MIS/MAS Systems on Shell’s TLP Platforms in U.S. GoM
Shell has selected BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) to implement the replacement of marine instrumentation and advisory systems (MIS/MAS) across Shell’s Gulf of Mexico tension-leg platform (TLP) fleet. The updated systems will use BMT’s WinMon data acquisition software to implement the MIS funct
Aker Solutions Leases New Building in Fornebu
Aker Solutions agreed today to lease a building in Fornebu for an initial 12 years, starting in 2016, to expand its office space capacity near Oslo. The property is under construction and will contain about 32,000 square meters of office and common-area space on completion. Aker Solutions already ha
Pilot Dies in Gulf of Mexico Helicopter Crash. Two Injured
A helicopter carrying three workers who had just completed their offshore shifts crashed today in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, around 30 miles north of Venice. The pilot died, two of workers sustained severe back injuries, one was unharmed. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a repo
VNG Gets Approval to Drill Pil and Blue Wells (Norway)
VNG Norge AS has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to carry out exploration drilling of wells 6406/12-3 S and A (Pil and Bue) in production licence 586 in the Norwegian Sea using the Transocean Arctic semi-submersible rig. Water depth at the site is 324 metres. These prospe
Greenpeace Director Wants a Meeting with Putin
Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo has written to President Vladimir Putin offering to travel to Moscow as early as possible to meet with the Russian President, in an effort to end the imprisonment of 28 activists and two freelance journalists, captured by the Russian authoritie
Wood Mackenzie: East Africa Upstream Investments to Reach $7 Bln by 2018
Martin Kelly, Head of Sub Sahara Africa upstream research for Wood Mackenzie, told delegates at the East Africa Oil and Gas Conference today that with over 130 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas and around two billion barrels of oil discovered to date, East Africa still has the same again in yet to fi
Proserv Wins Award at EY UK Entrepreneur of the Year 2013
The chief executive of rapidly growing energy technology services company Proserv has scooped the award for Private Equity Backed Business in the EY UK Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 awards. David Lamont was praised for the company’s impressive acquisition strategy, its geographical reach and the opp
Aker Solutions Wins Murchison Platform Decom Job
Aker Solutions has secured the contract for the first phase of decommissioning the Murchison platform in the North Sea after more than 30 years of production. The three year contract was awarded by CNR International (UK) Ltd. Aker Solutions will manage the engineering design, procurement and offshor
Huisman to Deliver Well Intervention System for Helix’s Q7000
Huisman, a Dutch specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract from Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. for the delivery of a Well Intervention System onboard Helix’s new build Semi submersible “Q7000”. The system, which is based on Huisman’s proven Multi Purpose To
Thai Monks Bless Steel Cutting For FPSO Module
In accordance with tradition, Thai monks blessed the steel, machinery, visitors and staff in a steel cutting ceremony held yesterday for the P-74 FPSO Module. “The monk blessing ceremony is a very important cultural tradition in Thailand. To Aibel it is a nice way to mark the start of an important p
CIS Named “Supplier of the Year” at Africa Oil & Gas Awards
Craig International Supplies (CIS), a division of Aberdeen head-quartered global shipping and energy services firm Craig Group, has been named Supplier of the Year at the Africa Oil & Gas Awards 2013. The oilfield procurement company’s Cape Town-based operation won the award for excellent service in
Monadelphous Secures Gorgon Extension
Engineering group Monadelphous Group Limited announced it has secured maintenance and infrastructure construction contracts with a combined value of approximately $250 million. The contracts are with customers in the oil and gas sector in Western Australia (WA) and the water sector in Queensland. Th
Apache Abandons L8 Block Offshore Kenya
Apache Coporation has announced that it will relinquish its share in the L8 block offshore Kenya. The company last night sent an e-mail to Reuters in which it said that it was giving up its 50 percent stake in Kenya’s offshore L8 Block in the Lamu Basin, as they determined that other areas in their