Fossil Energy
Huisman to Deliver Cranes for Sete Brasil Drillships
Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has received a first order for their new production facility in Brazil. The new order includes three sets of five cranes, which will be manufactured as soon as construction of the Brazilian production facility is completed
Pew Trust Releases Arctic Oil Spill Recommendations Report
The Pew Charitable Trusts has released a new report titled: “Arctic Standards: Recommendations on Oil Spill Prevention, Response, and Safety”. In the report they state: “The search for oil is reaching into ever more remote corners of the world, including the U.S. Arctic Ocean. Diminishing sea ice is
SOCO’s Well Offshore Vietnam Beats Expectations
SOCO International has announced that the drill stem tests thus far on the TGT-10XST1 well exploration well on the H5 fault block of the Te Giac Trang (“TGT”) field, offshore Vietnam, have exceeded all pre-test expectations. Combined peak production from two of the three zones tested is over 16,500
CGG Completes First BroadSeis-BroadSourceTM Survey in Australia
CGG announced today the successful completion of its first BroadSeis-BroadSourceTM survey in Australia in July of this year. The ‘Sandman’ deepwater broadband survey on the Northwest Australian shelf was awarded to CGG by Shell Development Australia Pty Ltd. The 2810-km2 3D BroadSeis survey was acqu
Electrical Equipment for Offshore Solutions Market in APAC to Reach $467 Mln in 2017
The Asia-Pacific market for electrical equipment for marine and offshore solutions has been concentrated in South Korea, Japan and Singapore. While South Korea and Singapore have been the hubs of the offshore structure building industry, Japan and South Korea are leaders in marine vessel manufacturi
Saipem Hires SKILLED Crew for Ichthys LNG Project
SKILLED Offshore has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a major contract with Saipem. Under the contract, SKILLED will provide manning services for the Gas Export Pipeline component of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The project involves the construction of an 889 kilometre pipeline to conn
Maersk Drilling Orders New Jack-Up Rig in South Korea
Maersk Drilling has ordered a new ultra harsh environment jack-up rig, XL Enhanced 4, to be built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. The rig is scheduled for delivery in mid-2016. The total project cost for the rig is USD 650m including a turnkey contra
Training Center for Offshore Helicopter Pilots Opened in Norway
CAE and Eurocopter announced an agreement for an EC225 training facility in Norway, including a CAE 3000 Series Level D flight and mission simulator that will begin operation in 2015 as part of the Eurocopter-approved simulation center. The center’s new EC225 simulator will provide an unprecedented
Wintershall Completes Amol Drilling. Asha East Up Next
Bridge, the Oslo Børs and AIM listed oil and gas exploration and production company, provides an update on the current exploration drilling campaign, targeting the Amol and Asha East prospects within the Wintershall-operated PL457 licence, offshore Norway in the North Sea. “Further to the announceme
Chevron Technology Ventures Launches $90 Mln Fund
Chevron Technology Ventures LLC (CTV) has announced it has launched CTV Fund V, a $90 million venture capital fund to invest in early- to mid-stage companies and in limited partnership funds. Investments from CTV Fund V will focus on companies developing emerging technologies that have the potential
Inocean to Design Statoil Cat I Drillship
Inocean has been awarded the contract for the concept and option for FEED for the Statoil CAT I Drillship. “The most important contract for Inocean ever,” says Jon Erik Borgen, CEO of Inocean. “Being developed for arctic operations, we are probably speaking of the most advanced and sophisticated uni
Noble Corp. to Set Up New Offshore Drilling Company
Noble Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to separate a business comprised of many of its standard specification drilling units, resulting in the creation of two separate and highly focused offshore drilling companies. The drilling units that would be owned an
Avincis Buys 3 Eurocopters for Offshore Ops in Timor Sea
Avincis Group (Avincis), the world’s leading provider of aerial services for mission critical operations, and Eurocopter today announced the purchase of three new EC225 helicopters. The helicopters will be used by Avincis’ subsidiary Bond Helicopters Australia (Bond) to service its multi-million dol
Hertel Offshore Delivers LQ for Shell Draugen Platform
Hertel Offshore has delivered an additional Living Quarter for the Shell Draugen Platform in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The Shell Draugen additional Living Quarter will accommodate 44 people, has a total weight of around 500T and is designed according to the Norsok and Shell requirements and s