Fossil Energy
Ocean Installer Wins SURF Contract for Statoil Fields, Norway
Ocean Installer has been awarded a SURF (Subsea structures, Umbilicals, Risers, Flowlines) contract for subsea lines modification work at several Statoil operated fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The total contract value (firm) is approx. USD 55 million and with an additional potential (op
GE Presents Latest Anti-Blackout Solution for FPSOs (UK)
GE’s Power Conversion business will showcase its latest in electrical house (E-house) technology at Offshore Europe in Aberdeen, UK, from September 3–6, at booth 5B70. The new energy efficient E-house includes an anti-blackout solution, which is an advanced automation system that manages the electri
PETRONAS Awards 3D Seismic Survey Contract to CGG (Malaysia)
CGG announced today its award by PETRONAS of a contract to acquire and process a 10,000km2 3D seismic survey program offshore Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia using BroadSeisTM, CGG’s broadband marine solution. The survey started in August and is due to last five months. The survey dataset will be proc
DNS Decommissioning Programme Template Shows Good Results
A standard programme template for UK offshore decommissioning projects has been credited with heralding a step-change for the industry after being formally endorsed by the UK regulators and successfully trialled by three international operators for different types of asset. Decommissioning industry
Fugro Subsea Services Opens New Offices, UK
MP Mark Lancaster says it’s vital to the future of the UK economy to encourage the growth of high calibre SMEs particularly those specialising in advanced technologies. He was speaking during the official opening of new offices for the Milton Keynes division of Fugro Subsea Services Limited (FSSL) w
SOCAR Continues Bulla-Deniz Field Cleaning Ops, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s national oil company Socar has informed that works on rectifying the consequences of the accident that took place at platform #90 the Bulla-Deniz field were continued on September 3. Experts of SOCAR and the US Halliburton’s “BOOTS & COOTS” response group inspected the well mouth at the
SBM Offshore Delivers OSX-2. Deep Panuke Continues Commissioning Activities
SBM Offshore, a Company which specializes in floating production and mooring systems, in production operations and in terminals and services, has announced the delivery of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit OSX-2. The Company has successfully delivered the vessel to the clie
Statoil’s Gina Krog Platform Project Moves Forward, Norway
GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract to provide Korean shipbuilding firm Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) with turbomachinery equipment and services for a new oil and gas production platform being built to support the production activities of Statoil Petroleum AS and its partners
GE Introduces New Completion Work Over Riser System
GE Oil & Gas announced the introduction of a new Completion Work Over Riser (CWOR) system for its Well Access Intervention product line. The CWOR system is used for installation, completion and intervention of subsea wells. It can be configured for GE’s latest Vetco Gray subsea tree systems in addit
OSRL, SWRP Improve Subsea Well Incident Preparedness and Response
Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP) revealed details of their collaboration to further develop existing subsea well response capability through the provision of a subsea well containment concept supplemented by a containment toolkit. This concept, engineered
E.ON First to Deploy Next-Generation Vertical Production Subsea Tree (UK)
GE Oil & Gas announced that E.ON Exploration & Production is the first offshore company to deploy its next-generation VetcoGray SVXT™ S-Series vertical production subsea tree for use in a shallow water project in the North Sea. The tree, manufactured in GE’s Broadfold Road plant in Aberdeen, Scotlan
OE: Centrica’s Chief Executive Discusses UK O&G Future
Centrica Chief Executive Sam Laidlaw gave a keynote address at the Offshore Europe conference in Aberdeen, one of the largest oil and gas events in Europe. Sam first spoke about the recent tragedy, which claimed the lives of four people from the oil and gas industry in a helicopter crash off Shetlan
Minister Fallon, ITF Discuss Oil and Gas Strategy Developments at OE, UK
ITF, the global technology facilitator, has surpassed more than 200 joint industry projects (JIPs) in its 14 year history. Oil and gas industry leaders and the Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, UK government Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Minister of State for Energy joined the organisati
TDW, Centrica Sign Pipeline Isolation Services Contract
TDW Offshore Services (TDW) announced that it has signed a frame agreement with Centrica Storage Limited (CSL) to provide pipeline isolation services with its SmartPlug® tool. The tool makes it possible to safely isolate pressure in an active pipeline, and maintain production while necessary mainten