Fossil Energy
Repsol Hires Offshore Shuttle Tanker for Brazilian Ops
On January 15, Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS , of which NYK has a 50 percent share, delivered Carmen Knutsen, a new 157,000 DWT offshore shuttle tanker built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, to Repsol YPF A.S. under time-charter contract for five years plus an option for crude oil transport off Brazil
Cabalo Marango Gets Liebher Heavy Lift Crane (Germany)
Currently the support vessel Caballo Marango is being equipped with a Liebherr heavy lift crane, type BOS 35000, in the port of Rostock. The overload test has now been carried out and the offshore crane successfully lifted 1,100 t which is 110 per cent of its maximum lifting capacity. The crane offe
Damen Shipyards Delivers Stan Tug 1004 to Norwegian SIMEK
Less than two months after opening their office in Stavanger, Norway, Damen Shipyards delivers a Stan Tug 1004 to the Norwegian Shipbuilding company SIMEK AS in Flekkefjord. The Stan Tug was shipped to Norway last Monday on the Wagenborg carrier MV SAMIRA from Rotterdam Waalhaven. Damens first strid
Eidesvik Takes Delivery of ‘Seven Viking’ IMR Vessel (Norway)
State-of-the-art IMR (Inspection, Maintenance and Repair) vessel of SX148 design ‘Seven Viking’ was delivered from Ulstein Verft to Eidesvik Seven today. The vessel will now head for Stavanger, where she will be named on Wednesday 30 January, before starting operations for Statoil in the North Sea.
OGN: British O&G Manufacturers Lose Contracts to Foreign Companies
In spite of tax concessions being offered to North Sea oil and gas producers, it is estimated that in the last two years British oil and gas manufacturers have lost out on £10 billion worth of contracts, representing 10,000 jobs, which have been placed with foreign companies, including those in Duba
Yokogawa Bags Cygnus Gas Field Job (UK)
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has been awarded a contract by GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd to supply the integrated control and safety systems (ICSS) for its new Cygnus Development Project, following on from recent North Sea contract awards from a number of major oil and gas companies. Under the contract, Yok
UK’s Oil and Gas Boosts Investment and Jobs, Oil & Gas UK Says
An audience of MPs representing constituents the breadth of the country will tonight (23 January) hear how changes in the tax regime designed to promote investment in the UK’s oil and gas reserves are already resulting in billions of pounds of valuable work for British firms and the creation of thou
PSA Inspects Pipelines and Subsea Facilities on Ormen Lange (Norway)
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the operation of pipelines, subsea facilities on Ormen Lange and the onshore facility at Nyhamna during 27-28 Nov. 2012. The objective of the audit was to assess Shell’s compliance with requirements in regulations relating to health
PGNiG Norway Names New President
As previously announced, PGNiG SA intends to consolidate its exploration and production operations on international markets. PGNiG Norway AS is to play a key role in the process under the new leadership of Dr Sławomir Hinc, Vice-President of the PGNiG Management Board responsible for finance and inv
Vroon Orders Subsea Support Vessel from Fujian, China
Vroon has ordered a subsea-support vessel (SSV) at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China, with an option in place for a second vessel. The vessel follows the two SSVs built at the Shipyard in 2012 for Vroon Offshore Services (VOS Shine and VOS Sweet). The new vessel, to be named VOS Sugar, is a modern
UTEC Adds New Members to Its Team
UTEC, one of the world’s largest independent offshore survey companies, has announced a significant step forward in its growth plans with key appointments in Aberdeen and Naples. UTEC has recently appointed new general managers Jamie Laing and Andrew Stenson in Aberdeen, Scotland and Naples, Italy r
Kongsberg to Deliver E-LARS ROV System for Swire (Norway)
Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, will deliver its new mobile Launch and Recovery System (E-LARS) for Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) to Swire Seabed in August 2013. Swire Seabed is an established subsea support company based Near Bergen Norway, whose three vessel flee
Baker Hughes 4Q Income Drops (USA)
Baker Hughes Incorporated, a US-based oilfield services company, announced today income from continuing operations attributable to Baker Hughes for the fourth quarter of 2012 of $211 million, including an after-tax charge of $63 million for bad debt provisions in Latin America. These results compare
Statoil Relinquishes Karama Block Stake (Indonesia)
Norwegian oil giant Statoil has decided to relinquish its stake in Karama block, in the Makassar Strait in Indonesia. According to Jakarta Post, Statoil returned the block won in 2007, after the unsuccessful three-well drilling campaign. The exploration cost the company $174.1 million between 2009 a