Late last week, Director Watson traveled to Rio De Janeiro to participate in the 2012 Rio Oil & Gas Conference. While there, he delivered a keynote address, focusing his remarks on offshore operational safety on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. The Rio Oil & Gas Conference takes place every two yea
DNV has been awarded the contract to class the Petronas LNG FPSO (FLNG). The unit will be built by DSME in Korea and is destined for the Kanowit field offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. It is expected to be the world’s first floating liquefaction unit in operation when completed in 2015. The Petronas FLNG
Survitec Group has played a key role in the refurbishment of US registered seismic survey vessel Fairfield New Venture, which is owned by the seismic data specialist Fairfieldnodal. Survitec’s engineers have ensured the vessel is now fully compliant with LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipme
Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte Ltd has awarded Leighton Offshore contracts for early engineering works and initial mobilization and procurement for its Bukom SPM 48” Subsea Pipeline Repair project in Singapore. Leighton is also in advanced discussions with Shell for the installation contract for this p
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (“SapuraKencana”) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, TL Offshore Sdn Bhd (“TLO”) has entered into a Contract for Procurement, Construction and Installation for a Production/Processing Platform, Pipelines and Pipeline End Manifold for the Manora Field Developme
BW Offshore has signed a contract with CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL for a four year extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Espoir Ivoirien. The firm period has been extended to Q2 2017 (from Q1 2013). The option period has been extended by 14 years to Q2 2036 (from Q1 2022). The
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that it will collaborate with Malaysia’s national oil and gas company, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), on natural gas processing technology. The joint development program is focused on technology to overcome challenges faced by producers of liquefied nat
Australian based remote data acquisition specialist Fastwave has recently received orders for over fifty OceanStar telemetered marine environmental monitoring systems. Most of the systems are to be deployed as part of the broader marine environmental management program being implemented in support o
As part of Statoil’s plans to increase the recovery rate on the Norwegian continental shelf from 50% to 60%, Statoil has commenced building Norway’s biggest research centre for improved recovery in Trondheim. Norway’s petroleum and energy minister Ola Borten Moe and CEO Helge Lund were present to ce
SeaBird Exploration announces that the Hawk Explorer’s contract has been extended by Spectrum ASA for a minimum of 2 months and will work under the new Framework Agreement. M/V Hawk Explorer joined the fleet for operation in Oct.2006 after being converted to seismic vessel from trawler. SeaBird is a
Oil & Gas UK’s next breakfast briefing in London will reveal how recent changes to the UK oil and gas tax regime are improving the ability of projects on the UK continental shelf (UKCS) to attract investment, ultimately enabling them to boost Britain’s economic growth. The briefing, sponsored by Her
Dolphin Drilling AS, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA has signed a Letter of Award with an AGR coordinated group of four oil companies for the provision of the semi submersible drilling rig Bredford Dolphin for operation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract is for an eight well dri
The Aker Yards-built vessel Island Vanguard, has had various maintenance work done at Ulstein Verft during the last week. “We are always keen to take on after market missions, and we are well equipped to take on most of this type of work on ships,” says service manager Håkon Langeland. “Ulstein Verf
By using one of KONGSBERGS simulators Norwegian minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske got to learn how to work on a PGS – Petroleum Geo-Services seismic vessel. Friday morning the minister opened the new research park at Vestfold University College in Norway. Sonja Gundersen from Kongsberg Mari
