Kongsberg Maritime will deliver a sophisticated new Information Management System (IMS) as part of a ‘Full Picture’ Integrated Automation System (IAS) delivery to the Pacific Drilling owned Samsung 12000 design dynamically-positioned drillship, Pacific Santa Ana. The IMS, which will be shown on the
Sonardyne International Ltd. has been awarded a contract by Noble Corporation to supply a Wireless Acoustic Emergency BOP Control System for its new deepwater drillship. The Noble Globetrotter II is the fifth Noble new-build vessel, along with other existing rigs, to be equipped with Sonardyne’s saf
Singapore’s KS Energy has announced that it will, together with its Joint Operation partner Pertamina Drilling Services Indonesia, deploy the KS Java Star jack-up drilling rig to Indonesia’s West Madura oilfield located offshore of Java, for drilling operations. “The Group continues to see large pot
Neptune Marine Services Limited , in conjunction with Bhagwan Marine (Bhagwan), has been awarded a five year contract, with the potential for a further two year extension, to supply a new-build shallow water Dive Support Vessel to Apache Energy (Apache). The contract cements a long-standing relation
Solstad Offshore ASA (“SOFF”) has signed a contract with Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (“Leighton”) in Australia for charter of the DLB “Norce Endeavour”. DLB “Norce Endeavour” will work at the Gorgon LNG Jetty and Marine Structures on Barrow Island, Western Australia. SOFF will also provide project
Serica Energy plc announces that Cairn, through its subsidiary Capricorn, will be joining Serica and its partners, in the exploration of the set of permits which comprise the Foum Draa Offshore area (“Foum Draa”) in Morocco. Serica, San Leon and Longreach (together the “Foum Draa Participants”) hold
Damen Shipyards presents a new shipping concept to the market – the Damen Offshore Carrier (DOC) 7500 – specifically designed as a smaller heavy transport, offshore installation and ro-ro platform suitable for multiple markets. The Damen Offshore Carrier aims to provide flexibility and year-round ut
Canada’s energy company Husky Energy has informed the C-NLOPB that it has suspended operations on the Henry Goodrich following a near miss/dropped object incident that occurred at approximately 3:00 pm on Thursday, August 23. There were no injuries as a result of the incident. According to a press r
The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has announced it is continuing to closely monitor the Isaac storm in the Gulf of Mexico. So far, personnel have been evacuated from a total of 346 production platforms, equivalent to 58.05 percent of the 596 manned platforms in the Gulf
Stena Drilling Limited has confirmed that an incident occurred on its Stena Clyde semi-submersible drilling rig yesterday, currently operating in offshore Australia, at approximately 00:20hrs (UK time). Stena Drilling revealed that the incident, which resulted in two fatalities one British national
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from Statoil to install high voltage subsea cables to supply power to the Troll A gas platform on the western coast of Norway. The Troll A concrete deep water structure is the world’s largest natural gas production platform, 47
Framo Engineering, a Schlumberger company, today announced that A/S Norske Shell has awarded the company a 100-million USD contract for the supply of a complete subsea multiphase booster pump system for the Draugen Field in Norwegian Sea. The contract includes a complete system for topside power and
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has made its new continental shelf map available for download. The map, “The Norwegian Continental Shelf” shows all fields, discoveries, licensed area and area opened for exploration as of 20 June 2012. The map also provides an overview of all production licences
QGOG Constellation announces the arrival to Brazil of the ultra-deepwater drillship Amaralina Star on August 25, to be operated by its subsidiary, Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (QGOG). The unit was built to operate in ultra-deepwaters to water depths of up to 10,000 feet and to drill wells depths of up
