Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies (KOGT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, has established a new office in Perth, Australia. The new office, which was officially opened on 14th June 2012, will provide sales and technical support to customers across Australasia. “The growing number
Singapore’s Otto Marine Limited has secured a ship chartering contract for a firm 180 days, with option to extend for 3 x 1 month + 3 x 1 yearfor its newly built 75 meters Work Maintenance Vessel. The contract is expected to generate approximately US$7.6 million for the minimum scheduled period of t
Beach has commenced 1,800 kilometre 2D seismic over its Lake Tanganyika South Block in Tanzania. Preliminary results confirm a rifting structure and style similar to that observed in the Lake Albert part of the rift, where large oil accumulations have been discovered by Tullow Oil plc. The 2D seismi
OSX Construção Naval entered into contracts with lending agents BNDES – National Development Bank and CEF – Caixa Econômica Federal for financing with resources from the FMM – Merchant Marine Fund, in the approximate amount of R$ 1.35 billion each, totaling approximately R$ 2.7 billion (USD 1.32 bil
Alewijnse Marine Systems is to play a significant role in the conversion of the jack-up drill rigs Atlantic London and Atlantic Amsterdam to offshore hotel accommodation. Both refits will start in July 2012 and take several months to complete. This significant order from Nordica Offshore further rei
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Olympic Shipping on the delivery of a subsea support and construction vessel of MT 6022 MK II design. The vessel is to be built on Kleven Maritime’s shipyard Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The total contract value is around 600 million NOK. The contrac
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) was last night awarded the Emergency Contingency Award for its innovative and dedicated development efforts. The award was presented by Ketil Karlsen, who is accountable for HSE-issues in Industry Energy, to discipline leader of Logistic and Emergency Preparednes
EnerMech has been awarded its first major pipeline commissioning contract in the Australian oil and gas sector. The mechanical engineering company will provide engineering support, personnel and pre-commissioning equipment and services on the 90km Chevron Gorgon DomGas pipeline currently under const
Statoil and its partners in the Svalin field have today, 15 June, submitted their plan for development and operation (PDO) to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Svalin field lies about six kilometres south-west of the Grane platform at a water depth of 125 metres. The Svalin field development
The drill on the Frigg field will involve deploying oil on the sea. Norway is one of few countries in the world that permit this type of testing of equipment and procedures.
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has signed a contract with globally operating seismic company WesternGeco, a frontrunner in its sector, for the construction of two offshore ships. The delivery of the 127metre long vessels is planned for 2014. The Flensburg newbuildings are for worldwide ope
This is an important assignment for our offshore operations, and we look forward to continuing the good cooperation with Statoil, says Pål Egil Rønn, CEO of the AF Group.
Eidesvik, a Norway based owner of a modern fleet of highly specialised offshore vessels, has today entered into several new contracts. Leiv Eriksson Consortium has awarded Eidesvik two contracts for Viking Lady and Viking Athene offshore supply vessels. The contracts are for the the firm period of 1
Subsea 7, a global leader in sea bed-to-surface engineering, construction and services to the offshore energy industry, has added the specially adapted new build Jack-up accommodation and crane barge, the Seven Inagha, to its fleet. The Seven Inagha is effectively a vessel with legs and, unlike most
