Starting today, 5 June, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate will collect 2D seismic data off Jan Mayen. The collecting, which will be carried out by the vessel M/V Nordic Explorer, will continue until the beginning of August. According to the plan, a total of 9,200 kilometres (63 lines) of seismic d
Norway’s Solstad Offshore ASA has received a Letter of Award from MURPHY Sabah/Sarawak Oil Co Ltd (Murphy) for hire of the anchor handler “Normand Ivan”. The duration of the agreement is 2 years firm plus 1 year option. The new contract commenced recently. Murphy will use “Normand Ivan” to support t
Technip in a consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) Co. Ltd., the Technip-Daewoo Consortium (TDC), was awarded by PETRONAS a services contract for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning for floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility of 1.2
The Energy Minister, Charles Hendry MP, will give the keynote speech at a special Oil & Gas UK seminar focusing on the European Commission’s (EC) proposals to take overall regulatory control of offshore safety. Sponsored by EnQuest PLC, the event on Monday 11 June has been organised by Oil & Gas UK
K Line Offshore AS today announced that the company’s powerful AHTS KL Sandefjord on 1st June started a four months contract plus options for Statoil. “This contract with a highly recognized charterer is representing an important milestone for our company,” said the company in a press release. The v
Denmark-based Semco Maritime has secured a rig upgrade order from the world’s largest rig operator Transocean. The project will be carried out in Norway and involves a staff of 700 people. Semco Maritime has just been awarded a new contract for the upgrade of the rig “Transocean Leader”. The project
On 28 May 2012, NPCC’s new offshore heavy lift vessel of the DLS 4200 design from ULSTEIN was launched at the Nanyang shipyard in China, to be completed by ZPMC Shanghai Heavy Industry. The vessel is a double joint pipelay vessel designed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions and will be equipped with an AmCl
Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad been awarded a contract by Momentum Engineering (LLC) to lay approximately 15km of various size pipelines in the Caspian Sea, offshore Turkmenistan. The contract is for a period of thirty (30) days commencing from t
Malaysia’s Petronas has taken the final investment decision for its Floation Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility. The decision was announced yesterday at the World Gas Conference 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With first gas production from the facility scheduled for 2015, Petronas aims to be the
Schlumberger today announces the launch of IsoMetrix marine isometric seismic technology and the IsoMetrix family of marine seismic products. This breakthrough technology outputs isometrically sampled point-receiver data in both crossline and inline directions—capturing the returning wavefield in th
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell within the 25th World Gas Conference. The parties discussed bilateral cooperation in the energy sector. Alexey Mill
China’s CNOOC Limited announced yesterday that the Company had received a report from ConocoPhillips China Inc. (“COPC”), the Operator of Penglai 19-3 oilfield, stating that a small amount of oil leaked to the sea when the safety device of a hose coupling automatically parted due to the abnormality
Eidesvik has today entered into a contract with Kleven Maritime for building of a large subsea vessel with delivery Q2 2014. The contract has a value of above 1 billion NOK (USD 165 million) and is the largest single investment in the company’s history. The vessel has a length of 145 m and a beam [&
Cameron has signed an agreement with CNOOC for the supply of subsea production systems in support of the “Panyu 35-1/2” deepwater gas field developments in the South China Sea. The contract is valued at approximately $100 million and the scope of supply includes six subsea production trees, producti
