Sanco Shipping AS has declared an option for a second seismic vessel to be built at Kleven Maritime’s yard Myklebust Verft in Norway. The vessel, to be named Sanco Sword, is to be delivered in Q1 2014. Its sister vessel Sanco Swift will be delivered from Myklebust Verft in July 2013. Kleven Maritime
SMIT Subsea, a member of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V, has secured a contract to carry out inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) work around 20 offshore oil production platforms and related infrastructure for Maersk Oil in the Danish section of the North Sea. The work will be carried out using
Proserv, a global leader in energy production technology services, has unveiled a next generation subsea cutting tool that provides complete well severance and significantly reduces in-well operational time by up to 50%. Proserv’s enhanced Multi-String Cutting (MSC) tool, which was launched today at
Lamprell, a UAE based provider of diversified engineering and contracting products and services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas industry has received a US$ 227 million new contract award from an international drilling contractor for the construction of a jackup rig. The contract is for the con
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has give approval to Statoil for the use of Transocean Searcher rig for re-completion of well 6407/1A-4- H on the Tyrihans field in production licence 091. Tyrihans is located in the Norwegian Sea about 25 kilometres southeast of the Åsgard field. The water dept
Det norske oljeselskap ASA, as operator for Production Licence 450, is about to complete drilling operations on well 7/12-13S on the Storebjorn prospect, offshore Norway The Storebjørn prospect is located in the southern North Sea, in close proximity to existing infrastructure on the Ula and Gyda fi
China-based COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co. Ltd has secured a contract valued over $ 200 million from COTEMAR S.A. De C.V., a company incorporated in Mexico, to build one Harsh Environment Semi Submersible Accommodation Unit. The unit will be built to GustoMSC Ocean500 design, equipped with DP3 Dynamic
Oil & Gas UK has underlined its commitment to tackling the health and safety issues around ageing infrastructure and life extension of assets, with the publication of a new management system guidance document. The publication has been designed to help duty holders effectively manage asset ageing and
Metocean Services International (MSI) has been awarded an 18 month contract to provide weather forecasting services to Leighton Contractors as part of their involvement in the Gorgon project. Leighton Contractors in consortium with Saipem are carrying out the engineering, procurement and constructio
Dow Oil & Gas yesterday announced the launch of the NEPTUNE™ Advanced Subsea Flow Assurance Insulation System, a breakthrough technology specifically engineered to withstand the increasingly harsh conditions associated with subsea oil production. The system is now commercially available for subsea a
Leading international oilfield service company Expro has secured $10M of new contracts to supply its cableless telemetry system (CaTS™). Expro’s CaTS advanced reservoir testing (ART) service will be utilised by two operators in Brazil to provide high value, accurate and reliable pressure and tempera
UK-based mechanical engineering group, EnerMech, has ring fenced more than $65 million (£40 million) to launch a major expansion in to the USA, as it seeks to replicate massive growth in Europe and the eastern hemisphere. Up to $15 million (£9.5 million) will be invested in new Process, Pipeline and
The three Norwegian offshore innovators Jon Hermstad (Kvaerner), Tor Inge Tjelta (Statoil) and Tom Guttormsen (Statoil) were on 1 May honoured for their groundbreaking achievements in finding technical solutions for securing structures to the seabed in conjunction with the development of the deep wa
Rialto Energy Limited, an oil and gas exploration and production company, provides the following weekly update on drilling operations at the Gazelle-P3 ST well, offshore Ivory Coast. The Gazelle-P3 ST well was spudded on 12 March 2012 using the Transocean GSF Monitor jack-up drilling rig. The well i
