Ecosse Subsea Systems’ wholly owned subsea trenching system SCAR 1 has just ploughed a 20-metre wide, one kilometre stretch of seabed to the West of Shetland to remove boulders prior to umbilical and pipelay work. Following the initial call, the Ecosse Subsea Systems team was able to design modifica
On 11 April 2012, the naming ceremony for new-build M/V Fugro Equator took place at Sattahip, Thailand. The delivery of M/V Fugro Equator will take place in Singapore during May 2012. M/V Fugro Equator is the third of Fugro’s FSSV65 series of dedicated survey vessels. Designed to Fugro specification
French oil major Total, which has been working to halt a gas leak at Elgin platform, in a statement made on Friday said that it has made significant progress in the past week towards stopping the gas leak on well G4 on its Elgin platform. This included preparatory work for its planned well control o
Recently Imtech Marine, specialized in system integration, successfully completed three innovative new-build vessel projects in Singapore; Seven Borealis for Subsea 7, Rockpiper for a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and Flintstone for Tideway, part of the DEME Group. The ships will all o
“Shelf deposits, primarily in the Arctic, without any exaggeration, are our strategic reserve for the 21st century. We must utilise it very responsibly and efficiently, complying with the highest standards of environmental protection.”
Nord Stream is entering an intensive period during which its engineers and partners will take key steps towards completing the integrated twin pipeline system capable of transporting up to 55 billion cubic metres (bcm) of Russian gas a year to Europe through the Baltic Sea, for at least 50 years: co
Silvermere, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on appraisal and production opportunities in the US, provides an update on preparations for production from the I-1 well in its Mustang Island 818-L Field , located offshore Kleberg County, in Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. Load out
IKM Ocean Design has been awarded a pipeline front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract from Statoil for the Aasta Hansteen deep-water field off Norway. The Norwegian contractor will carry out FEED design work, with an option for detailed engineering, on pipelines and cables to be installed at
Antrim Energy Inc Antrim, an international oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, Canada, yesterday announced that, under the terms of the Joint Operating Agreement (the “JOA”), Antrim will regain working interest and reserves and anticipates regaining operatorship
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, the independent Africa focused oil and gas exploration company, today announced that the recently announced contract regarding the Block C19 concession offshore Mauritania, has been approved by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and is now effective. The
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has secured new contracts for the design and construction of two Offshore Subsea Construction Vessels (“OSCV”) for Siem Offshore in Norway. The vessels will be of STX OSV’s O
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A., the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, yesterday announced that well OGX74 , the first extension well of the Natal accumulation (1OGX11DSPS), adjacent to the wildcat well, in block BMS
End March Cecon has completed the installation of four flexible pipelines and umbilical’s for Broron Oil & Gas/Addax Petroleum in waters offshore Nigeria, West Africa. The project was initially awarded (Oct 2011) to Cecon ASA as a fast-track subsea tieback project for the management, transport, inst
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced yesterday that it was seeking public input on issues that should be tackled by the bureau in preparing an Environmental Assessment for proposed seismic data acquisition activity in Arctic areas of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). ION Ge
