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Sentinel Marine deploys newbuild ERRV to Breagh field
Offshore support vessel provider Sentinel Marine has deployed its newbuild multi-role emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) to begin work in the southern North Sea. The vessel in question is the Forties Sentinel, which is a part of a £110 million ($145M) investment. The owner said on Wednesday
Aker BP kicks off Tambar drilling program to boost production
Norwegian oil company Aker BP has started drilling operations on the Tambar development project in the producing Tambar field offshore Norway. The Tambar and Tambar East Unit Fields are satellite fields, approximately 16 kilometers to the southeast of the Ula field located in the Norwegian sector of
Sparrows wins two crane contracts with Dubai Petroleum
Sparrows Group, a provider of specialist equipment and integrated engineering services, has secured two crane contracts with Dubai Petroleum, one for maintenance services and other for the delivery of rental cranes. The first contract, for five-year’s crane maintenance services, covers 76 cranes acr
Houston Energy gets Gulf of Mexico license
Otto Energy has informed that its partner Houston Energy has been awarded the South Timbalier 235 (ST 235) lease under Gulf of Mexico Central Lease Sale 249. Houston Energy bid a total US$210,999 in relation to the ST 235 lease and was the apparent high bidder in August 2017 as part of Central Lease
Falmouth Introduces Bournes Pond Dredging Plan
The Town of Falmouth, MA, has submitted a permit application to conduct work in Bournes Pond/Vineyard Sound, the Army Corps of Engineers’ New England District said in their latest announcement. The dredging will be undertaken in an approximately 3.4 acre area to a depth of approximately 7 ft below t
Expro Deploys CaTS in North Sea
Expro has accomplished, what the company claims to be, the world’s first proven wireless transmission of reservoir pressure data to surface, from a recently abandoned subsea appraisal well which incorporated a rock-to-rock cement plug. The system was installed in the North Sea and will be used to im
Offshore safety body looks into suitability of Statoil’s Cat J rig
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found one improvement point during an audit of Statoil’s site-specific analyses for the Askeladden Cat-J jack-up rig on the Gullfaks field. The Askeladden reached Norway in September, carried by the Dockwise Blue Marlin heavy
Ex-DONG Energy man joins Faroe as director
Faroe Petroleum, an oil and gas company focusing principally on Norway and the UK, has appointed a new independent non-executive director. Faroe said on Wednesday that Brent Cheshire would be the company’s new director. His appointment to the company’s board takes effect immediately. Cheshire began
CNOOC reports drop in production
China’s oil and gas producer and LNG stakeholder, CNOOC, reported a drop in production during the third quarter of 2017.
LA, Long Beach Present Final Clean Air Plan Update
US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have moved further on their path toward zero emissions operations by releasing the final 2017 San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update. The seaports presented the draft 2017 CAAP Update in July. The final version incorporates comments and changes
Welsh Government Boosts Marine Energy Development
Welsh Government has announced a further £1.2 million in funding to accelerate marine energy development in Wales. The investment is to develop a Marine Energy Test Area (META) project in the Milford Haven Waterway. The funding will support the work of Marine Energy Wales in developing a network of
Scorpio Bulkers Eyes Fleet Expansion as It Sells Shares
Monaco-based dry bulk shipping company Scorpio Bulkers is planning to offer, issue and sell 10 million shares of its common stock, par value USD 0.01 per share. The net proceeds of the sale, to be undertaken through an underwritten public offering, are expected to be used for general corporate purpo
Shipping Should Not Be Included in EU Emissions Trading System?
As the European Parliament and the EU Member States have not yet reached an agreement regarding the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), European shipping is therefore at risk of being subject to unilateral EU regulation rather than supporting the global process, Danish Shipping said. It was not
Statoil In the Empire State of Mind
Norwegian energy company Statoil has chosen the name of Empire Wind for the offshore wind project located off the southern coast of Long Island, New York.