A leading operator has signed a USD3 million deal to use Riserless Mud Recovery services (RMR®) from AGR Enhanced Drilling. These services will be used off Sakhalin, Russia, over this year’s summer drilling season. The operating company is using RMR® to help drilling operations in an area that has c
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced the award of new licenses in the 22nd Licensing Round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Based on these awards, EMGS expects to realize uplift revenues of approximately USD 9 million from data-licensing agreements related to the company’s multi-client
Supply chain companies are being urged to tap into opportunities in the UK’s growing offshore wind industry – worth a potential £2 billion a year between now and 2025. The figures are highlighted in a new guide from Scottish Enterprise and the Crown Estate – The Guide to UK Offshore Wind Operations
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has been contracted by Exxon Mobil Corporation to conduct the detailed design of two 10 inch production steel catenary risers for ExxonMobil’s Julia Phase 1 development. The Julia development will be a subsea tieback to a moored semi-submersible in approximately 7,000
In the 22nd licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) Statoil has been awarded interests in seven production licences in the Barents Sea. Three of the licences will be Statoil operated. “Statoil has been awarded new quality acreage in the Barents Sea. It creates a good foundation for
Seaway Heavy Lifting has been awarded a heavy lift contract from Subsea 7. This contract is part of Subsea 7’s main contract with Statoil for the Gullfaks Subsea Compression Project in Norway. Seaway Heavy Lifting’s scope includes Transport & Installation (T&I) of a 500t Wet Gas Compression station
FoundOcean has been awarded the contract by Graham Construction to pile grout the foundation for the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, developed by Samsung Heavy Industries, in Fife, Scotland. This will be the first 7MW turbine to be installed. Each blade measures over 80m, longer than the wing
Sea turtles, dugongs and some of the healthiest tropical seas in the world are safe today as the Northern Territory Government protects waters around Groote Eylandt from devastating seabed mining, according to leading Territory environment groups the Australian Marine Conservation Society and the En
Incat Crowther and Marine Engineering Consultants (MEC) announced the commencement of the construction of a 24m long-range Catamaran Patrol Vessel to work in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA). The GBRWHA is jointly managed by Queensland’s Department of National Parks, Recreation, S
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Navy’s integration onto an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) of the Northrop Grumman-built AQS-24A Side Look Sonar System to look for bottom and volume mines remotely. The repackaging of the sonar for USV use will build upon t
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee took part in a meeting of the South Stream Transport Board of Directors in Amsterdam (Netherlands). The Board Members addressed various issues regarding the progress with the offshore section of the South Stream gas pipeline. The meeting hi
In a meeting in the Corporate Assembly of Statoil ASA 11 June Svein Rennemo was re-elected as chair and Grace Reksten Skaugen as deputy chair of the board of directors. Børge Brende, Bjørn Tore Godal, Maria Johanna Oudeman and Jakob Stausholm are re-elected as shareholder representatives to the boar
CGG announced that it has been awarded a contract by a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and partner Ecopetrol to acquire and process a 5,500-km2 3D BroadSeisTM seismic survey on the Caribbean coast offshore Colombia. This is the largest marine seismic program ever acquired in Colombia an
Ridgeway Renewables have successfully supplied the first “Kyowa Filter Units” from Japanese manufacturer Sumisho Kyowa Limited for offshore wind turbine monopile scour protection in Europe. Using a combination of the 4 & 8 tonne type units filled with specific aggregate in a circular formation aroun
