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Oslo-listed SeaBird has seen its quarterly loss widened for the period ended June 30, 2019 as revenues picking up was offset by higher costs and delays on two previously announced seismic acquisition campaigns. The seismic data provider for oil and gas companies posted loss of around $6.6 million fo
Balltec has recently been awarded a contract by Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for work on the decommissioning and removal of a large platform with conductors in the North Sea. Balltec’s scope of supply comprises 18 of its LiftLOK ball and taper lifting connectors. The connectors will be used for
Vår Energi has awarded an EPCI (engineering, procurement, construction and installation) contract to Rosenberg Worley in Stavanger, Norway. The contract encompasses the lifetime extension of the Jotun floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), enabling oil and gas production from the
Oceaneering has secured a contract from Lundin Norway covering the removal of the Jorvik subsea well in Norway, with options for additional wells. The removal project, which is part of an ongoing rig chase multi-client campaign, is expected to begin this fall and take 3-4 weeks to complete. Contract
Equinor has achieved first oil from the Mariner field in the UK North Sea . The field is expected to produce more than 300 million barrels of oil over the next 30 years. “The start-up of Mariner, the first Equinor-operated oil field on the UKCS, establishes our foothold in the UK and reinforces our
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has completed project to replace one of the two electricity subsea cables connecting Bute and Cumbrae, with new additional fault detection technology set to be installed in the coming months. Cumbrae receives its power from the mainland by two subsea
Minesto has resumed testing of its commercial-scale DG500 kite system at the company’s Holyhead Deep site off North Wales. “We are very pleased to be back in the water with the DG500 kite system, and we are looking forward to the continued testing operations. The team has made a great effort in upgr
Maritime Developments (MDL) has completed a flexible installation project in the North Sea with i-Tech 7 – marking a return to the field two years after the original award. The work scope – part of i-Tech 7’s inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) campaign West of Shetland – consisted of a deploym
Minesto has resumed testing of its commercial-scale DG500 kite system at the company’s Holyhead Deep site off North Wales. “We are very pleased to be back in the water with the DG500 kite system, and we are looking forward to the continued testing operations. The team has made a great effort in upgr
Construction of the receiving terminal for the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline, stretching across the Black Sea from Russia to Turkey, has reached 95%. All works are in line with the schedule, and the first gas is expected to flow by the end of 2019, the company informed. The TurkStream receiving t
Airborne Oil & Gas has secured a contract with Addax Petroleum for the delivery of two gas lift jumpers in West Africa. The deal will see Airborne thermoplastic composite pipeline (TCP) products becoming a permanent application in the region for the first time. The Dutch-based business will supply t
Equinor has received a consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to start-up the Utgard field in the North Sea. Equinor, who is the operator of the field, is planning start-up during the course of September 2019. The field is located on the border with the UK, and the Norwegian share is 62 pe
