Ithaca Energy Inc. announces completion of flow test operations on the third development well on the Stella field, with the well achieving a flow rate of 12,492 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Well 30/6a-B1Z (“B1”) is the third development well drilled on the Stella field. The well was drilled to
Drilling of the Brugdan II Re-Entry well in licence 006 offshore the Faroe Islands has concluded. The well will now be plugged and abandoned. It was drilled to 4542 meters and resulted in a dry well. The well is located 130 km offshore the Faroe Islands and was respudded in May 2014. It was drilled
The Technip-DeepOcean PRS Joint Venture has been awarded by Statoil ASA a new frame agreement for Pipeline Repair System (PRS) Pool services. Starting on December 1st, 2014, the agreement will have a firm duration of five years as well as three optional periods of two years each. The contract was se
Dalby Offshore is yet again working with Centrica as part of the new initiative ‘One Team’ Programme which brings together 16 contract partner companies all working together to create a truly integrated team sharing the same vision moving forward and focusing on world class operations and maintenanc
Dalby Offshore is yet again working with Centrica as part of the new initiative ‘One Team’ Programme which brings together 16 contract partner companies all working together to create a truly integrated team sharing the same vision moving forward and focusing on world class operations and maintenanc
German offshore grid connection BorWin 1 faced several technical faults over the past months, which resulted with unplanned shutdowns of the network connection. To determine the exact cause of the issues, German transmission system operator TenneT said that it is working closely with the contractor
North Energy has entered into an agreement with Tullow Oil Norge AS which gives it a 10 percent holding in production licence 507. The operator is planning an exploration well on the “Lupus” oil prospect, with spudding scheduled for late June. This well will be drilled by Borgland Dolphin in about 1
Hurricane Energy plc, has successfully completed the testing phase of its key horizontal appraisal well in the Lancaster fractured basement oil discovery West of Shetland. The well will be suspended as a future producer. Production tests achieved a sustainable oil flow rate using an Electrical Subme
A successful partnership between Hydroid Inc. (a KONGSBERG company) and Kongsberg GeoAcoustics has produced the first high-definition images of two WWII U.S. Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) that lie off the coast of South Devon, UK. The vessels were sunk on April 28, 1944 by German torpedo boats that inte
Nautilus Minerals Inc. has announced that the assembly of its third and final Seafloor Production Tool (SPT), the Auxiliary Cutter (AC), has this week begun at Soil Machine Dynamics’ (SMD) facility at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Nautilus’ CEO, Mike Johnston, said: “We are pleased that the assembly of t
HARKAND, a global name in subsea inspection, repair and maintenance, and light construction, has secured a long term lease for a storage facility in Montrose, giving the company its first permanent work base in the town to support ongoing operations. The site is located on Rossie Island close to the
After a year of engineering, constructing and testing of equipment, the impressive Surveyor Interceptor is taking form at Kystdesign AS. The Surveyor Interceptor is a specialised fast underwater survey platform, capable of 8 knots while recording highest resolution Bathymetry, Lidar and High Resolut
A key milestone to replace one of three subsea cables under the Solent, supplying the Isle of Wight with electricity, has been successfully completed. The £14 million deep sea bed cable installation project is being delivered by a specialist joint venture between VolkerInfra and VSMC and awarded by
RES Offshore announces that applications made on behalf of Argyll Tidal Ltd to Marine Scotland and Argyll & Bute Council have recently been approved. The marine license and planning consent allows for the installation of a single, up to 500kW, demonstration tidal device off the Mull of Kintyre, a pr
