Operations & Maintenance
PHOTO: First Shah Deniz 2 Jacket Ready for Installation
A jacket for one of the Shah Deniz Stage 2 platforms has sailed away from the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory (BDJF) for offshore installation. The transportation, launch, positioning and pile installation activities of the Production and Risers (PR) platform jacket structure are expect
Shell in Brutus and Glider Sale
Shell said it has reached an agreement to sell 100 percent of its record title interest in Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon Blocks 114, 158, 202 and 248, referred to as the Brutus/Glider assets, to EnVen Energy Corporation, through its affiliate EnVen Energy Ventures. The Brutus/Glider assets include the
Iberdrola to Move Wikinger Corporation to Sassnitz
Iberdrola plans to relocate the Wikinger project corporation to Sassnitz, Jürgen Blume, director of Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH, said during the recent topping-off event of the wind farm’s operations building at the Port of Sassnitz-Mukran. “We have always been emphasizing that we
Armada Kraken FPSO on Schedule for North Sea Field
Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M)’s wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard is said to be on track to deliver a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Armada Kraken, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bumi Armada. The naming ceremony of the FPSO, Armada Kraken, took place at Kepp
GC Rieber Sending Polar Empress on Kara Sea Mission
GC Rieber Shipping , through its subsidiaries, has entered into a time charter agreement for seismic acquisition and seismic QC services, with Sovcomflot subsidiary OOO SCF Geo. The agreement will see Norwegian offshore vessels provider utilize its 22-streamer ice-classed vessel Polar Empress. Accor
Wood Group Wins Utgard-Sleipner Subsea Tieback Detailed Design Work
Wood Group has been awarded the detailed design scope of the subsea tieback from the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Sleipner facilities, in the Norwegian North Sea. The $1-million workscope is the first call off under the master service agreement (MSA) signed in May 2016. Effective immediate
Trelleborg to Set Up New Production Line for Subsea Market Materials
Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Norway is expanding its production capability with a new manufacturing line. The addition will complement its current range of thermal insulation materials by adding fusion bonded epoxy (FBE) powder coating and polypropylene (PP) to its portfolio. Hans Leo Hals, ma
Olympic Ship Writes Down Fleet Value
Norwegian provider of subsea and offshore construction vessels, Olympic Ship, has seen red at the end of second quarter of 2016 on fleet write-downs and revenue drop of some 31 percent when compared to the prior-year quarter. The company reported second-quarter 2016 consolidated net revenues of NOK
CGG, Lundin Present New Solution for Seismic Acquisition
CGG has launched its latest offshore broadband seismic technology, the so-called TopSeis, specifically designed to overcome the intrinsic lack of near offsets inherent in 3D towed-streamer seismic. According to CGG, the lack of near offsets leads to an inability to image shallow geological features,
Norwegian Offshore Developments See $14.5 Bln Cost Drop
The price tag for developing a field on the Norwegian shelf has declined by an average of more than 40 per cent since the autumn of 2014, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD’s) analysis of eight planned developments that are approaching start-up. The decline is a result of a comb
Power Failure Shuts Down Goliat
Eni Norge informed that production from the Goliat FPSO was stopped following a power outage on Friday evening, August 26. The Goliat is located in production licence 229, 85 kilometers northwest of Hammerfest in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. The field, which started production in March this year
Oiltech Consultancy Services to Represent Aquatic in India
Aquatic Asia Pacific, an Acteon company, and subsidiary of Aquatic Engineering & Construction, has appointed Oiltech Consultancy Services (OCS) to market their portfolio of flex-lay solutions, engineering services, patented equipment and offshore personnel to operators and subsea contractors in Indi
Top News of the Week, 22 – 28 August 2016
GE Tabling Bid for Adwen This Week? General Electric (GE) plans to submit a bid to buy the offshore wind turbine maker Adwen, a 50 -50 joint venture between Gamesa and Areva, this week, according to the French magazine La Lettre de l’Expansion. HeavyLift@Sea Unveils Upgraded Wind Farm SOV Design Ger
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 22 – August 28). Allseas’ single-lift installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel “Pioneering Spirit” has executed its maiden heavy lift project. The Project involved removal ofthe 13,500