Lundin Petroleum AB announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has commenced the drilling of well 7220/10-1 in PL533 on the Salina prospect (formerly referred to as Pulk) in the Barents Sea. The well is located 54 km to the south west and on geological trend with the
August 10th, 2012 DeepOcean AS (“DeepOcean”), a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group, has been awarded a significant call-off under the current long-term frame agreement for offshore survey services for Statoil. In general the frame agreement includes services covering light construction services, ROV surv
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a contract for work in the North Sea using its ground-breaking AX-S subsea well intervention system. Expro AX-S Technology Ltd has signed a multi-million dollar contract with BG Group to intervene on two wells in late 2012 as wel
A new well control incident study reveals significant gaps between causes in investigation reports and the viewpoints cited by professionals in interviews. The industry should, among other things, investigate more well control incidents and implement more technical measures. While the results from t
Modus Seabed Intervention has secured a major contract on EDF Energy Renewables prestigious Teesside Offshore Wind Farm. Main contractor Van Oord’s appointment of Darlington-based Modus, to provide trenching and survey services on this high profile North Sea project, is an acknowledgement of the reg
By agreement with the partners in the Goliat licence, and due to the delay in the delivery of the production platform, Eni Norge has decided to postpone production start-up at the Goliat field until the third quarter of 2014. The Goliat field development is based on large turnkey contracts (EPC) for
Last month Hydrex diver/technician teams carried out underwater stern tube seal repairs on a 130-meter oil tanker in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and on a 261-meter container vessel in Singapore. Both vessels were suffering oil leaks, making a fast repair necessary. Using one of the company’s flexibl
Over the last couple of days the Croatian Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar and the U.S. archaeological research organization RPM Nautical Foundation have been exploring the seafloor on Croatia’s Adriatic coast. The advanced research vessel Hercules was deployed for surveying the site of a
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline announced that TAP and its existing shareholders EGL, Statoil and E.ON Ruhrgas have reached an agreement with members of the Shah Deniz Consortium to secure funding for the TAP project. These funds will contribute towards continued work in several important areas during t
Subsea 7 S.A. announced results for the second quarter and first half 2012 which ended on 30 June 2012. Unless otherwise stated, the comparative period is the three and seven months ended 30 June 2011 for Subsea 7 S.A. and the results of Subsea 7 Inc. following the date of combination. Jean Cahuzac,
Forum Subsea Technologies, a business line of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. announces the completed deployment and successful operation of the new Perry T-1200 Trencher for Canyon Offshore, a subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group. The T-1200 is mobilized to bury power cables at Sheringham Sho
As offshore wind developments move further offshore, into deeper waters with more extreme weather conditions, the challenge of providing operations and maintenance (O&M) support safely and cost effectively grows. The Fjellstrand WindServer is one of the new generation of offshore service vessels who
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore is leading the way in saturation diving safety in the North Sea after recently carrying out fully successful evacuation trials. The trials involved mating a Self Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat (SPHL) from the company’s Diving Support Vessel
FN Diving reported that it has successfully conducted Underwater Bow Thruster CPP Blade exchange and repair in Bremen Port. After an underwater inspection two of the blades on a bow thruster unit on a RORO Vessel were found severely damaged. The 2 Blades were taken off underwater and the bow thruste
