Technip has secured a contract worth around £4.4 million to decommission the Shelley field in the North Sea… (business7) [mappress] Source: business7 , June 13 , 2011;
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in Egypt, in the North Sea and in Russia, worth in excess of $1 billion. In Egypt, Burullus Gas Company awarded Saipem the EPIC contract for new subsea developments in the area of the West Delta Deep Marine Concession, located about 90 kilometres of
SeaBird Exploration PLC to inform the following new 2D contracts awarded. The Osprey Explorer has been awarded an LOI by an oil supermajor for a 2D survey between 8,000 and 11,000 kilometres in South America. The vessel will mobilize after her current commitment in the GOM and commence the survey fr
Neil Douglas has been named as Institute of Directors (IoD) South West Director of the Year 2011. Neil was honoured at the fifth annual IoD South West Evening with Entrepreneurs at Bristol’s Marriott Royal Hotel, Thursday 9thJune where he was presented with his award by Miles Templeman, Director Gen
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy approved the plan for development and operation for Visund South. Production is planned to start up in the third quarter of 2012, and a subsea template is already on its way out to the field. Visund South is located between the Visund and Gullfaks (left) fi
Total announces the launch of the Ekofisk South and Eldfisk II projects offshore in the southern Norwegian North Sea on Production Licence (PL) 018. Total holds a 39.90% interest in the licence. The plan for development and operation for each project has been approved by the Norwegian authorities. T
SMD has been formally presented with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise by His Royal Highness, Prince Michael of Kent. His Royal Highness presented the Award in the innovation category as part of a visit to SMD’s head office and manufacturing facility in Wallsend, North East England. During
It has now been determined that there will be seismic acquisition in the eastern part of the Barents Sea from 7 July. The necessary formalities surrounding the Treaty on Maritime Delimitation and Cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean between Norway and Russia are now in place. The acti
Leif-Arne Langøy has been elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of DNV (Det Norske Veritas). Walter Qvam has been elected as the new Chairman of the DNV Council. In addition, Morten Ulstein has been elected Vice Chairman of the DNV Board. The elections took place at the Council meeti
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London and Dublin , announces that it has, on behalf of itself and its partners, commenced its 3D seismic acquisition project in the north Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland. The survey, which
In late 2011, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) intends to launch a three-dimensional geophysical study on Babak prospective struc… (today.az) [mappress] Source: today.az,June 09, 2011;
Within the frames of the Black Sea oil pollutions monitoring program natural oil sources were detected in south-eastern part out at sea of the town of Poti, Georgia. The source was detected based on analysis of multi-temporal radar satellite images by the scientists of the Shirshov Institute of Ocea
Shell has chosen Jee as its training partner of choice with the award of a 3 year contract extension for subsea engineering training. Jee will deliver courses to Shell employees worldwide. Jee has worked with Shell for the past 4 years, providing high-quality training globally to engineers as part o
Far more oil and gas is now being produced from subsea wells on the Norwegian continental shelf than from platform wells. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has collated production from the fields in 2010 and found that subsea wells dominat the picture. Last year, almost 131.3 million standard cubi
