Chevron Corporation has announced that crude oil and natural gas production has begun at the Jack/St. Malo project in the Lower Tertiary trend, deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company says that Jack/St. Malo is a key part of Chevron’s strong queue of upstream projects and was delivered on time an
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully installed and hooked up a permanent mooring system for the Delta House field floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. The mooring lines were deployed and installed on time and without incident, despite the challenging circumstances. Proje
President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has stated that they won’t pursue the South Stream pipeline project for gas from the Black Sea to Europe. Durining his latest visit to Turkey Russia’s president stated: “Taking into account the European Commission’s position, which is not conducive to implementin
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with Statoil worth USD 10 million for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS’ multi-client data library in Norway. After adjustment for partner’s share of the revenues, EMGS net revenue will amount to approximately USD 7 m
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 26/10-1, in the North Sea. Well 26/10-1 will be drilled from the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig in the central part of the North Sea. The drilling programme for well 26/10-1 relates to d
Gassco has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use a pipeline for gas transport from Knarr field, in the North Sea. The Knarr field is located in block 34/3 in the Tampen area in the northern North Sea. The field, operated by BG Norge AS, has been developed using sub
Norwegian seismic player SeaBird Exploration has secured a Letter of Award (LOA) for acquisition of 2D seismic data in the Mediterranean area. The Letter of Award is from an undisclosed client and it’s conditional on approval. According to SeaBird, the 2D acquisition is expected to start in the seco
SSE’s networks business, SHE Transmission, has awarded its largest ever Living Wage contract, worth approximately $721 million (£460million), to engineering firm ABB Limited. The contract is part of the Caithness to Moray Transmission Project, the vital new subsea link which will allow more renewa
Statoil has, with its partners in the Snorre offshore field, decided to adjust the schedule for the ongoing Snorre 2040 project by postponing the planned date for the second decision gate (DG2) from March 2015 to October 2015. Statoil said that there is no change in the timing of the final investmen
The 73 m-long trailing suction hopper dredger “Sospan Dau” has been involved in the Chichester Bar dredging operations since November 28th. The vessel worked day and night during the period, sucking up gravel from the sea bed and placing the dredged material onto the seafront at Hayling Island. Laye
SBM Offshore has entered into an agreement to sell the DSCV SBM Installer, a Diving Support and Construction Vessel (DSCV), to OS Installer AS for US$150 million in cash. OS Installer AS is a newly established joint venture between Ocean Yield ASA (75%) and SBM Offshore (25%). Both parties have sign
Statoil, on behalf of Wintershall, has signed a contract with Nexans for the supply of Direct Electrical Heating (DEH) technology. The DEH riser will connect the Kristin and Maria fields in the Norwegian Sea with the Kristin platform, ensuring the constant flow through pipelines. The delivery, worth
The second phase of the Hulhumalé Dredging & Reclamation project in the Maldives is about to begin in the next few weeks. The $50 million project was awarded to Dredging International NV, Belgium earlier this year. Arrival of Dredging International’s vessel that will take part in the project has bee
Proserv has secured a contract win worth in excess of $20 million with Hess Corporation for the provision of a 12-well subsea control system along with associated topside and subsea interface equipment for the deepwater Stampede development, situated in the Gulf of Mexico. Work for the project will
