As reported last week, Teekay’s Petrojarl Knarr floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) left the Aibel yard in Haugesund, Norway. Teekay Corporation has published a video of Petrojarl Knarr’s sailaway. The FPSO Petrojarl Knarr last week received an Acknowledgement of Compliance (A
Bluestream Offshore and Sky-Futures have announced a partnership providing a turn key offshore inspection service to the Dutch North sea Oil and Gas market. The move further enhances both companies’ positions as leaders in the offshore oil and gas inspection market. The relationship will provide cli
DSME ordered 54 Wartsila dual fuel engines to power the 172,600 cbm icebreaking LNG carriers built for Yamal LNG project.
Songa Offshore has informed that its semi-submersible rig Songa Dee is scheduled to leave the yard in Invergordon, Scotland in the week starting November 10, 2014. The rig is expected to be back on day rate 4-5 days after departure from yard to continue its contract with Statoil. To remind, Songa De
The EU-funded Mare Nostrum Project is holding a special training workshop focusing on applying the principles of PPGIS (Public Participatory GIS), to encourage coastal conservation and improve spatial planning in the Mediterranean Sea. The workshop, hosted by Mare Nostrum’s Maltese partner Integrate
Østensjø Rederi won a tugboat contract at Melkoya terminal for Statoil.
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted the international rig count for October 2014 on its Investor relations website. The international offshore rig count is up by 10 rigs when compared to last year. The international rig count for October 2014 was 1,308, down 15 from the 1,323 counted in September 2
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 230, has completed drilling of wildcat well 7227/10-1, in the Barents Sea. Statoil was granted a drilling permit for well 7227/10-1 from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) in October, 2014. The name of the prospect is “Saturn”. The well was
A joint venture between national construction, asset management and project investment firm GRAHAM and civil engineering and building contractors Lagan Construction Group, has been awarded a £100 million contract to carry out construction at the Green Port Hull site on Alexandra Dock. The work was a
Faroe Petroleum has provisionally been awarded two new exploration licences on the UK Continental Shelf in the UK’s 28th Offshore Licensing Round. Fynn – Blocks 15/11 & 15/16d – Faroe 25% Located in the Central North Sea, approximately six kilometres from the Faroe operated Lowlander Field, Fynn is
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG), the North Sea focused oil and gas company, has been awarded the licence between Cronx and Blythe, in the North Sea, containing the Elgood discovery and Tetley and Rebellion prospects. IOG notes that typically the award of licences in this area are delayed due to enviro
In the first and second quarters of 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the management of well clean-up and well testing on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The activity was directed at the management, planning and execution of well clean-up and well testing
Alcatel-Lucent’s subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks has closed the acquisition of Optoplan AS, a provider of 4D permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) solutions used in offshore oil and gas production. Based in Trondheim, Optoplan has developed a 4D PRM technology for seismic surveys of oil
Oil & Gas UK has welcomed the appointment of first chief executive for the new Oil and Gas Authority. DECC has today informed that Andy Samuel has been appointed as the first chief executive of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). Commenting on that announcement Oil & Gas UK’s chief executive Malcolm We
