Northern Offshore, Ltd. has announced that the company has finalized a 2 ½ year contract with Rosneft Oil Company, in conjunction with North Atlantic Drilling Ltd., for the provision of the jack-up drilling rig Energy Endeavour. According to the agreement, any break rights expire after 100 days, aft
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for wellbore 34/7-36 S, in the Norwegian North Sea. Wellbore 34/7-36 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig after completing drilling of wildcat well 31/10-1 for Tullow Oil
The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research’s (IMR) has issued a tender invitation for the supply of new electro-optical cables. The cables will be used for its MUST system on the “G.O. Sars” research vessel. MUST (Multi-Usage System for Towed vehicle) is used for mapping and volume measurement of fi
Dolphin Geophysical has attended the naming ceremony of the 7-Oceans new build seismic guard vessel in Maaskant Shipyard, Holland, on the 25th July. This is the first of three new build seismic guard vessel Dolphin will take on long term charter (4 years +) with Rederij Groen. The 7-Oceans will join
NDM has secured a new contract with Kleven Verft to supply deck machinery for their newbuilding 379, a MPSV for Malaysian based Joint Venture Company IES Pioneer Ltd. The contract for the new vessel is of the MT 6015 MPSV design, designed by Norwegian design company MarinTeknikk, and will be outfitt
South Stream Transport has completed the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Bulgarian Sector of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The ESIA Report confirms earlier findings that construction and operation of the underwater pipeline is not expected to have a significant impact
Vroon Offshore Services has announced that yesterday, Tuesday July 29, the launching of VOS Glory took place at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. VOS Glory is a 60-m field-support vessel (FSV), currently under construction at the Shipyard for Vroon Offshore Services. The vessel is the second in a
WFS Technologies (WFS), the global leader in the delivery of underwater wireless instrumentation and control solutions to the Offshore Oil and Gas and Renewables industries and Fugro Subsea Technologies (Fugro), which designs, builds and delivers the FCV range of ROVs to its Subsea Services Division
The Environment Agency in the South West has announced it is making good progress inspecting and repairing flood defences damaged during the winter storms and floods. More than 100 flood defence structures including river banks, pumping stations, sluices, gates and beach defences were damaged earlie
Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to extend the use of Heimdal until the end of 2034. Heimdal is a gas field lying under 120 metres of water in the central North Sea. The field was originally developed using an integrated production,
Last week in Moscow, a meeting was held between the representatives of Russian and Chinese companies concerning the implementation of the Big Port of Zarubino project. At the meeting were present Mr. Andrey Tarasenko, General Director of FSUE “Rosmorport”, Alexander Vinokurov, President of the “Summ
Between 24 June and 3 July 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of COSL Drilling Europe A/S and the company’s operations using the COSLPromoter semi-submersible drilling rig. The objective of the activity was to monitor that CDE has implemented a system to fulfil th
Antrim Energy Inc., an international oil and gas exploration company, has announced the results of a prospective resources report for the Company’s interests in Frontier Exploration Licence 1/13 (“FEL 1/13”) which includes blocks 44/4, 44/5 (part), 44/9, 44/10, 44/14 and 44/15 (collectively the “Ske
Siemens NL has contracted VSMC to design, supply and install infield cables between 48 wind turbine generators and 6 export cables to the onshore substation of the Westermeerwind Wind Farm. The work for VSMC also includes 7 dike crossings (HDD), cable terminations and testing. VSMC will start the HD
