The pump manufacturer Ruhrpumpen has chosen Trelleborg Gimbal Mountings for its water injection package for LNG in Gjerdrum, Norway. The package is placed on a special designed Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit from Sevan Marine, the “Sevan Voyageur”. Trelleborg’s gimbal mounti
On 27 and 28 March 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of project management and manufacture of valves for the Polarled pipeline. Objective The objective of the audit was to monitor that the project has been planned and carried out in compliance with applicable regulatio
James Fisher Marine Services Ltd (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc – the UK’s leading marine services provider, announces the signing of a cooperation agreement with Mammoet Salvage B.V a division of Mammoet. Operating for over 200 years and with a global office network, Mammoet is the world
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the international rig count for April 2014 was 1,349, up 4 from the 1,345 counted in March 2014, and up 48 from the 1,301 counted in April 2013. The international offshore rig count for April 2014 was 329, down 5 from the 334 counted in March 2014, and
Reef Subsea has successfully secured its first pipeline trenching project for the industry-leading Q1000 jet trencher on the Sierra L5 pipeline for client GDF SUEZ. This month, Reef Subsea will mobilise its state-of-the-art Q1000 jet trencher on-board the Reef Despina Construction Support Vessel to
Songa Offshore, an international offshore drilling company, has announced its rig fleet update for April 2014. Songa Venus achieved an operational efficiency of 100% and an earnings efficiency of 96% during the month working for Mubadala Petroleum in Malaysia. The rig went off contract on May 6, and
Statoil executive vice president for its North American operations Bill Maloney said that the company has set a goal of recovering an average of 70% of the oil in its Johan Sverdrup field in the Norwegian continental shelf. “We’ve set a very large goal for oil recovery for Johan Sverdrup,” says Malo
Statoil has received consent to use pipelines and subsea production facilities and implement changes at Grane in production licence 169 Svalin. Svalin is eight kilometres south-west of the Grane field. Water depth is around 120 metres. Svalin has been developed using a multi-branch well from the Gra
Department of Energy & Climate Change has reported that the latest offshore oil and gas licensing round, which closed for applications on Friday 25 April, has received a strong response with 173 applications from industry for around 370 blocks. Energy Minister, Michael Fallon, said: “It’s 50 years s
Transocean Ltd. has announced that it intends to pursue the creation of an entity comprising eight of its UK North Sea midwater drilling rigs. The company expects to establish the new entity, Caledonia Offshore Drilling Company, during the second half of 2014 and, at an appropriate stage, separate C
Senergy’s Survey & GeoEngineering (Senergy S&G) group has been awarded a major contract to support GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd (GDF SUEZ) in the forthcoming offshore construction phases of its major Cygnus gas project. Senergy S&G has provided survey project management and geosciences engineering consultanc
Havyard Ship Invest AS have entered into an agreement with Forland Shipping on May 06, 2014 to sell Havyard’s 25% stake in Forland Subsea AS. Forland Subsea AS is the shipowning company for the subsea construction vessel “Lewek Inspector”. The MV Lewek Inspector was built in 2013, delivered to Forla
Cargotec Corporation and Nordic Investment Bank have signed an eight-year loan agreement totaling EUR 50 million for financing the acquisition of Aker Solution’s mooring and loading systems unit finalised at the end of January 2014. The division employs about 370 people in Europe, Asia and the Ameri
Statoil has completed the farm-down of 10% of its interest of 25.5% in the Shah Deniz Production Sharing Agreement and the South Caucasus Pipeline Company Limited to BP (3.33%) and SOCAR (6.67%). The consideration for the sale and transfer of these assets is USD 1.45 billion. The divestment that was
