The National Oceanography Centre has signed contracts to participate in a project commissioned and funded by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) to develop a specialised monitoring system incorporating marine robotics to ensure the integrity of carbon capture and storage sites deep below the sea
This summer, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) will map the subsurface on the Mørerand High and Gjallar Ridge South in the Norwegian Sea, which is in the western part of the continental shelf. The objective is to acquire knowledge about unexplored acreage. The so-called shallow drilling will
Lundin Petroleum AB, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS, announces that the Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/2-19 found 6 metres of good quality oil filled sandstone of lower Jurassic/upper Triassic age in the Geitungen area in the north eastern part of the Johan Sverdrup discovery
Ceona announced that its fully-owned pipelay and heavy subsea construction vessel – the Ceona Amazon – has successfully floated at Crist yard in Poland on 25 April. The vessel is currently being towed to the Lloyd Werft yard in Bremerhaven (Germany) for extensive outfitting. The flooding of the larg
BW Offshore has signed a Letter of Award (LOA) with Premier Oil for a FPSO to operate on the Catcher oil field in the UK North Sea. The LOA will be converted into a final contract subject to final partner sanction and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) approval, expected to be completed
Between 5 and 14 March 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Maersk Drilling in respect of preparedness and maintenance management. The objective of the audit was to monitor that Maersk Drilling, at all levels of the organisation, is working systematically on the preven
Dana Petroleum has reported that the first production well has now been successfully completed and flow tested and a further three wells have been drilled and cased to surface casing depth in the Western Isles Development Project. All four subsea christmas trees have also been installed on the seabe
MacArtney has performed a major upgrade of two FOCUS-2 ROTV systems belonging to Swedish marine survey contractor and specialist, MMT. Both vehicles have been fitted with new state-of-the-art equipment to carry out geophysical survey missions for clients within oil, gas and renewable energy industri
MacArtney has performed a major upgrade of two FOCUS-2 ROTV systems belonging to Swedish marine survey contractor and specialist, MMT. Both vehicles have been fitted with new state-of-the-art equipment to carry out geophysical survey missions for clients within oil, gas and renewable energy industri
Det norske oljeselskap ASA announces a good first quarter 2014. The development of the Ivar Aasen field is on schedule. Fabrication of the living quarters, steel jacket and platform deck is ongoing. A development concept has been agreed for the Johan Sverdrup field. The development of the Ivar Aasen
Seisranger AS, a company in the Forland Shipping Group (Forland), has concluded the sale of the vessel Seisranger to Otto Marine Limited 30 April 2014. The sale will trigger a NOK 75 million redemption of the NOK 525 million Senior Secured Bond that E Forland AS has outstanding. The MV Seisranger wa
The latest milestone in the Cygnus gas field project took place on April 28th as the first piece of major infrastructure sailed out from Isleburn’s facilities at Nigg Energy Park. The beginning of the subsea isolation valve (SSIV) and WYE structures’ journey to the Cygnus site in the Southern North
Saipem has been contracted by South Stream Transport B.V. to provide supporting works relating to the construction of the second line of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline for a total value of approximately $553 million. The entire offshore South Stream project consists of four parallel gas pipeline
South Stream Transport has signed a contract with the Allseas Group to lay the second line of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. In addition, the Company has signed a contract with Saipem for the provision of complementary works for Line 2. The South Stream Offshore Pipeline will consist of four pa
