Det norske oljeselskap ASA is, as partner in production licence 265, in the process of completing drilling of appraisal wells 16/2-19 and 16/2-19A in the Johan Sverdrup oil discovery. The objective of the wells was to examine the extent and properties of the reservoir rocks in the northernmost part
Ship operator Rix Sea Shuttle has netted a contract at one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms. The company was awarded the work by Reef Subsea to support their two cable installation vessels at the RWE Innogy Gwynt y Môr development. Gwynt y Môr is one of the largest offshore wind farms current
Atlantic Petroleum has announced that the Blackbird Field second production well has spudded using the Noble Ton V Langeveld drilling rig. The Blackbird field was discovered in 2008 and has been in production since 2011. The field currently consists of one subsea producer and one water injector tied
Although its safety management offering, called the VIKING Offshore Safety Agreement, was released only last year, marine and fire safety equipment leader VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has already had a number of significant wins. Among these is a newly inked, multi-year servicing contract signed wit
Solstad’s Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel “Normand Cutter” has arrived at Damen Shiprepair yard in Rotterdam. Damen Shipyards Group has announced through social media that the vessel arrived at the yard for the following repair items: overhaul of all four main engines, overhaul of the 300-ton SWL Nati
IKM has announced an acquisition of Oiltools, a Norwegian company established in September 2000. Oiltools has provided solutions for slop treatment and cutting handling of several major drilling operations in the Barents Sea, North Sea, UK, Greenland, Mexico and the Falkland Islands. Oiltools and IK
OceanWind, based in the Netherlands, has been awarded a long term contract to supply Prysmian Powerlink SRL with storage of energy cables and additional preparation services. At its cable facilities in Velsen Noord, The Netherlands OceanWind will execute the cable handling and provide cable handling
Gloucester-based Advanced Insulation Systems (AIS), a high growth SME that manufactures specialist materials used to insulate subsea infrastructure and fire proof oil rigs, has acquired Manuplas Limited, a specialist in providing customer polymer solutions to the marine, offshore, renewable energy a
Imabari Shipbuilding said it has won newbuilding contracts for two LNG carriers from Spanish shipping company Elcano. The order was secured in cooperation with Mitsubishi Corporation. These two LNG carriers will be built at the Saijo Shipyard and delivered in 2017 to Elcano. “Based on the Panama Can
Rocksource ASA has announced that drilling of the Pil sidetrack well, 6406/12-3 B, in PL 586 has started. The preliminary estimate by the Operator VNG Norge AS for the size of the Pil discovery is between 8 and 27 million Sm3 recoverable oil equivalent (50 to 170 million barrels oil equivalent). The
Cabling specialist VSMC, a joint VolkerWessels and Boskalis company has been awarded a contract by EPC contractor Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects bv to install and bury a 25km long export cable for the Eneco Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm. The Eneco Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm, to be built by
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted RWE Dea Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 35/9-11 A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 35/9-11 A will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility at position 61°21’25.60” north and 3°40’44.56” east. The drill
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for wellbore 33/2-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 33/2-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Artic drilling facility at position 61°59’30.76” north and 1°32’42.52” east, after complet
Høgskolen i Bergen, Bergen University College in Norway, has invited tenders for the provision of a new diving system for its diver education centre. The contract is for mobile units in the form of a wet bell for 2 divers and bellman, lift installation, hydraulic packages, dive control unit assemble
