ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won a $12million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for a deepwater pipe laying vessel. The vessel, tentatively named Derrick Lay Vessel 2000 (“DLV2000”), will be constructed at Keppel Singmarine in Singapore and d
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will continue to provide duty holder and asset management services to the Hummingbird Spirit floating storage offloading production (FPSO) vessel, under a new contract extension from Teekay. Effective from April 2013, the contract continues until the end of 2013 with options t
KCA Deutag, the international drilling and engineering contractor and a global leader in platform drilling services, announces the award of significant drilling operation and maintenance contracts for work in the North Sea. These awards represent a long term commitment with core clients Total E&P UK
Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent for continued operation of the Brage platform, as new technology has led to new solutions that can improve recovery from the field. Statoil is the operator of Brage, an oil field in the northern part of the North Sea, between Oseberg and Troll. The
Statoil has awarded the concept phase for the Johan Sverdrup Infield Pipelines to IKM Ocean Design. The project starts immediately and will run up to the end of 2013 Man Dir. in IKM Ocean Design, Peder Hoås, says in a press release that IKM Ocean Design is very proud being given the contract for dev
IKM Consultants AS acquires 100 per cent of the shares in Poseidon Consulting Services AS (PCS) from Siemens AS, Norway and takes over 150 highly qualified colleagues and consultants with multi discipline backgrounds. The consultants have mainly Subsea and Pipeline experience and will be a considera
Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/2-18 S at the Johan Sverdrup field with the Ocean Vanguard rig. Water depth at the site is 112 metres. The drilling is scheduled to begin at the end of May 2013 and has a duration of approximately 63 day
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has received a purchase order worth circa £1 million from Gaz de France Suez E&P UK Ltd (‘GDF’), a leading oil and gas
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into an agreement with North Sea Shipping to extend the charter hire period for the vessel Atlantic Guardian from 1 September 2013 to 1 March 2014. Furthermore, EMGS has agreed to charter the vessel for an additional period of at least two years, wi
GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS has signed a contract with Core Energy selling a 12 % share in the Njord license, PL107. It includes also the transfer of 12 % of the Noatun discovery, 3.67 % in the Kristin Gas Export Pipeline Joint Venture and 0.162 % in the NSGI Joint Venture. This makes Core […]
Red7Marine Offshore Ltd announced the award of a number of new contracts for 2013. Cable protection work has recently been awarded on the Paimpol-Brehat Tidal Energy Converter project, Brittany, France. The scope of work includes the installation of more than 100 concrete mattresses to provide addit
Gasum and the owners of the Tornio ManGa LNG project are collaborating to explore opportunities for liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourcing and shipping logistics for terminals in Tornio and Turku. The joint effort aims to create a cost-efficient, Finnish LNG sourcing and shipping solution for industri
On 15 May 2013, supporting blocks for the ice-resistant fixed platform (LSP1) were launched by the LOTOS Shipyard, JSC (Astrakhan Region), this being the first facility of the V. Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. LSP1 plan approval was carried out by the Head Office of Russian Maritime Register o
Tunisiana and Orange Tunisia announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Interoute, the owner operator of Europe’s largest next generation network, for the commissioning of a submarine cable, called Didon, connecting the city of Kélibia, Tunisia to Interoute’s pan European fiber optic netw
