Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has today issued a statement saying that high costs and weaker oil prices could drive necessary readjustments that will strengthen the petroleum industry over the long-term. Significant remaining resources on the Norwegian shelf provide a basis for continued value cre
Skangass said it has entered into a long-term agreement for the a new specialised bunker vessel, the Coralius which will offer greater flexibility by operating as a ship-to-ship bunker vessel, as well as a feeder.
VBMS, a strategic joint venture of VolkerWessels and Boskalis, has been awarded another contract by Wintershall Noordzee B.V. The scope of work includes the installation, burial, survey and pull-ins of an 18.5km control umbilical which connects the Ravn platform to A6-A, located in the Danish and Ge
Total has started gas and condensate production from the West Franklin Phase 2 project in the Central Graben area of the UK North Sea. The project will supply 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) to the Elgin/Franklin hub. “With the start-up of the West Franklin Phase 2 project, Total co
Two Missouri River Recovery Program sites have been temporarily closed to all public entry: Cranberry Bend project in Saline County and Cora Island project in St. Charles County, Mo. These closures allow construction of habitat improvement projects to commence at these locations to benefit native fi
GTT of France informed of an order for its containment system for three large liquefied natural gas carriers.
Works on a $1.31 billion Middle Harbor project at the Port of Long Beach are in full swing and in line with the construction program. The Middle Harbor will combine two aging container terminals into one of the world’s most technologically advanced and greenest facilities. The nine-year project, wil
EFC Group, a designer and manufacturer of instrumentation, monitoring, control and handling systems for the global oil and gas industry, has completed a £1.3million ($2.2million) contract to design and build a BOP and diverter control system for China based Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co (
Norway’s Statoil has confirmed that the company has handed back three of its four oil and gas exploration licenses located offshore Greenland. Namely, three licenses off the west coast of Greenland were handed back by the end of 2014, but the company kept one license off the east coast where the dea
Oceaneering has entered into a two-year, multi-service vessel charter agreement with Shell for use of the Ocean Alliance in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) starting January 1, 2015. The Ocean Alliance is a U.S. flagged vessel built in 2010. It has an overall length of approximately 309 feet (94 meters
Santos, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company based in Australia has reached a milestone with a hundredth oil shipment from the company’s Vietnam assets. The company has spread the word using social media. Santos said that its Chim Sao/Dua oilfields offshore Vietnam has shipp
ASL Environmental Sciences has a contract for a 3-year metocean-ice study program in Cook Inlet, Alaska for the proposed Alaska LNG Project terminal site. This turnkey metocean program includes program management, a PSO (protected species observer), vessel, HSE lead, data processing and analysis, an
J&P-Avax of Greece, informs it has signed a deal worth €125 million in Malta with Electrogas Malta.
Bridon Group, a manufacturer of wire and fibre rope, has acquired the moorings business of ScanRope from the Parker Hannifin Corporation. Bridon is a global business with a UK Head Office in Doncaster that manufactures wire and rope solutions for applications across several sectors including Oil and
