Vroon Offshore Services announced that today, Tuesday 10 June, the launching of VOS Glamour took place at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. VOS Glamour is a 60-m field-support vessel, currently under construction at the Shipyard for Vroon Offshore Services. The vessel is the first of four FSVs und
Vroon Offshore Services have started operations in Turkey for the first time. The company’s anchor-handling tug-supply vessels, VOS Tethys and VOS Athos, are currently assisting in positioning operations for the rig GSP Prometeu. The rig is employed on the Istranca exploration project, located North
Ndurance, Boskalis’first ‘N Class’ cable-laying vessel, is expected to arrive at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm site today. The vessel will conduct cable laying operations in the eastern part of Gwynt y Môr. The nearby vessels are required to observe a 500m safety zone around the Ndurance. Gwynt y M
Defence and security company Saab informs that the Polish Navy has chosen the Double Eagle system for the Kormoran II MCMV. The Double Eagle is in service with several navies, in the Baltic Sea, in the North Sea and around the world as a state of the art, well proven, low risk and extremely efficien
Byron Energy Limited advises that as at 6 am (USA Central Time) on Monday, 9 June, 2014 the Byron Energy SM 6 #1 well has reached a measured depth of 6,813 feet (2,077 metres) with true vertical depth at 6,793 feet (2,070 metres). Current operations at SM 6 #1 well int he U.S. Gulf of […]
Eni has concluded an agreement with Sasol Petroleum International, the upstream O&G subsidiary of Sasol Limited, to acquire a 40% interest and Operatorship in the Exploration Right permit 236 (ER236) in South Africa. The permit grants the right to explore for hydrocarbons on a wide offshore unexplor
Subsea UK will be strengthening and expanding on links between British subsea companies and the burgeoning Asian industry when it hosts its the biennial conference, Subsea Asia, in Malaysia this week (11 June). With the Malaysian government recently approving new incentives for exploration activity
Eni has concluded an agreement with Sasol Petroleum International, the upstream O&G subsidiary of Sasol Limited, to acquire a 40% interest and operatorship in the exploration right permit 236 (ER236) in South Africa. The permit grants the right to explore for hydrocarbons on a wide offshore unexplor
Solstad Offshore has recently announced that the company has signed a Letter of Intent with a major international offshore contractor to build and operate a new build large offshore subsea construction vessel and a LOI with VARD Group to build this vessel. Both LoI’s have now been converted to firm
The topside destined for the Valemon field offshore Norway, has been loaded onto the heavy transport vessel Dockwise Triumph in Korea.
Dron & Dickson, specialists in design, supply and maintenance of hazardous area electrical equipment, has appointed a new sales manager to oversee its Hull operation. Robert Courtney, who joined Dron & Dickson as a sales coordinator at its Aberdeen office in 2013, has been promoted to the role of sa
Agility Group AS has entered into an agreement with China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) to deliver detail engineering for the integration of the drilling package onto their latest drilling semisubmersible unit Hai Yang Shi You 982 (HYSY982). “This contract confirms AG China’s position in the Chin
AXYS Technologies Inc. has announced the sale of its 100th WatchKeeper met ocean monitoring buoy to Construtora OAS S.A. in Uruguay. AXYS WatchKeeper buoy OAS will use the WatchKeeper buoy to receive comprehensive environmental data, which will support their LNG terminal construction project in Mont
Petrolia Norway AS, a 100% subsidiary of Petrolia SE, has entered into an agreement with Det norske oljeselskap ASA to purchase 10% in PL 558. PL558 is located in the Norwegian Sea east and adjacent to the Skarv Field. The well will be spudded in the near future and is scheduled for 29 days. The [&h
