Lundin Petroleum AB has successfully completed the appraisal drilling and testing of the well 16/1-18 on the Edvard Grieg field in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental shelf. The Edvard Grieg field was discovered by well 16/1-8 drilled in 2007. The appraisal well 16/1-18 was drilled 2.4
Faroe Petroleum announced that drilling has reached target depth on the Centrica-operated Butch East exploration well 8/10-5S and a subsequent up-dip appraisal well 8/10-5A, the first of two back-to back-wells in Licence PL405, following up the Butch Main discovery (Faroe 15%). The Butch East explor
Petrobras has completed drilling the last exploratory well under the Rights Transfer agreement in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Well 4-BRSA1226-RJS (4-RJS-728), the third drilled in the Entorno de Iara block, has confirmed the discovery of good quality oil in the pre-salt reservoirs. Known as Entorno d
Louisiana LNG Energy (LLNGE) has secured funding from an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners for LLNGE’s mid-scale LNG export terminal currently under development in Louisiana along the Mississippi River. The LNG project, expected on-line in late 2017, has export capacity of 2.0 million tonnes pe
Eekels has realised the installation of new measurement and communication networks on board the m.s. Siem Moxie as commissioned by Siem Offshore contractors GmbH. The m.s. Siem Moxie was especially designed for the safe transfer of personnel and material to off-shore constructions. A substantial num
Between 18 February and 7 March 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Statoil’s work to ensure compliance with the regulatory requirements for barrier management in the Gina Krog development project. The objective of the activity was to audit Statoil’s own management sy
50Hertz Offshore GmbH, German grid operator in charge of connecting wind farms in the Baltic Sea, is seeking a contractor to carry out ordnance disposal work along submarine cable routes for the grid connection of two offshore wind farms. The connection point of the wind farms is in Lubmin, where wi
Rapidly growing subsea specialist ROVOP is set to take delivery of five new remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), representing an investment of £17million (approx. $28million) and building significantly upon the company’s market-leading fleet of ROVs. The ROVs include two UHD-III’s, which are the most
GasLog said that it has ordered two new 174,000 cubic meter LNG carriers from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea. The vessels are expected to be delivered in 2017 and are sister vessels to the four ordered in 2013 for delivery in 2016. The vessels have been ordered with the tri-fuel diese
Veripos, leading suppliers of high-precision GNSS positioning services for offshore applications, is to provide dedicated positioning support for a number of Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) operated by Rem Offshore, the leading specialist Norwegian company which maintains a global fleet of ships. Und
Braemar Engineering said that it has been appointed to act as shipping consultants to Bonny Gas Transport, a unit of Nigeria LNG (NLNG) responsible for the transport of NLNG’s output over the Atlantic to Europe and the Americas. Braemar Engineering will oversee the building of six LNG carriers, from
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announces that its Robotics subsidiary, Canyon Offshore, Inc., has reached an agreement with a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc. to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services and equipment for McDermott’s fleet of subsea construction and pipelay sup
Rolls-Royce has announced orders from a variety of international customers for its offshore ship designs and equipment worth more than £60m. The contracts, which include five Rolls-Royce UT Design vessels and propulsion equipment packages for research and seismic survey vessels, were announced at th
The Norwegian drilling contractor Norshore has entered into a firm contract with Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd, Far Frontier Energy Sdn. Bhd. for top hole drilling on the Malikai field in Malaysia. The contract is a breakthrough for Norshore and is regarded as a new and important cost reducing m
