Faroe Petroleum has informed that Total E&P Norge has started drilling at the Shango exploration well 25/6-5S (Faroe 20%), in the Norwegian North Sea. The Shango prospect in Licence PL 627 (named Skirne East by the operator Total E&P Norge AS) is located on the northern part of the Utsira High appro
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 09 – March 15). Fugro said it received a writ of summons from Boskalis to force a shareholder vote at its annual shareholders meeting scheduled for April 30, 2015 on a recommendation in respect
Nexen, a subsidiary of China’s CNOOC and the operator of the Buzzard field in the UK North Sea, has informed that Buzzard has passed “a truly significant landmark by producing its 500 millionth barrel of oil.” According to the company The North Sea development which was discovered in 2001 has surpas
GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd and its co-venturers announced a new discovery in the UK Central North Sea. The 22/16-6 well on the Dalziel structure flowed at rates in excess of 8,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. According to GDF SUEZ, the well is now being side-tracked to appraise the extent of this dis
Statoil Petroleum AS and Gassco AS have awarded the 2015 annual pipeline inspection contract to Fugro. The contract covers inspection of defined sections of subsea pipelines between Norway and continental Europe: Europipe 1, Europipe 2, Franpipe, Zeepipe and Norpipe. Inspection of pipeline sections
Flogas Britain, a supplier of LPG, LNG and alternative energy, said it has acquired Portal Gas Services from administrators KPMG. Portal Gas Services was part of T Baden Hardstaff Limited, a Nottinghamshire based business that entered administration last month. While T Baden Hardstaff Limited’s main
Flogas Britain, a supplier of LPG, LNG and alternative energy, said it has acquired Portal Gas Services from administrators KPMG. Portal Gas Services was part of T Baden Hardstaff Limited, a Nottinghamshire based business that entered administration last month. While T Baden Hardstaff Limited’s main
DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts in the Atlantic region. According to the company, the award will include work on both the Norwegian and UK sector. The work scope includes, among other, installation of flexible flow lines and umbilicals on the Corrib field, operated by Shell Ireland. Fu
Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has secured a data licensing agreement for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS’ multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. According to the company’s statement on Oslo stock exchange, the deal is worth approximately USD 3 million. EMGS will book the f
Providence Resources has applied for a 12-month extension to Licensing Option (LO) 13/04 which is located in the South Celtic Sea Basin, c. 125 km off the south coast of Ireland. LO 13/04 is situated in c. 100 metre water depth and is operated by Providence (100%). The company has applied for an ext
ABB has won an order worth around $130 million from DONG Energy to supply a high-voltage cable system that will bring power from the Walney Extension wind park off the northwest coast of England to more than a million people in the United Kingdom. The Walney Extension will provide additional generat
DONG Energy has signed an agreement with the Jan De Nul Group for the installation of subsea export cables at the Race Bank offshore wind development project in the UK. Race Bank offshore wind farm, when operational, will have a capacity of up to 580 megawatts, enough to power over 400,000 UK homes.
Statoil has chosen Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) to deploy and operate their high speed 4G-network on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Statoil and MCP have signed a six years contract with an option to extend for another four years. With that MCP will immediately start building “the wo
A new fast ropax ferry ordered by the Estonia-based Tallink Grupp for its Tallinn – Helsinki route, will feature Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines running primarily on liquefied natural gas. The ship is to be built at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland and is scheduled to be in operation from the beginnin
