Subsea
BW Offshore Bags Catcher FPSO Contract from Premier Oil
BW Offshore has signed the contract with Premier Oil for a FPSO to operate on the Catcher oil field in the UK North Sea. The LOA will be converted into a final contract subject to final partner sanction and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) approval, expected to be completed during Q2 2
Ceona Amazon En Route to Germany After Floating at Crist Yard in Poland
Ceona announced that its fully-owned pipelay and heavy subsea construction vessel – the Ceona Amazon – has successfully floated at Crist yard in Poland on 25 April. The vessel is currently being towed to the Lloyd Werft yard in Bremerhaven (Germany) for extensive outfitting. The flooding of the larg
Havila Shipping Earns $6.2 Mln in First Quarter 2014
Havila Shipping ASA has achieved a profit before tax of NOK 41.9 million in Q1 2014,compared with NOK -19.6 million in Q1 last year. Total operating income and gains was NOK 378.5 million in the Q1 of 2014. Total operating income for corresponding period last year was NOK 330.4 million. The group ha
CMS-Geotech Sets Up New Base in Lowestoft (UK)
CMS-Geotech Ltd has launched its new operations base in Lowestoft, Suffolk, providing specialist marine geotechnical support to a wide variety of marine sectors in both offshore & coastal waters. It is envisaged that CMS-Geotech will build on their traditional links with the marine aggregate and por
LDD Completes Monopile Foundations Drilling at Gwynt y Môr OWF
LDD, an Acteon company, has successfully completed drilling monopile foundations for RWE Innogy’s Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, North Wales, UK. LDD has been working on the project since 2011, when it designed, built and delivered one of the world’s largest reverse circulation drill rigs, the LD50
NOC Teams Up with ANU on Ice Age Study
Researchers from the National Oceanography Centre, the University of Southampton and the Australian National University developed a new method for determining sea-level and deep-sea temperature variability over the past 5.3 million years. The research provides new insight into the climatic relations
Lankhorst Ropes’ Gama 98 Polyester Rope Ready for Shipment (Portugal)
36 kms (118,000 ft) of Gama® 98 polyester rope is ready for shipment at Lankhorst Euronete Portugal’s dedicated deepwater mooring rope factory in Portugal, where Lankhorst’s investment in new production facilities in 2012 is paying dividends. Since 1998, Lankhorst Ropes has manufactured over 370 kms
BG Group’s Non-Executive Director Retires
BG Group plc announces that Peter Backhouse will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the Company’s Annual General Meeting to be held on 15 May 2014. Commenting, BG Group’s Chairman, Andrew Gould said: “On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Peter for his considerable contribution to BG
BOURBON Maintains Positive Trend in 1st Quarter 2014
BOURBON confirmed its objective of 8-10% growth in revenues for 2014 with a slight increase in the EBITDAR/revenue margin. BOURBON 2014 1st quarter revenues were $443.3 million, an increase of 7.9% at constant exchange rates (2.9% at current rates). Quarterly revenues rose 7.9% (at constant rates),
Total Income Falls 10 Percent Year-Over-Year
Total has released its first quarter 2014 results. Net income was $3.3 billion, compared to $3.7 billion in the first quarter of 2013. Highlights of the first quarter 2014: • Started gas and condensate production on Itau Phase 2 in Bolivia; • Launched the ultra-deep offshore Kaombo project in Angola
Deloitte Forecasts Lower Activity in North Sea in 2014
Deloitte’s Petroleum Services Group (PSG) has provided detailed information on proposed new and completed wells and an overview on all licensing and deal activity in North West Europe. This review is collated from information produced by PSG’s Weekly Service, a report distributed to subscribers each
Pulse Completes Subsea Monitoring of Gunfleet Sands OWF
Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has finished a subsea integrity monitoring project for a DONG Energy offshore wind farm. Pulse supplied a system to measure the motion of a number of unsupported sections of subsea cable at the Gunfleet Sands wind farm in the UK sector of the S
Dana Petroleum: First Oil Flows from Western Isles Project
First hydrocarbons have flowed from Dana Petroleum’s flagship Western Isles Development Project. The first production well has now been successfully completed and flow tested and a further three wells have been drilled and cased to surface casing depth. All four subsea christmas trees have also been
Costa Concordia Refloating Continues, First Sponon Installed
The operations to install the first of the 19 sponsons to be positioned for the refloating of the Costa Concordia wreck have been completed. The sponson S13, the biggest in weight and size, is now positioned on the starboard side at about 11 meters in depth from the artificial seabed on which the Co