Norske Shell has been granted consent to use the new subsea loading system for crude oil on the Draugen field. Installation and commissioning of the new subsea loading system is planned during the fourth quarter of 2012. During commissioning of the new system, the existing loading buoy (FLP) will be
Flexlife, an oil and gas industry specialist in subsea project and integrity management, has appointed Ciaran O’Donnell as its CEO. Mr O’Donnell was co-founder and CEO of CSL, a project management and engineering company. In 2007, he successfully sold the company to DOF Subsea, remaining for 3 years
The corporate assembly of Statoil ASA has elected Marjan Oudeman and Børge Brende as new members of Statoil’s board of directors. In addition, Grace Reksten Skaugen has been elected as new deputy chairman of the board. Oudeman is Executive Vice President, HR and Organisational Development, of Akzo N
OceanWorks International announces the appointment of Mr. Billy Mckeown as General Manager for Aykor Teknolojik Ürünler Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (OceanWorks Aykor) in Istanbul, Turkey. As General Manager, Billy’s function will be to manage the organisation’s operations from the Istanbul loca
According to the Scottish Government, Moray First Marine Ltd, a marine company, has announced a tender for the supply of remotely-operated vehicle for survey services. The deadline for submission of tenders is 20 September 2012. Moray First Marine is a company that utilizing its various experiences,
Rigas Brivostas parvalde has announced a tender for a multi-purpose vessel. The estimated period of the project is ten months from the date of the contract award. Included in the tender are the design, construction and supply of a new multi-purpose hydrographic research survey vessel. The deadline o
MMT has recently completed a geophysical cable route survey for the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm (OWF) project for Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH. The geophysical survey was performed by MMT for the entire inner array grid cable route. The geophysical survey included bathymetric and side-scan s
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces an Athena field operational and production update. The planned hydraulic intervention to eliminate the production tubing blockage in the P1 well, using a Remotely Operated Vehicle Support Vessel, has been performed. This intervention, involving the pumping of fluids into
Carlos Morales-Gil, Director-general Exploration & Production of the Mexican oil company Pemex will participate in the Offshore Energy Conference 2012 in Amsterdam. He will present the latest developments in upstream oil and gas in Mexico and Pemex’s strategy for the future. The Offshore Energy Conf
Oil & Gas UK and Decom North Sea, co-organisers of the Offshore Decommissioning Conference, have confirmed that this year’s keynote speaker will be Gerry Borghesi, UK/Netherlands Production Manager for ExxonMobil International. Only a few places now remain for the two-day event ,sponsored by Ernst &
BP announced today that it has agreed to sell its 18.36 per cent non-operated interest in the Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea to AS Norske Shell for $240 million in cash. The agreement is a further example of BP’s active management of its portfolio in the North Sea, focusing investment on high va
Working under a joint venture for NSW, Osiris Marine Services & Nordic Offshore Marine mobilised the DP1 barge the Atlantis with a full survey/diving/cable repair complimented by subcontractor Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation’s twin R2000 shallow water controlled flow excavation tool. The East West
Star Information Systems (SIS) announced that it has signed an agreement with StormGeo that will see both companies work together to develop a range of innovative software solutions for the offshore and shipping industries. At the same time StormGeo has taken a 15 percent stake in SIS – with an opti
For the very first time, remote-controlled machines and an underwater welding robot have installed a new tie-in point on a live gas pipeline, without the pipeline being prepared in advance. This type of operations can save Statoil lots of money in the long run. The hot tap installation is the first
