Subsea
Norway: Centrica Gets Approval for Ivory Ops
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Centrica Resources (Norge) AS a drilling permit for wellbore 6707/10-3, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6707/10-3 will be drilled from the West Navigator drilling rig. The drilling programme for wellbore 6707/10-3 r
Aker Solutions Starts Trading on Oslo Exchange
Aker Solutions started trading on the Oslo stock exchange as a leaner and more streamlined company that will build on its strengths in the subsea and field design markets. The company emerges after a spin-off of the Subsea, Umbilicals, Engineering and Maintenance, Modifications and Operations (MMO
Shell Gets Nod for Ormen Lange Drilling
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted A/S Norske Shell a drilling permit for wellbore 6305/8-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6305/8-2 will be drilled from the Transocean Barents drilling rig. The drilling programme for wellbore 6305/8-2 relates to th
Swathe Services Becomes AUV-S UK and Europe Distributor
Advanced Undersea Vehicles and Systems (AUV-S) LLC based in Houston, Texas has appointed Swathe Services as exclusive sales distributor for the UK and Europe. AUV-S combines up to the minute technology and state of the art engineering to provide the offshore industry with safe and reliable autonomou
SmartBay Ireland to Participate at Ocean Energy Europe Conference
SmartBay Ireland will be exhibiting at the annual Ocean Energy Europe conference which will take place in the Marriott Paris Rive Gauche hotel and conference centre in Paris, on the 1st and 2nd of October. John Breslin (General Manager), Mark Wemyss (Operation and Technical Manager) and Diarmuid O C
Rapp’s CTD Winch for WHOI’s R/V Alucia
Rapp Hydema has provided a CTD winch for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) new research vessel R/V Alucia, which is being managed and financed by Beta Maritime. Rapp’s TBW-520E-T90 winch accommodates 7,000 meters of .322 Rochester Fiber-Optic cable, plus 100 feet of 2 1/4” synthetic tether
ShawCor Bags Shah Deniz 2 Pipe Coating Gig
ShawCor’s pipe coating division, Bredero Shaw, has received contracts with a value of approximately US$200 million from BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited for pipeline coating and other services in connection with the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project. The contracts are scheduled to be execute
Roc Oil Hits Oil in Beibu Gulf Offshore China
Roc Oil (China) Company completed drilling on the first of two exploration wells in the Beibu Gulf Block 22/12. The WZ12-10-1 well has discovered oil pay in the Jiaowei (T42) formation, while no oil pay was interpreted in the Weizhou formation. The WZ12-10-1 well was drilled to a total depth of 1406
Ocean Installer to Provide SURF Support for Saipem in Brazil
Ocean Installer has been awarded a contract for SURF support work in Brazil for Saipem. The contract which will see the Normand Clipper in Brazil for 8 months is valued at circa USD 50 million, with options to extend. Ocean Installer will support Saipem with their installation of multiple Steel Cate
CGG Wins 3D Seismic Gig Off Gabon
CGG has signed an exclusive multi-client data agreement with the Ministère du Pétrole et des Hydrocarbures of the Republic of Gabon. As a result of this agreement, CGG is launching a new multi-client survey program to acquire 35,000 km2 of BroadSeisTM 3D data over the latest available and awarded de
Rosneft Discovers Oil at World’s Northernmost Well in Kara Sea
Rosneft successfully completed the drilling of the northernmost well in the world – the Universitetskaya-1 well in the Arctic. According to the results of the drilling Rosneft has made an oil discovery at the East-Prinovozemelskiy-1 license area. The drilling was completed in record-breaking time –
NSRI Gets New Chairman and Project Director
A recently launched initiative aiming to coordinate research and development activities within the UK’s subsea oil and gas sector has appointed a chairman and project director. Well-known industry figure, Peter Blake, has taken up the role of chairman of the National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI
Akastor Nets Five-Year Contract Extension from Petrobras
AKOFS Offshore, a part of Akastor ASA, has been notified of a five-year contract extension from Petrobras to use the Skandi Santos, a Subsea Equipment Support Vessel in Brazil. The extension, worth about $387 million (NOK 2.5 billion), will start March 1, 2015 in direct continuation of the current c
TGS in New Ocean Bottom Projects in Gulf of Mexico
TGS announces the first two ocean bottom projects in the shelf region of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico under its collaboration agreement with FairfieldNodal. The Calypso Full Azimuthal Nodal (FAN) survey is located in the Eugene Island protraction area and will cover 136 shelf blocks. Historical productio