Subsea
Dolphin’s Polar Empress Ready for Action
Dolphin informed that the newly delivered 3D seismic vessel, Polar Empress, is in full production towing 14 streamers on the Maud Extension Multi-Client survey in the Barents Sea. The vessel will in end of June mobilise for an exclusive contract with duration in excess of three months. According to
EMGS to Cut More Jobs, Reduces Fleet
Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has announced further cost reductions reflecting the challenging market conditions in the oil service industry. As communicated in the first quarter report, the company initiated cost reduction measures in the beginning of the first quarter. According to E
Ocean Installer Nets Balder Field Work
Ocean Installer has been awarded its first call-off contract under a framework agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS (EEPNAS) for subsea well tie-back, engineering, IRM, ROV and associated services at the Balder field. The call-off contract comprises fabrication and installati
DeepOcean to Conduct IMR for BG Group
DeepOcean has been awarded an Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair (“IMR”) contract by BG Group. The five year contract covers all ROV based IMR work for BG Group on UK and Norwegian subsea assets. DeepOcean will use vessels from its North Sea based fleet for work under this contract. “IMR is one of
Wintershall Starts L6-B Gas Production in Dutch North Sea
Wintershall has started production of natural gas on its unmanned mini-platform L6-B off the Dutch North Sea coast. The first so called “Minimum Facility” platform was built in just nine months and brought to its offshore location in June 2014. These platforms can be deployed in particularly shallow
DNV GL Develops New P&A Guidelines
DNV GL has introduced a new guideline on plugging and abandonment (P&A) of offshore wells which should introduce a risk-based approach instead of the current prescriptive practice. DNV GL estimates that when combined with optimized project execution and new technology, the P&A cost can be reduced by
Diver Admits Fraud in Historic Cannons Case
A diver who failed to correctly declare where he found historic cannons dating back to the 1600s has pleaded guilty to fraud in excess of £46,000. Vincent Woolsgrove from Ramsgate in Kent, said he had found three 24lb cannons off North Foreland which were originally from the City of Amsterdam. The c
Tocardo to Deploy Turbines in Eastern Scheldt
Tocardo will install five tidal turbines in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier (Oosterschelde barrier) to generate clean energy. According to the company, this installation will be both the largest tidal energy project in the Netherlands as well as the world’s largest commercial tidal installat
Italy OKs Northern Petroleum EIAs
Northern Petroleum’s environmental impact assessments (EIA) for its three remaining exploration permit applications in the southern Adriatic have been approved. These approvals are in addition to the two EIA approvals for exploration permit applications announced by the company on June 10, 2015. The
Ceona Gets New CEO
SURF contractor, Ceona, has appointed Mark Preece, as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Previously, the company’s executive vice president commercial and business development, Preece takes over from current CEO, Steve Preston, who after 40 years in the industry has decided to retire from
Statoil to Let Go Up to 1500 Permanent Employees
Statoil has estimated potential workforce reduction at 1,100 – 1,500 permanent employees by end 2016. In addition Statoil will further reduce the number of consultants by around 525. The estimate for workforce reductions reflects the STEP efficiency potential and further corporate improvements over
Alcatel-Lucent to Upgrade Tiscali’s Network
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Italy’s Tiscali to deploy a 100G terrestrial optical backbone infrastructure and upgrade existing submarine links. The new agile optical networking solution, using its 1830 Photonic Service Switch platform will allow Tiscali to increase both data capacity and data
Ardent-Ardentia Remove Oil from Sunken Oleg Naydenov
Ardent, the recent merger of Titan and Svitzer Salvage and Ardentia Marine, a salvage and diving company based in Spain have been awarded the contract to remove oil from the sunken fishing trawler “Oleg Naydenov” off the coast of Gran Canaria, Spain. On the 11th of April, the vessel sustained a fire
Siem Offshore Fined NOK 5 Mln in Tax Evasion Case
Norwegian vessel contractor, Siem Offshore, reported that Kristiansand District Court has today ruled in the tax case against Siem Offshore Inc. and its CEO Terje Sørensen. According to the Oslo-listed company, Terje Sørensen was completely acquitted. However, Siem Offshore was convicted for lack of