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  • Finnlines Again to Cut Jobs

    8 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    North European liner-shipping company Finnlines Plc has started employer-employee co-operation negotiations concerning the crew serving the Ro-Ro/Passenger ferry MS Finnsailor, which could lead to 52 of the company’s sea personnel losing their jobs. The crew of Finnsailor might go down the same path as the crew of MS Finnhansa in September 2014, when the company decided to sell […]

  • Floatel Superior to Receive Upgrades in Mid-February

    3 February 2014

    Bergen Group Hanøytangen has announced a final agreement with Floatel International for the modernization of semi-submersible accommodation vessel Floatel Superior. The agreement comprises various yard services and modification work to be carried out during the three week long yard stay. Floatel Superior is scheduled for arrival at Hanøytangen in mid-February. Floatel Superior is an accommodation and construction […]

  • BritSats begins pumping

    30 July 2008

    ConocoPhillips in the UK has started pumping production from its BritSats development which taps the Brodgar and Callanish fields. Four wells are being used to tap oil from Callanish and two on Brodgar which is producing gas condensate. Both fields have been brought online via a subsea manifold which is tied back to a new […]

  • Seafox 7 lands for Tullow

    14 July 2008

    The newly built jackup service platform, Seafox 7, has arrived on location in the UK Southern North Sea (SNS) to start its first job. The platfrom has been chartered by Tullow Oil to support its planned activities at the Horne and Wren Platform as part of the Wissey Field Development. David Wright, Tullow Oil’s project […]

  • Aker Kvaerner contract for modification of Hydro Brage platform

    5 December 2006

    Hydro has awarded Aker Kvaerner in Bergen, Norway, a contract for upgrading of the system for reinjection of produced water on the Brage platform. The scope of the contract includes engineering, procurement and constructional installation. The contract value is approximately NOK 150 million and project completion is scheduled for the end of 2008. The Brage […]

  • Nauticor to supply LNG for ESL Shipping’s new bulkers

    25 October 2018
    Vessels

    The Finnish shipping company ESL Shipping, part of Aspo, and Hamburg-based Nauticor, a unit of Linde, have signed a long-term contract for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Swedish port of Oxelösund. Under the deal,  Nauticor will provide LNG for ESL Shipping’s handy size bulk carriers Haaga and Viikki. The vessels are the first of […]

  • Wison Engineering snatches Kazakhstan’s first LNG plant contract

    20 December 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Wison Engineering Services of China has been awarded a contract for an LNG facility in Kazakhstan by Astana Trans Oil.

  • Statoil hits more gas in North Sea

    23 July 2015

    Statoil informed that together with its PL146/PL333 partner Total E&P Norge it has made a gas and condensate discovery in the Julius prospect in the King Lear area in the North Sea.

  • Downer gets USD 170 mln Gorgon contract

    3 September 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Downer EDI Limited secured a contract for miscellaneous works on the Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG project, located on Barrow Island off the north-west coast of Western Australia. The initial term of the contract is for 12 months, with extension options. The value of the contract is not to exceed $170 million and will depend on what […]

  • Minesto looks for test rig developer

    27 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto is recruiting for a developer who will build and maintain new and existing test rigs for the company’s products in Gothenburg, Sweden.

  • Damen Starts Building ‘Bibby WaveMaster 1’

    2 February 2016

    The first steel was cut this week at Damen Shipyards Galati for Bibby WaveMaster 1, the first ever Damen Service Operations Vessel (SOV) ordered by Bibby Marine Services. The two companies signed a contract for the vessel last month. The new SOV with walk-to-work capability will be deployed in the North Sea to support forthcoming offshore wind construction and […]

  • Wind Ambition Lives Up to Her Name

    15 April 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    The floating hotel Wind Ambition has set off on a new campaign to provide accommodation for crews working on four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea, C-bed, the owner and operator of the vessel said without specifying which farms the crews will be servicing. The project commenced in April 2016 and with more than 200 wind turbines up […]

  • Blyth OWF’s Tech Significant Step in Evolution of OW Industry

    7 June 2016

    RenewableUK has welcomed the announcement that EDF Energy Renewables (EDF ER) is to start work on the Blyth offshore wind farm. The implementation of innovative new technology, such as 66 kilovolt cabling and concrete gravity base foundations for the first time in British waters, are significant steps in the evolution of the offshore wind industry, RenewableUK stated. […]

  • Bibby HydroMap Starts Dutch Offshore Wind Campaign

    14 May 2018

    Bibby HydroMap has started site operations at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea on behalf of Ørsted.

  • Report: ExxonMobil spuds Longtail well, offshore Guyana

    28 May 2018
    Exploration & Production

    After a string of oil discoveries in Guyana, and two dry holes, ExxonMobil has started drilling another well in the country’s giant Stabroek offshore block.

  • Top news of the week January 12 – 17, 2015

    18 January 2015

    Teekay confirms Magellan Spirit LNG carrier aground off Bonny Teekay confirmed its fully loaded, 165,600 cbm LNG carrier, Magellan Spirit has run aground 6 miles off Nigeria. President Obama signs bill promoting LNG export on US-flagged carriers President Barack Obama signed into law S. 2444, the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of […]

  • Equinor ready to begin drilling work with Transocean rig

    29 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has received consent to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs for production drilling at a field in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Job losses in UK’s North Sea raise skills and safety concerns

    16 June 2015

    Cost-cutting in Britain’s North Sea oil and gas sector could lead to more acute skills shortages in future, industry experts have warned, with some expressing concerns that safety could be compromised.

  • Perenco set to remove decommissioned subsea pipelines from Pickerill field

    9 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    Starting on 11 August, oil and gas exploration services provider Perenco Gas UK Ltd. is planning to cut and remove decommissioned pipeline ends from the Pickerill gas field in the North Sea. As part of the decommissioning project, Perenco will undertake all pipeline operations at Pickerill A and Pickerill B platforms. Offshore support vessel Maersk […]

  • Equinor sets sights on two North Sea wildcats

    15 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Rules & Regulation

    Norway’s Equinor has secured a drilling permit for two wildcat wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Shell founds 10 MW green hydrogen electrolyser

    2 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Royal Dutch Shell has started operations at its ten megawatts hydrogen electrolysis plant at the Wesseling site of its Rheinland refinery in Germany.

  • Tata Steel Nets Export Pipeline Order for Culzean Field

    18 September 2015
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Tata Steel has secured a contract for the supply of export pipeline for Maersk Oil-operated high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean field in the UK Central North Sea. Tata Steel will provide more than 18 000 tonnes of carbon steel welded line pipe with the core element of the scope of supply encompassing 53 km […]

  • EnerMech to Provide PPU Services for Technip (Norway)

    6 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    EnerMech will provide Technip in Norway with equipment and personnel on two offshore campaigns for Leak Testing of the Gullfaks Future Oil Export Loading system in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract award follows the appointment of the EnerMech’s PPU (Process, Pipeline & Umbilicals) general manager for Norway, Stuart Cowie, who has more than 25 […]

  • BP retains Odfjell Drilling’s platform drilling services in UK North Sea

    29 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    UK oil major BP has extended the contract with Norway’s offshore drilling services company Odfjell Drilling for the provision of platform drilling services on the UK continental shelf. Under the contract, Odfjell Drilling will be providing platform drilling and maintenance services on three of BP’s platforms in the UK North Sea. The contract period is for two […]

  • Offshore safety body checks P&A plans at Kvitebjørn field

    15 February 2018

    Norway’s offshore safety watchdog has found several flaws during an audit of Statoil’s plans for permanent plugging and abandonment at Kvitebjørn field off Norway.