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  • Gulf Marine confirms new contracts in MENA region

    5 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    UAE-based Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESVs), has confirmed that the legal documentation for the charter of two of its vessels in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has now been completed. The discussions regarding these two contracts were previously announced in early August. The talks have now […]

  • JOGMEC’s equity financing for CIECO’s North Sea ops

    17 August 2017

    Japan’s JOGMEC will be providing equity financing to CIECO, a subsidiary of ITOCHU, which holds a 12% participating interest in the exploration license P2170 area (Blocks 20/5b and 21/1d) offshore United Kingdom. Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation said the estimated amount of equity financing would be around 3 billion Japanese yen, or around […]

  • Gina Krog storage vessel lags behind development

    1 February 2017
    Project & Tenders

    A floating storage unit meant for the Statoil-operated North Sea field Gina Krog has reportedly experienced delays, lagging behind the overall project development.  The Gina Krog field is located 30 kilometers northwest of the Sleipner field and around 250 kilometers southwest of Stavanger, Norway. The development plan, submitted in December 2012, entails a platform resting on […]

  • EMGS in Barents Sea survey

    26 August 2016

    Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with a repeat customer for 3D EM data to be acquired over the Hoop area in the Barents Sea. The pre-funding amounts to $1 million. This new acquisition is expected to take place in Q3 2016 and will become part of the EMGS multi-client […]

  • PHOTO: Transocean’s 31 years old rig on its way back to Canada

    11 April 2016

    The Henry Goodrich drilling rig is on its way to where it spent years of its active drilling life, Canada. The image above, taken by ‎Morten Christiansen, shows the semi-submersible drilling unit being towed by the Maersk Detector anchor handling tug supply vessel. According to Christiansen, the image was taken on Sunday, April 10, 2016 as […]

  • IKM in Johan Castberg scoop

    12 January 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Statoil has awarded a contract,  as part of the planned Johan Castberg development in the Barents Sea, to IKM Ocean Design. IKM will be responsible for Subsea – Integration Pre-FEED and FEED Project plus options. The contract includes Pre-FEED and FEED of pipelines, risers, cables, tie-ins and related structures on the Johan Castberg field. Furthermore, detail design and […]

  • DEA Norge completes acquisition of E.ON’s Norwegian oil and gas fieds

    16 December 2015

    Germany’s DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG has , through its Norwegian subsidiary DEA Norge AS, completed the acquisition of E.ON E&P Norge AS, thus expanding its presence in Norway’s oil and gas industry. According to the company, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Ministry of Finance, as well as the EU competition authority, have approved […]

  • Det norske buys Svenska’s Norwegian subsidiary

    14 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Det norske oljeselskap ASA, a Norwegian independent oil company, will acquire Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB’s Norwegian Subsidiary for $75 million. A privately held Swedish company’s subsidiary, Svenska Petroleum Exploration AS, has 15 employees in Norway, of which all will be transferred to Det norske. Svenska holds 13 licenses in Norway, including the Krafla/Askja (25%), Garantiana […]

  • Downer lands Gorgon award. 400 new jobs created

    3 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Downer EDI Limited has secured a contract for various works on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project, located on Barrow Island off the north-west coast of Western Australia.

  • UTEC inspects Apache’s pipelines offshore Australia

    28 August 2014
    Equipment

    UTEC Survey Australia Pty Ltd has announced the successful completion of a major infield inspection of approximately 550 km of pipelines and 20 infield structures off the North West coast of Australia using two of its Gavia autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). The work was completed on behalf of Apache Energy Limited.  Offshore activity started in […]

  • VNG Gets Nod for Norwegian Sea Wildcat Well

    2 December 2013

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has issued VNG Norge AS a drilling permit for well 6406/12-3 S in the Norwegian Sea.   Wellbore 6406/12-3 S will be drilled from the Transocean Arctic drilling rig in position 64°01’52.37’’ north and 06°45’17.53’’ east after it completes drilling wildcat well 35/9-10 A for Wintershall Norge AS in production licence […]

  • Sevan Marine Keeping Fingers Crossed for Catcher FPSO Award

    21 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Sevan Marine, a Norway-based provider of cylindrical floating production units, expects stiff competition for the Catcher field FPSO contract award. The field, operated by Premier Oil, is located in the UK sector of the North sea. The tender process for the construction and operating contract for the FPSO was initiated in the first half of […]

  • DeepOcean Appoints New Director SURF (Norway)

    31 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    DeepOcean AS , a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, today announced that John Baxter has been named DeepOcean’s Director SURF. “We are excited that John has decided to join DeepOcean to lead our SURF team in Haugesund and Aberdeen. He has the experience and business contacts and we are confident that John will immediately […]

  • Rowan Appoints New Board Member

    29 May 2013

    Rowan Companies plc, a U.S.-based offshore drilling contractor, announced the appointment of Tore I. Sandvold to its Board of Directors effective as of May 31, 2013. Sandvold has over 30 years of experience in the oil and energy industry, having served in the Norwegian Ministry of Industry, Oil & Energy in a variety of positions, including […]

  • Premier: Bonneville Wells Discover Oil (UK)

    23 April 2013

    UK’s oil and gas exploration and production company Premier has announced that both the Bonneville exploration well (28/9a-6) and its side track (28/9a-6z) have discovered oil. The Bonneville prospect is located four kilometres south of the Burgman discovery on the Catcher licence in the UK Central North Sea. The Bonneville well was drilled to a […]

  • Eni CEO Briefs Indonesian Energy Minister on Jangkrik Project

    12 April 2013

    The Indonesian Minister of Energy, Jero Wacik, and Eni’s CEO, Paolo Scaroni, met today in Jakarta to discuss Eni’s activities in the country. During the meeting, Paolo Scaroni updated the Minister of Energy on the progress of ongoing projects, which are considered strategic for both Eni and the Indonesian Republic. In particular, Paolo Scaroni has […]

  • Apply to Upgrade Fire & Gas Detection Systems on Gullfaks B and C (Norway)

    6 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Apply has been awarded a contract from Statoil for upgrade of the fire and gas detection systems on the Statfjord B and C platforms in the North Sea. The contract includes upgrade and change-out of control systems, field instrumentation and cables on the platforms. Extended life of offshore installations results in an increasing requirement for […]

  • UK: Lybster Field Put on Production

    4 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Trapoil , the independent oil and gas exploration and appraisal company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, yesterday announced the start of production at its Lybster field situated on Block 11/24 – 3v2  (“Lybster”), which is operated by Caithness Oil Limited. The Lybster production facilities have been installed and […]

  • Lundin Orders Kvaerner’s Jacket for Luno (Norway)

    19 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Lundin Norway AS has awarded Kvaerner an EPC contract of approximately NOK 1.1 billion (USD 185,3 million) for delivery of a steel jacket to be located at the Luno field, production license PL338, offshore the Norwegian North Sea. “Jacket structures are core business for Kvaerner and I am very pleased that we have won this […]

  • USA: KBR to Perform Engineering Design Support for BP Quad 204 FPSO Project

    26 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    KBR today announced that it has received a letter of award from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Limited to perform engineering design and procurement support services for the BP Quad 204 Floating Production Storage and Offload (FPSO) Project to be located west of Shetland Isles in UK waters. The Quad 204 FPSO will be designed to […]

  • Ocean Alliance Unveils Day 4 Product Deploying 325 Boxships

    9 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The new service offering would see the shipping majors deploy a total of 325 containerships.

  • ESL Hires Nauticor to Supply LNG for Its New Bulkers

    28 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    ESL Shipping, Nauticor signed a long-term LNG supply deal in the port of Oxelösund, Sweden.

  • Euronav, International Seaways in Five-Year FSO Contracts

    17 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Antwerp-based tanker owner and operator Euronav has, through a joint venture with International Seaways, signed a contract for five years for the FSO Africa and FSO Asia in direct continuation of the current contractual service. The contract was signed with North Oil Company (NOC), the future operator of the Al-Shaheen oil field, whose shareholders are […]

  • Update 3: Oil Being Removed from Sunken Flinterstar

    12 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dutch salvage and towage companies Multraship and Smit Salvage on Sunday started removing heavy fuel oil and diesel oil from the general cargo ship Flinterstar which sank after colliding with the LNG tanker Al-Oraiq off Belgium’s Zeebruggee on October 6. The 2002-built Flinterstar had around 427 tons of heavy fuel oil and 125 tons of […]

  • Top News of the Week February 24 – March 1, 2014

    2 March 2014

    First Ultra Deepwater Drillship Delivered to Maersk Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its first ultra deepwater drillship, Maersk Viking, from the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si, South Korea. Maersk Viking has started its voyage to the US Gulf of Mexico where it will commence a three year contract with ExxonMobil. U.S. Navy […]