The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Centrica Resources (Norge) AS a drilling permit for wellbore 6506/11-9 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6506/11-9 S will be drilled from the West Alpha drilling facility at position 65°10’18.54” north and 6°37’21.26” ea
A specialist North-east oil and gas industry support and training facility has developed a new software package to control diving system equipment certification and maintenance to industry standards. The Aberdeen-based National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC), which has been operating in the North-east for
The recently established G6 Alliance has added direct service Gothenburg, Sweden to its weekly Far East/Europe port rotation with the first vessel call of the APL Finland at APM Terminals Gothenburg, the busiest container facility in Scandinavia. The G6 Alliance was created in December 2011 through
Subsea 7 has exercised an option to extend the contract on the construction vessel Skandi Seven with 1 year from 31st of March 2013. DOF Subsea, subsidiary of DOF ASA, has previously announced that Subsea 7 has fixed the vessel Skandi Skansen for a period of 100-200 days per year over the next 4 yea
Balmoral Offshore Engineering, a division of Balmoral Comtec Ltd, has been presented with the UK Queen’s Award for Enterprise. It is the second time the company has won the International Trade award, the first success coming in 2010. Established only in 2006, Balmoral Offshore Engineering provides t
Subsea 7 has exercised an option to extend the contract on the construction vessel Skandi Seven with 1 year from 31st of March 2013. DOF Subsea, subsidiary of DOF ASA, has previous announced that Subsea 7 has fixed the vessel Skandi Skansen for a period of 100-200 days per year over the next 4 years
Subsea 7 has exercised an option to extend the contract on the construction vessel Skandi Seven with 1 year from 31st of March 2013. DOF Subsea, subsidiary of DOF ASA, has previous announced that Subsea 7 has fixed the vessel Skandi Skansen for a period of 100-200 days per year over the next 4 years
Balmoral Offshore Engineering, a division of Balmoral Comtec Ltd, has been presented with the UK Queen’s Award for Enterprise. It is the second time the company has won the International Trade award, the first success coming in 2010. Established only in 2006, Balmoral Offshore Engineering provides t
As part of Faroe Maritime Technic’s expansion plans the Company announced the appointment of Oil Conveyer Limited (OCL) as partner and distributor for the UK and Ireland. OCL will be working alongside its sister company Pumpseal, a long established and experienced supplier of pumps, motors and oil w
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 08:00 hours (WST) today, the well was ready to make up the 12-1/4” bottom-hole drilling assembly prior to running in the hole to drill ahead. Since the last report a 36” hole was drilled, the conductor was run and cemented at 572 m, a 17-1/2” hole was drilled
Total announces first production from its Islay gas field in the Northern North Sea, 440 kilometers north-east of Aberdeen. Total operates and fully owns the Islay field, which was discovered mid 2008 and is mainly located in Block 3/15 of the United Kingdom sector and partly in Blocks 29/6a and 29/
Prosafe has signed a contract with BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (‘BP’) for the use of Safe Caledonia conducting accommodation support at the Andrew Area Development Project in the UK sector of the North Sea. On site operations are planned to commence end-2012, with a firm period through
The Underwater Centre in Fort William has recently finished training the first ever Angolans as saturation divers. Antonio Quetes and Antonio Njiva, who work for Angolan oil and gas service provider Operatec LDA, were taking part in the three-week HSE Closed Bell course. The HSE Closed Bell course t
Yesterday, Energy Minister Martin Lidegaard asked the state-owned company Energinet.dk to start feasibility studies for two proposed wind farms, 400MW Horns Rev 3 and 600MW Kriegers Flak. The work includes studies of marine mammals, birds and how parks could affect navigation. Energinet.dk will also
