Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), AGR and Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) have agreed to execute the collaboration by signing a Well Management contract for delivering an appraisal well on Skipper field. Skipper is expected to have a spud date in late January or early Febru
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Statoil’s follow-up of the detail engineering of the Riser Platform (RP) jacket for Johan Sverdrup. Phase 1 of Statoil’s development of the Johan Sverdrup consists of four jackets. The RP jacket weighs approx. 27,000 tonnes, and is
Wärtsilä said it has been contracted by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea to supply combined inert gas generators and gas combustion units for 17 new LNG carriers currently under construction at the yard.
CIS Group (CIS), an Acteon company that provides hammer services to install conductors and drive piles, has completed a conductor installation campaign in Malaysia. CIS carried out the operation to create a subsea template to form the foundation of a new wellhead platform that forms part of an offsh
BOP Technologies, a Houston-based oil and gas blowout preventer (BOP) and well intervention systems manufacturer, has announced a new design for BOPs. The company described its new design as “failsafe” and said it would allow the BOP to work even if the drilling rig loses power or hydraulic pressure
Lankhorst Euronete Brasil (LEB), has been awarded a contract by OOGTK Libra GmbH & Co KG to supply the polyester mooring ropes for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the Libra oil field off Brasil. The Libra oil field is a large ultra-deepwater oil prospect located in the S
2015 has proved a record year for the Italian dredger manufacturer Italdraghe. The beginning of the year saw the delivery in Italy of the first of its new range of Octopus dredgers, multifunctional vessels with numerous innovative features that allow them to operate in extremely varied working condi
The new Glen Lyon floating production storage and offload (FPSO) vessel has started sea trials as it begins its journey towards the west of Shetland where it will serve as the hub for the 450 million barrel Quad204 development in the North Sea, BP, Shell and OMV, announced today, on behalf of the Sc
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring has been awarded a three-year contract with Lundin Norway for mooring equipment services. Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) will provide services and products supporting Lundin’s activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) including mooring equipment for drilling rigs a
Xodus Group has won several vibration contracts bringing the total value for this year to £5 million (approx. $7.5 million). Managed through its vibration specialists in the UK and the UAE, the projects involve identifying and reducing vibration in global oil and gas assets, a significant challenge
French oil services provider, Technip, has denied alleged merger talks with Houston-based FMC Technologies. Namely, earlier this week, reports came out that Technip could be looking into a potential sale and that there might be possible takeover talks between these two subsea majors. However, the Pa
Palfinger Marine has secured a contract for delivery of lifesaving equipment, in addition to an extensive winch package, for Kreuz Subsea’s newbuild vessel of Vard 317 design. The DP2 class vessel, with a total length of 91.2 meters a beam of 21.5 meters will be used to for diving support and subsea
The 5,500m3 trailing suction hopper dredger ILEMBE is now on its way from Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk to its home port in Durban. The ILEMBE is going to be the largest dredging vessel of its kind operating in South Africa and will be deployed to work mainly in the international seaports of So
ConocoPhillips has received consent to extend the lifetime of facilities and pipelines on the Eldfisk field. ConocoPhillips is the operator of Eldfisk, an oil field in block 2/7 in the southern North Sea. The field was discovered in 1970 and production began in 1979. The first development comprised
