French group Total said the North Sea, largely written off by other oil majors, should continue to provide growth opportunities, citing … By Sarah Young (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, September 27, 2011;
U.S. energy giant Exxon Mobil expects to book the reserves it will develop in Russia’s Arctic with state oil company Rosneft under U.S. SEC … By Melissa Akin (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 27, 2011;
Leading offshore rope manufacturer, Lankhorst Ropes Offshore Division has been awarded a contract by Eni Norge AS to supply the polyester rope mooring lines for the Goliat FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading). The Goliat FPSO will be positioned 85 km offshore, north west of Hammerfest i
Statoil has declared contract options for the large-size PSV ‘Siem Pilot’ and the medium-size PSV ‘Siddis Skipper’. The term of the contracts is 2 years for the ‘Siem Pilot’ and 1 year, with 1 year option, for the ‘Siddis Skipper’. The contracts shall commence in direct continuation from current con
SPT installed nine (9) suction piles of OD 5.5-6.5m x 10-11m deep for Bibby Offshore . The suction piles will be used to moor the Ithaca Athena FPSO in 140m water depth. SPT’s strong SAPS-004 suction pump was used. Actual suction time was only 30 minutes per suction pile. The SAPS-004 suction pump w
Leading international oilfield services company Expro, has secured a contract worth in excess of $6 million (£3.7 million) with Hess Australia for an appraisal drilling campaign off the North West Shelf of Western Australia. The contract is due to commence in quarter four 2011 and the Jack Bates sem
Havyard Group can now present another product on the ship`s bridge. Havyard Bridge Automation System(Havyard BAS) was recently certified by the Veritas (DNV) , and there have already been plenty of new system orders. Only days after the Herøy-based company Havyard Group delivered newbuild 102 «Saebo
A Turkish ship began exploring for gas off the coast of Cyprus on Monday, the Turkish Cypriot government said, an announcement that … By Jonathon Burch (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, September 27, 2011;
Xtract Energy Plc confirms that Chevron expects the Noble Byron Welliver jack-up drilling rig to be on site at the P2 block in the Netherlands, over which Xtract has an overriding royalty interest, in October 2011 and intends to spud the first well (P2-10 appraisal well) in November 2011. The P2-10
Neptune Marine Services Limited announces it has entered into an agreement to sell the Company’s Australian fabrication division to privately owned engineering group Kempe Engineering. Kempe Engineering will purchase the business for approximately $0.4 million while Neptune will retain the existing
MCS Kenny, Wood Group Kenny’s riser engineering and software solutions company, has launched Version 8 of its industry-leading Flexcom™ riser design and analysis software. This new release will make it easier for engineering teams to model the characteristics of all types of oil & gas riser systems,
CGGVeritas announced today that it completed acquisition of a 3D survey with BroadSeisTM, its unique broadband marine solution, for Chevron Norge AS. The minimum commitment for the program comprised acquisition of a 3D survey over a 2,190 km2 area west of Bodø in the Norwegian Sea. Due to good progr
Aker Solutions has been selected to supply a subsea umbilical to Det norske oljeselskap ASA’s Jette field. The order is worth approximately NOK 60 million(USD 10.4 million). Subsea umbilicals are deployed on the seabed to supply necessary control and chemicals to subsea oil and gas wells, subsea man
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has signed two contract extensions with Chevron Australia. The Fairstar semi-submersible heavy transport vessels FJORD and FORTE will provide marine transportation of modules and other related equipment over a series of voyages commencing in mid 2012 for thirteen
