Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has today opened its latest Marine Service Centre, in Walvis Bay, Namibia. The investment is the latest stage in the development of a global Marine Service Centre network, which brings the expertise of Rolls-Royce engineers to customers around the world
The engineers at West Maritime have become a part of the Design & Solutions business area at ULSTEIN, in connection with a strategic effort to strengthen the engineering area. “Engineering is an important focus for Design & Solutions, as it ties together what we do in design with what we do in terms
EnCore Oil plc announces the following changes to its Board of Directors. Non-Executive Director, L. Keith Hughes has tendered his resignation with immediate effect. Keith has recently become a senior partner at a law firm which has a general policy prohibiting partners holding non-executive directo
Holdings in 11 new production licences have been awarded to Statoil in the 21st licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), which was announced by the government today, 15 April. The group received eight new operatorships, with four of these in the Barents Sea and four in the Norwegian
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $70 million from Statoil on the Tordis Area in the North Sea. This contract is for the engineering, procurement and installation of two 10” 12 km oil production pipelines, together with a pull-in to Gullfaks C and tie
Lundin Petroleum AB announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has been awarded a new exploration license interest in the 21st Norwegian Licensing Round. The awarded license, PL609 is located in the Barents Sea. Lundin Norway will be the operator of PL609 with 40 per
Rig utilisation in the first quarter of 2011 was 61 per cent. Safe Esbjerg, Safe Lancia, Jasminia, Safe Hibernia, Safe Britannia and Safe Regency have been fully utilised in the first quarter. MSV Regalia(photo) operated for BP at Valhall on the Norwegian Continental Shelf from mid March. Safe Scand
The Board of Directors (“the Board”) of CNOOC Limited announced today that, Mr. Fu Chengyu has resigned as Chairman of the Board and non-executive director of the Company. Mr. Wang Yilin has been appointed as new Chairman of the Board and non-executive director of the Company. The aforementioned cha
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for two vessels capable of three-dimensional (3D) seismic data acquisition for sea bottom resource exploration from Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS), a leading company in marine seismic and reservoir data acquisition, processing and analy
SAL was awarded a contract for the transport, loading and discharging of eight drilling templates for the Goliat offshore exploration project in Hammerfest, Norway. In March 2011, SAL’s new building of type 183, MV “Svenja”, loaded the first lot of four drilling templates in Egersund, Norway. The ca
Nido Petroleum Limited, on behalf of the SC 63 Joint Venture, announces Board approval to enter into the next Sub-Phase of the SC 63 exploration program. Sub-Phase 2b of SC 63, commencing on 24 May 2011, carries a one well commitment to be drilled not later than 24 November 2012 and represents the n
A wholly owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA has entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) for the building of a new ultra-deepwater drillship with scheduled delivery in 3rd quarter 2013. Total project cost is estimated to USD 615 million (including spare p
SBM Offshore announces that on behalf of its Joint Venture companies with Sonangol it has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) for twelve year lease and operate contracts from ENI Angola SpA for the block 15/06 development, offshore Angola. The development plan involves relocation of the existing FPSO
The Norwegian Government has decided to award 24 production licenses in the 21st licensing round. The awards in the 21st licensing round include 12 production licenses in the Norwegian Sea and 12 production licenses in the Barents Sea. “The 21st licensing round will lay a foundation for further expl
