Canadian province of British Columbia said the 62 signed pipeline benefits agreements with 29 out of 32 eligible First Nations confirms the growing support for the LNG industry.
The Johan Castberg development has faced numerous challenges since inception, Douglas-Westwood, an energy intelligence group said in its DW Monday report. If production in the Barents Sea wasn’t difficult enough, Statoil has had to contend with changes to Norwegian Tax laws as well as disappointing
Two seismic players, TGS and PGS, have teamed up to acquire more than 36,000 km of 2D seismic data offshore Eastern Canada utilizing two vessels during the 2016 acquisition season. According to TGS’ Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Monday, the M/V Sanco Spirit and M/V Atlantic Explorer, utilizing the P
The University of Aberdeen has received a £250,000 ($366,900) grant from the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to investigate the potential for hydrocarbon exploration in the Rockall area of the North Atlantic. The funding is part of a package of measures announced by the Prime Minister to support th
Norwegian offshore shipowner Olympic Shipping on Friday said its client Boa Marine Services had made an early redelivery of the Olympic Boa offshore construction vessel. The vessel had been under the contract with Boa Marine since mid-2014, and should have stayed with Boa for three years. In a state
Decom North Sea (DNS), the representative body for the offshore decommissioning industry, which promotes and facilitates collaboration and cost reduction, has today announced the appointment of a new chief executive. Roger Esson brings over 20 years’ highly relevant experience as DNS continues to pl
Damen Shipyards, a Dutch shipbuilder, has announced the opening of a new branch office in Houston, Texas. The expansion, under the name of Damen North America, meets the increasing demand for Damen’s shipbuilding concepts and repair and conversion services, the company said. The company further said
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 25 – May 01). Nordic Trustee and Harkand Finance have exercised their rights to terminate the internal bareboat charters for the dive support vessels Harkand Da Vinci and Harkand Atlantis. The t
Shell to shut BG’s head office in Reading Hague-based LNG giant Shell said it will close BG Group’s head office in Reading by the end of this year following the multi-billion merger that was completed in February. Update: Shell scraps FLNG order at SHI South Korean shipyard, Samsung Heavy Industries
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Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority has grounded all EC255 type helicopters in Norway following an incident that happened on Friday when a helicopter carrying workers from Statoil’s Gullfaks B platform crashed off Bergen. Eleven people have been confirmed dead, with search and rescue ongoing for the
Norwegian oilfield services company Aker Solutions has confirmed its employees were aboard the helicopter which crashed near Bergen, Norway on Friday afternoon. The company said three employees and a contractor working for the company were on board the helicopter. There were 13 people on board – two
Chevron said on Friday it expects to resume production at its US$54 billion Gorgon LNG project in Australia in May after the Barrow Island facility was shut down due to mechanical problems. Repair works on the propane refrigerant circuit on Train 1 at the plant site are nearing completion, Joe Geage
Boa Marine Services has made an early re-delivery of Olympic Boa, a multi-purpose subsea support and construction vessel. According to Olympic, the company is in dispute with Boa Marine Services on settlement for the remaining contract period for the vessel. BOA Marine Services chartered the vessel
