Statoil and Rosneft signed agreements on joint bidding for exploration licenses in the Norwegian Barents Sea and on Joint Technical Evaluation covering two Russian onshore assets. This concludes the first implementation agreements envisaged in the strategic cooperation that the two companies entered
Statnett and National Grid have signed an agreement to confirm their plans to develop an electricity interconnector between Norway and the UK with a goal to have it operational by 2020. The North Sea Network (NSN) project is a key to further development of the North-European power grid, and of high
Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration company, received the announcement today of the technical update by Providence Resources plc (“Providence”) on the successful Barryroe appraisal well 48/24-10z in the North Celtic Sea. Lansdowne has a 20% interest in the Barryroe projec
A pair of maritime archaeologists with the Wisconsin Historical Society started a dive beneath the water of Lake Michigan to begin survey and cataloguing the wrecks of two of Davidson’s most famous wooden ships. Tamara Thomsen and Keith Meverden will survey the Australasia and the Adriatic vessels.
Gassco AS has received consent to carry out modifications on the Ekofisk-Emden gas pipeline in connection with the phase-out of the B-11 compressor facility. Based on studies carried out by Gassco, a decision has been made to route the gas pipeline from Ekofisk to Emden (Norpipe) outside the B-11 co
According to the TeleGeography, TSTT, a majority state-owned telecoms provider, announced that that they will install an independent submarine fibre-optic cable to improve inter-island connectivity and broadband services between the twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Additionally the company annou
Nautilus Minerals Inc. announces that the Independent State of Papua New Guinea has issued a Notice of Arbitration in relation to the dispute which has arisen under the Agreement between the parties dated 29 March 2011. Following the initiation of the dispute resolution process by the Company on Jun
In the early hours of 16 June, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate began acquiring two-dimensional (2D) seismic data in the northeast part of the Barents Sea. In all, approximately 14,300 kilometres (40 lines) of seismic data will be acquired in this area. The work will be carried out by the vessel
The last foundation for Lincs Offshore Wind Farm off the east coast of England is now in place. MT Højgaard is EPCI contractor for the giant foundations. All 75 offshore wind turbine foundations for the 270 MW Lincs Wind Farm off the east coast of England is now in place. MT Højgaard has designed, p
Pishgaman Cooperatives Group, a privately-owned group of telecommunication companies, launched the first Iranian underwater optical fiber cable, Fars News reports. The cable is 400 kilometers long, and stretches under the Sea of Oman. It was officially launched during a ceremony held on Tuesday. Yaz
Technip was awarded by Marathon Oil Norge AS an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract, worth above €300 million, for the Bøyla field development in the North Sea, located about 225 kilometers West of Stavanger, Norway, at a water depth of 120 meters. The contract includes
On 18 June Thialf, one of the world’s biggest heavy lift vessels, lifted the 9,000 tonne steel jacket into position on the North Sea Valemon field. The 160 metre high construction is the biggest steel jacket installed in one lift on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and first major part-delivery
Chinese Jiangsu Jiaolong Heavy Industry Group (JHI) has won a contract for construction of a wind turbine installation vessel for European offshore wind market. The company’s subsidiary JHI Engineering developed the DP-2 vessel after consulting several European wind farm operators, the Recharge news
OIL AND GAS industry solutions provider AGR has signed a Master Well Services Contract and a Service Order with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Chevron). Under these agreements, AGR will provide Dual Gradient Drilling (DGD) offshore operational services for Chevron’s deepwater Gulf of Mexico programme for up t
