The lifting incident on Njord A on 18 December 2010 could, under insignificantly altered circumstances, have resulted in loss of life and significant material damage. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA’s) investigation of the incident has identified several nonconformities in relation to t
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has 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. Roll
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 on 15 th 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 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-in at
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, announced that it has added Software Development to its Certificate of Registration of Quality Management System to I.S. EN ISO 9001:2008. The company has been assessed by an independent ag
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
A wholly owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA has entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. 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 parts,
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
EMAS Production is set to take delivery of one of Vietnam’s largest Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels from Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard), on behalf of owner PV Keez Pte. Ltd (PV Keez). To be managed and operated by EMAS Production, FPSO Lewek EMAS has been charter
All contracts and approvals related to Statoil’s sale of 40% of the Peregrino field offshore Brazil to Sinochem Group were formally closed on 14 April. Statoil maintains 60% ownership and the operatorship of the field, which safely and efficiently started production last week. The deal, which was fi
The project manager of the South Pars gas field phase 12 at the Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), Rasoul Fallahnejad, says the phase’s gas pipe laying has been completed. Talking to Shana, Mr. Fallahnejad said pipe laying operation in three related lines, A, B and C respectively with 149, 140 and 150
Halliburton has been awarded a contract by Statoil to provide integrated drilling and well services offshore Norway with options up to eight years in duration with extended scope and activity. Traditionally, Statoil has procured drilling and well services on a discrete basis. This is the first time
Aarsleff and German Bilfinger Berger GmbH entered into a contract for the execution of the offshore wind farm DanTysk. The offshore wind farm will be built in the North Sea, approx. 70 kilometres west of the island Sylt and close to the maritime border between Denmark and Germany. The total capacity
