UK authorities have approved Neptune Energy’s decommissioning plan for the Juliet field located in the UK North Sea. Neptune Energy filed the draft for decommissioning of the Minke and Juliet fields in March 2019. According to the decommissioning plan, which was approved on August 01, the Juliet man
Trendsetter Engineering and Intelligent Wellhead Systems (IWS) have established a joint venture to introduce new technology and services aimed at improving the safety and efficiency of offshore drilling, completion, intervention and abandonment operations. The joint venture, InVision Offshore (IO) w
Siem Offshore’s subsidiary Overseas Drilling Ltd (ODL) and Texas A&M Research Foundation (TAMRF) have agreed to extend the current contract of TAMRF’s charter of the vessel JOIDES Resolution. The new deal will see the scientific research ship stay with TAMRF until September 30, 2024. The JOIDES Reso
Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine has joined the World Ocean Council (WOC) – the Global Blue Economy Business Organization. Ian Trebinski, head of QHSSE at Topaz Energy and Marine, stated: “Our partnership with the WOC signals Topaz’s clear commitment to further enhancing our contributions to the
Worley has been awarded a contract by BP for hook-up and commissioning integration services for BP’s Mad Dog 2 project and the Argos deep-water platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Argos will be BP’s newest floating production unit (FPU). It is planned to be commissioned in 2021. The project will also ha
Halliburton has won an integrated services contract with Petrobras for the Libra pre-salt development in the Santos Basin. The two-year and six month contract will provide drilling and completion services to drive greater efficiency by applying pre-salt expertise and integrating multiple product off
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer has completed leg one of Expedition 1904 in partnership with private industry and the Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER). The mission consisted of seabed surveys of Undersea Cultural Heritage (UCH) sites located along the East Coast of the United States. Engine
McDermott has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for production deck module (PDM) in the Hasbah gas field with hook-up and modification works in Saudi Arabia’s Karan fields located offshore in the Arabian Gulf. The scope of work includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation (
Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Mines has recently issued two marine renewable energy permits to Jupiter Hydro for a tidal electricity project in the Bay of Fundy. “Nova Scotia continues to be a leader in the development of clean, renewable tidal energy,” said Energy and Mines Minister Derek Mo
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has been awarded a contract from Nabirm for a proprietary 3D controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey in the Walvis Basin offshore Namibia. Under the contract, valued in excess of $1 million, EMGS will also provide processing, inversion and interpretation se
Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has made the final investment decision (FID) for the PowerNap deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico. PowerNap is a subsea tie-back to the Shell-operated Olympus production hub. The project is expected to start production in late 2021 and produc
Baker Hughes, a GE company, (BHGE) has reported loss of $9 million or 2 cents per diluted share on GAAP basis for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. Adjusted diluted earnings per share were 20 cents per share. The result compares with $19 million loss in Q2 2018, up 52%, but down sequentially from $32
Houston-based Trendsetter Engineering announced the successful offshore installation of a custom methanol injection valve module as part of a subsea gas lift project off the coast of Malaysia. The methanol injection valve module interfaces with an existing gooseneck connector to provide the necessar
DEME’s cable installation vessel Living Stone has completed the installation of subsea export cable for Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid. The 85-kilometer cable connects Elia’s offshore switch yard to the shore station Stevin at Zeebrugge, as well as the Rentel wind farm offshore substation. Living Ston
