China Oilfield Services Limited’s (COSL) 12-streamer seismic vessel “HYSY 720” has completed an operation over two blocks in North Pole Barents Sea. The 100-day operation is the first attempt by China in performing 3D seismic data collection in ultra-high latitude and ultra-low-temperature waters. A
Dutch port of IJmuiden has installed two floating jetties at the recently renovated Trawlerkade quay, thus adding 46 metres of extra berthing space for crew transfer vessels used for offshore wind farm operations and maintenance, Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Port (AYOP) reports. The floating jetties
STATS Group in collaboration with Paradigm Flow Services and Halliburton isolated, de-oiled, plugged and abandoned two 3.5” subsea flowlines as part of the Murchison decommissioning project. After nearly 30 years of operation in the Northern North Sea, the CNR International operated Murchison field
Statoil and its partners have submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) and the field development plan (FDP) for the Utgard gas and condensate discovery in the North Sea to Norwegian and UK authorities. Recoverable reserves are estimated at 56.4 million barrels of oil equivalent, wherea
DONG Energy has decided not to invest in a GBP 450 million offshore wind hub at the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) in the Humber after a recent report showed that UK east coast ports have the capability to support the pipeline of offshore wind projects which will be built out in the North Sea in [&h
During the second quarter of 2016, Erin Energy brought Oyo-8 well back online using a light well intervention (LWI) vessel, following a failure of the sub-surface controlled sub-surface safety valve (SCSSV). The Island Constructor vessel carried out the LWI service on the Oyo-8 well to open the SCSS
Next Geosolutions has secured EUR 1.25 million (GBP 1 million) mapping and survey contract with Naples Port Authority for the Archaeological Sites Mapping Project, based in the Port of Naples. The project, which started in July and is due for completion by December 2016, will see Next Geosolutions c
Mermaid Maritime, a provider of subsea and drilling services to the offshore oil and gas industry, has appointed Darren Morgan, as executive vice president of Mermaid Subsea Services. He will replace Paul Burger Whiley, who is one of the co-founders of Mermaid Subsea Services, formerly known as Subt
Cape Sharp Tidal project in the Bay of Fundy has faced another setback with the identification of a malfunctioning part on OpenHydro’s tidal turbines.
Premier Oil, the operator of the Bagpuss prospect informed that the 13/25-1 well, which was targeting the Bagpuss prospect, has encoutered 41 feet of hydrocarbon-bearing sands within a 68 feet hydrocarbon column. The 13/25-1 well, located on the Halibut Horst in the Outer Moray Firth, has reached a
High-level officials of the Basque government have visited the assembly facility where the Oceantec WEC is being built ahead of September deployment off Spain.
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has completed its first 3D seismic acquisition in the Far East. COSL conducted the operation in a complex fishery and foggy weather environment, managing to conclude the shoot safely thanks to the protection measures for the equipment implemented ahead of opera
Applied Acoustics recently deployed its deep-tow sparker, the DTS-500, in the Mediterranean Sea to work on a project with SOCIB, the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting body. The DTS-500 was deployed off the continental slope of Majorca in a water depth of up to 500 meters to assist S
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has carried out an audit of Statoil’s design engineering of the Johan Sverdrup riser facility. Statoil is the operator of Johan Sverdrup oil field, located in the North Sea around 155 kilometers west of Karmøy in Rogaland county. The PSA has carried out an audit
