An export pipeline for the Maersk Oil-operated Culzean gas condensate field development in the UK sector of the North Sea has been laid by the subsea engineering, construction and services company, Subsea 7. According to a Friday update from the Danish oil company, the pipeline has been laid safely
First oil from Premier Oil-operated Catcher development in the UK sector of the North Sea remains on track for later this year with sailaway date for the FPSO unit set for next month. The Catcher, made up of several fields discovered between 2010 and 2013, is located 170 kilometers south-east of Abe
Lukoil, Russia’s largest privately-held oil company, has reached a milestone of three million tonnes of oil produced at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. Lukoil said that the average daily production exceeded 14 thousand tonnes of oil in June 2017. Furthermore, the company said it co
Norway-based floating LNG giant Höegh LNG has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Regional Maritime University in Ghana for the support and maritime capacity development for both RMU and Ghanaian seafarers. Quantum Power Ghana is also party to the agreement, which was signed on June 16. Us
Bibby Offshore has completed a contract awarded by Maersk Oil UK to provide both late life production enhancement and decommissioning support in the North Sea. The contract saw Bibby Offshore’s diving support vessel Bibby Polaris operate at two separate locations, undertaking production system isola
Dutch energy and dredging services provider Boskalis has been awarded a letter of intent in a joint venture with Van Oord for rock placement services for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. The award was made by the project developer Nord Stream 2 AG and is a part of the construction of the plan
SeaRenergy has secured a contract from cable manufacturer ZTT to provide QHSE services for the HVAC export cable connection between BorWin Gamma platform and Hohe See offshore wind farm. The scope for QHSE management and support includes the cable load-out, cable transport and installation phase of
ConocoPhillips has submitted the first offshore project proposal for its Barossa area development in the Timor Sea, offshore Australia. The Barossa offshore development area encompasses the Barossa and Caldita Fields, in the Bonaparte Basin, some 300 kilometers north of Darwin. The development is an
Swedish survey specialist MMT and Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea have secured the DP2 subsea vessel M/V Olympic Delta, with two ROVs mobilised onboard, for execution of the project announced earlier this year. The project has been postponed from June 2017 until August same year, the Oslo-listed R
Oil company Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling and production testing of Alta appraisal well (Alta-4) in the southern Barents Sea, confirming very good reservoir properties. Lundin’s Norwegian unit, Lundin Norway, received a drilling permit to drill the Alta appraisal well in March and gain
Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a letter of intent (LoI) in joint venture with Van Oord for rock placement services for the Nord Stream 2 project. The award was made by the project developer Nord Stream 2 AG and is a part of the construction of the planned twin 1,200 kilometer gas pipeli
Nasdaq-listed Golar LNG Partners, a limited partnership formed by Golar LNG, has agreed to amend a charter deal it has with Dubai Supply Authority for the Golar Freeze FSRU. DUSUP has two floating storage and regasification units on contract and does not currently have full time use for Golar Freeze
Tekmar has been awarded a contract by VBMS to supply TekLink cable protection systems (CPS), bellmouths and cover disks for ScottishPower renewables’ East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. VBMS has awarded contracts on the project to both Tekmar and JDR Cables, both based in the North East of England,
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has shared a photo via social media on Wednesday showing the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 Unmanned Wellhead Platform (UWP) jacket set down on the seabed offshore Norway. The image also shows the topside for the UWP platform being installed after the jacket was put into place
