The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 26/10-1, in the North Sea. Well 26/10-1 will be drilled from the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig in the central part of the North Sea. The drilling programme for well 26/10-1 relates to d
Gassco has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use a pipeline for gas transport from Knarr field, in the North Sea. The Knarr field is located in block 34/3 in the Tampen area in the northern North Sea. The field, operated by BG Norge AS, has been developed using sub
Norway’s seismic survey company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has begun the Springboard MC3D program in the Ceduna sub-Basin, offshore South Australia. PGS previously announced the program back in June saying that the Springboard MC3D has significant industry support and is being acquired by the Ramf
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has confirmed that the previously announced letter of intent for 3D EM data acquisition in Thailand and Myanmar has now resulted in a contract award. The company further said that the contract is signed with a first-time customer PTTEP International and that it
Norwegian seismic player SeaBird Exploration has secured a Letter of Award (LOA) for acquisition of 2D seismic data in the Mediterranean area. The Letter of Award is from an undisclosed client and it’s conditional on approval. According to SeaBird, the 2D acquisition is expected to start in the seco
SSE’s networks business, SHE Transmission, has awarded its largest ever Living Wage contract, worth approximately $721 million (£460million), to engineering firm ABB Limited. The contract is part of the Caithness to Moray Transmission Project, the vital new subsea link which will allow more renewa
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully installed and hooked up a permanent mooring system for the Delta House field floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. Delta House FPS system reached its Gulf of Mexico location in mid-September 2014. According to the company, the mooring
Statoil has, with its partners in the Snorre offshore field, decided to adjust the schedule for the ongoing Snorre 2040 project by postponing the planned date for the second decision gate (DG2) from March 2015 to October 2015. Statoil said that there is no change in the timing of the final investmen
The 73 m-long trailing suction hopper dredger “Sospan Dau” has been involved in the Chichester Bar dredging operations since November 28th. The vessel worked day and night during the period, sucking up gravel from the sea bed and placing the dredged material onto the seafront at Hayling Island. Laye
SBM Offshore has entered into an agreement to sell the DSCV SBM Installer, a Diving Support and Construction Vessel (DSCV), to OS Installer AS for US$150 million in cash. OS Installer AS is a newly established joint venture between Ocean Yield ASA (75%) and SBM Offshore (25%). Both parties have sign
Statoil, on behalf of Wintershall, has signed a contract with Nexans for the supply of Direct Electrical Heating (DEH) technology. The DEH riser will connect the Kristin and Maria fields in the Norwegian Sea with the Kristin platform, ensuring the constant flow through pipelines. The delivery, worth
The second phase of the Hulhumalé Dredging & Reclamation project in the Maldives is about to begin in the next few weeks. The $50 million project was awarded to Dredging International NV, Belgium earlier this year. Arrival of Dredging International’s vessel that will take part in the project has bee
Proserv has secured a contract win worth in excess of $20 million with Hess Corporation for the provision of a 12-well subsea control system along with associated topside and subsea interface equipment for the deepwater Stampede development, situated in the Gulf of Mexico. Work for the project will
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an international oil company worth USD 8 million for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS’ multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. Of the total sale, data worth USD 4.8 million will be delivered in Q4 2014
