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Wood Group to run CATS

Jun 25, 2015

Wood Group has entered into a US$250million agreement with Antin Infrastructure Partners (Antin IP) to provide operating services for the Central Area Transmission System (also known as CATS) in the North Sea for up to 10 years, subject to certain regulatory and other consents…

Harkand supports Solan commissioning

Jun 24, 2015

UK-based subsea inspection, repair and maintenance sector firm Harkand has started work with Premier Oil supporting the Solan field development, West of Shetland. Harkand's multi-purpose service vessel Siem Spearfish, which is on long-term charter to Harkand…

Framo wins $24 million Johan Sverdrup contract

Jun 24, 2015

Sweden's Alfa Laval has won an order to supply its Framo pumping systems to the Johan Sverdrup field development in the Norwegian North Sea. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Pumping Systems segment, has a value of approximately SEK 200 million (US$24…

Lundin spins multiple bits on NCS

Jun 24, 2015

Swedish headquartered Lundin Petroleum has started spinning two drill bits on the Norwegian Continental Shelf - on Alta, in the Barents Sea, and one on the Edvard Grieg discovery, in the Norwegian North Sea. Both are appraisal wells.…

Suncor's Norway probe dry

Jun 24, 2015

Suncor Energy Norge's Niobe exploration well has been classified as a dry well, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The well, 25/10-13 S, in production licence 571, was drilled in 119mm water depth, in the central part of…

Optimus Seventh Generation secures decommissioning contract

Jun 23, 2015

Optimus Seventh Generation, an Aberdeen-headquartered behavioral change consultancy, has strengthened its safety portfolio by securing its first decommissioning contract in a six-figure agreement with a major North Sea operator. The four-month contract…

Relatchable BSC for Gina Krog FPSO

Jun 23, 2015

Subsea connector specialist First Subsea is supplying a relatchable bend stiffener connector to NOV Completion & Production Solutions for a flexible production riser for Statoil’s new Gina Krog, turret moored, floating storage and offloading vessel in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea…

Wintershall approved for North Sea well

Jun 23, 2015

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for exploration well 10/4-1 in the North Sea. Well 10/4-1. From NPD. 10/4-1 is located in production license 734…

Laggan-Tormore aiming for 3Q start

Jun 23, 2015

Total is expecting to finally achieve first gas on its Laggan-Tormore project in 3Q 2015, according to contractor Petrofac which is set to take a further hit on the project. Petrofac's losses on the 125km subsea-to-shore west of Shetland…

Statoil picks Tenaris for Mariner

Jun 23, 2015

Statoil has awarded Tenaris the contract for the supply of casing, tubing and all related services for the Mariner project. Discovered in 1981, Mariner is the largest field development on the UK Continental Shelf in more than a decade…

ONS 2016: Transition on the cards

Jun 23, 2015

The main theme of ONS 2016 has been decided. Transition will set the scene for the conference when the world’s energy industry gets together for ONS 2016 in Stavanger, Norway. According to the organizers, transition is a relevant theme today in both the energy industry and the world…

Edison Norge spuds Haribo

Jun 22, 2015

Edison Norge spudded its first well as operator in the Norwegian Continental Shelf on the Haribo prospect. Exploration drilling started 21 June 2015 in the production license PL616 in the southern portion of the Norwegian North Sea at 8km southwest of the Valhall Field…

Heerema sends launch jacket to Gina Krog

Jun 22, 2015

With the sail away on Friday 19 June 2015, Gina Krog, the largest launch jacket ever built by Vlissingen yard of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), is ready for installation. The launch jacket for client Statoil and its partners began its journey…

Antrim to plug, abandon North Sea wells

Jun 22, 2015

Canada’s Antrim Energy entered into a contract with Offshore Installation Services (OIS) to permanently plug and abandon Antrim's four suspended subsea wells in the United Kingdom Central North Sea. United Kingdom Seaward Licenses require…

Westcon wins Subsea 7 Martin Linge contract

Jun 22, 2015

Norwegian yard Westcon has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 to deliver equipment to be used on the Martin Linge field. Westcon's contract with Subsea 7 covers three riser bases and associated protection structures, to be used on Total's Martin Linge field…

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