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Chrysaor Hires COSL Offshore Rig for Wells in Norway

Aug 19, 2020

Offshore drilling contractor COSL has signed a drilling rig contract with oil company Chrysaor, following a letter of intent signed more than a month ago.The contract is for the COSLInnovator semi-submersible drilling rig to be used for drilling of two wells in Norway next year…

Autonomous Landing System Launched for Offshore Gangways

Aug 19, 2020

Offshore gangways, motion-compensated at that, used for crew and equipment transfers from vessels to offshore oil and gas and wind installations have been around for a while.While the motion-compensation technology keeps a gangway steady for…

CNOOC 1H Profit Slumps on Virus-hit Demand, Low Oil Prices

Aug 19, 2020

China's national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd said first-half profit slumped by nearly two-thirds to the lowest since December 2017, as the coronavirus pandemic battered energy demand and sent oil prices to historical lows.The listed…

Ampelmann Nets 3-year Contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum

Aug 19, 2020

Dutch offshore gangway provider Ampelmann has won a three-year contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum to provide two L-type gangway systems for offshore crew change operations.According to the motion-compensated gangways provider, seven years ago in 2013…

Caspian Drilling & Engineering Firm Wins More BP Work. Hires 71 Workers

Aug 19, 2020

Turan Drilling & Engineering, a Caspian region focused joint venture between KCA Deutag and SOCAR AQS Company, has employed 71 new workers to support the newly awarded contract by BP.Following a $500 million contract award last year, Turan Drilling…

Nova People Personnel for Baltic Pipe

Aug 19, 2020

Norway-based recruitment company Nova People has said it has secured a major contract as part of the Baltic Pipe Project operated by Gaz-System S.A.Baltic Pipe is a pipeline project designed to bring gas from the Norwegian offshore fields to Denmark and Poland…

Floating Wind Farms: How to Make Them the Future of Green Electricity

Aug 19, 2020

Since 2010, wind energy has seen sustained growth worldwide, with the amount of energy generated by offshore wind increasing by nearly 30% each year. Countries around the world need to ramp up renewable energy supply quickly to meet growing demand and rapidly reduce emissions…

Saipem's Giant Construction Vessel Starts Work on UK Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 19, 2020

One of the world’s largest offshore construction vessels Saipem 7000 has arrived 15km off the Fife coast to start the first phase of the offshore construction at the site of Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm.Under the contract awarded in November 2019…

Maersk Training in Offshore Wind Pact with U.S. College

Aug 19, 2020

Offshore training provider Maersk Training has partnered up with Bristol Community College’s National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI) in Massachusetts, United States.NOWI’s basic safety training modules include the areas of first aid, manual handling…

US, Norway Ink Offshore Partnership Pact

Aug 18, 2020

Two of the world’s largest offshore oil and gas producing nations have agreed to share expertise in offshore oil and gas, offshore wind energy and seabed minerals.The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…

Second Moray East Offshore Wind Farm Substation Installed

Aug 18, 2020

Offshore installation contactor DEME Offshore has installed the second offshore substation platform (OSP) for the Moray East wind farm in the Moray Firth in Scotland. The 950MW wind farm is being developed by Moray Offshore Windfarm East Ltd (MOWEL)…

Pipeshield Makes Concrete Mattresses for Saint Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 18, 2020

Pipeshield International, a subsea asset protection and stabilization solutions provider, has delivered concrete mattresses to the EPCI joint venture of Eiffage Métal and DEME for Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm in France.Pipeshield, a Tekmar company…

Rosneft Restarts Kara Sea Drilling After Sanctions Pause

Aug 18, 2020

Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft has started drilling on two wells in the Kara Sea in the Russian Arctic, its Chief Executive Igor Sechin said on Tuesday.It is the company's first project in the Kara Sea since it was forced to suspend a joint venture project in the area with U…

Qatar Petroleum Farms Into Deepwater Block in Angola

Aug 18, 2020

Qatar's state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Petroleum has entered into a farm-in agreement for an acquisition of a stake in an offshore block in Angola.Qatar has reached the deal with Angola's Sonangol, and France's Total to acquire a 30% participating interest in Block 48…

Lundin Energy Appoints New CEO

Aug 18, 2020

Lundin Energy, a Swedish energy company with offshore oil and gas operations in Norway, on Tuesday said it had appointed Nick Walker as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).The appointment of Walker, which will become effective on January 1…

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