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AKOFS Offshore Wins Three-year Petrobras Contract for 'Skandi Santos'

Dec 09, 2021

Oslo-based subsea well intervention and installation services company AKOFS Offshore has signed a three-year contract with Brazil's Petrobras for its vessel Skandi Santos.Under the contract, the Skandi Santos will perform a broad scope of subsea services in Brazil…

IKM Elektro to Maintain Electrical Equipment on Vår Energi's Offshore Platforms

Nov 23, 2021

Norwegian offshore oil and gas producer Vår Energi has signed an agreement with IKM Elektro for support to all its operated facilities on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). IKM Elektro will be responsible for inspection, service, and maintenance of electrical equipment and rotating machines…

IKM Testing Buys 70% Stake in Shrink Wrap Supplier Alfa Solution

Nov 09, 2021

Norway-based IKM Testing has acquired 70% of the shares in Alfa Solution AS, a distributor of shrink wrap materials, tape, installation supplies and heat tools for the industrial, construction, transport, and marine markets.  Alfa Solution has now changed its name to IKM Alfa Solution AS…

IKM Acona CEO to Become Magseis Fairfield CFO

Aug 31, 2021

Ocean bottom seismic (OBS) specialist Magseis Fairfield said Tuesday that Stig Hognestad, currently CEO of IKM Acona, would succeed Mark Ivin as CFO on December 1, 2021.Carel Hooijkaas, CEO of Magseis Fairfield said: 'Over the last two years…

IKM Acona Hires Havila PSV

Apr 14, 2021

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Havila Shipping has secured a contract for its platform supply vessel Havila Borg.The contract is with IKM Acona AS, a company providing well management and engineering services for the oil and gas industry…

Nexans Awards $23,5M ROV Contract to IKM Subsea

Apr 13, 2021

Nexans Norway, a company building and installing subsea cables for the international offshore energy industry, has signed a  ROV services contract with ROV specialist IKM Subsea.Under the contract, IKM Subsea, based in Bryne, Norway, will deliver ROV services on vessels Nexans Skagerrak…

VIDEO: Neptune Installs Duva Field Subsea Trees. First Production in Q3 2021

Mar 22, 2021

Oil and gas firm Neptune Energy has said it has recently installed four Enhanced Horizontal Subsea Tree Systems (EHXT) for the Duva development project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, using a vessel instead of a rig, reducing installation time…

IKM Works on Pipeline, Umbilicals Concept for Equinor's Barents Sea Oil Discovery

Dec 11, 2020

IKM Ocean Design has won a contract with Equinor for a pipeline engineering concept study for the Wisting oil field in the Barents Sea.Wisting, located in the Barents Sea, 300 kilometers from Norway’s northern coast, in a water depth of 400 meters was discovered by OMV in 2013…

Solstad Taps IKM Subsea for ROV Services in Taiwan

Dec 07, 2020

ROV manufacturer and operator IKM Subsea Singapore has won a contract with the Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad for ROV services at the construction support vessel, the Normand Baltic.The contract will see  IKM Subsea provide the Merlin…

Equinor, Partners Eye Shore-Powered Cylindrical FPSO for Wisting Field in Barents Sea

Nov 12, 2020

Norwegian oil firm Equinor has awarded contracts for concept studies for the development of the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea, off Norway. The studies are expected to further progress the project development towards a final concept select decision…

IKM Group Acquires Acona

Nov 04, 2020

Norway's IKM Group said Wednesday it has acquired 100% shares in the Norwegian offshore oil and gas consultancy Acona.Acona provides services within Well Management and Engineering, Environmental & HSEQ&Risk Services, Field Development, and Consultancy Services…

Vår Energi Pens Deals with Dozen Norwegian Service Firms

Oct 28, 2020

Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi said Wednesday it had entered into five-year framework agreements with twelve Norwegian service providers.The framework agreements include the provision of services both offshore and onshore, and, according to Vår Energi…

Subsea Technology and the New Routes to Residency

Sep 22, 2020

Efforts to increase remote capability often go hand in hand with increasing ROV residency. But exactly what form residency takes is diverging. Elaine Maslin takes a look.Dial back the clock five years and there was a movement towards an idea dubbed subsea resident remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)…

Boskalis Completes North Sea Pipeline Replacement Project for Perenco

Aug 31, 2020

Boskalis Subsea Services, a subsidiary of the Dutch marine services giant Boskalis, on Monday said it had completed work on a North Sea pipeline as part of a 'multi-million-pound' contract awarded to it by Perenco. The Aberdeen-based company mobilized the dive support vessel (DSV) the Boka Da Vinci…

IKM Testing in Long-Term Barents Sea FPSO Work Award

Apr 16, 2020

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has awarded IKM Testing a long-term contract for work at Johan Castberg FPSO destined for deployment in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.The scope of work for IKM Testing covers N2/He Leakage testing & PSV calibration and supplementary work related to testing such as…

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