Drilling on the Spanish Point gas discovery in the northern Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland has again been set back. Operator Cairn Energy said today (10 March) that the well, planned for 1H this year, had been 'deferred pending discussions…
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has announced that civil servant Sir Patrick Brown will take up the role of chairperson of the North Sea's new regulator Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). Sir Patrick, former Permanent Secretary to the Department for Transport from 1991-1997…
Susan Gourvenec outlines toolbox approach for optimizing geotechnical design of subsea foundations Fig. 1: Evolution of offshore architecture. Image created by M Cocjin, COFS, UWA. Subsea…
OceanWorks International designed and delivered the static mixer module (SMM) handling aid to Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC) as part of the OceanWorks designed subsea dispersant fluid system (SDFS). The delivery of the SMM handling aid allows for the safe handling and storage of the SMM…
ABB’s CoriolisMaster FCB300 and FCH300 mass flowmeters have attained DNV GL Maritime certification. Testing conducted by DNV GL on these flowmeters verified their electromagnetic compatibility as well as accuracy under severe conditions of vibration…
AWE Ltd. began the Pateke-4H subsea tieback and installation project offshore New Zealand. Map from AWE. Pateke-4H is located in the offshore Taranaki basin, in the PMP 38158 permit area…
Tunisian authorities Comité Consultatif des Hydrocarbures granted ADX Energy an additional six-month extension of the exploration period for the Kerkouane permit, offshore Tunisia. The extension ends on 7 August 2016. The ADX…
Statoil awarded Claxton Engineering Services a contract to supply conductor and internal centralizers to a minimum of 14 wells on the Gina Krog development, offshore Norway. Part of the Gina Krog centralizer order…
Fugro took delivery of the Hugin 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), the Echo Surveyor VII, in December 2014. Depth rated to 4500m, the new AUV now holds the record for the deepest Hugin AUV dive, surveying in water depths surpassing 4200m…
Solstad Offshore Asia Pacific awarded Norway-headquartered iSURVEY a marine construction support contract to provide positioning and survey support for its 2015 platform installation program in Thailand, on board the DLB Norce Endeavour. iSURVEY…
CNOOC Ltd. announced that its Qinhuangdao 32-6 comprehensive adjustment project has commenced production. The Qinhuangdao 32-6 oilfield is located at the central north of Bohai Bay with an average water depth of approximately 20m. The…
BP made its second gas discovery in the East Mediterranean Sea at its North Damietta Offshore concession in the East Nile Delta. Image from BP. The discovery was made at the Atoll…
Perth, Australia, based explorer Tap Oil has been awarded 100% of Blocks W14-7 and W14-16 in the Barrow and Dampier sub-basins on Australia's North West Shelf. The blocks were awarded as part of Australia's Work Program Round 1, which…
SURF contractor Ceona has secured a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the company’s newbuild flagship field development vessel, the Ceona Amazon in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract will be the Ceona Amazon's first as well as Ceona’s first…
Norway's Kvaerner has chosen Dubai-based Drydocks World to fabricate components for Statoil's Norwegian North Sea Johan Sverdrup riser platform jacket. Drydocks World will carry out the fabrication of pile clusters and floatation…