North Sea News


Kongsberg wins Catcher contract

Aug 28, 2014

Kongsberg Maritime division Kongsberg Maritime Engineering (KME) has won a contract to deliver an integrated control and safety system for the new BW Offshore Catcher FPSO. The contract follows BW Offshore’s signing of a lease and operate…

ONS: Aker leads contract winning pack

Aug 27, 2014

Aker Solutions, with a total of 51 contracts, is leading the field on contracts won on the UK Continental Shelf (UKS) and Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) over the past four years, according to the latest report from the Energy Industry Council (EIC)…

Nordic Maritime wins Statoil North Sea contract

Aug 26, 2014

Statoil awarded Nordic Maritime a contract for its newest DP2 vessel, Mokul Nordic in the North Sea. The 30-day contract has an optional 15-day charter. Mokul Nordicis a DP2 VS470 MKIII subsea service vessel capable of ROV and inspection…

ONS: A pan-Europe regulatory regime?

Aug 26, 2014

A UK-based energy expert has called for the Norwegian and UK governments to agree a united regulatory regime to enable better standardization efforts around the North Sea. Philip Lambert, CEO at Lambert Energy (right), said there should be a pan-North Sea effort at standardization…

ONS: Cost cutting shouldn't hinder growth

Aug 26, 2014

Oil companies operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) were this morning warned that cost cutting should not lead to fewer projects and leaving behind economically viable fields, Norway’s Minister of Petroleum told ONS conference delegates in Stavanger this morning…

ONS: Aquaterra launches riser tool

Aug 26, 2014

UK-based engineering firm Aquaterra Energy has launched a Riser Monitoring System (RMS) it believes will revolutionize integrity management and bring improved reliability and accuracy of data acquisition to the offshore oil and gas industry…

ONS: Schlumberger launches Quanta Geo

Aug 25, 2014

Schlumberger today launched the Quanta Geo photorealistic reservoir geology service at the Offshore Northern Seas Annual Conference and Exhibition (ONS). The new service includes the industry’s first microresistivity imager that produces oriented…

HPHT - a challenge and a prize

Aug 25, 2014

With demand for hydrocarbons increasing and costs rising, the exploration and production industry is also facing numerous technical challenges including the development of high-pressure – high-temperature (HPHT) reserves. HP / extreme-HP typically refers to borehole pressures between 10…

ONS: Activity up - contract awards fall

Aug 25, 2014

There are currently 271 projects proposed or under development on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) and a total potential investment of US$262.3 billion. These were among the topline figures according…

ONS: AGR bags NCS contracts

Aug 24, 2014

AGR has been awarded software contracts with Det norske oljeselskap, VNG (Norge) and OMV (Norge) worth in total about US$1 million. AGR will be delivering its bespoke software products P1, CT and iQˣ, which has been shortlisted for the ONS Innovation Award…

ONS: Expro plans Norway expansion

Aug 24, 2014

Oilfield services company, Expro, plans to open a major new base in Tananger, Norway in summer 2015. The 19,000sq m facility will consolidate the company’s three current Stavanger area locations and house Expro’s Well Testing and Drill…

New EMAS spoolbase at Halsvik to support North Sea work

Aug 22, 2014

EMAS AMC has a new frame agreement with Apache North Sea for subsea construction in the UK North Sea. The awarded frame agreement includes pipeline construction, umbilical/cable lay, structure installation and other related offshore construction services…

Pulse support Martin Linge drilling

Aug 22, 2014

Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with Total E&P Norge AS to provide a real time integrity monitoring system, to measure platform displacement during drilling operations.  The two-year contract…

ONS - opens Monday

Aug 22, 2014

One of the biggest oil events in the global calendar opens in Stavanger on Monday, with speakers, exhibitors and delegates expected from all corners of the globe.  The last event, held in 2012, attracted nearly 60,000 visitors, 1264 companies…

Hunting appoints Norway regional manager

Aug 21, 2014

Ørjan Frøyland joins Hunting Energy Services as the new regional manager for Norway as it targets a period of strategic growth within the Scandinavian oil and gas market. Frøyland will be responsible for overseeing the establishment of the Hunting brand within the region…

Current News

Equinor Upbeat About Investor Interest in US Offshore Wind Farm

GE Vernova Could Not Agree Turbines Switch on NY Wind Projects

Hess Profit Jumps on Guyana Output in Positive Sign for Exxon

Decarbonization Offshore O&G: Navigating the Path Forward

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News