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Fixed platforms, shifting markets

Mar 01, 2017

Infield Systems’ Neda Djahansouzi gives a flavor of the forecasted fixed platform market in 2017-2021, while we let some figures speak for themselves. Sources: Infield Systems Over…

BP production on the rise

Feb 28, 2017

BP’s five-year plan has revealed the next wave of its competitive projects with potential new final investment decisions (FID), a list of several offshore projects set to come online this year, and eight projects that are currently under construction set for start-up in 2018-2021…

ESEA Submarine takes on FET ROV

Feb 28, 2017

Forum Energy Technologies has delivered a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to new Norwegian firm ESEA Submarine for offshore work, including inspection, survey and salvage work. ESEA Submarine was established during 2016 by Georg Stranden…

Trelleborg debuts FireNut app

Feb 27, 2017

Trelleborg has launched a new mobile app for FireNut solution. Image of a flange with FireNut, from Trelleborg. To make it even easier to specify FireNut, Trelleborg’s offshore…

Farstad gets six charter, extension contracts

Feb 27, 2017

Farstad Shipping has been awarded six global charter and extension contracts with several companies. The anchor handling tug supply vessel Far Sigma has been awarded a one well contract by Lundin Norway to support their drilling program…

Maersk Oil awards Sparrows floating assets contract

Feb 27, 2017

Sparrows Group has secured a five-year contract to deliver hydraulic, lifting and rigging services for Maersk Oil’s UK floating assets. The agreement will see Sparrows support the operator in strengthening its lifting operations for the…

New MD for Scopus

Feb 27, 2017

Scopus Engineering, part of Amec Foster Wheeler, has appointed Neil Brady as managing director. Brady is responsible for Scopus’ day-to-day operations and to drive continued delivery excellence whilst positioning for future growth. Brady…

Exxon granted Sigyn extension

Feb 24, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted ExxonMobil consent to extend the lifetime of the facilities on the Sigyn field until 31 December 2022. The Sigyn field is a gas and condensate field in the Sleipner area of the North Sea…

Minesto, Stena to build assembly hall

Feb 24, 2017

Swedish-based companies Minesto and Stena Line are working together to develop marine energy device construction facilities in the UK. Stena Line is to build an assembly hall in Holyhead, Wales, which Minesto will use for production of its Deep Green technology…

Altantis' AR1500 up and running

Feb 24, 2017

Tidal power firm Atlantis' first AR1500 tidal stream turbine deployed at its MeyGen project site in the Pentland Firth, Scotland, has successfully exported power to the grid and has operated at full power.  The AR1500 system was developed…

Statoil clears safety audits at Johan Sverdrup

Feb 23, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has cleared Statoil for the design engineering of the drilling platform for the Johan Sverdrup field, in addition to giving the Norwegian giant approval to use the Haven jackup at the field. Image of Haven…

Noble sanctions Leviathan

Feb 23, 2017

Noble Energy has sanctioned the US$3.75 billion phase one of the giant Leviathan project, as partners in the Israeli gas field have approved the final investment decision.  Leviathan sits in1600m water depth, 130km offshore Israel, and is estimated to contain 22 Tcf of natural gas…

Repsol lines up Stordal spud

Feb 23, 2017

Spain's Repsol has been given the green light to drill a well on the Napoleon North license in the Norwegian Sea using the Transocean Spitsbergen Drilling rig. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate says well 6705/7-1, targeting the Stordal prospect…

OWA launches JaCo project

Feb 22, 2017

The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) announced its US$3 million (£2.4 million) Improved Fatigue Life of Welded Jacket Connections (JaCo) project, aiming to cut the cost of offshore wind by optimizing the design of jacket foundations…

Aker BP to tieback Oda to Ula

Feb 21, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Aker BP consent to connect the Oda field to the Ula field. The Centrica Resources-operated Oda field will be developed as a subsea facility tied back to the Ula field, where Aker BP is the operator…

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