Eni started production five months ahead of schedule at its East Hub Development Project, offshore Angola. Image of the Armada Olombendo, from Eni. The East Hub Development is in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore…
Huisman is set to deliver the first crane built and tested at their production facility in Navegantes, Santa Catarina state, in the south of Brazil. Image from Huisman. The 50…
SeaOwls and Ulstein launched a pioneering heavy lift jackup vessel design, the SOUL, at the Offshore Wind Journal Conference today (7 February). Illustration of the SOUL, from SeaOwls. The…
DOF Subsea has been awarded a three-year inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) frame agreement with one of the major oil and gas companies in the In Asia Pacific region. DOF Subsea has recently secured a safety case for Geoholm…
Atwood Oceanics has amended its contract with Woodside Energy, substituting the dynamically-positioned, ultra deepwater semisubmersible Atwood Condor for the Atwood Osprey for the Greater Enfield Project campaign, offshore Australia. The contract has been amended effective 2 February 2017…
Newly formed subsea firm M² Subsea has opened its new office in Aberdeen and created 30 jobs. The business, which secured private equity investment towards the end of 2016, has moved people and equipment into premises in Arnhall Business Park at Westhill in Aberdeenshire…
Members of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) with vessels active in US waters, together with their clients, have expressed serious concern over the hasty proposals by the Customs and Border Protection agency to revoke…
Deep Sea Supply has been awarded extensions of the time charter contracts for the PSVs Sea Flyer and Sea Forth, in addition to a six month (plus options) contract award for the PSV Sea Tantalus for operations in the UK Continental Shelf for Apache North Sea…
Subsea 7 has taken delivery of the Seven Arctic and Seven Kestrel, successfully completing a substantial and targeted fleet investment program that has added six newbuild vessels to the Subsea 7 fleet since 2014. Image of the Seven Kestrel…
Dolphin Drilling has agreed to an extension of its current contract with Chevron North Sea for the semisubmersible Blackford Dolphin in a US$2.6 million deal. The extension covers ongoing operations with Chevron beyond early February…
The floating production systems market remains challenging. Will cost-cutting measures made over the past two years help projects reach final investment decision in 2017? Infield’s Catarina Podevyn assesses the market. Johan Castberg…
Norway’s deepest yet oilfield development is bringing a string of firsts to the Norwegian Continental Shelf, not least when it comes to the field’s flowlines. Elaine Maslin reports. BuBi pipe fabrication at Vigra…
Using expertise developed for the oil and gas industry, Seaproof Solutions has carved out a market in offshore wind. Seaproof’s J-tube interface. Images from Seaproof Solutions. In a short period of time…
DOF subsidiary Norskan Offshore has secured three contracts with Brazilian giant Petrobras. The first, is a one plus one year contract for the Skandi Botafogo, which is set to start 15 February. Skandi Botafogo is an anchor handling tug supply vessel…
Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to remove the emergency response vessel at the Alvheim field. Aker BP wants the Alvheim field to be included in the area contingency planning for the Sleipner-Utsira area…