Dutch heavy weight Allseas has marked its biggest milestone yet. As OE went to press, the firm announced that its mega-vessel, the US$2.7 billion Pioneering Spirit, had successfully completed its first commercial job, lifting Repsol Norge’s 13…
Allseas’ dynamically positioned single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has successfully executed its first heavy lift project offshore Norway. The US$2.7 billion mega-vessel, built to lift 48,000-tonne topsides…
Allseas mega-vessel Pioneering Spirit has left its berth at the Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdam, to perform offshore trials ahead of its first commercial operation in the Norwegian North Sea (see video below). Crowds of people turned out to watch as huge…
Dutch heavy weight Allseas has successfully completed commissioning of the topsides lift system on its heavy lift mega-vessel the Pioneering Spirit. The massive, twin-hull US$2.7 billion vessel has also completed the major part of the…
KrisEnergy has started a seismic campaign over the G10/48 contract area in the Gulf of Thailand using the CGG Amadeus. The 3D campaign will cover 884sq km 3D and is estimated to last 41 days. The seismic program will be carried out…
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has set a new pre-monsoon rig move record offshore India, with the support of Aqualis Offshore, a specialized marine and offshore engineering consultancy. ONGC executed a total of 33 mobile offshore…
Drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag has sold its jackup drilling unit, the Ben Rinnes, to an integrated energy and services company for an undisclosed sum. Built in Clydebank, Scotland, in 1973 and acquired by KCA Deutag in 2005…
Aqualis Offshore has been reappointed by United India Insurance Co. to provide marine warranty services to ONGC’s assets, offshore India. This is the third one-year contract Aqualis has received after the company first started working for United India Insurance and ONGC in 2014…
Bergen Group and Calm Oceans agreed an agency deal to market a newly developed mono-column platform (MCP) in the Norwegian market. This offshore mobile platform is a self-elevating, multipurpose and high payload jackup, specially designed…
Singapore’s KrisEnergy completed development drilling in the G10/48 and the G11/48 licenses in the Gulf of Thailand. The G10/48 license is located in the Wassana oil field, which comprises 13 producer wells and one water disposal well…
First oil has commenced from the Wassana oil field in the G10/48 concession in the Gulf of Thailand, operator KrisEnergy announced. Wassana is expected to achieve peak production of approximately 10,000 bo/d by year’s end. KrisEnergy…
RigNet Inc., a Houston-based global provider of remote-managed offshore communications, telecoms systems integration services and collaborative applications to the oil and gas industry, was awarded a multi-year contract to deliver high-quality…
Aqualis Offshore has been reappointed by United India Insurance Co. to provide marine warranty services to the Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), offshore India. Under the agreement, Aqualis will provide marine warranty services to ONGC´s…
BP awarded Technip a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit in the Gulf of Mexico…
Singapore-based KrisEnergy hit oil at the first exploration well in the Wassana oil field, offshore Thailand. Thai drilling campaign map. From KrisEnergy. Rayrai-1 intersected about…
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