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IKM inks Goliat service contract

Mar 06, 2015

IKM Elektro and ENI Norge have signed a service contract for overhaul and repair of electric motors, generators and heaters on Goliat platform in the Barents Sea.   The three-year contract has an option of 2+2 years and will be performed as an integrated operations project…

Brakes put on Johan Castberg and Snorre projects

Mar 06, 2015

The Barents Sea Johan Castberg development has been delayed yet again and the Snorre 2040 project pushed back as Statoil and its partners look to make further cost reductions on the projects. Statoil is also working with operators to develop a Barents Sea region infrastructure proposal…

Restart hits snag at Haewene Brim

Mar 06, 2015

The Haewene Brim floating production (FPSO) facliity in the UK North Sea has resumed production after being shut-in just months after starting production following an overhaul.  The Haewene Brim, which is operated by Bluewater on behalf of Shell…

Premier starts 2015 Falklands campaign

Mar 06, 2015

Premier Oil spudded its first 2015 Falklands drilling campaign well, 14/15-5, using the Eirik Raude semisubmersible drilling rig on the Zebedee prospect on 6 March. The well, on license PL004b, will test a total of seven stacked fan bodies…

Shell takes delivery of LNG powered supply vessel

Mar 05, 2015

Shell took delivery of an offshore supply vessel for its deepwater operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), from Harvey Gulf International Marine.  The Harvey Energy is 302 ft. and operates on three dual-fuel Wärtsilä engines.  It will…

Honeywell gets third HLJOC Vietnam contract

Mar 05, 2015

Hoang Long Joint Operating Co. (HLJOC) has selected Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) to handle critical project management and engineering for the TGT-H5 wellhead platform that will tap energy reserves off the coast of Vietnam. Image from HLJOC…

Maersk using Ampelmann MCG

Mar 05, 2015

Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd. (MOUK) awarded Ampelmann a contract to use its motion compensation gangways (MCG). MOUK will use the Ampelmann system for a shutdown campaign in the UK sector of the central North Sea to extend the weather window and increase workability and efficiency…

ACCC good with Woodside, Apache deal

Mar 05, 2015

Woodside Petroleum's proposed acquisition of Houston-based Apache's interests in the Wheatstone, Balnaves and Kitimat projects are moving forward after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that it will not oppose the deal…

Polarcus gets 3D seismic off Egypt

Mar 05, 2015

Polarcus won a contract from an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project offshore Egypt using Polarcus' RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The project will begin 1Q 2015 and is expected to run for about 50 days.

Transocean incident under investigation

Mar 05, 2015

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority has launched an investigation into an incident on Transocean Barents on 4 March when a roughneck suffered crush injuries. The injured drill floor worker was on the monkey board, about 10-12m in the derrick…

Seychelles targets assessed by WHL/Ophir

Mar 05, 2015

Australian energy company WHL Energy has outlined 'substantial opportunities' offshore the Seychelles following interpretation of a preliminary PreSTM volume of the Junon 3D seismic survey. WHL, which is a partner with operator Ophir Energy offshore the Seychelles…

VAALCO spuds Angola probe

Mar 05, 2015

VAALCO Energy has spudded the post-salt Kindele-1 well, its first exploration well on Block 5 offshore Angola using Transocean's Celtic Sea semisubmersible drilling rig. The well will be drilled to a planned total depth of 2250m in about 100m water depth…

Lamprell delivers India-bound jackup

Mar 05, 2015

Dubai-based fabrication and engineering firm Lamprell has delivered the jackup drilling rig Greatdrill Chaaru to Greatship Global Energy Services within budget and ahead of schedule. Construction of the rig was undertaken on a fast-track…

ShawCor completes Dhatec acquisition

Mar 04, 2015

ShawCor Ltd.(SCL) completed the acquisition of Dhatec B.V. for an undisclosed amount.  “The acquisition of Dhatec will complement our pipeline performance strategy of combining pipe coating products and services into innovative solutions…

BOEM reveals August lease sale details

Mar 04, 2015

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper announced the bureau will offer more than 21 million acres offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development in a lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area…

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