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Kosmos makes Morocco play-opener

Mar 02, 2015

Kosmos Energy is to plug and abandon its CB-1 well in the Cap Boujdour permit area offshore Morocco after gas and condensate was found – but not in commercial quantities. Despite the non-commerciality of the well, Kosmos CEO Andrew Inglis says the results are positive…

Consent awarded for world's largest wind farm

Feb 18, 2015

Consent has been awarded for what will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world, offshore the UK. The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck development, to be operated by the Forewind consortium, is to be created out of two wind 1.2GW farms, each with 200 wind turbines…

Rig operators look for silver lining

Feb 26, 2015

Offshore drilling rig operators have put a positive spin on the tough market conditions, suggesting that the downturn could improve the global fleet and offer opportunities to buy distressed assets.  Seadrill CEO and President Per Wullf said while…

Allseas grabs Johan Sverdrup gig

Feb 27, 2015

Dutch contractor Allseas last night (26 February) signed a contract with Norway's Statoil for the installation of three platforms on the giant Johan Sverdrup development in single lifts using the newly renamed mega-vessel Pioneering Spirit…

Minor oil discovery at Romeo

Feb 13, 2015

Statoil Petroleum has made a minor oil discovery at the Romeo prospect in production license 146 in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea. The Romeo well 2/4-22 S was drilled about 20km north of the Ekofisk field and 2.3km northeast of the 2/4-21 discovery…

Aibel snatches Johan Sverdrup contract

Feb 24, 2015

Statoil and its Johan Sverdrup partners awarded Aibel a US$1 billion contract for the engineering, procurement and construction for the deck of the drilling platform on the Johan Sverdrup field.  Johan Sverdrup field…

TenneT takes delivery of HelWin1, BorWin2

Feb 10, 2015

The Prysmian Group and Siemens consortia completed and delivered the BorWin2 and HelWin1 projects to TenneT in the North Sea. Prysmian Group Cableship Giulio Verne operating by the HelWin converters platforms…

DONG acquires full ownership of Hornsea Project One

Feb 04, 2015

DONG Energy has acquired the remaining 66.66% ownership interest in the UK offshore wind development Hornsea Project One from its joint venture partner SMart Wind. DONG Energy entered into the joint venture with SMart Wind in December 2011…

Goliat en-route to Barents Sea

Feb 10, 2015

Eni's Goliat cyclindrical floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform, built in South Korea and now destined for the Barents Sea, has finally been loaded ready for transport to Norway. The 107m-diameter Goliat platform…

Johan Sverdrup plan submitted

Feb 13, 2015

Statoil and its partners have submitted their development plan for the largest oil field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) since the 1980s – a project tipped to have “ripple effects” through the whole Norwegian economy for years to come…

Tristein, Aqualis merge

Feb 04, 2015

Aqualis ASA and  Tristein AS have merged into Aqualis Offshore AS. Aqualis ASA acquired Norwegian company Tristein AS in April 2014. Tristein has since operated as a stand-alone entity as part of the Aqualis Group. Now the company is…

Energy Recovery and Zaptec

Feb 02, 2015

A number of organizations have been looking at ways to reduce energy use and emissions offshore. Sintef has been working on a waste heat recovery project, focusing on gas compressors, with research involving operators and equipment vendors…

Talisman UK CEO joins private equity firm

Feb 02, 2015

Private equity group Epi-V has taken on Talisman Sinopec Energy UK CEO Geoff Holmes to lead its FourPhase portfolio company CEO as it looks to grow its global portfolio. it has also taken on Expro director Tony Kitchener, as Chairman…

Damen delivers Fugro drillship winches

Jan 29, 2015

Damen Maaskant Shipyards, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has delivered two dedicated offshore winches to survey and geotechnical services firm Fugro. The Dutch shipyard was responsible for the design, engineering and manufacturing of…

Santos completes 2D off Bangladesh

Jan 22, 2015

The Binh Minh 2 vessel completed a 3146km 2D seismic acquisition program in the Santos-operated SS-11 block, offshore Bangladesh. Block SS-11 covers an area of 4475sq km in the Bay of Bengal over the Bengal Fan. The majority of the block lies in shallow waters of up to 200m…

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