North Sea News

 

OGA awards contracts to Schlumberger and DownUnder Geosolutions

Aug 31, 2016

The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded two contracts worth more than £2.5 million to Schlumberger WesternGeco and DownUnder Geosolutions (DUG), in collaboration with Geopartners, to supply around 15,000km of reprocessed multi-client…

Discovery for Det norske on Langfjellet

Aug 31, 2016

Norway's Det norske oljeselskap has made a 24-74 MMboe oil discovery on exploration well 25/2-18 S on the Langfjellet prospect in license 442 the Norwegian North Sea. The well encountered a gross oil column of 109m in the Vestland Group…

Wood Group inks DONG frame agreement

Aug 30, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by DONG Energy, to support the firm's oil and gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves.  Front end development, maintenance and modifications…

Ithaca's FPF-1 on location

Aug 30, 2016

Ithaca Energy’s FPF-1 floating production facility (FPU) is now on location on the Stella field in the UK North Sea, according to partner Petrofac. Illustration of the Greater Stella Area, from Ithaca…

Shell completes Ormen Lange subsea compression pilot testing

Aug 30, 2016

Oil major Shell has completed system testing of the Ormen Lange subsea compression pilot in Norway, technology provider GE Oil & Gas has said.  GE says it is the world’s first subsea gas compression system with a full subsea power supply…

Statoil gets early start at Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen

Aug 30, 2016

Statoil has gotten a four-month early start at its Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) field, which was scheduled for start-up on 24 December. The project has worked faster and now the field is onstream – at lower costs than planned, the company said…

ONS: 2017 the time to FID, suggests Wood Mack

Aug 29, 2016

Some US$50 billion has been dropped from the Norwegian oil and gas investment hopper from 2014 up to 2020, according to figures presented at the ONS exhibition and conference in Stavanger today. The fall, amid a $1 trillion drop in global spending in the same period…

Wood Group inks Utgard tieback work

Aug 29, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded the detailed design scope of the subsea tie-back from the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Sleipner facilities, in the Norwegian North Sea. The three-year, US$1million workscope is the first call off…

Video: Statoil ups Sverdrup value, cuts costs

Aug 29, 2016

Statoil has reduced the cost of its massive Johan Sverdrup develop even further, to reach a full field break even cost of US$30/bbl, the Norwegian oil major revealed this morning.  Drilling operations at Johan Sverdrup…

Keppel to deliver Bumi's Armada Kraken

Aug 29, 2016

Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine is on track to deliver the Armada Kraken floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Bumi Armada, marking the Malaysian oilfield service company's entry into the North Sea. The Armada Kraken…

NorSea inks Johan Sverdrup pipe work

Aug 26, 2016

The NorSea Group (NSG) has signed a US$9.8 million (NOK 80 million) contract with Statoil for intermediate storage of the Johan Sverdrup export pipelines. The contract involves receipt of over 36,000 pipe sections, 36in and 18in in diameter…

Antrim seeks to wind up

Aug 26, 2016

Canadian-based, North Sea and Ireland focused explorer Antrim Energy is seeking to wind up.  At its annual and special meeting on Tuesday (30 August), the firm will consider approval to voluntarily dissolve the corporation, delist from…

Brent Delta given lighthouse mode

Aug 26, 2016

Navigational aids specialist Pharos Marine Sims Systems has completed the design, manufacture and installation of a bespoke solar navigation aid system for Shell's Brent Delta platform in the North Sea. The Great Yarmouth-based firm completed…

Record well depth achieved off Norway, on uHPHT well

Aug 25, 2016

Maersk Drilling's Maersk Gallant jackup drilling rig has beaten the record for drilling the deepest well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The well, which reached a total depth of 5941m on 31 July, was on Total's Solaris ultra-high-pressure…

Statoil starts production from Fram C East

Aug 24, 2016

Statoil started production from the subsea Fram C East satellite offshore Norway, which will help boost the nearby Troll C’s production and activities. Subsea template at Fram. Images from Statoil. The…

Current News

Namibia will not recognise TotalEnergies and Petrobras due to non-compliance with procedure

Namibia will not recognise Tot

Venterra Company, CAPE Holland, Awarded Contract for Fengmiao Offshore Wind Farm

Venterra Company, CAPE Holland

Bae Systems Launches Incubator Program to Propel Technologies Beyond Defense

Bae Systems Launches Incubator

DOF Group ASA Contract Award for Well Intervention Services in North America

DOF Group ASA Contract Award f

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News

 
Offshore Engineer Magazine