Petroleum and energy minister Tord Lien opened the Valemon gas and condensate field in the North Sea on 16 April. Expected recoverable reserves from the field are 192 MMboe. Valemon ribbon cutting…
Norway's Kongsberg Maritime and UK technology ABT Oil and Gas (ABTOG) (50% owned by Enegi Oil) have signed a collaboration agreement to work together on a proof of concept to demonstrate the effectiveness of normally unattended operations of facilities for the development of marginal fields…
Nautronix's NASNet array in Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen field is now fully operational and awaiting first field construction, the UK-based firm said. Last year, Nautronix secured an order with Subsea 7 to supply 16 NASNet stations along…
Germany's Wintershall is stepping up its activities in the southern North Sea, the company has announced. In addition to an extensive drilling campaign in the Netherlands, the UK and Denmark, the company intends to take its natural gas and crude oil discoveries into the production phase swiftly…
EnQuest awarded Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) a five-year contract to provide engineering, design, construction, procurement and commissioning services to the Thistle, Heather and Northern Producer offshore assets in the North Sea. The contract…
Dana Petroleum awarded Technip a brownfield subsea contract for the Triton floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the central North Sea. Image from Dana Petroleum. This…
In this video, Lundin Petroleum shows the loading of the 16,000-tonne of steel and equipment comprised of both the main deck module and the process module for the Edvard Grieg platform onto barges, that occurred in the last days of March 2015…
The 22,000-tonne topside for the new offshore platform for the Lundin Norway-operated Edvard Grieg field is ready for delivery, in line with the contract awarded three years ago. Image of the Edvard Grieg project…
Netherlands headquartered subsea services firm DeepOcean has been awarded the riser installation contract for the Kristin and Heidrun platforms by Statoil. The modification of the two platforms is required in preparation of a possible…
Norway-based seismic services firm TGS has signed a letter of award (LOA) with Polarcus DMCC to acquire 3000sq km of 3D seismic data offshore Norway with a potential extension of up to a total of 7000sq km. The activity is expected to…
French supermajor Total is assessing development options for a new small gas discovery made in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The estimated 3-10 MMboe recoverable gas discovery was in exploration well 25/6-5 S, called Skirne East by Total and Shango by partner Faroe Petroleum…
German multinational Siemens and Norwegian operator Statoil have jointly developed and qualified a subsea hydraulic power unit (SHPU) for use in offshore oil and gas fields in order to provide hydraulic power right at the well site. The…
In 4Q 2014, Aberdeen-based Return To Scene, a subsidiary of SeaEnergy, completed project delivery of its first contract with Pemex. Capturing the Ku-S platform. Photo from Return2Scene. The…
Canada-based, North Sea-focused independent Iona Energy says production from the E.ON-operated Huntington field is due to return to normal operations as gas export rate restrictions are lifted. The Huntington field, produced via the Voyageur Spirit FPSO…
Trials of a new subsea dredging system, able to move 1-tonne of rocks on the seabed per minute, have exceeded expectations in testing. The Predator Subsea Dredger, a new concept, underwent a number of trials while fitted to the Triton…
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