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Eni tests AUV technology

Oct 31, 2013

Eni Norge is testing an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed to carry out subsea environmental monitoring along predetermined tracks. The project is part of investment by Eni Norge in research and development linked to new and improved techniques for monitoring the marine environment…

Eni Norge opens Hammerfest office

Oct 31, 2013

Eni Norge has opened a new operations center in Hammerfest as part of its expansion in northern Norway and the Barents Sea.  Eni has been active in the region since the start of the 1990s and is developing the Goliat oil field - the first oil field to be developed in the Barents Sea…

Statoil divests to OMV

Oct 31, 2013

Statoil has completed an agreement with the Austrian oil and gas company OMV to divest shares in Gullfaks and Gudrun on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and exit Schiehallion and Rosebank fields West of Shetland. Statoil is reducing its…

MacGregor buys mooring business

Oct 31, 2013

Cargotec's MacGregor has entered into an agreement to acquire Aker Solutions' mooring and loading systems unit for an enterprise value of  approximately EUR180 million.  The unit, known by the Pusnes brand name, provides mooring equipment…

Ulstein marks 100th design

Oct 31, 2013

Ulstein has been awarded a ship design contract from Vroon Offshore Services, taking the total number of offshore ship designs it has sold in 14 years to more than 100. Of the designs sold, 74 were for Ulstein's X–BOW design, launched in 2005…

US$1.23bn TEN contracts awarded

Oct 31, 2013

Tullow Ghana Limited has awarded two contracts for work on the TEN project worth about US$1.23 billion.  The contracts will be shared between Technip and Subsea 7, who are working as part of a consortium on the project. The TEN project is in the Deepwater Tano contract area…

Kvaerner in Moscow move

Oct 30, 2013

Norwegian engineering and construction firm Kvaerner has opened an office in Moscow to position itself for future arctic construction projects. Kvaerner's office in Moscow is being led by Andrey Plotnikov, with a staff of 10 people currently focusing on business development activities…

3D trio for Dolphin Geophysical

Oct 30, 2013

Dolphin Geophysical has been awarded three new 3D seismic contracts with undisclosed clients.  Two of the contracts will be for 3D campaigns in Mediterranean waters, starting immediately.  The third contract is a 3D seismic contract over an existing producing field in the North Sea…

Petrobras to use Subsea 7 ROVs

Oct 30, 2013

Subsea 7 SA's i-Tech division has been awarded a contract by Petrobras worth about US$60 million. The contract is for the provision of ROV’s and underwater positioning services on board the platform supply vessel (PSV) Far Saga, operating offshore Brazil…

OPC wins Statoil frame agreement

Oct 29, 2013

A framework agreement to supply drilling, wells and petroleum technology resources has been awarded to OPC by Statoil ASA. Starting in January 2014, the five year contract runs until 2018, and has options to extend until 2023. The…

Dry Barents Sea well for OMV

Oct 29, 2013

A wildcat well drilled 5km northwest of the recent Wisting Central oil discovery in the Barents Sea has been classified as dry, says the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.  The latest well, 7324/7-1 S, known as Wisting Alternative, is in production…

Pemex job for Oleg Strashnov

Oct 29, 2013

Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has won a contract with Permaducto SA de CV for an offshore installation project in Mexico.  Under the contract, SHL will execute work offshore Mexico in a joined offshore program for Pemex’s KuMaZa/Cantarell project…

New era for Ekofisk

Oct 29, 2013

First oil on the Ekofisk South project in the Norwegian part of the North Sea has started. The project will increase oil recovery in the Ekofisk field, located in the PL 018 licence and operated by ConocoPhillips. Production capacity at Ekofisk South is 70…

Snorre C: Statoil recommends new platform

Oct 28, 2013

Statoil recommends building a new drilling and processing platform on the Snorre field in the North Sea to maximize extraction of remaining reserves. Together with Petoro AS and the other license partners, Statoil says it has worked hard…

Aker Arctic and Navis join forces

Oct 25, 2013

Finnish firms Navis Engineering Oy and Aker Arctic Technology Inc have signed a scientific and technical co-operation agreement covering the joint development of technology for dynamic positioning (DP) systems for icebreakers and ice-class vessels…

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