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Kvaerner/KBR join forces for Johan Sverdrup

Aug 15, 2014

Kvaerner and KBR are setting up a joint venture to competitively bid on offshore platform topsides contracts for the Johan Sverdrup field development offshore Norway. The Johan Sverdrup field is one of Norway's largest offshore oil and gas fields…

Oil & Gas UK announces vice co-chairman

Aug 14, 2014

Adrian Rose is Oil & Gas UK’s new contractor vice chairman. Rose, currently Transocean Ltd. vice president – Europe,will represent the contractor community. He joins Glen Cayley, upstream director, Shell UK Ltd., who was appointed as…

MPI Adventure hired for Sandbank offshore wind farm

Aug 14, 2014

MPI Offshore, based in Stokesley, UK, and part of the Netherlands-based Vroon Group, announced that its vessel MPI Adventure and its services will be employed on the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm project. The company will perform the…

3D seismic starts on Spanish Point South

Aug 14, 2014

3D seismic surveying operations have commenced on Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 1/14 (Spanish Point South) in the northern Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. The license, operated by Cairn Energy subsidiary Capricon Ireland, is in 300-650m water depth…

Permanent Siri repair close

Aug 14, 2014

Production from the entire Siri area offshore Denmark is hoped to resume in Q3 on finalization of permanent  structural repair to the Siri platform (right).  Noreco, a partner in the Cecile License, which relies on Siri for offtake, said…

Divestment option for Northern Producer

Aug 14, 2014

Houston based drilling and floating production firm Northern Offshore is still considering options for its sole floating production platform (FPF), including divestment, as operator EnQuest eyes additional tie-ins to the unit. The semisubmersible…

Fastnet agrees terms with Petrobras

Aug 14, 2014

UK independent Fastnet Oil and Gas agreed an amended exclusive option agreement with Petrobras subsidiary PSE Kinsale Energy in relation to the Deep Kinsale prospect, offshore Ireland. The Deep Kinsale prospect extends from 4000ft subsea…

Repsol clear to drill off Canary Islands

Aug 13, 2014

Spain's Repsol could start drilling offshore the Canary Islands this year after the Spanish government gave the firm the go-ahead. The government's Industry Ministry approved drilling plans by Repsol in a resolution dated 11 August and published today (13 August) in the Official Bulletin…

Subsea 7 AIV completes trials

Aug 13, 2014

Subsea 7’s Autonomous Inspection Vehicle (AIV) has successfully completed its first test mission in the UK North Sea for Shell, the firm announced today (13 August).   A series of field trials were undertaken from Subsea 7 vessel the…

Alma/Galia start-up delayed

Aug 13, 2014

First oil from EnQuest’s Alma/Galia development in the North Sea is now not expected until next year, the firm said today (August 13).  First production from the field, due to be developed using the EnQuest Producer floating production…

Kongsberg wins Johan Castberg FEED

Aug 13, 2014

Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies has been awarded a contract for delivery of an extended concept study and pre-front end engineering design (FEED) on infield flowline and riser systems for the Statoil-operated Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea…

Maersk Supply orders up to 6 supply vessels

Aug 13, 2014

COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., a subsidiary of COSCO Corporation's 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co., has secured contracts worth more than US$470 million, excluding owner-furnished equipment, from Maersk Supply Service (part of the A…

Boskalis JV wins wind work

Aug 13, 2014

VSMC, a cable-laying joint venture between Royal Boskalis Westminster and VolkerWessels, has been awarded a contract by Sandbank Offshore Windfarm (a joint venture between Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München). The scope of work includes cable supply…

Keel laid at Barreras for Pemex flotel vessel

Aug 13, 2014

Last week, workers at the Hijos de J. Barreras SA shipyard (Astillero Barreras) in Vigo, northwest Spain, laid the keel for a new floating accommodation vessel for Pemex Exploration and Production. The Barreras shipyard was founded in the Galicia region in 1892…

Solan tank arrives at Lerwick Harbour

Aug 12, 2014

This video shows Lerwick Harbour receiving the 10,000-tonne subsea oil storage tank for Premier’s Solan oil field development located 90km west of Shetland. The tank was delivered to the port on 26 July from the construction…

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