Norwegian Ministry of Defense approves sale of Olavsvern naval base outside Tromsø.Location of Olavsvern naval baseThe sale is to the investor group Triko AS which includes Odfjell Drilling, PSW Rig Service, and in cooperation with Petro Support Group…
In February 2013, Siemens was awarded an order by Germany's wpd group to supply and install 80 wind turbines for the Butendiek offshore wind power plant off Germany's North Sea coast. When it comes online in 2015, the wind power plant's total…
Centrica Energy has started production on its southern North Sea York gas field.The York Platform (Image: Centrica)The field, 100% owned by Centrica Energy Upstream, is being produced by a normally unmanned installation and is expected to produce about 120mmscf/d of gas at its peak…
Technip announces that it has signed two agreements with State Corporation Russian Technologies (Rostec) during the official meeting between François Hollande, President of the French Republic, and Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation…
North Energy has today entered into a four-year collaboration agreement with (TGS) concerning the purchase of seismic data and services. This represents a natural progression from an earlier collaboration agreement with Rex Oil & Gas (Rex) on…
North Sea independent exploration firm Ithaca Energy has agreed a deal to buy fellow London AIM-listed explorer Valiant Petroleum.Ithaca said the deal, which values Valiant at about $309million, would establish it as “a leading mid cap North…
News from the North Sea from Bridge Energy, Faroe Petroleum, Lundin Petroleum and E.ON.Transocean Arctic will drill the Amol prospect (Image: Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway)Bridge EnergyJunior North Sea explorer Bridge Energy has said…
Repsol said its upstream unit was becoming its growth engine after posting a 56% growth in operating income to €2.208 billion compared to a 6.1% drop in the firm’s overall net income.The firm said the increase in upstream business “demonstrated…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD’s) mapping of the southeastern Barents Sea and the area surrounding Jan Mayen will result in an approximate increase of 15% in the estimates of undiscovered resources on the Norwegian shelf.This…
Bremerhaven, 15 February 2013. Current measurements of the ESA ice thickness satellite CryoSat-2 have shown that the total mass of the Arctic sea ice was 36% smaller last autumn than during the same period in the years 2003 to 2008. Five years ago…
Investment in North Sea oil and gas production has been predicted to top a 30 year high - but cost per barrel has risen five-fold in the past decade, according to analysis by the industry.Malcolm Webb, chief executive of Oil & Gas UKOil & Gas UK…
Norwegian energy company Statoil signed Framework Agreements with MAN Diesel & Turbo Switzerland for the supply of new turbomachinery equipment and maintenance services. The duration was set for five years with options to prolong the contracts…
WorleyParsons agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Bergen Group Rosenberg AS for a cash consideration of NOK 1 billion (including more than NOK 200 million of acquired cash). Norwegian-listed Rosenberg is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bergen Group ASA…
EMAS Group, part of Ezra Holdings Ltd., won Shipowner of the Year at the 7th Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference and Awards ceremony in London on 19 February 2013.EMAS founder Lee Kian Soo (Image: Ezra Holdings Ltd.)In addition to Shipowner of the Year…
Ole Sanne and Jim Dåtland appointed CCO, CFOFrom the left: Ole Sanne, Håvard Strand, Kristian Korsbø, Steinar Riise, Odd-Arne Kleveland (Image: Ocean Installer)Ocean Installer announced it will appoint current CFO Ole Sanne to the newly established role Chief Commercial Officer…