Global Maritime, a provider of marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services to the offshore sector, has appointed Egil Kvannli as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Kvannli, who will take up the role with immediate effect…
Norwegian cylindrical floating production unit designer Sevan Marine won a long-term framework agreement with US supermajor ExxonMobil. Sevan Marine has been working with ExxonMobil since 2015, when it was given a feasibility study to…
Dana Petroleum's long delayed Western Isles cylindical floating production unit (FPSO) is finally set to start its journey to Europe in coming days, says designer Sevan Marine. The unit is being built at COSCO's yard in China and will…
OMV's Norway VP said the Wisting discovery in the Norwegian Barents Sea could contain more than 1 billion boe in place. Image of Eni's Goliat FPSO in the Barents Sea. David Latin stated the figure at an energy conference…
Sevan Drilling and Cosco have agreed to exercise the third six-month option to extend the deferral agreement of the Sevan Developer cylindrical drilling rig to 15 April 2017, delaying the unit an additional six months. The final delivery instalment has been amended to US$499…
Sevan Marine CEO Carl Lieungh will step down from the company, effective 1 January 2017. The company's board of directors has appointed current CFO, Reese McNeel, as the new CEO. He will carry out both functions in parallel, the firm said in a statement today (10 October)…
Statoil and Tullow Norge have entered an agreement for Statoil to increase its equity in four licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), which includes the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea. The deal includes Tullow transferring…
Norwegian floating production firm Sevan Marine has been awarded a study to evaluate use of its cylindrical hull design for use on the Wisting field, the northernmost oil discovery offshore Norway. OMV is screening various floating alternatives…
Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine will acquire 50% interest in Norwegian process design and engineering group KANFA Aragon, from Sevan Marine in a US$2.3 million (NOK 20 million) deal. Image from Kanfa Group…
Bermuda listed Seadrill, and Norwegian drillers Odfjell and Sevan Drilling reported their Q1 results this morning. Intense focus on cost cutting and efficiency have helped all three, as it had with the likes of Ensco and Transocean,…
Under a program organized by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), Doris Inc., the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) at Texas A&M University, and Sevan Marine have carried out further research and model scale…
Model testing of Norwegian ship designer Sevan Marine's cylindrical hull concept for use in the Gulf of Mexico's ultra deepwaters has shown positive results, the firm has reported. The hull design has been tested at the Offshore Technology…
Norway's Sevan Marine is to do further work around a possible floating LNG (FLNG) development using its cylindrical vessel concept for a US oil major. The work follows a paid FLNG feasibility study for the use of the Sevan cylindrical hull for a specific FLNG development…
Sevan Drilling and Cosco have agreed to defer delivery of the new-build Sevan Developer cylindrical drilling rig for another six months. The deepwater unit is being built by Cosco, but has faced construction delays. Meanwhile, Sevan has seen a slowdown in contract awards for deepwater units…
Petrobras has agreed an early terminatation on its contract for Sevan Drilling's cylindrical drilling rig, the Sevan Driller. The two firms also agreed to reduce rates on a second Sevan drilling rig, the Sevan Brasil, also on contract to Petrobras…
Subscribe
