Statoil has awarded Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the unmanned wellhead platform at Oseberg Vestflanken 2, as well as the transport and installation of the platform…
Norwegian giant Statoil handed out several contracts worth more than US$185 million (NOK 1.6 billion)for its Oseberg Vestflanken 2, Johan Sverdrup, and Ging Krog fields offshore Norway. CEO Steinar Riise is signing the contract for Ocean Installer…
Statoil and its partners have submitted a plan for Norway's first unmanned platform to develop three oil and gas fields under its North Sea Oseberg Vestflanken 2 project. The development, targeting the Alpha, Gamma and Kappa oil and gas fields…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate wants unmanned wellhead platforms to be considered more often as an alternative to subsea tie-back in connection with development decisions. Image: The unmanned…
A new study led by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate will look into the benefits and disadvantages of wellhead platforms in a bid to push industry to consider alternatives to subsea tie-backs. The idea is one Norway's Statoil has been considering for sometime…
Mexican state owned company Pemex this morning announced it had evacuated the Sihil-A platform in the Bay of Campache, offshore Mexico, in the latest of a string of incidents offshore Mexico this year. The firm said the measure was taken…
Heerema Zwijndrecht, one of the yards of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), has secured a contract from Oranje-Nassau Energie for the procurement and construction of a topside and jacket. It concerns an unmanned and sustainable satellite platform for the P11-E field…
A fire aboard Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) unmanned Akal-H platform was quickly put out on Monday (22 June) in the Bay of Campeche. The Akal-H platform. From Pemex Flickr. Four…
Wintershall’s unmanned mini-platform L6-B started the production of natural gas off the Dutch North Sea coast in a restricted military zone. The L6-B unmanned platform. From Wintershall…
Norwegian classification and verification outfit DNV GL unveiled an unmanned floating LNG concept, which it thinks could unlock the potential of remote offshore gas fields. DNV GL's Solitude concept…
Statoil is eying further opportunities in the Oseberg area after bringing its tenth fast-track portfolio project, the 77 MMboe recoverable Oseberg Delta 2, onstream. Oseberg Delta 2 is a two-template, 14km-long subsea tieback from the Delta terrace to the Oseberg Field Centre…
Statoil is considering using an unmanned wellhead platform - instead of a subsea development - for a planned extension of the Oseberg field development. Illustration of unmanned wellhead platform. From Statoil…
The Statoil-operated, NOK 22.6 billion Valemon high-pressure, high-temperature, gas and condensate development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea started first production yesterday (3 January). The Valemon field, containing an estimated 192 MMboe recoverable reserves…
Brian Wynne has been named president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), succeeding the retiring Michael Toscano on 12 January 2015. Incoming AUVSI CEO & President…
The US Coast Guard announced that the first launch and landing of an unmanned aircraft system from an icebreaker occurred on the flight deck of the USCGC Healy on 18 August in Arctic waters. The aircraft is being evaluated to determine…
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