Mediterranean Oil & Gas (MOG) has agreed to join Cairn Energy in its offshore Malta exploration efforts. MOG will, subject to regulatory approval, take a 40% stake in Cairn subsidiary Transunion Petroleum in offshore areas Malta Area 3 - Blocks 1…
Keppel FELS has delivered its first KFELS Super A Class jackup rig to Discovery Offshore for use in the North Sea. Named Discovery Triumph, the first KFELS Super A Class jackup was delivered 46 days ahead of schedule and with a perfect safety record…
Subsea 7 officially opened its Global Pipeline Welding Development Centre (GPWDC), the result of a £10million in its operations base at Clydebank, Glasgow. The center is to develop welding technology for deployment globally and follows…
Edinburgh-based WFS Technologies and Stork Technical Services have unveiled a new subsea wireless cathodic protection monitoring system for the offshore industry. The Seatooth Smart CP, which the firms say is the world’s first subsea wireless cathodic protection monitoring system…
Subsea 7 has been picked to carry out engineering, procurement, installation and construction work on Statoil's UK North Sea heavy oil Mariner field. The work, worth about $170million, will cover 39km of rigid flowlines and flexible riser systems…
ABB has been picked to supply the power and propulsion systems for a new deepwater pipelay vessel. The vessel, tentatively named Derrick Lay Vessel 2000 (DLV2000), will be constructed at Keppel Singmarine in Singapore and delivered in 2015 to Hydro Marine Services…
Craig Group has launched its latest platform supply vessel (PSV), the Grampian Sceptre, from the Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain. Along with its sister vessel, the Grampian Sovereign, it is the largest built by Craig Group. Both…
Teekay Offshore Partners is to provide a floating storage and offloading tanker to Statoil for use on the Gina Krog field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The vessel will be a new unit, to be converted from the 1995-built shuttle tanker…
Vroon Offshore has announced the launch in China of the VOS Fabulous - the first of 10 new vessels being added to its fleet. The VOS Fabulous is a 50m ERRV (emergency response and rescue vessel) and has been built at Nanjing East Star Shipyard…
A new satellite platform built in the north east of England is due to float out of its yard tonight (May 29) to be installed 177km off Aberdeen. The 6338ton Forties Alpha satellite platform (FASP) topsides is part of a £400million project…
Just under two and a half years after coming off station in a storm, Maersk Oil's Gryphon Alpha FPSO has been brought back on production. The vessel, stationed about 280km north east of Aberdeen in the North Sea, has undergone a major overhaul in dry dock…
UK oil and gas exploration firm EnQuest is to become a North African player after farming in to fields in the Gulf of Gabes offshore Tunisia. The move involves EnQuest taking a 70% stake and operatorship of the Didon and Zarat fields from Swedish oil and gas company PA Resources…
Scottish oilfield services provider Glacier Energy Services installed Mark Derry as head of its newly created offshore division. Derry joins the group from Ashtead Technology where he was COO of its offshore brand. He previously held positions with SBS Marine…
Wärtsilä announced it has selected Marco Wirén to serve as its CFO and executive vice president, effective August 2013. Wirén will replace Raimo Lind, who is retiring. Wirén currently serves as executive vice president and CFO of Swedish steel manufacturing firm SSAB…
Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum named Reidar Hustoft its new managing director for Norway, effective February 1, replacing outgoing MD John M. Dahlen. Hustoft, who has 30 years experience in the North Sea, previously served as head of Dana’s Netherlands business…