Saipem awarded FES International a US$2 million contract to supply bend stiffener connectors (BSCs) for the Egina project. The BSCs will be used by global energy company, Total, at its third deep offshore development off the coast of Nigeria…
Total E&P UK has awarded Technip an additional scope for the parallel development of the Glenlivet field close to the Edradour subsea development, about 75km northwest of Shetlands in the UK North Sea. The Glenlivet scope includes: fabrication and installation of 12in…
Farstad Shipping ASA signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Technip regarding utilization of the subsea vessel Far tbn Sleipner. The agreement is to secure the vessel for a period of 11 months, divided into two fixed periods. Including mobilization and demobilization…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway is investigating a man-overboard incident from the Scarabeo 8 ultra deepwater semisubmersible on the Eni-operated Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Image from Saipem…
BP and Maersk Training singed a five-year contract that will offer advanced training programs for BP’s offshore drilling teams to be based in Houston, Texas. Maersk Training facility at Svendborg. From Maersk Training…
Tullow Ghana awarded DeepOcean Ghana a contract to provide the services of a multi purpose construction vessel (MPV) offshore Ghana. DeepOcean will provide the inspection, survey and subsea construction on the Tullow operated deepwater Jubilee and TEN fields…
Teekay Offshore provides a look at their newest first floating accommodation vessel, the Arendal Spirit, during its sea trials. Teekay took delivery of the vessel from Cosco's Nantong yard just this week. The Arendal Spirit is…
Teekay Offshore Partners has taken delivery of its first floating accommodation vessel, the Arendal Spirit, from Cosco's Nantong yard. The unit, a Sevan Marine cylindrical design, has accommodation for 500 people. A further two vessels are on order…
HB Rentals completed the installation of an end-to-end package for BHP Billiton, consisting of offshore accommodation modules and operating essentials for water, sewage, power and lighting. The BHP Billiton project is in the Angostura field…
Lundin Petroleum began drilling the 16/1-24 exploration well at the Gemini prospect, just southwest of the Edvard Grieg field. The Island Innovator, from Island Drilling. The well is located in Block 16/1…
Westcon Yards won a contract to conduct a special periodic survey (SPS) and inspection on the Transocean Leader semisubmersible. The Transocean Leader. From Transocean. The company said the original plan was for the rig to arrive in March…
Boskalis announced that the Dockwise vessel White Marlin was named and christened during a festive ceremony in Guangzhou, China. Following the ceremony, the semisubmersible heavy transport vessel will be mobilized to Singapore for its maiden…
Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin addressed the International Petroleum (IP) Week forum in London, stating that the oil markets are in a fairly acute crisis. Image from Rosneft. “In the second half of 2014 there was a drop in oil prices…
With the discovery of deepwater pre-salt reservoirs offshore Brazil, national operator Petrobras began complex drilling operations to uncork the massive hydrocarbon reserves under these salt layers, which acted as seals, preventing the oil and gas from escaping…
Inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) specialists N-Sea has launched its third diving support daughter craft. The Edradour represents a £1.5 million investment for the company and will be immediately used in its IMR operations across the North Sea…