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Wintershall Dea Installs Nova Field Risers

Sep 03, 2020

Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has completed the installation of the risers for the Nova field development in the Norwegian North Sea, with development drilling set to follow.The Nova field is being developed as a subsea tie-back, connecting two templates to Neptune Energy's Gjøa platform…

Photo: Ocean Kinetics Lifts Buchan Alpha Pontoons

Sep 03, 2020

Ocean Kinetics has completed the lifting of the pontoons of the Buchan Alpha platform as part of the decommissioning program of the platform that ceased production in 2017.After some 36 years in production in the North Sea, and almost 150mm barrels of oil…

Mexico: Pemex, Hokchi in Talks Over Shared Offshore Reservoir

Sep 03, 2020

Mexican national oil company Pemex and Hokchi Energy have begun the first stage of unitization negotiations over a possible offshore shared reservoir in the southern Gulf of Mexico, Mexico's energy ministry told Reuters on Wednesday.The ministry said Pemex…

Harvey Gulf Upgrades PSV to "Tri-fuel" Vessel

Sep 02, 2020

U.S.-based offshore vessel owner Harvey Gulf said Wednesday it completed an upgrade of its platform supply vessel Harvey Energy, making it the first 'tri-fuel' PSV in the U.S.Harvey completed the installation of a Wartsila battery-power system…

Scotland Needs to Expand Port Capacity to Accommodate Growing Offshore Wind Needs

Sep 02, 2020

A report commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland has found that Scotland has good technical capability to support offshore wind port functions in some, but not all locations and that investments in port capacity will be required to meet the needs of the growing offshore wind industry…

Delta Offshore Energy to Use Stena Tech for LNG to Power Project in Vietnam

Sep 02, 2020

Delta Offshore Energy (DOE), a company developing an offshore gas to power project in Vietnam, has signed a technology license agreement with Stena Power & LNG Solutions.Under the agreement, Stena will grant DOE a license to use its Jetty-Less…

Husky Energy's Offshore Project in China Nears Completion

Sep 02, 2020

Canadian oil and gas company Husky Energy said Wednesday it was moving towards the startup of the Liuhua 29-1 field at the Liwan Gas Project, offshore China. Husky said that the tie-in of the Liuhua 29-1 field at the Liwan Gas Project was complete…

Installation Underway for World's Longest Heated Subsea Pipeline

Sep 02, 2020

Installation is underway in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea for the world’s longest heated subsea production pipeline, oil and gas company Neptune Energy has informed.The project will see the installation of the 36-kilometer electrically…

Huisman to Deliver Crane for First Jones Act Compliant Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

Sep 02, 2020

Dutch offshore crane specialist Huisman will build the crane for the United States’ first Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation vessel.Huisman joins a consortium of a Dominion Energy-led offshore wind consortium aim of which is to build a Jones Act compliant vessel…

New Owners, New Name for the Polar King CSV

Sep 02, 2020

Oslo-listed offshore vessel owner GC Rieber Shipping last week completed the sale of its Polar King construction support vessel to, at the time, unnamed buyers.It has now been revealed that the 2011-built vessel was sold to the Greek-based Asso…

DOF Subsea Wins Deal to Assist with Offshore Decommissioning Project

Sep 01, 2020

Subsea services provider and vessel operator DOF Subsea has been awarded a turnkey contract performing marine operations related to a decommissioning project by Teekay Petrojarl Floating Production.DOF Subsea said Tuesday that the contract with…

Storm Damage Still Hampering U.S. Gulf of Mexico Energy Ops

Sep 01, 2020

Catastrophic damage to power lines and communications outages on Monday weighed on U.S. Gulf Coast refineries' post-Hurricane Laura assessments and on offshore oil and gas production.Energy companies continued to inspect and restart offshore…

Seriously, UK Oil Firms Will Struggle to Find Semi-subs for Work in 2021

Sep 01, 2020

E&P companies planning drilling campaigns in British waters next year could face a surprisingly small selection of semisubs to choose from due to ever-shrinking ready supply in the segment.Too many rigs and not enough work has been the norm…

Total, Macquarie’s GIG Form Floating Offshore Wind JV in South Korea

Sep 01, 2020

French oil giant Total and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) are forming a joint venture to develop a portfolio of 5 large floating offshore wind projects in South Korea with a potential cumulated capacity of more than 2 gigawatts (GW)…

Seadrill Offers Its Stakes in Oil Service Firms to Debtholders

Aug 31, 2020

Offshore drilling rig contractor Seadrill said on Monday it has proposed to creditors to turn over its stakes in oil services firms Archer and Seadrill Seabras to redeem its outstanding secured notes.The company controlled by Norwegian-born…

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