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Statoil approved to use Sigyn subsea facilities

Jul 06, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to use the Sigyn subsea facilities. Image from Statoil. The Sigyn field is in production license 072. The field contains gas…

Odfjell inks Total South Africa work

Jul 05, 2017

Deepsea Stavanger. Image from Odfjell. Total E&P South Africa has awarded Odfjell Drilling a one well plus one optional well to be drilled by the sixth generation semisubmersible…

Wintershall to use Deepsea Stavanger at Maria

Mar 27, 2017

Wintershall has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Deepsea Stavanger semisubmersible to drill six production wells on the Maria field. Wintershall Norge is the operator of the Maria field oil and gas field at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea…

Oceaneering wins Statoil E-ROV contract

Jan 31, 2017

Statoil has awarded a subsidiary of Oceaneering International a technology development contract to provide the development, manufacturing, testing, and mobilization of a self-contained, battery-powered work class remotely operated vehicle (E-ROV) system deployed on the seabed of the North Sea…

Aibel FEEDs Snorre A expansion works

Dec 16, 2016

Norway's Aibel has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for modifications on the Snorre A facility in connection with Statoil's Snorre Expansion project in the Norwegian Sea. The contract also has an option for the actual implementation phase…

Aker BP completes merger integration

Dec 02, 2016

Aker BP has completed the integration after the merger between Det norske oljeselskap and BP Norway. Aker BP now operates as one organization with considerable ambitions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. “Aker BP has been through extensive integration work since we announced the merger…

AGR appoints new head of well management

Oct 13, 2016

AGR, an energy services and software company, has appointed Tore Øian to lead the company’s well management business in Norway. Øian has over 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and has managed complex drilling projects for major operators including Statoil and Det norske…

Teekay cancels flotel newbuilds

Aug 04, 2016

Teekay Offshore is to take a hit of US$43.7 million after cancelling construction contracts for two flotels, described by Teekay as units for maintenance and safety (UMS). The firm also says it suffered a drop in income due to its Arendal…

Bibby bags first Norwegian contract

Apr 14, 2016

Bibby Offshore’s Norway division, Bibby Offshore, secured its first contract in the Norwegian region with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia. Managed from Bibby Offshore’s Stavanger office, the workscope involves project management, installation engineering…

Boskalis nets Johan Sverdrup transport contract

Apr 01, 2016

Dutch offshore contractor Boskalis has been awarded a contract by Samsung Heavy Industries for the transportation of the three topside modules of the riser platform and the topside of the processing platform for the Johan Sverdrup project offshore Norway…

AGR, Lundin sign consultancy agreement

Mar 29, 2016

AGR have been awarded a frame agreement with Lundin Norway for delivering consultancy services on- and offshore Norway. The four-year agreement has extension options which could see the partnership continue for eight years in total. “We…

VIDEO: Production well drilling starts on Johan Sverdrup

Mar 01, 2016

Production well drilling has started on Statoil's major Johan Sverdrup development offshore Norway. The first of 35 wells was spudded by Odfjell drilling's Deepsea Atlantic semisubmersible drilling rig. The US$13.3 billion first phase…

JX Nippon lines up Loanan drilling

Jan 22, 2016

JX Nippon E&P is gearing up to drill an exploration well on the Loanan prospect west of Shetland.  The Japanese exploration firm has awarded Norway's Odfjell Drilling a contract to use the semisubmersible Deepsea Stavanger for the well…

JX Nippon to drill west of Sheltland

Jan 18, 2016

JX Nippon Exploration and Production has agreed a deal to use Odfjell Drilling's semisubmersible Deepsea Stavanger to drill an exploration well west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. Contract duration is estimated to be between 60 and 75 days and expected commencement is Q2 2016…

KRS representing AIMS in NCS

Oct 08, 2015

AIMS Global Consulting, part of the Whiterock Group, has appointed KR Solutions (KRS), Norway, to represent them in Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). KRS is based in Stavanger and is headed by Kjell Roverud who has many years’ experience in the oil and gas service sector…

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