Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Wintershall Norge consent for exploration drilling at the Orion prospect in the North Sea with the Borgland Dolphin semisubmersible. The 35/11-19S well is located in production license 248…
UK independent operator Premier Oil says it has cut costs on its North Sea Catcher floating production project by 15% - and the project remains on schedule. Forecast gross capex to first oil is now anticipated to be about US$1.35 billion…
DeepOcean has named its latest vessel, the Maersk Connector, in Newcastle. The ceremony was held at A&P Tyne, where work to install the duel concentric 7000-tonne split capacity basket carousel, loading arms and associated cable handling equipment is nearing completion…
Bibby Offshore has entered into a multimillion dollar agreement for two of its vessels to provide first gas and construction support on its assets in the Southern North Sea. The contract, with an unnamed global energy provider, is due to be executed between Q3 and Q4 2016…
ExxonMobil E&P Malaysia has awarded Icon Offshore a US$10.4 million (RM42 million) contract for the provision of two straight supply vessels. The two-year deal commenced this month, and comes with a one-year extension option, the vessels…
Vessel builder Vard is looking at its options concerning a Harkand diving support and construction vessel that is under construction at its yard, after Harkand went into administration last week. Harkand has one diving support and construction…
Singapore's Vallianz Holdings reported an 18.8% drop in its revenue in Q1, in addition to being awarded a US$63 million charter contract to supply two offshore support vessels (OSV) to a national oil company in the Middle East. The company's revenue dipped to $49…
In this illustrated video, Italian giant Eni give an overview of the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project that is located offshore Ghana. The existing project involves the development of multiple subsea wells tied back to a FPSO…
Siemens Wind Power has contracted offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore to provide a series of assessments for wind turbine service operations to be performed by a jackup vessel chartered by Siemens. The jackup…
UK-based subsea inspection, repair and maintenance firm Harkand has gone into administration. In a recorded message left by the firm on its phone line, the company said that on Wednesday, 4 May, staff from Deloitte had been appointed…
After equipping over 20 purpose supply vessels (PSV)/multipurpose supply vessels (MPSV), GE has been chosen by Hornbeck Offshore Services’ (HOS) to equip two next generation of US flagged, Jones Act-qualified MPSVs, to be constructed at Eastern Shipbuilding…
John Bradbury speaks with ExxonMobil’s Marilyn Tears ahead of her presentation at this year’s Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen, Norway. Tears. Marilyn Tears has already…
Kory Kinney, of IHS, takes a look at some of the projects underway in the US Gulf of Mexico. As we move through 2016, construction activity in the US Gulf of Mexico has begun dwindling…
Scrap or refurbish and reuse? It’s a question being asked on the UK Continental Shelf. Elaine Maslin reports. Pipe, ready for reuse. Staff photo. At a recent conference in Aberdeen…
This year, the deepwater drilling record could be broken not just once, but twice, breaking the last record, set back in 2013. Elaine Maslin takes a look. Total’s Raya-1 well is due to be drilled offshore Uruguay using Maersk Oil’s ultra…
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