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Dudgeon heavy lift time-lapse

Aug 15, 2016

In this video, Norwegian giant Statiol shows a time-lapse of the 1700-tonne heavy lift on the Dudgeon bank. The Oleg Strashnov heavy lift vessel installed the substation for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm off Norfolk, UK. The substation…

Petrovietnam delivers jackup

Aug 12, 2016

Petrovietnam Marine Shipyard (PV Shipyard) is due to deliver the Tam Dao 05 jackup drilling rig to its client today (12 August). Earlier this week, the firm completed full height jacking trials on the rig.  Tam Dao 05 is a Friede and Goldman JU-2000E design…

PSA approves Exxon Sigyn duo

Aug 11, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) has granted consent to ExxonMobil to use Island Frontier and Island Wellserver for light well intervention at the Sigyn field, offshore Norway. The Sigyn field is in production license 072…

Semco in Maersk Guardian module heavy lift

Aug 10, 2016

Semco Maritime is conducting a heavy lift for the 147-room complete hotel module on board the Maersk Guardian to finalize a major conversion of the upcoming hotel rig. Image of the Maersk Guardian…

Pioneering Spirit installs test platform

Aug 09, 2016

Allseas’ huge single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has successfully installed a 5500-tonne test platform topsides on a substructure in the K-13 field in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The installation was completed on Sunday 7 August…

GMS inks contract and extension

Aug 05, 2016

Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Marine Services has won a new contract award for one of its mid-size class vessels. The contract, scheduled to start immediately, is for 12 months including options, with the vessel supporting a Middle East/North Africa (MENA)-based national oil company…

Fugro to cut more jobs, divests Asia subsea business

Aug 04, 2016

Cost reduction measures continue at Fugro, as the company plans to further reduce its workforce and fleet in the remainder of 2016. Image from Fugro. During 1H 2016, Fugro cut its headcount by 585…

Eni abandons Aurelia after poor results

Aug 04, 2016

Eni is to plug and abandon its Aurelia wildcat exploration well in the Barents Sea after poor drilling results.  The well, 7222/1-1, was the first exploration well in production license 226, awarded in 1997. It was drilled about 80km…

InterMoor completes Brazil FPSO decom job

Aug 03, 2016

InterMoor's Brazilian subsidiary successfully completed its involvement in the decommissioning operations of the OSX-1 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading). InterMoor was responsible for the disconnection of the submerged turret production system (STP)…

Lundin terminates M3nergy FPSO deal

Aug 03, 2016

Lundin Petroleum terminated a US$265 million deal with M3nergy Investment for the sale of the Bertam floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) vessel after the Malaysian company failed to secure the required financing. The deal…

Cobalt focuses on Angola, closes Mexico office

Aug 02, 2016

Cobalt International Energy is setting Angola as its number one priority, as the Houston-based company disclosed a multimillion-dollar loss in Q2 2016 due to a dry well in the Gulf of Mexico. The Rowan Reliance drillship…

Fugro completes Hess Ghana work

Aug 02, 2016

Fugro completed a 33-month period of metocean data acquisition for Hess Ghana Exploration, offshore western Ghana. Measurements were made at three locations in an area offshore western Ghana known as the Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points block…

Quadrant spuds Driftwood-1

Aug 02, 2016

Quadrant Energy started drilling the Driftwood-1 well in the WA-320-P permit area in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. The well, being drilled with the Noble Tom Prosser jackup, is in the Barrow sub-basin of the Northern Carnarvon Basin…

Tanked up

Aug 01, 2016

Subsea oil storage solutions could help unlock marginal fields; how easy would it be? Elaine Maslin reports from a workshop that assessed the issue. The Solan subsea tank prior to installation…

De-engineering

Aug 01, 2016

Statoil is applying new concepts and new thinking to the Johan Castberg development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. It’s a DC fiber optic future, Elaine Maslin reports. Transocean’s Polar Pioneer semisub drilled the Skrugard prospect in 2011…

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