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Ave Maria

Nov 01, 2016

Germany’s Wintershall weighed several concepts for its Maria field development, which sits in a mature area off Norway. Elaine Maslin reports on how the firm drew upon multiple neighbors to select the right solution. A…

Batteries not included

Nov 01, 2016

The drill floor robot is no longer a vision, it’s a reality and it’s going to start operations offshore Norway next year. Elaine Maslin reports. The world’s first drill floor robot installed at the Ullrigg Drilling and Well Centre…

NAVTOR upgrades GC Rieber fleet

Oct 31, 2016

GC Rieber, a specialist ship owner, operator and manager, has signed a fleet-wide agreement with NAVTOR for a total vessel navigation solution, spanning both paper and digital deliveries. NAVTOR, a provider of e-navigation technology and services…

SeaBird reaches Hawk Explorer decom agreement

Oct 31, 2016

SeaBird Exploration has reached an agreement for the sale and decommissioning of the vessel Hawk Explorer. The decommissioning of the vessel is a part of the company's efforts to reduce cost and adjust fleet capacity to better reflect current market demand…

Mubadala, Petrofac sign Jasmine O&M contract

Oct 31, 2016

Mubadala Petroleum has reached agreement with Petrofac for the modification and extension of contracts related to the FPF-003 floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), which continued extension of the Jasmine development’s field life…

Statoil temporarily suspends Songa Enabler

Oct 31, 2016

Statoil decided to temporarily suspend the Songa Enabler mobile rig, which was originally scheduled for drilling for the Johan Castberg license. The Songa Enabler, from Songa. The…

EMAS takes loss in Q3

Oct 31, 2016

EMAS Offshore announced net loss of US$265.3 million for the full year ended 31 August 2016 due to revenue decline in its offshore support vessel (OSV) unit. Net loss for the three months ended 31 August 2016 stood at $98.5 million.The group recorded revenue of $167…

Inpex hits gas off Japan

Oct 28, 2016

Inpex made a gas find at an exploration well offshore the Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures in Japan. The Transocean M.G. Hulme Jr., from Inpex. The Transocean M.G. Hulme Jr. semisubmersible…

Mekers launches liftboat

Oct 27, 2016

Mekers Offshore launched its first in a series of liftboats at Dajin Heavy Industries yard in Jiangsu, China.  The self-elevating liftboat is a four-legged, DP2, self-propelled vessel with a working depth of 70m. It can house up to 250…

BP drills Amherstia with new jackup

Oct 26, 2016

BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) started drilling at Amherstia, offshore Trinidad, using the newest addition to its fleet, the Joe Douglas 240C jackup, with expectations to drill up to four new wells. The Joe Douglas…

Boskalis reveals new crane vessel, inks Hornsea work

Oct 26, 2016

Dutch marine contractor Boskalis revealed details of a new offshore transport and crane vessel to join its fleet. The vessel will be a conversion of one of its existing F-class heavy transport vessels. It is being equipped with a 3000…

Fugro to probe US offshore wind development option

Oct 26, 2016

Fugro has been awarded the contract by Vineyard Wind, formerly named OffshoreMW, to perform a marine geotechnical site investigation within its wind development lease, offshore Massachusetts. Fugro’s state-of-the-art, 105m drilling vessel M/V Fugro Synergy will perform the study…

GranEnergia, Prumo form JV

Oct 25, 2016

GranEnergia and Prumo Logística have formed the joint venture, Dome, to offer integrated service solutions for the oil and gas industry. Açu Port. Image from Prumo. Dome will be centralized in Açu Port in Brazil…

Statoil axes Stena Don contract

Oct 25, 2016

Statoil is cutting its contract short for Stena Drilling's Stena Don semisubmersible drilling rig, leading to about 180 job cuts. The Stena Don, from Stena Drilling. The rig has been on contract with Statoil since 7 February 2014…

Block Island turbine installation

Oct 24, 2016

In this video, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier shows the installation of the first ever offshore wind farm in the US: Block Island. On 18 August, the Brave Tern jackup completed the installation of five GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines at Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm…

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