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Transocean newbuild starts at Stones

Feb 12, 2016

Transocean’s Deepwater Thalassa has commenced operations on its 10-year contract for Shell’s Stones project in the US Gulf of Mexico this month. The Deepwater Thalassa. Image from Transocean. Stones…

Eni gets Goliat orders from PSA

Feb 11, 2016

During the period of 5-7 January 2016, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway conducted an audit on ENI Norge's facility Goliat FPSO. The audit was conducted as a follow-up to an audit carried out in June 2015 linked to logistics on Goliat…

Repsol to halt Varg offshore Norway

Feb 11, 2016

Spanish oil and gas explorer Repsol is planning to shut down its Varg field operations offshore Norway, due to the low oil prices, according to news reports. The Petrojarl Varg. Image from Teekay…

Neptune wins Glas Dowr service job

Feb 11, 2016

Technip Oceania has awarded Perth-headquartered Neptune an air diving services contract for the Kitan field disconnection project in the Timor Sea. The project includes the provision of air diving services to assist with the disconnection and abandonment of risers…

SBM cuts 3200 jobs in 2015, more to come

Feb 10, 2016

SBM Offshore says there are no signs of recovery before 2018, as the floating production specialist reduced its workforce by 3200 in 2015, with more job cuts expected this year. Image of the Cidade de Saquarema in Guanabara Bay…

Parker Bestobell Marine supplies FSRU valves

Feb 10, 2016

Parker Bestobell Marine has completed a contract to supply cryogenic globe and check valves made in Sheffield, for Hoegh LNG’s series of five floating storage regasification units (FSRUs) that are being built at Hyundai shipyard (HHI) in South Korea…

Golar Tundra sold to Golar Partners

Feb 10, 2016

Golar LNG Ltd. entered into a purchase agreement to sell the Golar Tundra, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), to Golar LNG Partners for US$330 million. In connection with the closing, the Golar Partners will receive a daily fee plus operating expenses…

Harkand completes IRM job off Trinidad

Feb 10, 2016

Harkand completed an inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) campaign for BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) utilizing the Harkand Da Vinci diving support vessel (DSV) and the company’s new hyperbaric rescue facility (HRF) in the Caribbean. The Harkand…

Maersk Training offers offshore crane operator program

Feb 09, 2016

Maersk Training has launched an offshore crane operator program designed to grant crane operators and their companies access to offshore lifting operations worldwide. The training program targets crane operators at all levels and consists of three stages…

Cathelco wins BWT order for Harvey Gulf

Feb 08, 2016

Cathelco’s agent in New Orleans, Green Marine and Industrial Equipment Co., has won an order to supply a ballast water treatment (BWT) system for a new offshore vessel built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, for Harvey Gulf International Marine…

BW closer to recovering FPSO damaged in fire

Feb 08, 2016

BW Offshore is a step closer to recovering the Cidade de São Mateus floating production vessel to shore for repairs more than a year after it was damaged in a fire.  The fire, on 11 February 2015, offshore Brazil, saw nine of the 74 crew die and 26 require medical attention…

Murphy drops Transocean rig

Feb 08, 2016

Murphy Oil Corp. has elected to terminate the contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Deep Seas. The rig's contract was scheduled to end in November 2016. Transocean, which owns and operates the unit, says it will be compensated…

Prosafe takes delivery of Safe Notos

Feb 05, 2016

Prosafe has taken delivery of the Safe Notos on 4 February 2016 as part of its fleet renewal strategy. Safe Notos is a semisubmersible accommodation vessel. The vessel is of Gusto MSC’s Ocean 500 design and will be equipped with 500 beds…

Faroe sets drilling program

Feb 05, 2016

Faroe Petroleum’s exploration drilling program for the year will see the UK-based explorer begin drilling at its operated Brasse prospect in the North Sea this summer using the Transocean Arctic rig. Map of Oseberg…

ConocoPhillips to use Rowan Norway for Ekofisk P&A

Feb 05, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted ConocoPhillips consent to use the Rowan Norway mobile drilling facility for plugging and abandonment of wells at Ekofisk 2/4 B. Ekofisk is an oil field lying in 70-75m of water in the southern North Sea…

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