Norwegian Prime Minister opens the Gudrun platform in the North Sea
Aug 20, 2014
The prime minister of Norway Erna Solberg officially opened the Gudrun platform in the North Sea on 19 August. This is the first new Statoil-operated platform on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) since Kristin in 2005. Gudrun is the first in a long line of new field developments operated by Statoil, and therefore it represents a new era on the NCS.

Wärtsilä to supply control system for Harvey Gulf shore-based LNG fuelling facility
Aug 19, 2014
The contract for the control system for a shore-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelling facility in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, USA, has been awarded to Wärtsilä. The facility is owned by Harvey Gulf International Marine, a major owner-operator of offshore supply and specialty vessels headquartered in New Orleans.

UNEP’s Climate Technology Centre joins DNV GL in strategic partnership
Aug 18, 2014
UNEP’s Climate Technology Centre and DNV GL announce a strategic partnership that aims to accelerate global development, transfer and deployment of climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies to developing countries. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and DNV GL announce a new strategic partnership, designed to assist the Climate

Fourth Jupiter well proves extension of Santos Basin pre-salt discovery
Aug 15, 2014
Petrobras has confirmed the extension of the Jupiter discovery in the Santos Basin pre-salt block BM-S-24 following drilling operations at well 3-BRSA-1246-RJS (3-RJS-732), informally known as Apollonia.This well, which is situated 296 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, at a water depth of 2,183 meters,

Kongsberg chosen by statoil for Johan Castberg project
Aug 14, 2014
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KONGSBERG), has been awarded a contract for delivery of Extended Concept Study and Pre-Front End Engineering Design (FEED) to the Statoil Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea.

OneSubsea, Helix and Schlumberger to form subsea well intervention alliance
Aug 13, 2014
OneSubsea™, Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. and Schlumberger have entered into a letter of intent to form an alliance to develop technologies and deliver services to optimize the cost and efficiency of subsea well intervention systems.

Seadrill secures commitment for newbuild ultra-deepwater unit West Saturn
Aug 12, 2014
Seadrill Limited, in cooperation with indigenous partner Field Offshore Design Engineering Nigeria Limited has secured a contract with Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, an ExxonMobil subsidiary, for employment of the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship West Saturn,

Statoil, Schlumberger Norway to provide integrated drilling services for the Norwegian continental shelf
Aug 11, 2014
Schlumberger Norway has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide integrated drilling services for the Norwegian continental shelf licenses Gullfaks, Gullfaks Satellites, Snorre, Statfjord , Tordis/Vigdis, Visund. The agreement also covers exploration drilling on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).Taking effect on 1 September 2014 the contract has a value of NOK 1.15 billion for an initial duration of two years.

Wärtsilä awarded another design contract for arctic operations
Aug 8, 2014
A second confirmed design contract for Wärtsilä's new series of arctic platform supply vessels has been signed. This latest order is for a multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) being built by Tersan Shipyard in Turkey on behalf of U.S.- based Tidewater Inc,

PPL-operated joint venture discovers Gas – Condensate in Sindh
Aug 7, 2014
Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) the operator of Gambat South Block (2568-18) with 65 percent working interest (WI) along with its joint venture partners Government Holdings Private Limited (GHPL) and Asia Resources Oil Limited (AROL) with 25 percent and 10 percent WI, respectively, has made another gas and condensate discovery over its exploration well

EMAS AMC wins new contracts close to $110m
Aug 6, 2014
EMAS, the operating brand of Ezra Holdings, has been awarded several projects around the world worth close to US$110 million, including options. The scope of work for the projects include the transport and installation of subsea structures in Africa, inspection, maintenance and repair work in the Gulf of Mexico,

Reflex Marine's FROG-XT range raises bar for crane transfer safety
Aug 5, 2014
Reflex Marine’s latest innovation in crane transfer technology, the FROG-XT range provides operators with the safest suite of personnel transfer devices on the market. The rigorously tested and verified devices, available in four, six and 10 person capacities, have been

Eni signs PSC for the exploration of two onshore blocks in Myanmar
Aug 4, 2014
Eni, following its participation in the competitive International Bid Round launched by the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, signed in Nay Pyi Taw in presence of the Country’s Energy Ministry, two Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) for RSF-5 and PSC-K onshore blocks.

Dolphin awarded record large 3D seismic contract
Aug 1, 2014
Dolphin has been awarded a contract from TGS for Nerites Season 2 located in the Bight's deep water Ceduna Sub-basin in Australia, covering 13,000 sq. km. The initial Season 1 was successfully carried out by Polar Duchess and she will return together with a second Dolphin high-capacity

Fugro delivers high quality motion dataset for deepwater riser monitoring
Jul 31, 2014
Using its innovative DeepData pods, Fugro has delivered a high-quality motion dataset from the BOP stack and lower riser of two deepwater wells in the Barents Sea. To verify the integrity of its subsea assets during a drilling campaign in the Barents Sea, the client recorded motion and strain of the

Dron & Dickson gains CompEx training licence
Jul 30, 2014
Dron & Dickson increases its portfolio of skills with the gain of CompEx training licence. CompEx training modules are globally recognised as setting the industry standard, and this accreditation sees Dron & Dickson become one of a selected number of UK centres licenced to validate core competency of employees and contract staff within both offshore and onshore industries.

Statoil installs Valemon field in the North Sea
Jul 29, 2014
On Monday 28 July the topsides were lifted into place on the steel jacket on the Valemon field in the North Sea. Produced by Samsung Heavy Industries this is the first Statoil topsides built in South Korea. The structure sailed from the yard on 15 June this year, and after a quick stop in Åmøyfjorden, Stavanger, last Saturday, it headed out to the field. The transportation to Norway took 40 days.

GeoPark awarded a new hydrocarbon block in the 2014 Colombia Bidding Round
Jul 28, 2014
GeoPark Limited expands in Colombia through the award of a new exploratory license during the 2014 Colombia Bidding Round, carried out by the Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) on July 23, 2014 in Cartagena, Colombia.

Statoil awarded licence offshore Colombia
Jul 25, 2014
Statoil has been awarded interest in the COL4 licence offshore Colombia in the Caribbean Sea in the 2014 Colombia Licensing Round. Statoil will hold 33,33% in the licence. Repsol will be the operator of the licence and will hold 33,34%. ExxonMobil Exploration Colombia will hold 33,33%.

Semco, PV Shipyard to establish high class rig upgrade services
Jul 24, 2014
Semco Maritime and PetroVietnam Marine Shipyard join forces to establish high class rig upgrade player in South East Asia - Vung Tau Rig Services. The initiative shall tap into the growing market for rig upgrades in the region.

Statoil resumes oil and gas production on the Njord A platform
Jul 23, 2014
Statoil resumed oil and gas production on the Njord A platform in the Norwegian Sea on 19 July, after a major reinforcement of the platform structure. Production has been shut down since last summer. Extensive analyses and inspections in 2013 revealed a need to reinforce the Njord A platform structure.

Siemens installs two offshore platforms for TenneT in the North Sea in July
Jul 22, 2014
Siemens has installed a fourth offshore platform in the North Sea, completing an important stage for grid connections of sea-based wind farms. This is the platform for the SylWin1 DC link, which is the most powerful of the four offshore wind power grid connections

Kongsberg Offshore Technology chosen for new projects in China and Korea
Jul 21, 2014
Kongsberg Maritime's 'Full Picture' solution has been selected by Chinese and Korean shipbuilders for 13 advanced newbuild offshore vessels with a total value of 330 MNOK. Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co. (DSIC), CIMC Raffles (CIMC), Cosco Shipyard (COSCO) and Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard

Trelleborg guarantees a buoyant future for oil and gas exploration in Azerbaijan
Jul 18, 2014
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has been awarded a substantial order for its foam buoyancy systems, for the prestigious second phase development of the Shah Deniz field offshore Azerbaijan. Contracted by oil and gas company, BP, Trelleborg will supply a buoyancy package; filled with its high temperature syntactic foam.