Rotork actuates sub-sea safety valve installations at Egyptian gas fieldRotork Fluid Systems has supplied the specialised hydraulic actuator package for a second sub-sea safety isolation valve (SSIV) installation on the same offshore gas gathering project off the coast of Egypt. Full text |
Statoil announces Fossekall-Dompap on the fast track
Statoil announces official opening of Tyrihans
STEP Offshore delivers drilling fluid circulation and well control system to Rolls-Royce Marine
InterMoor Completes Subsea Tree Installation for LLOG
Unique Maritime Group completes saturation diving system for McDermott International
Fairmount tugs deliver Skarv Idun
FoundOcean has mobilised for the MOPUstor offshore grouting contract awarded through SBM Offshore
Statoil hire Transocean Leader
Peregrino STP buoy pull-in completed with First Subsea connector
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Production on the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea has now been shut down and the platform staff is being temporarily reduced until the lifeboat systems have been tested and found to be functional. Lifeboats of the same FF1000S type are also installed on the Veslefrikk B platform in the North Sea. A test carried out on Wednesday revealed a faulty release mechanism on two of the three lifeboats on Veslefrikk B. Full text
Heerema Marine Contractor’s (HMC) crane vessel Thialf left the Tombua Landana site in Angola after a successful installation. The Tombua Landana project for DSME/Chevron comprised the installation of a Compliant Tower and Topsides in a water depth of 370 m in Block 14, 50 miles offshore Cabinda. Full text
Yesterday, the ultra deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig West Phoenix commenced operations for Total Norge at the Victoria field in the Norwegian Sea. West Phoenix represents a new generation, high specification drilling units focusing on a broader spectre of capabilities. Full text
Apache Corporation said that it has signed a contract to supply natural gas from the Reindeer Field to CITIC Pacific's Sino Iron project in Western Australia. The gas will be supplied through a new, 65-mile offshore pipeline and a new onshore sales gas processing facility at Devil Creek, about 28 miles southwest of Dampier, with capacity to process 210 million cubic feet of gas per day. Full text
The offshore installation contractor for the Van Gogh project, Acergy Australia pty ltd., contracted Jumbo to take care of the transportation of the DTM buoy from Singapore to the Exmouth gulf, delivering subsea equipment to the subsea installation vessel mv Toisa Proteus, and demobilizing equipment. First oil from the Van Gogh field is expected march 2009. Full text
The Transocean Searcher drilling rig has started drilling the first of a total of 13 production wells on the Gjøa field in the North Sea. Gjøa is located in the Sogn area. With this development, a new part of the North Sea is being opened for oil and gas production. The Vega and Vega South satellites will be developed with subsea installations and tied back to Gjøa. Full text
On Sunday, a large manifold outfitted with utility gear was lifted and mated with the third Ormen Lange subsea template at Grenland Group in Tønsberg. The enormous 44 m x 33 m x 15 m subsea station set for installation on the Ormen Lange gas field at a sea depth of 900 meters has been built at Grenland Group’s yard. Full text
Venture Production plc, the Aberdeen headquartered UK independent oil and gas production company, today announces that it has successfully brought the Grouse oil field into production. The Grouse field lies in Block 21/19 and has been developed via a single subsea production well tied back to the Venture-operated Kittiwake platform Full text
Subsea 7, one of the world's leading subsea engineering and construction companies, has announced that it has successfully launched and installed its sixtieth pipeline bundle - a 1.3km pipeline bundle for BP's Machar field. Full text
BP today announced that it has successfully started production from the third and fourth wells at the Thunder Horse field with production now in excess of 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), signalling the completion of commissioning and commencement of full operation. BP plans to start-up additional production from the Thunder Horse North field in the first half of 2009. Full text