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Trelleborg supports worlds first full scale floating wind turbineStatoil’s innovative new offshore floating Hywind wind turbine, now successfully moored in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast, is demonstrating how Trelleborg Offshore’s syntactic foam buoyancy technology is contributing to the future of offshore power generation. Full text |
BP: Static Kill Injectivity Testing Commences on MC252 Well
Success for Wilton as SAIPEM J Lay Tower sets sail
CTC Marine Projects Commences Cable Load out for the Wave Hub Project
Marathon Announces First Oil From Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Droshky Development
Marine Subsea praised for Repsol prep work
ORE Offshore ships long-life acoustic release transponders
Seadrill's ninth consecutive ultra-deepwater newbuild commences operations
PSA has granted Shell consent to use Ormen Lange subsea template D with appurtenant lines
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Mobilized for a long term contract on the Multi Purpose Service Vessel (MPSV) Austral Abrolhos, Oceaneering’s Magnum® 167 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) is operating in the Bijupirá & Salema and Parque das Conchas (formerly BC-10) fields in the Campos Basin in Brazil, a growing offshore oil and gas deepwater development area. Full text
Shell and PGS today announced a collaboration to develop an ultra-high channel count fiber-optic seismic sensing system. Higher channel counts with high quality sensors recover more seismic energy and help cancel noise. The improved resolution and imaging translate into better exploration decisions. Full text
The semi-submersible platform by Aker Solutions for the Gjøa oil and gas field offshore Norway, today started on its journey from the yard at Stord to the North Sea, where installation will take place. Production start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2010. Full text
Seadrill today took delivery of the new deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig West Orion from the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. The unit was delivered on budget and 10 days ahead of original delivery schedule. The drilling rig will leave Singapore tomorrow, en route to its first six-year drilling assignment for Petrobras offshore Brazil. Commencement of operations is expected at the end of July. Full text
Statoil has awarded a contract to Dolphin AS and a letter of intent to Seadrill for two rigs which will operate on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Full text
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), today announced that it has commenced operations on the Discoverer Inspiration, an ultra-deepwater drillship, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The vessel has the capability to drill wells in 12,000 feet (3,650 meters) of water to a total depth of 40,000 feet (12,200 meters). Full text
First oil production has commenced ahead of schedule from the BHP Billiton operated Pyrenees project, offshore Western Australia. The full project involves 13 subsea wells, an extensive subsea gathering system and a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility, with production capacity of approximately 96,000 barrels of oil and gas reinjection capacity of 60 million cubic feet of gas per day (100 per cent basis). Full text
Apache Corporation today announced that oil production has commenced at the Van Gogh development in Production License WA-35-L in the Exmouth Basin, offshore Western Australia. Full text
AGR Petroleum Services (AGR) will begin a significant drilling campaign, valued at more than £2 million, off the Falklands Islands this month on behalf of two operators. The company, which is one of the largest independent well management firms in the world, has been contracted by Desire Petroleum and Rockhopper Exploration Plc to provide logistical support and undertake a six well drilling programme in the North Falklands Basin. Full text
Seismic services provider Spectrum has accelerated its preparations to collect seismic data in the U.S waters of the Atlantic Ocean in response to the recent announcement by the Department of the Interior to begin the environmental analysis of geological and geophysical activities off the east coast. Full text