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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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Advanced Production and Loading (APL), a BW Offshore division, has awarded subsea mooring connector specialist, First Subsea Ltd, a contract to supply mooring line connectors and buoy pull-in connector for the Peregrino FPSO submerged turret production (STP) buoy. Full text
Dana Petroleum today said that first oil production has successfully commenced from the Ettrick field, located in blocks 20/2a & 20/3a of the UKCS. Six wells were subsequently drilled between March 2007 and March 2009. The field is being produced via the leased “Aoka Mizu” FPSO. Full text
InterMoor Inc., an Acteon company, has completed design, fabrication and installation of two suction piles for the Thunder Hawk development in the Gulf of Mexico. Full text
Maersk Oil UK Limited has announced that it has produced First Oil from its Affleck Development, located in the UK sector of the North Sea. The Field lies within block 30/19a and is operated by Maersk Oil (66.67%) with partner Talisman North Sea Limited (33.33%). Full text
Searcher Seismic Pty Ltd in conjunction with its project partner CGGVeritas today announced the completion of the FOXHOUND Non-Exclusive 3D Seismic Survey. FOXHOUND 3D Survey covers 6 active exploration permits and 1 area of vacant acreage in the highly prospective Northern Carnarvon basin offhore Australia. Full text
On Sunday, 2 August, the seismic data acquisition by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) in Troms II, northwest of Senja, was completed. Acquisition will continue for a few more days in Nordland VII in Vesterålen. Full text
Grenland Group has delivered another subsea structure that will contribute to increased oil production on the Norwegian continental shelf. This latest manifold is bound for the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea. In August, a 250 tonnes protection structure for the manifold will be delivered from Grenland Group. The subsea structures from Grenland Group is a sub-contracted delivery to FMC Technologies's Norne contract with StatoilHydro. Full text
Subsea 7 today said that the medium to long-term outlook for the subsea market continues to remain strong, however there is no doubt that the current economic environment is challenging. There continue to be delays in project awards and a greater pressure on margins, driven by both lower volumes of work available and a push by the operators to cut costs in the supply chain. Subsea 7 also updated their operations. Full text
On 22nd July, the GGS-Atlantic commenced the acquisition of Spectrum'sBig Wave Phase 2 multi client seismic survey in the eastern Gulf ofMexico. Phase 2 of Spectrum's Big Wave multi client programme is a total of 14,000km long offset, high quality seismic data and includes a 2,000km well tie survey to the east of the main study area. Full text
Technip, supported by Jumbo Offshore, completed the installation of four subsea structures including two Module Support Frames each weighing approximately 150 tonnes. The foundations were lowered to the Grand Banks sea floor at a depth of approximately 120 meters and will support subsea manifolds and flowlines that are part of a multiple well tie-back. Full text