Intertek has invested £900,000 in a new Malaysian regional centre which will bring enhanced services to the exploration and production (E&P) sector in the region. Based in Kuala Lumpur, the facility boasts two laboratories and will allow Intertek to significantly expand its locally delivered services for its existing E&P business in the region. It will [...]
Norway’s Siem Offshore, an owner and operator of offshore support vessels, has signed a charter contract with Mariner Platforms Limited for its Multipurpose field & ROV Support Vessel ”Siem Marlin”. The 93.60 m long vessel, built in 2009, will begin its one-year firm contract this month. Financial details were not disclosed. The Siem Marlin is a diesel electric [...]
During the period 14 September 2012 – 1 March 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Ocean Rig AS (OR) and the company’s preparations for activities with Leiv Eiriksson on the Norwegian shelf. The objective of this audit activity is to follow up that the company safeguards regulatory requirements for [...]
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STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has announced that the STX OSV Group of companies will adopt the new brand name VARD. The adoption of the new name, logo and brand identity follows the sale of STX Europe’s majority stake in the company to [...]
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given it consent to Statoil to use a new production pipeline and well on Visund Sør offshore oil and gas field. Visund Sør is located ten kilometres from the Gullfaks C and Visund A platforms in the Norwegian par of the North Sea and is part of production licence [...]
BP on Friday afternoon confirmed the signing of production sharing contracts for three deepwater exploration blocks offshore Uruguay. The signing of the contracts in Montevideo on Friday represented completion of the award of the blocks, for which BP was the successful bidder in Uruguay’s second offshore licensing round in March 2012. The contracts cover blocks [...]
Total E&P Norge AS has received consent to use the subsea facility and the associated new process and control equipment at Heimdal Gas Centre. Heimdal Gas Centre belongs to production licence 102C in Block 25/5 and is situated approximately 24 km north-east of the Heimdal facility and between 7 and 10 km from the subsea [...]
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Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are evacuating platforms and rigs in the path of Hurricane Isaac. Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement as of 11:30 a.m. CDT yesterday, personnel have been evacuated from a total of 503 production platforms, equivalent to [...]
Norway’s Ulstein Verft yesterday succesfully launched a new PSV, Blue Prosper (Yard no. 294), the second of two medium-sized platform supply vessels (PSV) of the new PX121 design from ULSTEIN® for Blue Ship Invest. The platform supply vessel was launched from the dock after the final paintwork had been carried out inside the dockhall. The [...]
One of the largest foreign operators on the Norwegian continental shelf, ConocoPhillips, has been granted consent to use the accomodation rig Safe Scandinavia as a flotel at Eldfisk 2/7 E. The consent, given by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, applies for the period from 1 May to 1 September 2012. Safe Scandinavia will be used [...]
