Drilling & production

Hyundai’s Ship Building Division (HHI-SBD) has announced the finalisation of a contract for 2 × Suezmax tankers for Turkish shipowner, Ditas Shipping.

The supply services contract with BP will be delivered across Norway, providing support in Tananger and Farsund.

Self-elevating offshore drilling units, owned by affiliates of leading Mexican energy infrastructure company Grupo R, will be chartered to Pemex; financing shows that despite challenges in the offshore energy sector, lender appetite remains.

The future of oil and gas technology looks increasingly automated, digital and smarter according to a new Technology Outlook report published by DNV GL.

The documents signed in St Petersburg, are aimed at boosting Russian oil and gas supplies to Europe.

Natlata Partners Ltd has received a Restriction Notice from the Company, which will come into force on 14 April 2016.

Wood Group has announced it has been awarded a two year contract extending its service provision for TAQA in the North Sea.

Statoil has awarded contracts to DNV GL for verification of all 4 topsides, the 3 bridges, 3 of 4 jackets, topside installation by use of the Allseas single lift vessel ‘Pioneering Spirit and extended site assessment for the jack-up.

FourQuest ME is involved in the provision of pipeline and process services across the Caspian, MENA regions.

BP and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for shale gas.

The contract, which covers seven of Statoil’s drilling platforms will run to October 2018.

Archer is to provide complete drilling operations services for the Statfjord A, B and C platforms and additionally exercises options to award these services for the Njord, Sleipner A, Snorre A and B, and Visund platforms.

Options have been exercised for 17 installations on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The discovery was made in the Karak Block, operated by Mari Petroleum Company Limited.

The platform is to provide utility and living quarters for Statoil personnel working on the Johan Sverdrup project.