Offshore news
SEACOR Marine enters agreement to acquire three additional platform supply vessels
The vessels are to be acquired from COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) Co., Ltd., an affiliate of COSCO Shipping Group.
Wellesley Petroleum AS awarded drilling permit for North Sea well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 25/1-13, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
Equinor: gas and condensate discovery south of Kristin field
The company has, together with its partners Petoro, ExxonMobil and Total, proven gas and condensate in the Norwegian Sea Ragnfrid North (6406/2-9 S) exploration well.
Bureau Veritas awarded major inspection contract for new oil field development
Bureau Veritas, a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services, has been awarded a four-year contract with Neptune Energy to provide second and third-party inspection services for the new Fenja oil and gas field development, offshore Norway.
Subsea Integration Alliance awarded integrated EPCIC contracts offshore Australia by Esso Australia
Project to deliver new subsea flowline to existing gas pipeline.
Ocean Infinity to perform AUV surveys in Brazil
The company’s partner, Cepemais, has been awarded a contract to provide high-resolution hydrographic mapping services to Petrobras.
Subsea 7 acquires multi-purpose offshore construction and dive support vessel
The 2009-built vessel is to be renamed Seven Pegasus and will primarily support Subsea 7’s operations in the North Sea and Asia Pacific.
Faroe Petroleum in Edinburgh prospect partnership
The company has announced its partnership with subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell plc and Spirit Energy Limited following the award of PL 969 in the recent APA licensing round.
Woodside awards contracts for Scarborough project
The contracts are for engineering activities related to the upstream development’s floating production unit, the export trunkline and the subsea umbilical risers and flowlines.
Equinor awarded 29 new licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Equinor has been awarded 29 new licences by Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy as part of the Award in Predefined Areas (APA) for 2018 – 13 licences as operator and 16 as partner.