Offshore news

The company has announced that Serica Energy (UK) has signed a further sale and purchase agreement to acquire additional interests in the Bruce and Keith fields and associated infrastructure in the UK North Sea.

The contract is for the large PSV Energy Swan, which in 2013 was chartered for a firm period of 4 years plus optional (total of 4 years options).

The partnership brings together the expertise of both companies for the joint development of a variety of fit-for-purpose unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

GMB, the union for offshore workers, has confirmed that most of its members covered by the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) agreement have voted for industrial action.

Rowan Companies has announced that the R-Class ultra-deepwater drillship has been awarded a contract in Mexico.

Telford Offshore has been awarded a charter party from Indonesian contractor Timas Suplindo for the DP3 multi-purpose offshore construction vessel, Telford 25.

The scope of work includes the inspection of 27 offshore jackets in the Mumbai High North, Mumbai High South, Heera, Neelam and Bassien assets, located off the coast of Mumbai in the Arabian Sea.

Siemens has completed the first phase of its shallow water test of the Subsea Power Grid. The development program was conducted in collaboration with industry partners Chevron, Equinor, ExxonMobil, and Eni Norge.

The vessel, which was named after Istanbul's conqueror Ottoman Sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmet, has sailed off to the Mediterranean to start the country's first deep-sea drilling operations.

Woodside will deploy Halfwave’s ultra-wideband acoustic resonance technology: the two new inspections will be carried out in 2019.