Offshore news

The visit marked Deirdre Mitchie's first time at the 65 000 square foot facility since its official opening in May this year, as well as the official launch of Share Fair, Oil & Gas UK’s flagship business development event.

Engineers undertook the 16 000 hr service on the Wartsila W6L46 diesel engines onboard the 252 m, 103 000 DWT Samsung built Haewene Brim, as part of a comprehensive refurbishment and refit of critical fuel and power systems.

Mooring chains are a critical item on floating assets, with much emphasis being placed on their integrity by class societies and regulators following several failures in recent years.

Wintershall as the operator of Nova has decided to develop the field with two subsea modules tied back to the Gjøa platform, which is operated by Neptune Energy.

The crux of the new range is higher capacity output of control and service air, but with lower energy consumption, service requirements and – as a result – lower operational expenses (Opex) and harmful emissions to air.

This contract for subsea services covers components for both the subsea equipment and flexible pipelines.

The 238 km2 survey was the second successful deployment of Fairfield Geotechnologies’ ZXPLR system.

The agreement aims to deliver fewer interruptions to operations, which will result in benefits for both parties.

Global integrated subsea services business, Kreuz Subsea, has announced the appointment of Thomas Liew as the group’s chief financial officer.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded contract extensions for the high-efficiency jack-up rigs Maersk Resolute and Maersk Resolve by Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. and Wintershall Noordzee B.V., respectively.