Offshore news
Kvaerner awarded additional scope at Njord A
Equinor has awarded Kvaerner an additional scope at Njord A to enable the platform to receive oil from the Fenja field. The additional scope has an estimated value of approximately NOK 500 million.
The Underwater Centre relaunches closed bell diving courses
Centre is the only provider in the world with a self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboat.
Fairfield Geotechnologies awarded Gulf of Mexico ocean bottom node survey
The survey, located in water depths ranging from 2500 to 7250 ft., will employ two seismic source vessels and Fairfield Geotechnologies’ newest ocean bottom node technology, ZXPLR™.
NoMan cargo tank annual surveys completed with 90% mantime reduction
The EM&I NoMan® remote camera technology has now been used to complete all the annual cargo tank inspections on an FPSO in the North Sea.
Conditions to become more challenging for chemical companies warns ABB
Ability of technology to improve decision-making and drive profitability in global chemical manufacturing will be critical in meeting these challenge.
Europa Oil & Gas: new prospect inventory for Atlantic Ireland licences and launch of farmout
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc has announced that is has completed an updated prospect inventory for its 100% owned Frontier Exploration Licences (‘FEL’) 1/17 and 2/13 in the South Porcupine Basin, Atlantic Ireland.
GlobalData: gas windfall tax in Romanian offshore law to reduce attractiveness of Romanian Black Sea
Will Scargill, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, offers his view on the impact of these new tax measures.
UKCS: 31st Offshore Licensing Round opens up high-impact frontier regions
A total of 1766 blocks of open acreage is now available across the West of Scotland, the East Shetland Platform, the Mid North Sea High, South West Britain and parts of the English Channel.
M2 Subsea secures projects worth more than £10 million in six months
The company, which has bases in Aberdeen, UK and Houston, Texas, has successfully conducted more than ten projects across the oil and gas and renewable markets.
Dry well near the Knarr field in the North Sea – 34/5-2 S
A/S Norske Shell, operator of production licence 373S, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 34/5-2 S. The well is dry.