Luva may herald start of deep-water development in Norwegian Sea

Statoil, together with its Luva field partners, has selected a Spar platform to develop the field. As a gas transport solution has also been decided, a major step has now been taken towards deep-water production in the Norwegian Sea.  The Luva field,...

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Det Norske: Drilling commenced on Storebjørn

Drilling operation on Storebjørn, in production license 450, has commenced. Well 7/12-13 S is the first well in the license, which was awarded in the 2007 APA licensing round (Awards in Predefined Areas). The Storebjørn prospect is located in the southern...

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SEVEN HAVILA ACHIEVES WORLD FIRS

The state-of-the art diving support vessel, the Seven Havila, owned by Subsea 7 and Havila Shipping, has achieved a world first in the number of divers working on the seabed. Gael Cailleaux, Vice President for Offshore Resources at Subsea 7confirmed the achievement...

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Hyperdynamics Resumes Drilling Offshore Guinea

Hyperdynamics Corporation (NYSE: HDY) today announced it resumed drilling operations on the Sabu-1 exploration well on January 29th in its concession offshore the Republic of Guinea in West Africa.  Drilling recommenced from a point...

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STATOIL: More gas at Snøhvit

Hammerfest LNG plant at Melkøya. (Photo: Harald Pettersen) Statoil and its partners on the Snøhvit field have increased the reserves estimate by 20 billion standard cubic metres of gas. Production experience from the field has proven that it is possible...

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Fairstar awarded two contracts by Saipem for Golden Eagle

Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded two contracts by Saipem to provide marine transportation services for the Golden Eagle Project in the North Sea. The first voyage is scheduled in early 2013 and will involve the FINESSE. The second...

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DSME contract Technip for Wheatstone gas processing platform design

Technip Oceania (TPO), a Technip Group operating centre in Perth, Australia, has been awarded a contract, worth approximately AUD110 million (€90 million), by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the detailed design of Chevron’s Wheatstone...

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Drilling permit for well 30/6-28 S in production licence 053

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 30/6-28 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 30/6-28 S will be drilled from the COSL Pioneer drilling facility at position...

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Det Norske: Drilling on Kalvklumpen has started

Det norske oljeselskap ASA is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling of exploration well 25/6-4 S in PL414. Target for the well is the Kalvklumpen prospect. The well will be drilled in the central part of the North Sea about 20 kilometres...

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Shandong Heavy Industry: Strategic Emerging Products Leads Future Development

The 2 nd Shandong Heavy Industry products exhibition was held grandly in Jinan on December 2, 2010. Different from the first exhibition, Shandong Heavy Industry highlight the exhibition of future products, high-tech products and strategic emerging...

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Semi-submersibe vessel Hahailong delivered

On January 9th 2012, China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. held the Delivery Ceremony of Huahailong 30,000 dwt Semi-submersible Heavy Lift Vessel which is built for Guangzhou Salvage Bureau of the Ministry of Communications on the Mazhou Island...

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Major new oil discovery in the Barents Sea

Statoil ASA (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) has together with its partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS made a substantial oil discovery in the Havis prospect in the same licence as Skrugard (PL532) in the Barents Sea. This is the second high-impact discovery in the North...

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Keppel AmFELS to Construct and Upgrade Deepwater Semisubmersible for Diamond Offshore for US$150 million

Keppel AmFELS LLC, a US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has secured a contract from Diamond Offshore to construct and upgrade a moored semisubmersible rig with delivery scheduled for 3Q 2013. The estimated shipyard...

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Songa Offshore FLEET Update

Songa Venus remained on location for Petronas Carigali, Malaysia through-out the period. The rig was shut down during the majority of the period and completed earlier announced repairs and testing of re-worked BOP components on December 19.  The unit...

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Hyundai Heavy Greets New Year with the Simultaneous Naming Ceremony of Two 318,000 DWT VLCC

Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's biggest shipbuilder, hailed the New Year by naming two 318,000 DWT VLCC (Very Large Crude Oil Carrier) for an Indian shipping line, GESCO on 6th January 2012. In the simultaneous naming ceremony, the vessels were named...

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SAL's MV “Lone” gets DP II upgrade

The MV “Lone” is now in the last stages of upgrading her existing DP 1 system to a DP 2 system. In dry-dock at the German shipyard Norderwerft, the vessel received one additional 1,200 kW bowthruster, two retractable azimuths of 1,200 kW each and three 1,600...

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Total Awarded two Exploration Licenses in Mauritania, Offshore and Onshore

January 6, 2012: Total today announced that it has signed two exploration licenses with the Mauritanian government that gives it, as operator, a 90% interest in the following blocks: Block C 9 in ultra deep offshore Block Ta 29 onshore in the Taoudeni...

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