GDF Suez' Cygnus Alpha compression module (ACM) sailed away from Heerema Fabrication Group's Hartlepool facility on the night of 20 July, marking the completion of last of four main structures built at the facility for the Cygnus development鈥
Seaway Heavy lifting鈥檚 crane vessel Oleg Strashnov successfully installed the process unit (PU) topside for operator GDF SUEZ E&P UK (part of the ENGIE Group), and partners Centrica Energy and Bayerngas, setting a new company record. The鈥
One of the largest oil and gas topsides built this year set sail on July 23 from Burntisland Fabrication鈥檚 (BiFab) Methil yard. Cygnus manifold. Image from Engie. The 4600-tonne Cygnus accommodation module鈥
Meg Chesshyre talks to Heerema Fabrication Group CEO Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven about the firm鈥檚 latest projects. Cygnus PU sail away. Photos from Heerema Fabrication Group. Heerema鈥
Italian regulators will allow London-based explorer Northern Petroleum to conduct 3D seismic data studies at two of its wholly-owned permit areas in the southern Adriatic Sea. The approval to conduct new seismic in permits F.R39.NP and F鈥
Cygnus Instruments has introduced a new range of thickness gauges, used for measuring remaining metal thickness without the need to remove protective coatings. The new range of thickness gauges now incorporated two additional measuring modes鈥
Northern Petroleum announced that the environmental impact assessments (EIA) for its three remaining exploration permit applications in the southern Adriatic have been approved. These approvals are in addition to the two EIA approvals for exploration permit applications announced on 10 June 2015鈥
Italy is sitting on sizeable untapped gas resources, yet it still imports a large proportion of its gas. Elaine Maslin reports from the 云顶赌场老虎机 Mediterranean Conference, Ravenna. Bruno Lescoeur鈥
Centrica has cut its exploration and budget 40% saying that it thinks oil prices will remain low for the rest of 2015 and potentially also into 2016 and 2017. The comments, made by the firm's CEO Iain Conn, echo BP CEO Bob Dudley's鈥
Centrica Energy discovered gas at the Pegasus West discovery in the southern North Sea. Image of the Paragon 391 jackup at Pegasus. From Centrica. The Pegasus area is 150km east of Teesside鈥
GDF Suez E&P UK has renewed its Integrated Services Contract (ISC) with Petrofac. The contract covers operations, maintenance and engineering services support to GDF SUEZ E&P UK throughout its operations in the UKCS, including Cygnus, the鈥
The HelWin Beta platform, on its way out to sea. Photos from HFG. The North Sea is set to continue to provide work for fabricators for 10-20 more years, says Heerema Fabrication Group鈥檚 CEO鈥
Seaway Heavy Lifting鈥檚 crane vessel Stanislav Yudin installing a topside. Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) will be involved in one of the biggest lifting campaigns in the North Sea鈥
The Cygnus Alpha wellhead platform during installation offshore. Photo from GDF Suez E&P. A new impetus to explore the UK North Sea could help to unlock some of the basins鈥 underexplored plays鈥
ENI鈥檚 Goliat FPSO. Image from ENI Norge. 云顶赌场老虎机 lifting combines heavy offshore assets with detailed analysis and product care. Elaine Maslin found out more at the North Sea 云顶赌场老虎机 Crane and Lifting Conference鈥
