Dolphin Drilling, part of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, signed contracts worth US$67 million for use of its Blackford Dolphin semisubmersible rig. The Blackford Dolphin will drill one well a piece for MPX North Sea ltd in the UK sector and Cairn subsidiary Capricorn Ireland Ltd鈥
2013 SPE 云顶赌场老虎机 Europe鈥揾eld at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center from September 3-6鈥搘ill demonstrate that the industry鈥檚 engineering, manufacturing and technology excellence is set to assure a long-term sustainable future. Anthony Onukwu鈥
Aker Solutions won a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) to deliver a drilling equipment package for the production platform at the Mariner oilfield in the UK North Sea. The parties agreed not to disclose the value of the order鈥
Aker Solutions loaded out the 1800-tonne subsea gas compression station steel frame from its yard at Egersund. In the next two weeks it will be installed using the crane vessel Saipem 7000 in 300m water on the seabed at the Statoil-operated Åsgard field鈥
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) has commenced drilling of the first development well on the Brynhild field in PL148, located in the Norwegian North Sea.Brynhild field is adjacent to the Norway-United Kingdom border, about 210 km from the Norwegian mainland鈥
An additional tool for corrosion management: the power of corrosion inhibitor micelle detection. Management of internal corrosion typically involves monitoring a number of properties of a system with, for example, coupon testing, residual inhibitor monitoring鈥
Repairs of corroded supports are quick and effective when composite materials are used; Victor Schmidt explains. Corrosion in the marine environment is a process constantly acting on offshore structures, due to immersion in鈥
CNR International is preparing to invest US $470 million to extend the life of one of Ninian Field鈥攐ne of the oldest fields in the North Sea after the UK government approved an application for a Brownfield Allowance for the ambitious project鈥
FoundOcean has been awarded a contract by Graham Construction to pile grout the foundation for the world鈥檚 largest offshore wind turbine, developed by Samsung Heavy Industries, in Fife, Scotland. This will include the first 7MW turbine to be installed鈥
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured its second North Sea duty-holder contract extension this year. Valued at about US$200 million (£140 million), the life-of-field contract from Ithaca Energy will see WGPSN operate and deliver managed services鈥
AMEC was awarded a two-year contract extension from BG Group to continue to provide engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project management support for all of BG Group鈥檚 facilities in the central North Sea. The contract鈥
Maersk Drilling received a contract extension for its newbuild ultra-harsh environment jackup XL Enhanced 2 from Det norske oljeselskap ASA. The two-year extension allows the jackup to service the Ivar Aasen project for a total of five years鈥
GDF Suez E&P UK Ltd. (GDF) has awarded a £1.4 million (US$ 2.17 million) joint study to Xodus Group and Atkins for Concept Select work in the Austen (formerly Jacqui) field in the Central North Sea, with an option to proceed into the Concept Definition phase鈥
Off the coast of Summerland, California, they didn鈥檛 drill the first-ever offshore oil well. They hammered it. 鈥淓ngineers鈥 used a pile driver to pound a pipe 455ft into the seabed in about 30ft of water. Yield was moderate; the site shut down after several years鈥
Statoil announced it will delay an investment decision on its Johan Castberg project in the Norwegian Barents Sea due to unease regarding recent move by the Norwegian government to increase taxes on oil and gas producers. In addition to the tax rise鈥
