Fire breaks out on rig standby vessel off Canada
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor reported that a fire had occurred on the fast rescue craft (FRC) onboard the Siem Diamond vessel, which was on standby at the time to the Transocean Barents rig...
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Mermaid and ARV forge subsea alliance in Thailand
AI and Robotics Ventures (ARV), a subsidiary of PTT Exploration and Production, and Mermaid Subsea Services (Thailand) have formed a joint venture called ZeaQuest to develop subsea AI and robotic...
View ArticlePetrobras changes Lula oilfield name following lawsuit
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has changed the name of one of its largest offshore oil fields – Lula – back to its original name – Tupi. To put this renaming into context, Petrobras renamed the field...
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Ocean Installer UK gets new managing director
Subsea contractor Ocean Installer UK has appointed Robert (Bob) Gillespie as the new managing director. Specifically, Gillespie will lead the company’s UK office based in Aberdeen. The company said it...
View ArticleSolstad Offshore receives early charter termination for ‘Normand Maximus’
Norwegian vessel owner Solstad Offshore has received a notice of early termination of the charter party for the one of its vessels from Italian offshore contractor Saipem. Solstad Offshore said on...
View ArticleMaersk Drilling sets 50 pct CO2 emissions decrease target
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has set a target of lowering the intensity of CO2 emissions from its drilling operations by 50 per cent by 2030. Maersk Drilling on Thursday that the...
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Inpex, Chevron to cut Australian LNG jobs
Japanese oil and gas major Inpex is set to cut the workforce numbers at its Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Australia. Courtesy of Inpex Likewise, the U.S. major Chevron is set to reduce the...
View ArticleFrom idea to reality: five years since the first subsea compression system
Artist impression: Source: Equinor Five years after the kick off, the subsea compression system covering an area the size of a football field, at Equinor-operated Åsgard development in the Norwegian...
View ArticleU.S. weekly offshore rig count down a notch
The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. is down by one unit over the last week, according to a weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes Company. Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. +1 to 255 rigs U.S....
View ArticleOdfjell gets early termination and new gig for semi-submersible
Offshore driller Odfjell Drilling has received a notice of early termination from oil major BP for the charter of the Deepsea Aberdeen rig but, concurrently, secured work for the rig with Wintershall...
View ArticleMermaid enters Thai decommissioning joint venture
Offshore vessel provider Mermaid Maritime has entered into a joint venture with Meitech to enhance offshore transport, installation, and decommissioning capabilities in Thailand. Mermaid said that the...
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Workers clearing out as Tropical Storm Beta forms in Gulf of Mexico
Offshore workers have started clearing out from Gulf of Mexico platforms as Beta, the 23rd named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed in the Bay of Campeche. Oil major Shell was forced to...
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Hyundai LNG Shipping’s LPG carrier gets CS Ready notation
The Korean Register has issued the world’s first Cyber Security (CS Ready) class notation for Hyundai Heavy Industries’ very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier. Courtesy of Korean Register...
View ArticleCNOOC starts up fifth project off China in 2020
Chinese oil and gas company CNOOC has produced first oil from the Liuhua 16-2 and 20-1 joint development project in the South China Sea. The Liuhua 16-2 and 20-2 oilfield joint development project is...
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PetroNor retains license off Gambia in out-of-court deal
Oil and gas company PetroNor has reached a mutual agreement with the Government of The Gambia to settle its arbitration related to the A1 and A4 licenses. PetroNor said that, under the terms of the...
View ArticleMagseis Fairfield bags Gulf of Mexico OBN deal
Magseis Fairfield has won a deepwater 4D baseline ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the US Gulf of Mexico for a repeat customer. According to the Oslo-listed company, the survey should start in...
View ArticleShearwater wins Suriname seismic with Petronas
Shearwater GeoServices has won a large towed streamer 3D seismic survey for Block 52, offshore Suriname by Petronas. The four-month project should commence in Q4, 2020. “This new survey in Suriname...
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Norway to launch $2.7 billion Longship carbon capture and storage project
The Norwegian government has submitted a proposal to Norwegian Parliament to launch “the greatest climate project in Norwegian industry ever” – the carbon capture and storage (CCS) project named...
View ArticleShell in major cost-cutting drive as it gears up for energy transition
Oil major Shell has launched a major cost-cutting drive to save cash and overhaul its business in preparation for the energy transition. According to a Reuters report on Monday, Shell is looking to...
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BP to begin Ironbark drilling in late October
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has provided final approvals to BP for drilling of the Ironbark-1 well. Cue Energy, one of the partners...
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