Survitec has won a contract to supply Total E&P UK with products and services to upgrade 12 lifeboats on the Alwyn North platform in the UK northern North Sea. The service includes comprehensive lifeboat overhauls and upgrades, and replacement of the release hook system…
Repsol Norge has permission from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for manned underwater operations at three fields in the North Sea. The campaign at the Yme, Ula, and Blane fields should be under way and will run until December, using the diving support vessels Seven…
Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling has secured three consecutive contracts for the Maersk Resolute and a contract extension for the Maersk Resolve jack-up rigs. Both rigs are operating in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. In a statement on the 1st May, Maersk Drilling…
Dutch offshore giant Boskalis has presented its integrated service portfolio for the offshore energy market under one single brand name. Boskalis said on the 30th April that VBMS, Dockwise, and Fairmount would continue to offer their services under the brand name Boskalis. The…
Cayman Islands clean energy captive receives ‘Excellent’ rating Ratings agency AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) of Palms Insurance Company, the Cayman Islands-based single parent captive of NextEra Energy Capital Holdings (NEECH). NEECH is owned by NextEra Energy, a…
Sompo International appoints new P&C chief underwriting officer Sompo International Holdings, the specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed John Kuhn to the new role of chief underwriting officer (CUO) for Sompo International’s property & casualty (P&C) business. Mr Kuhn…
Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant (FPU), Academik Lomonosov, has embarked on its first sea voyage to load its reactors with fuel. The Academik Lomonosov floating nuclear power unit (FPU), which is owned by state-owned atomic energy corporation Rosatom, is also claimed to be…
Fluor Corporation has announced that Stork, part of Fluor’s Diversified Services segment, was awarded a three-year contract by Shell UK Limited to provide technical support for a range of Shell’s UK-based ONEgas assets in the Southern North Sea, as well as onshore facilities, offshore installations…
Independent Oil and Gas, the development and production focused Oil and Gas Company, has provided an operational update on its Southern North Sea dual hub development project, the Thames Pipeline Intelligent Pigging Programme (‘IPP’), and Harvey. Highlights Contract with Subsea7 signed to provide a…
Crude rose after Israeli intelligence about Iranian nuclear ambitions heightened concern an international accord may unravel. Futures in New York rose 0.7 percent on the 30th April to settle just pennies shy of a three-year high. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had…
