Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced a substantial contract win with Apache North Sea to provide subsea construction, ROV and diving services at the largest oil field in the North Sea…
Siem Offshore has been awarded two contracts for operation in the North Sea, and off Australia. Image of the MV Siem Marlin, from Siem. Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned…
BP's Caspian Sea unit has inked 14 offshore support vessel contracts with Topaz Energy and Marine. The contracts cover a five-year period plus two one-year options at current market terms and will be primarily in support of BP’s ACG and Shah Deniz II fields offshore Azerbaijan…
Premier Oil’s Solan field is due to come onstream by the end of this year. It’s a unique project for the North Sea – a normally unmanned facility with a subsea oil storage tank. Bibby Polaris on location at Premier Solan…
Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine awarded Singapore-listed shipbuilder Vard Holidings (VARD) two new contracts, which exceed US$100 million, for the construction of two offshore subsea construction vessels (OSCV) this week. Image from VARD…
Bibby Offshore, a subsea services provider, has delivered two multimillion dollar decommissioning contracts to the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Endeavour Energy appointed Bibby Offshore to perform operations in the Renee and Rubie fields…
Topaz Energy and Marine, a offshore support vessel company, has bolstered its emergency response and recovery vessel fleet with the addition of a new vessel, Topaz Responder. The newly-built, Topaz Responder will primarily provide…
Archer began to permanently plug and abandon (P&A) 12 gas wells on Statoil’s Heimdal platform in the Norwegian North Sea using its newest rig. The Archer Topaz modular rig. Photo from Archer. The…
Year in review: 2014 - OEDigital’s top stories Mozambique NG flow test. OE staff presents a look back at 2014’s top stories posted on OEDigital.com. It was a year filled with highs and lows…
For Western-based service companies whose products or personnel were at work in the waters off the Russia, projects that were already complex by virtue of the location became substantially more so with the recent Western sanctions against the Russian Federation…
The ExxonMobil-Rosneft joint venture Karmorneftegaz SARL notified Norway's Siem Offshore that it has terminated Siem's contract for the 2015 season. The contract involves the charter of two AHTS vessels Siem Topaz and Siem Amethyst, and one PSV Siem Pilot…
Technology products company Cortez Subsea appointed a new operations director as the company looks to expand its scope internationally. Tony McKay, Cortez Subsea Operations Director Image…
The Fugro Synergy. From Fugro Drilling and Well Services. Plugging and abandonment accounts for about 43% of decommissioning costs. Operators and service companies are looking at ways to reduce the bill…
The Archer Topaz modular rig, as it will look installed on the Helmdal platform. Photo from Archer. Archer’s new vertical drilling rig is due to debut in the Norwegian North Sea later this year…
Middle East-based offshore support vessel company Topaz Energy and Marine has acquired two large and modern anchor handling towage and supply vessels (AHTSV) for about US$100 million. The vessels, the Caspian Challenger and the Caspian Endeavour…
