Offshore Construction News in Norway
| 10/20/2020 - Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has just signed a new contract with the maritime services and solutions provider MacGregor to deliver a Pile Gripper Guidance System (PGGS) for the OHT Alfa Lift. Scheduled for... |
| 10/7/2020 - Seadrill Europe Management AS (Seadrill) has received an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the West Bollsta mobile drilling facility. ... |
| 9/16/2020 - The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Equinor consent for the use of Askeladd phase 1 on the Snohvit field. Other info: The consent comprises subsea facilities, pipelines,... |
| 9/10/2020 - Kongsberg Maritime has been contracted to design and equip a highly innovative vessel for the Norwegian krill processing firm Rimfrost. It is expected that the vessel will be ready to begin operations... |
| 9/1/2020 - Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly (a Kongsberg Wilhelmsen joint venture) have signed contracts with the leading Norwegian grocery distributor ASKO to equip two new vessels with autonomous technology, a... |
| 8/28/2020 - A drone flew a 3D-printed part for the lifeboat system from the Mongstad base to the Troll A platform in the North Sea. The operation was completed efficiently and according to plan. 'Devel... |
| 8/20/2020 - GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement to sell the IMR vessel Polar King, built at Freire Shipyard in 2011. Due to the sale, an impairment of approximately USD 5 million for Polar King is ex... |
| 7/9/2020 - Golden Energy Offshore are pleased to have secured yet another extension and more work for the IMR Despina in direct continuation of present contract with Fugro. The vessel has safely and successfully... |
| 10/2/2019 - Saipem has signed a subsea service contract with Equinor, worth approximately 40 million Euro, which entails the use of Saipem’s Underwater Intervention Drone (UID) Hydrone-R and the all-electric Work... |
| 6/22/2019 - The Valhall Flank West topsides were installed on the Valhall field on Saturday, 22 June. This is just 14 months after the first steel was cut at Kvaerner’s yard in Verdal. Both the topsides and the j... |
| 5/7/2019 - KBR, in a joint venture with Kvaerner (K2JV), successfully delivered a Utilities and Living Quarters (ULQ) Platform Topsides in the Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea this week. The... |
| 5/1/2019 - The industry frontrunner in the offshore digital space, FutureOn, has officially launches its digital twin platform FieldTwin. Offshore drilling sees a resurgence with billions planned for investment ... |
| 3/29/2019 - Aker BP ASA has exercised the second of three one-week options. The total value of the option is approximately USD 1 million with operations continuing into mid-May 2019. |
| 3/14/2019 - Equinor has received the authorities’ approval for extending the life of eight installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) during the last three years. Several of these installations were o... |
| 11/21/2018 - Norwegian minister of petroleum and energy, Kjell-Borge Freiberg, will start cutting the first sheet for the topside of the Johan Castberg vessel at Kvaener's yard at Stord. The construction will crea... |
| 8/10/2018 - Aker Solutions has, in collaboration with Kvaerner, secured additional hook-up and commissioning work for Equinor's Johan Sverdrup field offshore Norway. ... |
| 5/15/2018 - Following an engineering and design study to protect the production wells of the Johan Castberg project in Norway, Statoil awarded the contract for the supply of equipment and the production of the se... |
| 12/18/2017 - Aker BP has awarded Kvaerner a contract for delivery of the topside and steel jacket substructure for Valhall Flank West. This is the first project in the Wellhead Platform Alliance, which was establi... |
| 12/12/2017 - Aasta Hansteen was towed to Digernessundet where Kvaerner since June has assisted with the completion of the cylindrical substructure (spar) and preparation for hook-up with the topside. ... |
| 11/20/2017 - PSA has carried out an audit of Statoil Petroleum (Statoil), Songa Offshore (Songa) and relevant drilling and well service contractors as concerns their planning and execution of drilling and well act... |
