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Knarr field produces first oil for BG Group
Oslo: BG Group has said today that Teekay FPSO Petrojarl Knarr has started production from the Knarr oil field in…
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Nordic American Offshore’s Hansson put his money where his mouth is
Oslo: Executive chairman and president of NYSE-listed Nordic American Offshore (NAO) Herbjorn Hansson has put his money where his mouth…
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DHT fixes four on time charters
Oslo: New York-listed DHT Holdings has booked time charter contracts for four of its vessels. VLCC DHT Chris (309,285dwt, built…
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Farstad offloads old AHTS
Oslo: Oslo-listed offshore specialist Farstad has taken a $0.53m loss this quarter by selling an old anchor handler. The AHTS…
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Aker Solutions looks to the future
Oslo: Aker Solutions has showed investors five strategic objectives after splitting in two in September. The company, which meets today…
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Arctic shipping volumes falling despite record ice-melt
Oslo: No records for shipping through Arctic waters are likely to be broken this year, even though meteorologists are predicting…
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Statoil linked with giant US shale acquisitions
Oslo: Norwegian energy giant Statoil is making the most of depressed prices for US shale-related firms, linked with at least…
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Fragile subsea market claims more Norwegian jobs
Oslo: The fragile state of the subsea market has seen more redundancies announced. Dredging specialist X-Subsea’s Norwegian division has been…
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Norwegian oil watchdog comes in for criticism
Oslo: Employees from two of Norway’s most important government watchdogs employed to cover the oil sector have been criticised for…
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Rosneft terminates drillship contract with North Atlantic Drilling
Oslo: North Atlantic Drilling, the majority owned subsidiary of John Fredriksen-controlled Seadrill, has said that Rosneft has terminated a contract to employ drillship…
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Statoil hands Coor five-year contract
Oslo: Statoil has awarded a contract for offshore facility services on the Statfjord and Snorre fields to Coor Service Management.…
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DOF caps great week with Atlantic contracts
Oslo: Capping off a great week for offshore specialist DOF, a subsidiary has been awarded several contracts in the Atlantic…
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Dolphin drillship contract cancelled
Oslo: Fred. Olsen Energy has said that subsidiary, Dolphin Drilling has received a contract termination for convenience notice from Anadarko…
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BOA reflags vessel
Oslo: Norwegian offshore specialist BOA has reflagged home one of its anchor handling supply vessels, Boa Bison, from Malta. The…
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Battle for Johan Sverdrup continues
Oslo: The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has asked for help from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) on how…
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DOF Subsea wins Australian Chevron contract
Oslo: Offshore and subsea vessel owner DOF has signed a deal with Chevron Australia to provide IMR services for three…
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Reach grabs work for Edda Fonn
Oslo: Subsea operator Reach Subsea has won a contract for ROV/survey vessel Edda Fonn (built 2003) to an undisclosed international…
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Brenner West loses interest in Ocean Yield
Oslo: Brenner West Capital, a key supporter in Ocean Yield’s recent initial public offering on the Oslo Bors (pictured), has…
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BOA Offshore heads to NorYards
Oslo: BOA IMR, a new BOA Offshore subsidiary, has contracted NorYards Fosen for a light construction/IMR vessel with delivery scheduled…
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Island Offshore delays delivery of five OSVs
Oslo: Despite a commendable utilisation rate among its offshore service vessels, the nosediving oil prices have clearly spooked Oslo-listed Island…
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