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  • MDL installs, retrieves North Sea flowlines, umbilicals for Rever

    Maritime Developments Ltd (MDL) is working on three subsea projects in the North Sea for Rever Offshore.   Work started in April on installation and decommissioning of products in two fields, using a horizontal spread solution onboard the Normand Clipper.   For the first work…

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    Tokio Marine HCC bolsters marine liability team with Skuld’s Knighton Specialty insurer Tokio Marine HCC has expanded its marine liability division, which began trading in January, with the appointment of Paul Knighton as marine liability & logistics underwriter.   Mr Knighton joins from Skuld where…

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  • US 2018 Oil, Gas Output Surges Outpaced All Countries

    US natural gas and crude oil production increased last year at the fastest pace ever for a single country.   US gas output soared 86 billion cubic metres in 2018, the largest annual increase by any country ever, according to statistics published by BP Plc…

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  • Well-Safe to decommission up to 21 North Sea wells for DNO

    Well-Safe Solutions has been awarded a major contract to decommission up to twenty-one wells on the Schooner and Ketch fields in the UKCS, operated by DNO North Sea Limited, a subsidiary of DNO ASA.   The Schooner and Ketch fields, located in the UK Southern…

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  • ExxonMobil proceeds with Vaca Muerta expansion

    ExxonMobil has announced plans to proceed with long-term oil development on Bajo del Choique-La Invernada block within Argentina’s Vaca Muerta basin. The project is expected to produce as much as 55,000 boe/d within five years.   The project will include 90 wells, a central production…

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  • Growing security threat in Gulf of Guinea

    Speakers at a maritime security symposium in London last week noted a growing incidence of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.   Earlier this year the Spanish Navy had to intervene to rescue the crew of a hijacked subsea construction vessel operating offshore Equatorial Guinea….

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  • Shell ships first LNG cargo from Prelude FLNG

    Shell has announced that the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has sailed from the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, located 475 kilometres north-east of Broome in Western Australia.   Shell is the operator of Prelude development in Block WA-44-L offshore Western…

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  • Total produces first gas from Culzean field in North Sea

    French oil major Total has started up production from the Culzean gas condensate field located on Block 22/25a, 230 kilometres off the coast of Aberdeen.   The Culzean field lies in Block 22/25 in the central North Sea’s East Central Graben.   Announcing the field…

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