North Sea & Europe Oil & Gas Pipeline & Transportation News

BP has explained the decision to select the proposed Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) as a southern European export route for gas from the Shah Deniz Phase 2 development in the Caspian Sea.

Independent Risk Management Systems B.V. (IRM Systems) has been contracted by BBL Company to produce a concept proposal that will provide an assessment of the organization’s current pipeline repair contingency plans and preparedness. 

Reef Subsea subsidiary Scanmudring has won a seabed dredging contract from A/S Norske Shell for the Ormen Lange Mid-North field development.

Swagelining says it has achieved a record-length single insertion pull of 1,500 m (4,921 ft) while installing polymer liners in the UK North Sea.

The second of the parallel Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea has been completed, ahead of schedule.

The Nord Stream gas pipeline project in the Baltic Sea is entering an intensive period of activity.

Hydratight has repaired a damaged pipe on a subsea manifold linked to Statoil’s Troll C oil and gas platform in the Norwegian North Sea.

Allseas has commissioned Huisman to design and manufacture a new offshore mast crane for the pipelay vessel Solitaire.

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) consortium has submitted its Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to Italy’s Ministry of Environment.

Ocean Installer has a letter of intent from Xcite Energy Resources for work on the Bentley heavy oil development in the UK northern North Sea.

NJSC Chornomornaftogaz’s pipelay barge GMC Pride has left the Hidrodinamik Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, following a conversion program.

The partners in the Shah Deniz gas field development in the Caspian Sea have provisionally opted for exclusive negotiations with Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) on a gas export route to southern Europe.

Eni has agreed to sell its 16.41% interest in Interconnector (UK) to Fluxys G SA, as part of a package valued at €150 million ($199 million).

Azerbaijan has a major role to play in securing Europe’s future energy security, according to a lecture by Professor Alan Riley of London’s City University.

BP has awarded Subsea 7 a $100-million pipelay contract for the Clair Ridge project, west of Shetland in the UK sector.

DNV has unveiled a new deepwater pipeline concept that it says can reduce the cost of a gas pipeline while maintaining the strictest integrity regime.

STATS Group, has completed an isolation project on BG’s North Everest platform to facilitate a maintenance/replacement works program.

Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted all necessary and unconditional permits for construction and operation of the South Stream gas pipeline through the Turkish sector.

Elf Exploration UK has awarded Subsea 7 a $185-million SURF (subsea umbilical, riser, flowline) contract for the West Franklin Phase 2 development in the UK central graben area of the North Sea.

Serimax has completed a pipe spool fabrication project for Technip for the DONG-operated Oselvar development in the Norwegian North Sea.

Technip has signed options for a two-year extension of a frame contract to provide Statoil with pipeline repair system (PRS) services.

The Nord Stream consortium reports that Line 1 of its Baltic Sea pipeline became operational on Nov. 8, and was commemorated by political and business leaders as making a significant contribution to Europe’s long-term energy security.

A study will be initiated later this month aimed at providing guidance to Britain’s government on environmentally responsible methods for decommissioning offshore pipeline bundles.

Gerhard Roiss, CEO of Austrian oil company OMV, has suggested that the proposed Nabucco gas export pipeline from the Caspian Sea could be delayed by up to a year.