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Drilling & Completion

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Enegi steps up evaluation of offshore Newfoundland prospect

Enegi Oil (AIM:ENEG) has provided an update on its work on the St. George’s Bay prospect within the EL1116 permit offshore Newfoundland.

Statoil takes West Aquarius for Newfoundland wells

Statoil (OSE:STL;NYSE:STO) has contracted Seadrill’s deepwater drilling semisubmersible West Aquarius for exploration offshore Newfoundland.

Field Development

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Husky hires Aker for long-term White Rose support services

Husky Energy has contracted Aker Solutions offshore engineering services to support activities at the White Rose field development.

Husky starts work on South White Rose extension project offshore eastern Canada

Husky Oil Operations has contracted Technip to manage the planned subsea tieback of the South White Rose field to the SeaRose FPSO offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

Subsea

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Husky starts work on South White Rose extension project offshore eastern Canada

Husky Oil Operations has contracted Technip to manage the planned subsea tieback of the South White Rose field to the SeaRose FPSO offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

ExxonMobil contracts gravity-based structure for Hebron offshore Canada

ExxonMobil Canada Properties has released Kiewit-Kvaerner Contractors to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for the Hebron Project gravity based structure.

Geology & Geophysics

Study revives exploration interest offshore Nova Scotia

Beicip-Franlab has used basin modeling technologies developed by IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) to reassess Nova Scotia’s offshore hydrocarbon potential.

Nalcor contracts Ikon for shelf, deepwater pore pressure studies

Nalcor Energy Oil and Gas Inc. has contracted Ikon Science Ltd. a project to identify the regional pore pressure distribution in the offshore shelf and deepwaters of Newfoundland and Labrador.

TGS has offshore Newfoundland seismic survey data ready

TGS has completed a multi-client 2D survey offshore Newfoundland and the processed data is now available.

Pipeline & Transportation

Accurate stone dumping protects Deep Panuke facilities offshore Canada

Tideway has completed an offshore installation program for EnCana’s Deep Panuke gas development offshore Nova Scotia, eastern Canada.

SolveiG set to join Norway pipeline group

Statoil is selling a 24.1% direct and indirect stake in the Gassled pipelines joint venture to SolveiG Gas Norway for NOK 17.35 billion ($3.2 billion).

Subsea gas hydrates offer huge deepwater energy potential

Research results over the past decade, including drilling and coring, experimental studies, and numerical simulations, are clarifying the resource potential of gas hydrates. Key to recent advances ...

Production

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Suncor reconnecting Terra Nova drilling facilities

Production has been restored from the largest of three drill centers at the Terra Nova complex offshore Newfoundland, following completion of a dockside maintenance program on the FPSO.

Further delays for East Panuke platform

SBM Offshore (AMS:SBMO) says commissioning of the long-delayed platform for the Deep Panuke field offshore eastern Canada is making slow progress.

Rigs/Vessels

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Husky agrees long-term deal for harsh environment rig

Husky Oil Operations has issued a letter of award to Seadrill (XOSL:SDRL) for a five-year contract for the newbuild semisubmersible West Mira.

Newfoundland FPSOs face extended maintenance shutdown

Suncor Energy expects the 21-week dockside maintenance program for the Terra Nova FPSO to start in June.

Canada Offshore Oil & Gas News

Study revives exploration interest offshore Nova Scotia

Beicip-Franlab has used basin modeling technologies developed by IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) to reassess Nova Scotia’s offshore hydrocarbon potential.

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Husky hires Aker for long-term White Rose support services

Husky Energy has contracted Aker Solutions offshore engineering services to support activities at the White Rose field development.