New Jersey based marine engineering firm Martin & Ottaway together with industry partners, has formed a new company, SurfWEC LLC, that will develop Wave Energy Converters (WECs) using patented features that are expected to increase energy recovery…
Marine engineering firm Jan De Nul Group Jan De Nul Group has completed the installation and burial of the two main subsea umbilicals for the exploitation of new gas fields in the West Nile Delta concessions, located in the North Alexandria region…
Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has received an initial payment of 549 million reais ($148.92 million) from Dutch marine engineering group SBM Offshore as part of a 1.22 billion-real leniency deal, the Brazilian government said on Monday…
Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME)'s Board of Directors announced that with effect from January 1, 2019 Luc Vandenbulcke will succeed Alain Bernard as the company’s CEO…
US-based Helix Energy Solutions Group has appointed now former Atwood Oceanics VP Geoffrey (Geoff) Wagner as its executive vice president and chief commercial officer. Wagner spent several years in executive leadership roles with drilling services firm Atwood Oceanics…
Maersk Drilling has named its fourth XL Enhanced ultra harsh environment jackup the Maersk Invincible, on 14 October at a ceremony held at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. Maersk Invincible…
Songa Offshore's fourth and final newbuild Cat D Rig, the semisubmersible Songa Enabler, has started drilling operations on 29 July offshore Norway for Norwegian oil giant Statoil. All four rigs are semisubmersible, sixth generation Cat…
A Northumberland-based marine engineer has outlined plans for a new submersible that could change the way oil platforms are transported back to shore for decommissioning. Joe Glass from Rothbury has joined forces with Seaways Engineering International as Managing Director (UK)…
The third of four new Cat D rigs being built to work for Statoil by drilling contractor Songa Offshore has started drilling operations for Statoil on the Norwegian Continental Shelf under its eight-year contract. The Songa Encourage is on operational day rate and working on the Skuld field…
Songa Offshore has taken delivery of the Songa Enabler, the last of its string of four new, sixth generation Car D drilling rigs from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea. The semisubmersible unit is now due to depart…
Houston's Vantage Drilling has signed an agreement for a two-year extension of the ultra-deepwater drillship Tungsten Explorer contract. The contract, initially signed in 2013, and running from mid-2014 for two years, is now anticipated…
ABS has centralized its global marine strategic planning, client development, and product and service offerings to deliver enhanced classification services and joint technical projects. Effective today (15 February), Dr. Kirsi Tikka is promoted…
Seadrill has reached an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard in South Korea to defer the delivery of two ultra-deepwater drillships, the West Aquila and West Libra, until Q2 2018 and Q1 2019 respectively. Under the terms of the original construction contracts…
Norwegian accommodation vessel provider Prosafe and oil firm Statoil have agreed to re-phase the Mariner project on the UK Continental Shelf of the North Sea from 2016 into 2017, and extend the firm hire duration from eight months to 13 months…
The Petronas floating LNG1 (PFLNG1) has reached a 95% overall progress in its construction and will come onstream in 2016, the company said. In late September, Petronas began lifting the first topside module for its PFLNG1 facility at…
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