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Offshore trio offers integrated marine ops

Sep 06, 2016

Aqualis Offshore, Aptomar and Kolos Marine have entered into a cooperation that will provide oil companies and rig operators with an integrated offering of marine operations and field monitoring services on the Norwegian continental shelf…

Semco, Langset to develop Hanøytangen yard

Sep 02, 2016

Semco Maritime and Langset signed a cooperation agreement to cover the development of the Hanøytangen yard, as well as pursuing business opportunities in the oil and gas, and maritime industry, primarily targeted at the North Sea and international markets…

Seabird acquires Hawk Explorer

Sep 01, 2016

SeaBird Exploration, a provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, has entered into a contract for the purchase of the vessel Hawk Explorer and its seismic equipment. Hawk Explorer has been a chartered vessel in the SeaBird fleet since 2006…

Shell extends Fluminense contract

Sep 01, 2016

Shell, through its subsidiary Shell Brasil Petroleo, extended its contract with MODEC for operations and maintenance of the FPSO Fluminense, effective from August 2016 to December 2020. The FPSO has been operating in the Bijupirá and…

Seanamic acquires IMES

Aug 31, 2016

Seanamic Group has acquired the business and trading assets of IMES, an inspection and monitoring engineering solutions company.  Headquartered in Aberdeen, with offices in Plymouth, Portsmouth, Rosyth and Sheffield, IMES provides bespoke monitoring and load measurement systems to the marine…

Viper Subsea acquires stake in LiveWire Innovation

Aug 30, 2016

Viper Subsea Technology, the Portishead and Aberdeen-based subsea engineering company that provides consultancy and develops products for the oil and gas sector worldwide, has acquired a 33% equity stake in US-based LiveWire Innovation, a…

Petronas inks Asian airborne FTG data acquisition

Aug 30, 2016

Petronas has awarded Bell Geospace and Onyx Engineering a contract for 3D multi-client full tensor gradiometry (FTG) data acquisition, processing and interpretative services that will cover approximately 198,900sq km offshore Peninsular Malaysia…

COSL inks double vessel Mexico gig

Aug 30, 2016

China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) signed a rig and logistics integrated service contract with Mexico’s Hokchi Energy S.A de C.V. as part of the country’s energy reform. The COSLHunter, from COSL…

Verisk Analytics acquires Quest Offshore business

Aug 30, 2016

Verisk Analytics, Inc. entered a deal to acquire the data and subscriptions business of Quest Offshore Resources, which supplies market intelligence to the offshore oil and gas sector. The data and subscriptions business will become part of Wood Mackenzie…

Shell divests GoM Brutus, Glider assets

Aug 30, 2016

Shell is divesting 100% of its Brutus and Glider assets in the Gulf of Mexico in a US$425 million cash deal with Houston-based and privately held EnVen Energy Corp. Brutus, during dockside integration…

Zenith completes P&A off Italy

Aug 29, 2016

Aberdeen-based well management firm Zenith Energy has successfully completed the plug and abandonment (P&A) of the Ombrina Mare development well, offshore Italy, for London’s Rockhopper Exploration. The Atwood Beacon…

NorSea inks Johan Sverdrup pipe work

Aug 26, 2016

The NorSea Group (NSG) has signed a US$9.8 million (NOK 80 million) contract with Statoil for intermediate storage of the Johan Sverdrup export pipelines. The contract involves receipt of over 36,000 pipe sections, 36in and 18in in diameter…

SapuraKencana, Sparrows form partnership

Aug 25, 2016

Sparrows Group formed a partnership with SapuraKencana Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad to collaborate in the provision of offshore and onshore crane services including manufacturing, supply, operations…

Cathelco wins Lamprell MGPS order

Aug 23, 2016

Cathelco Middle East FZC based in Sharjah won an order to supply a marine growth prevention system (MGPS) for the latest in a series of jackup drilling rigs to be built by UAE-based Lamprell, a provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services…

Valeport accredits STR lab

Aug 23, 2016

UK-based Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR), a subsea technology design, manufacture and rental company, has received Valeport accreditation for its calibration laboratory. With this accreditation STR can supply third party calibration services…

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