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Wärtsilä, CSSC sign licensing agreement

Dec 13, 2016

Wärtsilä has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Jiujiang Precision Measuring Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC), based in Jiujiang, China. The two-way agreement provides CSSC with…

Nucore Group forms, appoints CEO

Dec 13, 2016

A new company, Nucore Group, has been established to create a topside engineering services group of companies.  Backed by Lonsdale Capital Partners, Nucore Group currently oversees the management of Oteac and HVAC & Refrigeration Engineering (HVAC&R)…

Lokring Northern expands Aberdeen office

Dec 13, 2016

Lokring Northern (UK), a provider of advanced fluid and gas transfer connectors, has expanded its Aberdeen office. The new premises are double the size of the previous Aberdeen headquarters, with capacity for improved training facilities and office space…

Azinor Catalyst grabs operatorship, stake in UKCS license

Dec 13, 2016

Azinor Catalyst signed an agreement to acquire a 50% operated interest in UKCS license P.2243, containing Block 14/17a from Zennor North Sea. Map from Azinor Catalyst. The license is adjacent to Azinor’s Partridge licence P…

ALE launches lightweight crane

Dec 13, 2016

ALE launched its latest innovation, the lightweight service crane, which is fully designed out of light modular parts that can be assembled by hand.  Each part can fit in an elevator or transported over an access walkway or stairs, making…

AWE divests Tui stake

Dec 13, 2016

Australia's AWE has sold 57.5% of its stake in the Tui area oil fields in the Taranaki basin offshore New Zealand, to Kuala Lumpur-based Tamarind Management. Subject to approvals from the New Zealand government and the Tui joint venture…

Boskalis sheds most of Fugro stake

Dec 13, 2016

Dutch maritime transport firm Boskalis has dropped its stake in fellow Netherlands-headquartered firm Fugro down to 9.38%, the company announced today (13 December). The news is likely welcomed by Fugro, which has been at odds with Boskalis…

Geokinetics to acquire Geotrace IP and assets

Dec 12, 2016

Geokinetics, a provider of integrated seismic data acquisition, processing and reservoir analysis solutions, will acquire the intellectual property and legacy assets of Geotrace Technologies, a provider of seismic imaging and reservoir analysis services…

Subsea 7 awards EnerMech Australian contract

Dec 12, 2016

EnerMech has been awarded its first contract by Subsea 7 in the Australian oil and gas market. The mechanical engineering group will perform a range of subsea flowline and umbilical pre-commissioning on the Woodside-operated North West Shelf…

ALE in final stages of UZ750 operation

Dec 12, 2016

ALE is approaching the final stages of its load-out operations for the Upper Zakum 750 Island Surface Facilities (UZ750) Project, based 84km offshore, northwest of Abu Dhabi, UAE. The heavy lifting contractor secured the scope to deliver almost 100 different modules to the north…

Noble, Shell amend drillship trio deals

Dec 12, 2016

Noble Corp. and Shell have entered a deal to amend contracts for three ultra deepwater drillships, due to today's challenging environment, that will prove to be beneficial for both companies. Image of the Globetrotter I…

SeaBird in South America deal

Dec 09, 2016

SeaBird Exploration has signed an agreement for the Northern Explorer vessel for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in South America. The project is anticipated to commence in late December 2016 and will have a duration of approximately 45 days.

IOG gets extension for Blythe

Dec 08, 2016

Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has extended the licenses for Blocks 48/22b and 48/23a in the Southern North Sea (SNS) containing the Blythe gas discovery (P1736) until 31 December 2017, following discussions with the UK Oil & Gas Authority…

Zilift installs ESP in a live well

Dec 08, 2016

Zilift, a developer of permanent magnet technologies for innovative artificial lift applications for the energy sector, has successfully achieved the installation, operation and retrieval of a slim-line cable deployed electrical submersible pump (ESP)…

Tampnet awards Global Marine fiber contract

Dec 08, 2016

Global Marine Systems secured a contract from Tampnet.  The contract is designed to further enhance inter oil-field communication networks in the North Sea. Work will be undertaken in 2018 by one of the company’s key installation vessels…

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