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Cortland opens Houston area facility

Apr 14, 2015

Cortland Company is opening a new synthetic fiber testing and fabrication facility in Sugar Land, Texas. Cortland's Houston area testing facility. From Cortland.   Services from…

Aker, Fjord form WellSep alliance

Apr 13, 2015

Aker Solutions and Fjords Processing have formed WellSep, an alliance to develop technology and capabilities for advanced wellstream separation and treatment solutions for the subsea and topside oil and gas industry. The alliance…

New spooling unit for Delmar

Apr 09, 2015

A new 170-tonne state-of-the-art spooling unit is now available at the Delmar Systems Pty. equipment yard in Karratha, Western Australia to support mooring-related operations. This spooling unit is the largest available in the region…

Apache exits Aussie business for $2.1 billion

Apr 09, 2015

Apache agreed to sell its Australian subsidiary Apache Energy Ltd. to a consortium of private equity funds managed by Macquarie Capital Group Ltd. and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for cash payment of $2.1 billion. With the sale, the company…

Petrofac wins Ichthys LNG work

Apr 08, 2015

INPEX awarded Petrofac an integrity and maintenance program development contract by for the Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia. The Ichthys field. From INPEX.   The INPEX…

Akastor names investment director

Apr 08, 2015

Paal E. Johnsen will take the position as investment director in Akastor, and will be a part of the company's executive management team, reporting to the CEO. Johnsen will be based in Oslo, and will start in his position on 1 July 2015 at the latest…

Wärtsilä in five-year Golar LNG deal

Apr 08, 2015

Wärtsilä signed a five-year technical management agreement with Golar Management Oslo for delivery of services to Golar LNG - one of the largest independent owners and operators of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers in the world. The Golar LNG vessel…

Pancontinental drops Kenya block

Apr 08, 2015

Australia's Pancontinental is withdrawing from the BG Group-operated Kenya license L10B and from the production sharing agreement governing L10B.  Pancontinental holds a 25% interest in L10B, while BG holds 75%. L10B is immediately south of area L10A…

Former Roc chief headed for Afren top spot

Apr 07, 2015

London’s Afren is appointing Roc Oil's former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alan Linn as its new CEO to take the place of Osman Shahenshah, who was terminated for “gross misconduct” in October 2014. Linn…

Siemens opens Houston headquarters

Apr 06, 2015

Siemens is opening its new oil and gas headquarters in Houston. Siemens managing board member Lisa Davis, who leads Siemens’ oil and gas and power generation businesses, will be based in the West Memorial Drive office in Houston’s energy…

Gazprom, Petrovietnam expand partnership

Apr 06, 2015

Gazprom Neft and Petrovietnam signed a series of agreements to extend their collaboration activity on the Pechora Sea shelf. Dolginskoye field. From Gazprom.   The joint oil and gas exploration…

NEOS completes South Atlantic Margin neoSCAN

Apr 03, 2015

NEOS GeoSolutions (NEOS) completed a neoSCAN study over an approximately 20,000sq km area of investigation (AOI) along the South Atlantic Margin. As part of this project, NEOS integrated and simultaneously interpreted several existing…

North Sea operators fund SAR service

Mar 30, 2015

North Sea oil and gas operators have committed to fund a search and rescue (SAR) helicopter service, supplementing national SAR cover for parts of the Central North Sea. The participating companies have awarded Bond Offshore Helicopters a US$88…

Valiant Driller jackup completes move

Mar 30, 2015

Aqualis Offshore completed the marine warranty services for the dry transportation of the mobile offshore drilling unit Valiant Driller jackup from Indonesia to India, where it will operate for ONGC. Aqualis currently provides marine warranty services on 26 rigs offshore India…

Wärtsilä inaugurates new Brazil assembly plant

Mar 25, 2015

Wärtsilä inaugurated its first unit at Porto do Açu in São João da Barra (RJ), Brazil. This is the first assembly plant and production unit for generator sets and azimuth thrusters in Brazil for Wärtsilä. Covering 4000sq m of floor space…

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