Kongsberg Maritime’s ‘Full Picture’ solution has been selected by Chinese and Korean shipbuilders for 13 advanced newbuild offshore vessels with a total value of NOK330 million. Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co. (DSIC), CIMC Raffles (CIMC)…
Paradigm announced the release of the latest version of its Geolog formation evaluation and petrophysics analysis solution suite. The release includes a plug-in that enables direct data transfer from Geolog to Petrel seismic to simulation software…
Power and automoation group ABB has won contracts worth more than US$20 million to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next-generation offshore vessels. The first vessel, of ULSTEIN SX165 design (pictured), is being…
In a press conference during OTC, Wild Well announced a joint agreement with Check-6 to develop the next generation of well control training for the oil and gas industry. The partnership will result in a new standard of training by providing…
Fugro’s wholly-acquired Advanced Geomechanics Pty Ltd. (AG) will become part of its global geoconsultancy practice.The nearly 20-year-old, Perth- based AG provides geotechnical and geophysical engineering and consulting services, and partnered with companies including Woodside…
Saudi Aramco opened a research center in Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts yesterday, the first of three new US research facilities the global energy giant will set up by the end of next year. The new center is adjacent to the Massachusetts…
Geoprediction firm Ikon Science has acquired the software, services and intellectual property of Bergen-headquartered Terra Geotech AS. Eamonn Doyle, the founder of Terra Geotech, has joined Ikon Science as VP real-time operations, bringing…
Fugro announced that it has wholly-acquired Advanced Geomechanics Pty Ltd. (AG) to become part of its global geoconsultancy practice. The nearly 20-year-old, Perth-based AG provides geotechnical and geophysical engineering and consulting services…
Geoprediction firm Ikon Science has acquired the software, services and intellectual property of Bergen headquartered Terra Geotech AS. Eamonn Doyle, the founder of Terra Geotech, has joined Ikon Science as VP real-time operations, bringing…
Shanghai Offshore Petroleum Bureau (Sinopec) took delivery of the FA XIAN6 seismic research vessel. The vessel is a Rolls-Royce UT 830 CD design, and is the first of its type to be built in China. It is equipped with a package of Rolls-Royce power and propulsion systems…
ABB has been picked to supply the power and propulsion systems for a new deepwater pipelay vessel. The vessel, tentatively named Derrick Lay Vessel 2000 (DLV2000), will be constructed at Keppel Singmarine in Singapore and delivered in 2015 to Hydro Marine Services…
US-based Bluefin Robotic successfully tested its unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in deepwater conditions, the company announced last month. Bluefin tested the UUV off Massachusetts with the Scarlett Isabella vessel…
Cargotec's MacGregor has received a EUR 22 million (US $28,369,261) order to deliver a 900-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) MacGregor subsea crane to the South Korean shipyard, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd. The crane will be installed…
Dr Mark Hutchinson has been appointed to the new position of head of advanced engineering by the Xodus Group and is tasked with promoting technical engineering excellence on the oil & gas consultancy’s projects. He joins from global…
Over the last few years, Baker Hughes has invested heavily in technology R&D and the infrastructure to support the search for innovative technologies. At the same time, 2009 saw the service company change the way it endeavors to provide technology solutions to its clients…
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