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Pacific Radiance contracts re-establish ME presence

Jan 11, 2017

Pacific Radiance, a provider of integrated offshore marine support services, has re-established its presence in the Middle East with its recently inked multi-year contracts worth up to US$68 million, including options.  Under the multi…

ACE Winches gets Prelude spooling contract

Jan 11, 2017

ACE Winches, a deck machinery specialist, has secured a spooling contract with Oceaneering for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project. The contract will be the first time ACE Winches’ 500-tonne reel drive system is used…

GE to maximize Transocean's productivity

Jan 11, 2017

GE Oil & Gas and Transocean signed a US$180 million contractual service agreement (CSA), to further maximize productivity and lower operating costs for Transocean.  As a pioneer of new business models and performance-based service agreements…

Webtool features cable gripper at Subsea Expo

Jan 10, 2017

Webtool, a hydraulic cutting tools provider, will highlight its latest cable gripper and retrieval tools, and electrically operated subsea cutters at Subsea Expo 2017.  The stand will feature the Webtool cable gripper, which allows the…

Seatronics, Force Technology form partnership

Jan 09, 2017

Seatronics, an Acteon company and provider of marine electronic equipment, has formed a partnership agreement with Force Technology, an international technological consultancy company.  The agreement will provide Seatronics’ global customer…

SapuraKencana wins US$300 million in contracts

Jan 09, 2017

SapuraKencana Petroleum has been awarded several contracts via its subsidiaries worth a total of about US$300 million.  SapuraKencana Subsea Services inked a two-year contract to provide underwater services for Petronas Carigali. The…

DSME delivers Maersk Invincible

Jan 06, 2017

Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its fourth XLE jackup rig, the Maersk Invincible, from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea. Maersk Invincible will now mobilize to the North Sea and will commence a 5-year…

Oil & Gas UK publishes drone guide

Jan 06, 2017

A new publication to help guide the growing use offshore of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) – also known as drones - has been published by Oil & Gas UK. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operations Management Standards and Guidelines were developed by a work group set up by the trade body…

Dril-Quip to acquire OPT

Jan 06, 2017

Houston’s Dril-Quip has signed an agreement acquired OilPatch Technologies (OPT) in a US$20 million cash deal. Founded in 1990 and based in Houston, OPT is a provider of offshore riser systems and components, proprietary threaded connections and other products…

DOF inks contract trio

Jan 05, 2017

DOF has been awarded three new contracts. The first contract, with Asco Marine Ltd., is a two-year firm contract, with options, for the vessel Skandi Aukra. The second contract, with Eni Norge, is a 13-month call-off, with minimum 60 days firm for the vessel Skandi Iceman…

HMC chooses Emerson VRC for Sleipnir

Jan 05, 2017

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has chosen Emerson Automation Solutions to provide a valve remote control (VRC) system for a semisubmersible offshore crane vessel, SSCV Sleipnir, currently under construction at Sembcorp Marine’s shipyard in Singapore…

Aibel awards IKM Testing Johan Sverdrup service contract

Jan 05, 2017

IKM Testing Thailand has been awarded the service contract by Aibel for the Johan Sverdrup drilling platform. The platform deck for the drilling platform will comprise of three modules. Aibel is to build the largest module, the main support frame (MSF)…

Acteon acquires Bruce Anchor

Jan 05, 2017

Subsea services group Acteon acquired Bruce Anchor in a move that the company says has improved its capabilities in the provision of temporary and permanent mooring systems. The acquisition adds to Acteon’s capability in the mooring and installation market…

Schlumberger acquires Peak Well Systems

Jan 05, 2017

Oilfield services giant Schlumberger has acquired Aberdeen-based Peak Well Systems (Peak), a specialist in the design and development of advanced downhole tools for flow control, well intervention and well integrity. Peak Well Systems…

GEODynamics acquired Paradigm GeoKey perforating business

Jan 04, 2017

GEODynamics has acquired Paradigm GeoKey’s Aberdeen, Scotland-based perforating business unit effective 1 January 2017. As a result of the transaction, GEODynamics, Inc. has established its UK operating company.    Chris Chalker, former managing director of Paradigm GeoKey…

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