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Swimming against the tide

Sep 01, 2016

Upper position outboard. Images from AXTech. Some companies are looking to reverse the trend of heavier duty vessels with complex deck equipment. Elaine Maslin looks into some lighter concepts…

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…

Wintershall selects Wood Group for maintenance and mods in Norway

Aug 31, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded a four-year frame agreement by Wintershall Norge to tender for provision of modification and maintenance services to assets in the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).  The deal comes with two three-year extension options and is effective immediately…

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…

Wood Group inks DONG frame agreement

Aug 30, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by DONG Energy, to support the firm's oil and gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves.  Front end development, maintenance and modifications…

Njord arrives at Kvearner for overhaul

Aug 26, 2016

Statoil's Njord A semisubmersible production platform has been towed to the Kværner Stord yard in Norway for reinforcement and renovation works, which will enable it to return to production up to and beyond 2030. The facility, which was built at the same yard in 1997…

MISC inks Chevron Benchamas 2 work

Aug 23, 2016

MISC Berhad has entered the Thailand offshore oil and gas market after winning a US$230 million, 10-year deal with Chevron for the lease and operations of a floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO). MISC’s wholly-owned subsidiary…

James Fisher unveils SP12000 MFE tool

Aug 22, 2016

James Fisher Subsea Excavation, part of James Fisher and Sons, has brought the SP12000 mass flow excavation (MFE) tool to market to support clients with large scale excavations. The SP12000 produces more than 6-tonne of thrust at full power and a volume output of 12…

How Shell used 3D printing on its Stones development

Aug 22, 2016

As Shell's Stones development inches closer to first production, the Anglo-Dutch supermajor released a video on how the company used 3D printing to ensure that the disconnectable buoy on the project came together flawlessly during the construction process…

URS investment adds ROV capacity

Aug 16, 2016

Utility ROV Services (URS), has unveiled two new custom ROV (remotely operated vehicle) systems at their base in Glenrothes, Scotland demonstrating a US$7.8 million (£6 million) investment in the company.  As a result of the additional capacity the extra systems will provide…

Premier Oil awards GE Anoa field decommissioning

Aug 16, 2016

GE Oil & Gas subsidiary, PT. VetcoGray Indonesia, has been awarded a field decommissioning contract with Premier Oil Indonesia, to support the shut-down of four subsea wells in the Anoa field, offshore Indonesia.  The deal will see GE…

Quayside designs stackable subsea baskets

Aug 15, 2016

Quayside Fabrication has designed a subsea basket that can be stacked and secured on a vessel while at sea. The newly named ‘Stackable at Sea’ subsea baskets can save valuable deck space and can result in fewer trips to sea for oil companies…

Arc Energy Resources acquires CLG Engineering

Aug 04, 2016

Gloucestershire-based Arc Energy Resources, the weld overlay cladding and fabrication company, has acquired precision machining company CLG Engineering, based in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Arc Energy Resources provides corrosion-resistant weld overlay cladding services…

Fresh strike starts

Aug 04, 2016

A 48-hour strike has started in the UK North Sea by offshore workers working for Wood Group on Shell platforms. The strike, on the Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Nelson, Gannet, Shearwater and Curlew platforms, follows a 24-hour walk out by workers from the Unite and RMT unions on Tuesday 26 July…

InterMoor completes Brazil FPSO decom job

Aug 03, 2016

InterMoor's Brazilian subsidiary successfully completed its involvement in the decommissioning operations of the OSX-1 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading). InterMoor was responsible for the disconnection of the submerged turret production system (STP)…

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