Singapore's Cosco announced on 23 July that the Cosco (Nantong) Shipyard, delivered jackup Kai Xuan Yi Hao to an unamed Asian buyer. The jackup, which measures 66.71m in length of all and is 67.06m wide, can operate at water depths of…
GE’s Measurement & Control business announced a minority equity investment in Meridium. The companies will enter into a joint development and distribution agreement that will integrate Meridium’s asset performance management (APM) software…
Pedro Vergel joins Houston-based Petrofac Training Services (PTS) as vice president of the Western Hemisphere for Petrofac Training, a newly-created role. Vergel will be responsible for PTS operations in Europe and the Americas as the…
The ongoing revision of API 17G (specification for subsea well intervention equipment) includes many changes from prior editions. These changes extend beyond the added design rules and product qualification processes for hardware typically seen in design code updates…
The Society of Petroleum Engineers' (SPE) Aberdeen section is making a milestone this year - it is the group's 40th anniversary - with a black tie dinner at top tier industry speakers from Shell, BP, Statoil, and Schlumberger. The…
Italian authorities are starting to actively progress offshore permit approvals that have been outstanding for some years, according to an operator in the region. Northern Petroleum's CEO made the comments after the company was awarded two exploration permits in Italy…
TGS has is to start two multi-client geochemical seafloor sampling and seep studies offshore Canada and in the Barents Sea. Sampling locations for both programs were identified using recently acquired multi-client seismic data. The Labrador…
Crowley Maritime Corp. will christen the new ocean-class tug, the Ocean Sky, in Houston tomorrow. The 156-ft long Ocean Sky is the fourth of Crowley's new ocean-class tugs to leave the Bollinger shipyard, following its sister ship, the Ocean Sun…
Semco Maritime and PetroVietnam Marine Shipyard (PVMS) establish Vung Tau Rig Services in Vietnam to repair, refurbish and upgrade rigs. Semco Maritime and PVMS have worked together since 2012 and aim to offer high quality and cost efficient solutions…
The AUV Hydrographic Bootcamp will take place 3-8 August 2014 at the University of New Hampshire’s Judd Gregg Marine Science Complex in New Castle, NH. The symposium will focus on developing new methods of AUV operations, data collection…
Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) received bids from four companies for just five of 19 offshore areas offered in its 2014 licensing round. Spains's Repsol, as operator, was awarded the COL4 license, in the Caribbean Sea, with partners Statoil and ExxonMobil Exploration Colombia…
Talisman Energy has confirmed that it has been approached by Spain's Repsol over 'various transactions.' Repsol has been reported to have been considering a bid for Canada-based Talisman, Bloomberg reported. A statement from Talisman…
The Underwater Technology Conference 2014, sponsored by the Underwater Technology Foundation and held 18-19 June in Bergen, kicked-off by diving into this subsea factory tour video from Xvision.
The UK Government has launched a consultation into a proposed tax allowance to encourage investment in ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature (uHPHT) oil and gas fields in the UK North Sea. The allowance could reduce the tax on a portion of a company's profits from 62% to 30%…
Centrica Resources Norway, operator of production license 405, in the southeastern part of the Norwegian North Sea, has completed drilling wildcat well 8/10-6 S. The well is dry, said the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The well was drilled 13 km southwest of the Ula field…