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Neptune opens Houston office

Nov 21, 2016

Neptune Marine Services (Neptune) has opened a new office in Houston, Texas, operating under the name Neptune Subsea. The move will enable Neptune to provide the full suite of Neptune’s services to clients within the Gulf of Mexico and the Americas…

Flash Tekk pick Saab's Panther XT Plus ROV

Nov 21, 2016

Flash Tekk Engineering has chosen the Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus ROV as a key diving support vessel resource. Flash Tekk is a major diving equipment supplier for the international offshore industry worldwide and supplies diving systems…

Scolty/Crathes online, Kraken on its way

Nov 21, 2016

UK independent EnQuest has brought its Scolty and Crathes development in the UK North Sea onstream. The firm also confirmed sailaway of the US$2.6 billion Kraken development floating production, storage and offloading vessel is due in coming days…

Eyes in the sky: Using aerial drones to power offshore operations

Nov 21, 2016

Drones can enhance the safety and efficiency of offshore oil and gas operations – but they require a strong, secure communications network to do so. Josh Parker of Rajant Corp. explains. Image…

Colombian exploration to heat up in 2017

Nov 19, 2016

After forming its own offshore-focused offshoot this January, Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol noted in its Q3 conference call that it intends to stabilize its production with a more 'aggressive' exploration drilling program slated for 2017…

Obama leaves Arctic off the table

Nov 18, 2016

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released the final plan for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sales for 2017-2022, excluding areas in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas in the US Arctic…

Amberjack GoM debottleneck complete

Nov 18, 2016

The Amberjack debottlenecking project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM) has been completed, expanding its infrastructure and increasing Green Canyon Block platform (GC-19) off-take capacity by 60%.   Amberjack illustration…

URS develops Mattress Recovery Tool

Nov 18, 2016

Utility ROV Services (URS) has developed a new Mattress Recovery Tool (MRT) for the oil and gas decommissioning market. The tool has been designed to recover concrete mattresses that have been installed extensively in oil and gas fields to protect subsea piping…

Polar Onyx gets West Africa work

Nov 18, 2016

GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a time charter agreement in West Africa with Marine Platforms Ltd.(MPL) for the SURF (subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines) vessel Polar Onyx. The vessel will perform subsea construction/SURF installation and field development for end client Chevron…

MX Oil's Aje limited

Nov 18, 2016

Production from the Aje field offshore Nigeria continues to be limited by the performance of the Aje-5 well which, as previously reported, requires subsurface intervention to remedy a mechanical problem, MX Oil said. In addition, the…

Hurricane awarded Halifax license

Nov 18, 2016

Hurricane Energy was awarded the P2308 licence (Halifax) offshore the UK by the Oil and Gas Authority in an out of round application. The licence is contiguous to, and extends north east from, Hurricane’s existing Lancaster licence. The…

Wisting contains 1 billion barrels

Nov 18, 2016

OMV's Norway VP said the Wisting discovery in the Norwegian Barents Sea could contain more than 1 billion boe in place. Image of Eni's Goliat FPSO in the Barents Sea. David Latin stated the figure at an energy conference…

Eni board greenlights Coral LNG - Mozambique

Nov 18, 2016

Eni is a step closer to moving ahead with its 16 Tcf deepwater Coral discovery development offshore Mozambique following investment approval from its board of directors. Eni's board has approved the first phase of development, called the Coral South project…

Prosafe ordered to review systems

Nov 18, 2016

Accommodation provider Prosafe has been hit with an order from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) after failing to remedy non-compliances found during an inspection. The PSA carried out an inspection on the Safe Scandinavia in September this year…

30 MW tidal project takes shape

Nov 18, 2016

Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) has announced major partnerships with global tidal turbine manufacturers, Schottel Hydro and Tocardo Tidal Turbines. PTEC is a 30 MW tidal tidal energy generation project being created off the Isle of Wight…

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