French research institute Ifremer has chosen French robotics and automation firm ECA Group to develop an ultra deep autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) able to reach 6000m water depth. Through the move, ECA Group will become the prime…
Norwegian geoscience firm Spectrum has made an offer to acquire fellow Norwegian outfit MultiClient Geophysical for US$13.94 million (NOK 116 million). The offer trumps an earlier offer made by UK-based geoscience firm Geoex by about…
Nido Petroleum is set to drill its Galoc-7/7ST appraisal well in Block C1 SC 14 offshore the Philippines, starting in March. The firm has agreed a one-well drilling contract for the Odfjell Drilling operated ultra deepwater drillship Deepsea Metro I for the work…
Ulstein Verft has signed a contract to build a DP2 (dynamic positioning) construction support vessel (CSV) for the Netherlands based Acta Marine. The vessel is primarily aimed at the offshore wind market and carries the SX195 design from Ulstein Design & Solutions…
Spectrum has commenced a 6000km Multi-Client 2D survey offshore Brazil in the Potiguar Basin. The acquisition program is an extension of Spectrum's 2013 Potiguar Phase 1 survey. Spectrum's Equatorial Margin database offshore Brazil, currently totals more than 110…
After jackup vessel Seajacks Scylla’s first successful assignment on phase 1 of the Veja Mate Offshore Windpark project, the vessel upgraded its mooring system at the Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) terminal in the Waalhaven. ROG worked…
EnerQuip, designer and manufacture of torque machines and associated products, has opened a new facility in Houston following a growing demand for its products and services. The company has invested US$1 million in this facility, EnerQuip Torque Solutions Inc…
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and US Coast Guard (USCG) signed four revised memorandums of agreement (MOAs) this week in order to improve regulatory collaboration related to the energy industry on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)…
EnQuest confirmed that its Kraken floating production and storage offloading unit (FPSO) arrived in the North Sea, set to deliver first oil in Q2 2017. Image of EnQuest. The US$2…
BP and EnQuest signed a US$85 million deal that will see EnQuest take over operatorship and 25% stake in the Magnus oil field in the North Sea, with a future option to take full ownership of the field. Image from EnQuest…
W&T Offshore has received approval for a capex of US$125 million that will set up the Houston-based company to drill six to eight wells in the Gulf of Mexico this year, with its priority going to its Mahogany field. Image from iStock…
Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, has entered into a US$6.1 million one-well contract extension with Statoil for use of the Bideford Dolphin semisubmersible drilling rig. on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The vessel…
Houston’s Ensco agreed to an amendment with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the ENSCO DS-10 drillship construction contract that will see the delivery extended again until 31 March 2019. Ensco said it may elect to take delivery of…
GulfMark Offshore’s Norway subsidiary, GulfMark Norge, has taken delivery of Arctic class platform supply vessel (PSV), the North Barents, from Simek Shipyard in Norway. North Barents, a ST-216 Arctic design by Skipsteknisk is the third of this type to be built for GulfMark…
Fluor was awarded a two-year engineering services framework agreement with North Caspian Operating Co. (NCOC) for conceptual studies and front-end engineering for its projects in the Caspian region. NCOC operates oil and gas activities under the North Caspian Sea production sharing agreement…