Seadrill Ltd. has finalized contracts for four jackup drilling rigs for use by Mexico's national oil company Pemex Exploracion y Produccion, with a fifth due to be agreed in 2Q. The contracts are for the jackup drilling units West Oberon…
Apache Corporation announced several changes to its executive organization, including the retirement of the firm's president: Roger Plank, president and chief corporate officer, has elected to retire. Alfonso Leon, senior vice president and chief of staff…
Totem Ocean Trailer Express has announced that Wärtsilä will supply main engines, generators and integrated LNG storage and fuel gas handling systems (LNGPac(TM)) for the largest LNG conversion ever undertaken in North America. The contract was signed in 4Q 2013…
An inside look at ship pilots in the Houston Harbor.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has secured a contract for the installation of wind turbines at Block Island Wind Farm, one of the first offshore wind farms in the United States. The American developer Deepwater Wind revealed last week that the…
Houston-based Noble Energy has contracted Norway-headquartered Aker Solutions to provide umbilicals and subsea equipment for use in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Israel. In the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Noble Energy sanctioned two subsea…
Seatronics Inc. is moving to a new, purpose-built facility in Houston to expand its rental, sales and service work for customers throughout North and Central America. The new plant contains service facilities for cable moulding, connector…
Kongsberg Maritime subsidiary Kongsberg Underwater Technology Inc (KUTI) has started full scale production of its KONGSBERG Seaglider autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) from a new fabrication centre at its facility in Lynnwood, Washington…
While the Caribbean may not be rich in traditional petroleum energy resources, the evolution of renewable energy has revealed that the region possesses an abundance of another valuable source – water. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Energy…
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has been awarded its first order for drill riser buoyancy modules (DRBM) and riser protection by engineering, procurement, construction and installation contractor, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea. For Trelleborg…
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. received an order from Subsea 7 SA to supply eight work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems. The ROVs will be delivered through late 2014 and 2015. The order comprises two Perry™ XLX Evo 200HP…
Belgium's Exmar and Canada's Pacific Rubiales Energy (PRE), through its wholly-owned affiliate Pacific Midstream Holding, announced the ordering of a barge-based floating LNG regasification unit under a 50/50 joint venture. The unit will…
Douglas-Westwood has released its 12th World Deepwater Market Forecast (2014-2018), suggesting that deepwater spend will surge from 2016 onwards. Deepwater expenditure is expected to increase by 130%, compared to the preceding five-year period…
A closer look at the integration and delivery of first oil in Mars B through the Olympus tension-leg platform.
Shell announced it has begun production from the Mars B development through Olympus, its seventh, and largest, floating deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the first deepwater project in the region to expand an existing oil and gas field with significant new infrastructure…