Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard has signed a contract for the construction of a hybrid diesel-electric platform supply vessel (PSV) for Icelandic offshore shipping company Fafnir Offshore. The vessel (pictured), based on the new Havyard 833 WE ICE design…
Production has started on the first new Statoil-operated platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf since 2005. The Gudrun oil and gas field, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, is also the first new to be operated by Statoil from the Stavanger region since Sleipner in 1993…
Belzona has introduced its new high temperature process vessel linings. Having recognized the fact that linings can be a controlling factor in the vessel’s service life, Belzona has contributed to their protection by basing the development of the latest 1500 Series epoxy coatings…
Energistics, the upstream oil and gas standards consortium, and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), the international society of applied geophysics, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore joint development opportunities…
Repairs of corroded supports are quick and effective when composite materials are used; Victor Schmidt explains. Corrosion in the marine environment is a process constantly acting on offshore structures, due to immersion in…
Fugro Chance, Inc. entered a two-year cooperation agreement with Coda Octopus Group Inc. involving the use of the company’s Coda Octopus Echoscope, a patented 3D sonar technology. The deal grants CODA the ability to apply the Echoscope in a variety of environments…
Natural gas production will begin this year from the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field under the Sakhalin III project, Gazprom announced. It said that for the first time in Russia's history subsea production systems will be used to produce natural gas…
Lebanon's Petroleum Administration has revealed the results of a pre-qualification process to select companies who will be able to bid in its first offshore exploration round. Of 54 companies applying to take part, 46 have been approved to bid in the round…
Dow Corning presented its new XTI-1003 RTV Silicone Rubber Insulation at the 2013 Subsea Tieback Forum & Exhibition held last month in San Antonio, Texas. The technology is a solid, non-syntactic thermal insulation solution designed for HPHT deepwater equipment applications…
Singapore-based SMOE has awarded a Letter of Intent for the delivery of the living quarters for the Ivar Aasen platform to Apply. Det norske is the operator of the Ivar Aasen field.The project will be carried out by Apply’s business area LQ & Helidecks…
Kongsberg has acquired Norwegian subsea engineering firm Apply Nemo in an effort to boost its presence in the North Sea and Australian subsea market. Kongsberg expects the purchase to close this month.
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS (KOGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KONGSBERG), has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Apply Nemo AS, an independent supplier of advanced engineering services…
New from Jotun are two new high performance coatings developed specifically for the the offshore industry and conforming with ISO20340 and Norsok M501 standards.Barrier Plus, a two-component zincrich epoxy primer, is said to provide optimal…
Bill Yuile has stepped up from BDM to MD at Aberdeen-based engineering consultancy Apply Altra. He takes over from Agnar Kongshaug, who stood in for ten months while also serving as VP engineering with Norwegian parent group Apply Sørco.
Bill Yuile (pictured), a 40-year veteran of oil & gas industry contracting, has been appointed business development director of Apply Altra, based in Aberdeen.
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