Teekay Offshore is to take a hit of US$43.7 million after cancelling construction contracts for two flotels, described by Teekay as units for maintenance and safety (UMS). The firm also says it suffered a drop in income due to its Arendal…
Dutch firms Frames and Mokveld have completed two high integrity pressure protection systems (HIPPS) for the Pemex Lakach field gas collection station. The system is the first ever certified HIPPS in Mexico, says Frames. The contract…
Ithaca Energy's FPF-1 floating production facility is set to leave its yard in about two weeks and start first oil from the Greater Stella area in about three months from then. UK-based independent Ithaca said modifications on the unit in the Remontowa Yard in Gdansk…
Apply Emtunga is building the offshore accommodation modules to the oil rig projects Martin Linge and ETAP at the Arendal Yard in Gothenburg, Sweden. The living quarters for the oil rig Martin Linge are built by Apply Emtunga in Gothenburg…
BP's massive newbuild Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has arrived in Haugesund, Norway, for final commissioning work before heading west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. The 270m…
OE’s Audrey Leon speaks with Scott Munro, McDermott’s Vice President, Americas, Europe and Africa, about recent projects undertaken at the company’s Altamira facility. PB-Litoral-A topsides floatover operations…
Det norske oljeselskap has received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Transocean Winner mobile drilling facility for production drilling and completion on the Volund field. Transocean Winner is a semi-submersible facility of the GVA 4000 type…
MacGregor create a new division 'Advanced Offshore Solutions' by merging its two Norway-based divisions and combining the strengths in offshore mooring, loading and load handling businesses. With the new joint division MacGregor aims to gain…
Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with National Oilwell Varco (NOV) Arendal in Norway to provide an acoustic mooring line subsea monitoring system to measure mooring line inclination and tension…
In this video, Teekay Corp. gives a look inside of the Arendal Spirit accommodation rig. The Arendal Spirit is Teekay’s first unit for maintenance and safety (UMS). It has secured a three-year charter contract, including extension options…
Image: Zhuhai skidway and assembly yard/Fluor Fluor Corp. and Offshore Oil Engineering Co. (COOEC) have formed a new joint venture, COOEC Fluor Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (CFHI)…
Odfjell Drilling awarded Aibel the yard stay contract for the rig Deepsea Bergen. The rig will arrive at Aibel's yard in Haugesund early autumn 2015. During the stay of approximately one month, Aibel will be performing various tasks in connection with special periodic survey…
Zamakona Yards’ Repnaval shipyard has increased its capacity by operating an additional slipway. Repnaval Shipyard. From Repnaval. Repnaval is located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria…
Watch as Teekay Offshore’s first unit for maintenance and safety (UMS), the Arendal Spirit, arrives safely to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after departing the COSCO shipyard in China. Arendal Spirit will now undergo an extensive testing…
Eni's floating cylindrical platform for the Goliat field in the Barents Sea arrives in Hammerfest today (April 17) from South Korea after a 63-day voyage covering 15,608 nautical miles, the firm has announced. The 107m-diameter, 64,000…