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Dril-Quip to acquire OPT

Jan 06, 2017

Houston’s Dril-Quip has signed an agreement acquired OilPatch Technologies (OPT) in a US$20 million cash deal. Founded in 1990 and based in Houston, OPT is a provider of offshore riser systems and components, proprietary threaded connections and other products…

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…

Repsol Sinopec extends FPSO lease

Oct 19, 2016

Repsol Sinopec North Sea (formerly Talisman North Sea) has extended its lease on the Bleo Holm floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit up to 30 June 2018.  The Bleo Holm is the sixth Bluewater designed, built, owned and operated FPSO…

Dril-Quip to acquire TIW for US$143 million

Oct 17, 2016

Dril-Quip has entered into an agreement to acquire Houston-based TIW Corp. for approximately US$143 million, subject to closing adjustments. TIW is a 100-year old manufacturer of consumable downhole products for the global oil and gas market…

FES delivers DBSCs to Altanta field

Oct 06, 2016

FES International delivered nine diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSC) to the Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, operated by Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção (QGEP). The DBSCs, a part of a multi-million dollar contract between FES and QGEP…

Anadarko names two new EVPs

Aug 23, 2016

Anadarko Petroleum has appointed two of its executives as its new executive vice president of operations, and executive vice president, international and deepwater exploration. Hollek. Image from Anadarko…

Tanked up

Aug 01, 2016

Subsea oil storage solutions could help unlock marginal fields; how easy would it be? Elaine Maslin reports from a workshop that assessed the issue. The Solan subsea tank prior to installation…

WellPerform buys Chris Dykes International

Apr 07, 2016

UK-based well examination services firm Chris Dykes International has been acquired by Danish well management company WellPerform.  Established by Chris Dykes in 2002, following a career with oil majors and the UK's Health and Safety Executive…

Subsea Expo: Umbilicals expansion in Glasgow

Feb 03, 2016

Surface to seabed specialist, Seanamic Group, is expanding its global umbilicals business with a new Umbilical International facility in Glasgow, the frim revealed at Subsea Expo in Aberdeen. Image from Seanamic Group…

Indian group buys PDi from Ceona administrators

Jan 25, 2016

Aberdeen headquartered engineering consultancy Project Development International (PDi), today announced it is under new ownership following an acquisition by Tattva International Holdings. Tattva International Holdings, based in Singapore…

Data as the new oil?

Jan 20, 2016

Challenging market conditions, including high operational costs, low prices, and declining reserves in the North Sea are driving many organizations in the industry to seek more efficient and cost effective ways of working, without compromising safety…

Oceaneering appoints ROV SVP

Dec 21, 2015

Oceaneering International has announced the appointment of Martin J. McDonald as senior vice president (SVP), remotely operated vehicles (ROV), with global responsibility for Oceaneering's ROV business, effective 1 January 2016. McDonald's career spans 26 years with Oceaneering…

Freeport McMoran awards DOF Subsea IMR contract

Aug 07, 2015

DOF Subsea North America has been awarded an inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) contract with Freeport McMoran for a period of six months firm. The operations will commence immediately and the vessel Harvey Deep Sea will be utilized under the contract…

Renaissance hires Blake rig

Jul 13, 2015

The Blake Rig 1007 has recently been committed to Renaissance Offshore to drill the A-2 well at the South Timbalier 317 A platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Renaissance plans to mobilize the Blake Rig 1007 around mid-August following Anadarko’s current operations with the platform rig…

Umbilicals International invests in cables

Jun 25, 2015

Umbilicals International (UI), part of the Seanamic Group, has invested over US$2 million in new cable manufacturing lines at its Houston production facility. The two lines will streamline cable production, and marks a significant expansion…

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