Dynamic Industries International received authorization to begin work in Angola. The scope of work includes the fabrication of piping spools for a client’s produced water upgrade project. Roger Westerlind, executive VP and chief…
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) board of directors has elected Cindy B. Taylor as chair and Kevin McEvoy as vice chairman for the upcoming 2015-2016 term. Taylor and McEvoy assumed their positions at the NOIA annual meeting today in Washington…
Cobalt International Energy appointed Shashank V. Karve as executive vice president, Cameia development. Karve joined Cobalt in December 2014, and is accountable for execution of the Cameia development project to production, ensuring safe…
Baker Hughes Inc. issued the November 2014 international rotary drilling rig count today, showing a total of 1324 rigs operating worldwide in November 2014, outside of the US & Canada. International activity in November was up 16 rigs from the 1308 rigs drilling in October 2014…
Baker Hughes Inc. issued the October 2014 international rotary drilling rig count today, showing a total of 1308 rigs operating worldwide in October 2014, outside of the US & Canada. International activity in October was down 15 rigs from the 1323 rigs drilling in September 2014…
Calgary-based Talisman Energy has said it may suffer writedowns on its UK North Sea assets in Q4 due to battling production efficiency and cost issues on its assets in the basin. In its third-quarter report, Talisman said its UK North…
Petrex supported the CNR International's Subsea Project Team during the installation of a multiphase booster pump (MPBP) at the Lyell subsea field in the North Sea. Petrex acted as the CNR International interface for the day-to-day project management of the MPBP vendor…
An international arbitration panel has awarded ExxonMobil US$1.6 billion for Venezuelan assets seized in 2007. The World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) decided unanimously that Venezuela has to pay damages to oil company ExxonMobil totaling $1…
Baker Hughes Inc. issued the September 2014 international rotary drilling rig count today, showing a total of 1323 rigs operating internationally in September 2014, outside of the US & Canada. The worldwide rig count for September 2014 was 3659…
The UK's recently launched National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has appointed a chairman and project director and a board. Peter Blake, has taken up the role of chairman of NSRI and Dr Gordon Drummond has joined as project director…
Norway-based Uptime International has entered into contracts with MAC Offshore Dubai and Fujian Mawei Shipyard China for delivery of three active motion-compensated gangways. The first of these three gangways will be mounted early 2015…
Baker Hughes issued the July 2014 international rotary drilling rig count last week, showing a total of 1382 rigs operating outside the US & Canada. International activity in July was up 38 rigs from the 1344 rigs drilling in June 2014…
Baker Hughes issued the May 2014 international rotary drilling rig count today, showing a total of 1024 rigs operating outside the US & Canada. International activity in May was up 4 rigs from the 1020 rigs drilling in April and up 68…
Offshore accommodation services provider OOS International BV secured a four-plus-four-year charter contract for two semisubmersible crane and accommodation platforms for Petrobras. The vessels are scheduled to be delivered early 2014. The…
IKM Consultants is to provide multi-discipline personnel to Statoil's international operations and projects over the next 2.5 years under a new frame agreement with the Norwegian operator. This frame agreement started December 15, and includes an option for two…