Wood Group was awarded a multi-year contract from Karoon Petróleo & Gás to provide owner’s engineering services to support the full field development for the Echidna field offshore Brazil marking the first project between the two companies…
2H Offshore completed the installation of the first of 17 production top tension risers (TTRs) for Total E&P Congo’s Moho Nord field. Production riser installation at Moho Nord. Image from 2H. 2H…
Engineering house Wood Group has made a US$2.72 billion (£2.22 billion) offer for rival Amec Foster Wheeler in a move that could spark further consolidation in the market. The takeover bid comes just three years after Amec's 2014, $3…
A redundant former oil and gas offshore structure fabrication yard on the west coast of Scotland is to be reinstated as a dry dock. Kishorn's drydock, one of the largest in Europe at 160m-diameter, built the 610,000-tonne, concrete Ninian complex support structure…
Wood Group and Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint efforts to offer wellhead platform development, from design to installation, hook-up and commissioning, to clients on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…
Subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group appointed William (Bill) Mildon as president of newly formed Hydro Group Systems Inc. - a wholly owned subsidiary located in Pinellas County, Florida. Image of Mildon…
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) in Cleveland, Ohio has appointed Offshore Design Engineering Ltd. (ODE), an engineering and operations support services contractor that is part of the DORIS Group located in the UK, as the engineering representative for Icebreaker Wind…
Floating offshore wind projects are gaining momentum in Europe and elsewhere, including Japan. But, the concepts on offer still vary. Elaine Maslin reports. Hywind schematic. Images from Statoil…
UK-based engineering firm Wood Group has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract to provide detailed engineering and design, and procurement services on the development of the Peregrino field wellhead platform C, offshore Brazil. Wood…
Under a program organized by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), Doris Inc., the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) at Texas A&M University, and Sevan Marine have carried out further research and model scale…
Model testing of Norwegian ship designer Sevan Marine's cylindrical hull concept for use in the Gulf of Mexico's ultra deepwaters has shown positive results, the firm has reported. The hull design has been tested at the Offshore Technology…
Malaysia’s Petronas is following through with its plans to reorganize its organization in an attempt to be more resilient to the low oil price environment, which will lead to the company to appoint new leadership, and cut nearly 1000 jobs…
Wood Group has established a collaborative agreement with international engineering consultancy, Magma Products to extend its existing commissioning service. Headquartered in Aberdeen and specializing in the field of commissioning and start-up…
ABS Group subsidiary Genesis Technology Solutions has been awarded a contract by Golar LNG to develop an intelligent maintenance strategy for the company’s new fleet of floating LNG (FLNG) vessels utilizing the GoFLNG floating liquefaction technology…
Wood Group has secured its second front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the proposed Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) Development offshore Western Australia. Under the new contract with Woodside, effective immediately…