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Maersk Discoverer Lands More Work in Egypt

Jul 02, 2019

Maersk Drilling said Edison E&P has signed on its deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig Maersk Discoverer to drill an exploration well in the North Thekah gas field offshore Egypt.The contract is expected to commence in the fourth quarter this year and includes an additional one-well option…

Oceaneering Lines Up Deepwater GoM Survey

Jun 10, 2019

Oceaneering International said it has secured a contract to perform the first-ever deepwater autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) survey in Mexican waters.The geophysical survey will be performed for BHP at its Trion development. Oceaneering will use the DP-2 Ocean Investigator…

DNV GL, Kongsberg and Subsea 7 Finish Remote DP Pilot

Jun 06, 2019

Partners DNV GL, Kongsberg Maritime and Subsea 7 have concluded the pilot testing of Kongsberg Maritime’s (KM) DP Digital Survey (KMDS) application on board the Subsea 7 vessel Seven Kestrel.The pilot tested the use of a remote digital verification…

Odfjell is Hiring

Mar 27, 2019

Offshore driller Odfjell Drilling plans to recruit more than 200 personnel as it adds two new semisubmersible drilling rigs to its fleet.The Norwegian-headquartered company, which will mobilize the two sixth generation semisubmersibles for drilling…

First Ever ‘DP Digital Survey’

Mar 21, 2019

A team of industry partners say they have successfully tested a new solution for dynamic positioning (DP) system performance and redundancy audits – an industry first.Developed by Norway's Kongsberg Maritime in collaboration with offshore service…

New Guidance on DP Systems

Jan 08, 2019

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) announced Tuesday it has completed its existing guidance on dynamic positioning (DP) with the newly published ‘Guidance to Identify DP System Components and their Failure Modes’ (IMCA M 247)…

HydraWell Executes Valhall Field Plugging Program

Dec 09, 2018

Norwegian oil and gas services company HydraWell has contributed towards Aker BP executing its plugging programme significantly quicker than planned through utilisation of the PWC(Perforate, Wash & Cement) plug and abandonment method (P&A) on the Valhall field…

Seatools Unveils New Deepwater Excavator

Dec 05, 2018

Subsea technology company Seatools has introduced the Carrera E 3D motion-controlled precision flow excavation spread. The 630+ kW, all-electric deepwater excavator features Seatools’ advanced ROV DP technology and sets the stage for better accuracy…

NRCAN Grant Triggers Major Investment in the Bay of Fundy

Sep 21, 2018

The next wave of tidal energy development at the FORCE facility in the Bay of Fundy Nova Scotia has been triggered by a substantial grant of $29,750,000 under the Emerging Renewable Power Program (ERPP) from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)…

Updated: Workers return to GoM following Nate

Oct 05, 2017

Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico, including Anadarko and Shell, have begun redeploying personnel to the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Nate. Tropical depression Nate as of 8 October…

North Sea vessel remote controlled from California

Sep 01, 2017

Technology group Wärtsilä has performed the remote operation of a North Sea platform supply vessel in the North Sea - from San Diego, California, 8000km away.  The four-hour test, which involved driving the vessel through a sequence of…

Kongsberg, Stress Engineering form offshore alliance

Apr 28, 2017

Kongsberg Maritime Inc., the North American division of Norway headquartered marine and offshore technology company Kongsberg Maritime, and Houston headquartered Stress Engineering Services have formed a strategic alliance to better serve…

Sonardyne Brazil delivers DP simulator to GE

Sep 06, 2016

Sonardyne has delivered an acoustic positioning simulator for dynamically positioned (DP) rigs and ships to GE Power Conversion, a vessel control and automation company, for their new training school in Macaé, Brazil.  The Sonardyne Marksman…

BSEE: 22% of GoM oil production shut-in

Aug 30, 2016

Image from AccuWeather. Click to enlarge. The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) updated its statistics on storm preparations in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in advance of Tropical Depression No…

Gulf storm leads to evacuations, shut-ins

Aug 29, 2016

A threatening storm in the Gulf of Mexico has forced oil and gas operators to evacuate six production platforms and one rig, and shut-in oil and natural gas production, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said today (29 August)…

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