Dresser-Rand received an order from Egypt-based Belayim Petroleum Co. (Petrobel) for three model SGT-400 industrial gas turbines, including associated electrical generators. Petrobel, a joint venture formed by Italy-based Eni, and Egypt’s General Petroleum Corp…
Santos is making its exit offshore Victoria after entering a deal with Cooper Energy to sell its South Australian natural gas assets for US$62.5 million (AU$82 million). Image from Santos. The…
Verus Petroleum entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Maersk Oil North Sea UK for the acquisition of Maersk Oil’s 9.8% interest in the Boa oil field, increasing Verus’s interest in the Boa field to 11.35%. The deal also adds approximately 1800 boe/d to Verus’s daily production…
Sea Trucks was awarded an inspection maintenance and repair contract for a major oil company in West Africa, expected to begin in Q4 2016. Sea Trucks will use its multipurpose support DP2 vessel, the Jascon 55, a construction barge and a spread of its own conventional vessels for the job…
Well integrity and reliability software supplier ExproSoft has acquired Miriam, a supplier of RAM analysis software. Image of Odd Are Svensen (CEO, ExproSoft) and Christophe Spaggiari (CTO, Miriam)…
Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been awarded contracts to provide marine warranty services to three different floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) projects in Brazil. Modec has appointed Aqualis…
Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering has been awarded a master services agreement (MSA) by Norwegian operator Statoil. Services covered in the global agreement include platform technology studies; safety studies; marine verification…
Paragon Offshore has won a short-term contact with Centrica for the B391 jackup, offshore the UK. The B391 will preform light well intervention work from late-October to late-November 2016 at a dayrate of US$53,000. Centrica and Paragon…
Royal IHC has signed a new contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a tandem mooring and offloading system for a floating, storage and offloading (FSO) vessel. Image from Royal IHC…
PGS has added another Cray XC supercomputer to its Houston Mega Center. The computer is named PGS Galois after the French mathematician Évariste Galois (1811-1832), and comes in addition to the Cray XC supercomputer PGS Abel delivered last year…
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…
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has successfully completed its supply of floatover equipment for the Petronas NC3 gas field, located in Block SK316, 200km north of Bintulu, Sarawak in Malaysia. Trelleborg provided PAPE Engineering…
Aker Solutions won a contract from Statoil to build the pipeline facilities, modifications and tie-ins needed at the Mongstad terminal to receive oil from the North Sea Johan Sverdrup field. The contract, valued at about US$42.5 million (NOK 350 million)…
Oceaneering International has acquired privately-held Blue Ocean Technologies, a provider of riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services, in a US$30 million cash deal. Included in the acquisition are three RLWI systems, two of which are currently under construction…
QGEP Participações entered into an agreement with its partner, Pacific Brasil Exploração e Produção de Óleo e Gás Ltda., to acquire working interest in three blocks in the Foz do Amazonas and the Pará-Maranhão basins (PAMA), offshore Brazil…
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