Polarcus entered into a memorandum of understand (MoU) to collaborate with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. to jointly develop selected 3D multi-client projects. New projects taken under the collaboration agreement will be announced separately as they occur…
Petronas Carigali awarded Technip a subsea contract for the Samarang Redevelopment Project Phase 2 EOR, offshore Malaysia. Under the terms, Technip will manage the engineering, supply, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of flexible pipelines…
Tenaris opened a new premium threading facility in Aktau, Kazakhstan. The new plant will support Tenaris’s long-term agreement with Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO), plus key operator Tengizchevroil (TCO) and will enhance service offerings…
Maersk Oil has awarded a long-term contract to Lloyd's Register (LR) for a comprehensive suite of asset integrity services to support the development of Maersk Oil’s offshore operations in an efficient, safe and environmentally responsible manner…
The 2MW SR2000 tidal turbine, developed and manufactured by Scottish engineering company Scotrenewables Tidal Power, has been installed on its moorings for the first time at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney as part of site commissioning and testing…
CGG and Eidesvik Offshore have agreed to terminate the contract for the Viking Vision vessel effective immediately. The contract was due to end at the end of July 2017. According to Eidesvik, the payment of the charter rate will continue until July 2017…
Optime Subsea Services, subsea technology company, will merge with engineering house Telemark Technologies to fast-track its subsea installation solution. Telemark Technologies is a supplier of pressurized vessel systems for testing operations of subsea…
Bilfinger has won orders valued at some US$301 million (€270 million) from several operators. Key framework agreements have been extended with oil and gas group Statoil, the largest operator of production facilities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…
Sea Trucks was awarded a contract by an international oil major to West African Ventures, Sea Trucks’ principle Nigerian business, for the provision of an accommodation vessel to a deepwater field, offshore Nigeria. The scope of work covers accommodation support services for 250 passengers…
Frank’s International entered into a definitive US$321 million merger agreement to acquire Blackhawk Group Holdings, Inc., the ultimate parent company of Blackhawk Specialty Tools, a provider of well construction and well intervention services and products…
The first of two shipments of pile clusters and flotation tanks arrived at Kvaerner’s yard at Verdal earlier this week (4 October), which will be installed on the first and largest steel jacket for the Johan Sverdrup projects, currently under construction at Verdal…
Wintershall Norge has signed a sales agreement with the Norwegian oil company OKEA to sell its 10% share in the Yme license on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Following the transaction, the equity ownership in PL 316 license is: Repsol Norge (operator) 60%…
Trelleborg has manufactured and delivered 52 vertical elastomeric bearings and 156 horizontal bearings for use on the 13 modules onboard Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, as well as 40 turret bogey bearings to enable natural movements of the turret…
Oil India Ltd. (OIL) and the University of Houston (UH) have entered into an agreement to collaborate on technologies required to maximize recovery from aging oilfields in India. The duo will cooperate in the fields of improved oil recovery and enhanced oil recovery…
PSV Frigg Viking in Aberdeen Harbour. Image courtesy of Jim Cargill Nexen has applied software developed by PlanSea Ltd., a Robert Gordon University spin-out company, to remove significant cost from its North Sea operations…
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