FoundOcean announced that offshore structures expert Naval Sondhi recently joined the company to lead its strengthening, modification, and repair (SMR) design services division. Jim Bell, FoundOcean's Managing Director said: 'Naval’s…
OVERDICK announced that the BorWin beta topsides has been successfully installed in the German sector of the North Sea, about 53nm NNW of the island of Borkum. The step marks the completion of the most critical phase in the offshore campaign…
FMC Technologies Inc. announced that it has broken ground on a new campus at Generation Park, located on the northeast corner of the Sam Houston Tollway in Houston, Texas. Within the next 10 years, the company's goal is to consolidate…
Poor weather and high costs have impacted Q1 exploration and appraisal drilling activity on the UK Continental Shelf, according to a report by Deloitte. The report, which details activity across North West Europe during Q1, was compiled by Deloitte’s Petroleum Services Group (PSG)…
Aquatic Engineering and Construction, an Acteon company, celebrated its 40-year anniversary of operating in the North Sea with a celebratory event held onboard the Gulden Leeuw, a three-masted tall ship, moored in Aberdeen Harbour on 24 April…
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) entered into a partnership agreement with Uruguay's regulating authority for oil and gas exploration, La Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland (ANCAP). ANCAP intends to use the…
Tullow Oil has announced it plans a 4000km sq 3D seismic acquisition program next year in block 54 offshore Suriname. In January, the company agreed to a production-sharing contract that gave it a 50% operated stake, in partnership with state-owned Staatsolie…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), part of the US Department of Commerce, announced yesterday the start of the 2014 hydrographic survey season. New data collected will increase coastal environmental intelligence around the country…
Boskalis said that salvage work to remove a capsized jackup from shallow waters near Angola's new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant should be completed by March 2015. The three-legged Perro Negro 6 jackup drilling rig (shown at…
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) participated in a day-long Government Initiated Unannounced Exercise on 24 April 2014, involving Occidental Petroleum Corp. (OXY). The table-top exercise exercise, held in Huntington Beach…
AGR has been awarded a frame agreement with Det norske to provide well services and consultancy resources to the operator’s projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The agreement is effective 1 May 2014, with a duration of three years…
Tonbridge based independent subsea engineering firm Jee Ltd. won a seven-year EPCI contract for work offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The client is unnamed. The contract’s scope encompasses the project’s offshore loading system (OLS)…
NGI from Oslo, Norway, and Plaxis, from Delft, the Netherlands, have established a new joint venture, XG Geotools. XG Geotools will produce and market cloud-based software tools tailored for design tasks in offshore geotechnical engineering…
Pemex has contracted with Houston-based Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. for an additional semisubmersible drilling rig, according to DODI's fleet status report issued yesterday. The Ocean Ambassador semisub, built in 1975, is rated to work in 1100ft water depth…
PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Ltd. (PTTEP) will acquire 100% equity stakes of Hess Corp in Thailand for US$1 billion. The details of the transaction are as follows: Own 15% interest in block B12/27 (mainly in Pailin…