Vattenfall won the Danish Near Shore Wind Tender (DNS) after delivering the lowest bids of .475 kr/kWh on 1 September for two sites, Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord. Prior to construction start, Vattenfall needs a final approval from the Danish government…
Following a short weather related delay, the barge transporting the recently fabricated Hummer platform jacket has arrived on site in offshore Louisiana, according to Petsec Energy. Image of drilling operations at Hummer…
Thailand's Mermaid Maritime has won two contracts worth some US$5.1 million in Southeast Asia. The company said the first contract, scheduled to begin in Q1 2017, is with an international upstream company for installation works in the Natuna Sea…
ION Geophysical Corp. won an award for its ION in-field acquisition optimization services for all time-lapse, or 4D, towed streamer projects for the 2016 North Sea season. The company was awarded a total of five 4D projects, which include…
TGS and Schlumberger (SLB) have commenced the Dual Coil Shooting multivessel full-azimuth acquisition Revolution XII and XIII surveys in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The surveys will cover approximately 7150sq km (306 blocks) in the Green Canyon…
Aqualis Offshore, Aptomar and Kolos Marine have entered into a cooperation that will provide oil companies and rig operators with an integrated offering of marine operations and field monitoring services on the Norwegian continental shelf…
Semco Maritime and Langset signed a cooperation agreement to cover the development of the Hanøytangen yard, as well as pursuing business opportunities in the oil and gas, and maritime industry, primarily targeted at the North Sea and international markets…
SeaBird Exploration, a provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, has entered into a contract for the purchase of the vessel Hawk Explorer and its seismic equipment. Hawk Explorer has been a chartered vessel in the SeaBird fleet since 2006…
Shell, through its subsidiary Shell Brasil Petroleo, extended its contract with MODEC for operations and maintenance of the FPSO Fluminense, effective from August 2016 to December 2020. The FPSO has been operating in the Bijupirá and…
Seanamic Group has acquired the business and trading assets of IMES, an inspection and monitoring engineering solutions company. Headquartered in Aberdeen, with offices in Plymouth, Portsmouth, Rosyth and Sheffield, IMES provides bespoke monitoring and load measurement systems to the marine…
Viper Subsea Technology, the Portishead and Aberdeen-based subsea engineering company that provides consultancy and develops products for the oil and gas sector worldwide, has acquired a 33% equity stake in US-based LiveWire Innovation, a…
Petronas has awarded Bell Geospace and Onyx Engineering a contract for 3D multi-client full tensor gradiometry (FTG) data acquisition, processing and interpretative services that will cover approximately 198,900sq km offshore Peninsular Malaysia…
China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) signed a rig and logistics integrated service contract with Mexico’s Hokchi Energy S.A de C.V. as part of the country’s energy reform. The COSLHunter, from COSL…
Verisk Analytics, Inc. entered a deal to acquire the data and subscriptions business of Quest Offshore Resources, which supplies market intelligence to the offshore oil and gas sector. The data and subscriptions business will become part of Wood Mackenzie…
Shell is divesting 100% of its Brutus and Glider assets in the Gulf of Mexico in a US$425 million cash deal with Houston-based and privately held EnVen Energy Corp. Brutus, during dockside integration…