BOURBON completed laying 30 tons of submarine cable as part of the Sabella D10 project off the island of Ushant, part of Brittany, France. The cable will link the Sabella D10 tidal turbine to the Ushant power grid. Utilizing a Falcon series ROV and the support vessel Argonaute…
KPMG Corp. Finance recently advised on the sale of a precision engineering specialist in the oil and gas industry. KPMG advised Vine Street Capital and the management of Lymington Precision Engineers on its sale to Senior, an international manufacturing group…
Paragon Offshore announced that Alejandra Veltmann has joined the company as vice president and chief accounting officer reporting to Steven A. Manz, Paragon's senior vice president and CFO. Veltmann will be responsible for overseeing corporate accounting and financial reporting…
LLOG Exploration and its partners Ridgewood Energy and Stone Energy Corp. drilled a successful exploration test at the Viosca Knoll 959 “Crown & Anchor” prospect. The initial exploratory well encountered greater than 50ft of net oil bearing sand in a high-quality Miocene reservoir…
International marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore established an office in Aberdeen, Scotland. “We know that job cuts currently is a common theme in the oil industry, but we are taking a long-term approach…
Producing oil and natural gas safely and responsibly in the Arctic will strengthen America’s economy and national security, API said in comments to proposed regulations for operations offshore Alaska. “Producing more energy here at home creates new job opportunities and makes us more secure…
Applus RTD, provider of integrity technology services, will open an office in Corpus Christi, Texas following increased demand for its non-destructive testing (NDT) services from the region’s energy industry. The new office adds…
India’s petroleum minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan led a delegation to Mexico and Colombia this week to meet with officials in each country in hopes of transforming the relationship among the three countries from “buyer-seller” to an “energy partnership…
National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) president, Randall Luthi, joined API’s Jack Gerard and IADC’s Stephen Coleville this morning to discuss improvements in offshore safety since the Macondo Well accident five years ago. Luthi’s…
Less than one year into his tenure as the President and CEO of KBR, Stuart Bradie will spend up to US$1 billion to streamline and reorganize the energy engineering and construction giant following the results of a strategic review he initiated in June…
Belden Inc. released new research that shows the recently revealed Dragonfly (Havex) malware is likely targeting the pharmaceutical sector, not the energy sector as previously believed. Belden says until now, advanced cyber-attacks against…
Wärtsilä signed a joint development agreement with Indonesian national energy company Pertamina and waste utilization company Godang Tua Jaya on 8 October with the intent to create the first bio-LNG plant in Indonesia. Wärtsilä Oil &…
ExxonMobil chief executive officer Rex Tillerson spoke at the first-ever Greater Houston Partnership’s “State of Energy” event, giving his perspectives on the intrinsic ties between the energy industry and the city of Houston and highlighting North America’s…
Saudi Aramco announced the opening of the new Aramco Research Center on Houston’s west side in the energy corridor, on Friday, 19 September. Khalid A. Al-Falih, president & CEO Saudi Aramco, at…
Two massive, 20,000-pound buoys decked out with the latest in meteorological and oceanographic equipment will enable more accurate predictions of the power-producing potential of winds that blow off US shores. The bright yellow buoys — each worth about US$1…
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