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BP awards Datum360 Azerbaijan work

Jan 06, 2016

Datum360 has been awarded – and has already delivered – a contract to deploy its Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that will standardize engineering information for the largest oilfield project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian basin…

Asset integrity from the start

Jan 01, 2016

Greg Hale takes a look at how Shell integrated an asset integrity program into its new Prelude FLNG project with the intent of saving millions over the next 20-25 years. Integrating an asset integrity…

Model engineering for asset integrity

Jan 01, 2016

Aging assets and life extension are consuming ever more engineering hours in the offshore oil and gas industry. How can engineering tools help? Meg Chesshyre looks for answers. Image from Petrofac…

Middle Eastern resilience

Jan 01, 2016

Both maintaining and launching new offshore production is high on the agenda in the Middle East, not least in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iran. IHS’ Mirzi Moralde outlines current activity in the region. Total’s…

Up close and pore-scale personal

Jan 01, 2016

Voxels, submicrons and synchrotronic optics are coming to an oil and gas laboratory near you. Well, almost. Elaine Maslin reports on the University of Aberdeen’s new high-spec scanner. High…

WFS Technologies launches corrosion monitor

Dec 30, 2015

WFS Technologies (WFS), a provider of underwater wireless instrumentation and control solutions to the offshore oil and gas, and renewables industries, launched the Seatooth PipeLogger Corrosion Monitor.  The Seatooth PipeLogger Corrosion…

Subsea 7 bags West Nile Delta gig

Dec 30, 2015

Subsea 7 inked a contract estimated to be between US$50 million to $150 million with Burullus Gas Co. for the platform extension and tie-in on the first phase of BP's West Nile Delta development of the Taurus and Libra fields, offshore Egypt…

Sovcomflot: keel laid for new arctic PSV

Dec 28, 2015

Arctech Helsinki Shipyards, part of United Shipbuilding Corp., held a keel laying ceremony on 17 December for a new icebreaking platform supply vessel ordered by PAO Sovcomflot under a long-term agreement with Sakhalin Energy. The agreement…

ITC Global wins West Africa gigs

Dec 28, 2015

ITC Global, a provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, has announced that it has been awarded two multi-million dollar contracts, each spanning three years, to provide remote offshore communications to five floating production…

DW: Slow going for offshore prospects in 2016

Dec 28, 2015

This year, the offshore oil and gas industry has had to come to terms with the worst downturn for more than a decade. With commodity prices plummeting to an eleven-year low in December, it is time to reflect on the year gone by and consider the outlook for the year to come…

Pemex extends Fugro campaign

Dec 23, 2015

Mexican national oil company Pemex has awarded a further extension to Fugro's contract to support its exploration drilling activities in the Bay of Campeche. The contract extension is valued at approximately US$20 million and the workscope…

McDermott JV wins Indian SURF work

Dec 21, 2015

McDermott International has announced that a consortium of McDermott and L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, was awarded a contract covering the engineering, procurement, construction…

Oceaneering appoints ROV SVP

Dec 21, 2015

Oceaneering International has announced the appointment of Martin J. McDonald as senior vice president (SVP), remotely operated vehicles (ROV), with global responsibility for Oceaneering's ROV business, effective 1 January 2016. McDonald's career spans 26 years with Oceaneering…

TPSL, ScottishPower Renewables team up

Dec 18, 2015

Atlantis Resources and ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) are teaming up to develop a joint portfolio of projects for the growing tidal sector, announced Atlantis.  Atlantis’s Scottish project development vehicle, Tidal Power Scotland Limited (TPSL)…

Sevan Marine in UK FPSO deals

Dec 18, 2015

Following the participation in front-end engineering and development (FEED) work over past several months, Sevan Marine has announced that it has signed two agreements related to the FPSO prospects in the UK North Sea. The first agreement…

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