The Middle East market remains vibrant with producers, led by Saudi Arabia, expected to continue spending to retain market share, Singapore based offshore support vessel operator Vallianz Holdings said today as it announced a US$300 million contract in the region…
Statoil Petroleum awarded Baker Hughes an eight-year contract to design and supply production chemicals to the offshore Norne field and the deepwater Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. Work is anticipated to begin in July 2015…
Precision measurement specialist Optical Metrology Services (OMS) launched an inspection service to analyze the critical internal girth features of oil and gas pipeline welds in the firing line. Specifically designed to blend seamlessly with pipe weld processes…
Chevron Upstream Europe has installed a new topsides module on to its Brittania bridge linked platform, paving the way for the start-up of the Alder. The Alder high-pressure, high-temperature field was discovered in 1975, in Block 15/29a…
Mechanical engineering group EnerMech has announced that general manager Niall Conlon has been promoted to director of its Australian operations, with Ciaran Hallinan taking over his role as general manager. The promotion is in recognition…
Subsea Riser Products (SRP) and part of its marine risers and moorings business, has secured a contract to develop and qualify its Nimway 510 and Nimway 710 completion and workover riser connectors for GE Oil & Gas. The connectors are designed for water depths of up to 3000m…
UK-based operator Premier Oil says work on its west of Shetland Solan development remains on track for start up in 4Q, while it looks for cheaper options for its Norwegian Vette project. Premier Oil says it is also moving towards pre…
Two consortia of oil services companies have been selected to compete for an EPIC contract on Africa's first floating LNG project through two front end engineering and design contracts. The move will pitch McDermott Marine Construction…
2H Offshore has been awarded two separate contracts, one by Hess Corp. and a second contract by Enbridge Energy Co., to verify the design, fabrication and installation phases of the steel catenary risers (SCRs) for the Stampede field development in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM)…
Strategic Corrosion Management (SCM) launched new systems to support improved tracking and management of integrity and corrosion anomalies for both on and offshore assets, supporting safety, productivity and cost management targets. An anomaly management module has been created for SCM’s…
The French government is planning to launch a tender for several pilot floating offshore wind farms, Reuters reports. Matthieu Monnier, head of offshore wind at France Energie Eolienne (FEE) was reported as saying he expected two-three…
First oil has been produced from the Mukta-B (MB), a four legged renewables-powered unmanned wellhead platform in the offshore Bombay basin, India. The project marked several firsts, including the use of green technology involving hybrid…
Triyards has won vessel orders worth US$175 million (which excludes owner furnished equipment), resulting in visibility into the financial year ending 31 August 2017. The vessel orders for two enhanced BH450 series liftboats will be the third and fourth in the series to be built by Triyards…
A major cross-industry initiative led by Wärtsilä, MAN Diesel & Turbo and Winterthur Gas & Diesel to develop basic technologies for use in two-stroke and four-stroke marine engines has been officially launched. The Hercules-2 project is aimed…
Saudi Aramco achieved a landmark by energizing its largest tie-in platform with a 46km-long, 230kV submarine composite cable, the longest of its kind. The tie-in platform, TP-20, lies in the world’s largest offshore oil field, Safaniya…
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