Logan Oil Tools, a wholly owned subsidiary of Logan International, has purchased certain assets from Smith International. The assets include inventory, the rights to manufacture and sell HE fishing tools and certain intellectual property…
Baker Hughes Inc. issued the October 2014 international rotary drilling rig count today, showing a total of 1308 rigs operating worldwide in October 2014, outside of the US & Canada. International activity in October was down 15 rigs from the 1323 rigs drilling in September 2014…
Baker Hughes Inc. issued the September 2014 international rotary drilling rig count today, showing a total of 1323 rigs operating internationally in September 2014, outside of the US & Canada. The worldwide rig count for September 2014 was 3659…
An announcement on the second Greek offshore licensing round is expected this month. The Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change announced the round would be launched upon publication of the Notice of the Call for Tenders in the Official Journal of the European Union…
Baker Hughes issued the August 2014 international rotary drilling rig count, showing a total of 1339 rigs operating worldwide in August 2014, outside of the US & Canada. The results show a decrease of 43 from the 1382 counted in July 2014…
Thirty-eight student-led teams from 12 countries competed at the 17th annual RoboSub competition, 28 July - 3 August 2014, held at the US Navy’s SSC Pacific TRANSDEC Anechoic pool, in Point Loma, California. The event is co-sponsored by the…
SKF has been selected to deliver Nautilus bearings for Dongfang Electric New Energy Equipment (Hangzhou) Co Ltd.’s first order of wind turbines outside China. Dongfang Electric New Energy Equipment is a leading manufacturer of wind turbines to a broad range of customers in China…
Baker Hughes issued the June 2014 international rotary drilling rig count this week, showing a total of 1344 rigs operating outside the US & Canada in June. International activity was down 6 rigs from the 1350 rigs drilling in May 2014…
Baker Hughes issued the May 2014 international rotary drilling rig count today, showing a total of 1024 rigs operating outside the US & Canada. International activity in May was up 4 rigs from the 1020 rigs drilling in April and up 68…
Offshore accommodation services provider OOS International BV secured a four-plus-four-year charter contract for two semisubmersible crane and accommodation platforms for Petrobras. The vessels are scheduled to be delivered early 2014. The…
Stephen M. Johnson will retire as McDermott International Inc.’s chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer— and as a director of McDermott this month. David Dickson will succeed Johnson as president and CEO. Dickson has…
Aker Solutions acquired Glasgow, Scotland-based International Design Engineering And Services Ltd. (I.D.E.A.S.), an engineering company that has developed software and technology to improve the quality and accuracy of integrity and life time analysis for oil and gas assets…
CNR International signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for Block CI-12 off Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), with a 60% working interest. CNR International will operate the block, located west of the company’s Espoir and Baobab fields, in 250-300m water depths…
A high level of fabrication activity in and around the North Sea is attracting new players. Elaine Maslin reports. Platform fabrication for new installations in North Sea will reach fever pitch this year as a historically high number of facilities are completed for load out…
DNO increases Tunisia acreage DNO International is increasing its acreage offshore Tunisia and plans to drill next year. Its subsidiary DNO Tunisia AS has entered a farm-in agreement with Atlas Petroleum National des Hydrocarbures et…
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