Unique Group, formerly known as Unique Maritime Group, has set in place measures to double its size and global infrastructure by 2019 through capital investment, acquisitions and expansion into key markets. With a current turnover in excess of US$100 million…
Oil and gas industry service provider Petrofac has selected a range of Alfa Laval environmental products for the new Petrofac JSD6000. Alfa Laval PureDry, PureBilge and PureBallast will all be installed aboard this derrick lay vessel. “One…
With HelWin2, Siemens has handed over the fourth North Sea grid link to the customer TenneT. This marks the start of commercial operation of the grid connection by the German-Dutch transmission grid operator. There are now four Siemens grid links with a transmission capacity of over 2…
Optimus Seventh Generation, an Aberdeen-headquartered behavioral change consultancy, has strengthened its safety portfolio by securing its first decommissioning contract in a six-figure agreement with a major North Sea operator. The four-month contract…
The main theme of ONS 2016 has been decided. Transition will set the scene for the conference when the world’s energy industry gets together for ONS 2016 in Stavanger, Norway. According to the organizers, transition is a relevant theme today in both the energy industry and the world…
Kongsberg Maritime’s training center in Houston, Texas has become the first maritime training facility in North America to offer the Nautical Institute-accredited Sea Time Reduction Course for dynamic positioning operators (DPO). Kongsberg…
Gibraltar-based ship repair company Gibdock has built up a close working relationship with Solstad Offshore, with a number of the Norwegian operator’s specialist offshore craft being repaired at the yard over the past few years. This…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded GulfSlope Energy two offshore lease blocks for which it was the high bidder at offshore lease sale 235 in the central Gulf of Mexico. The company will control 107,961 acres covering 19 prospects…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted ConocoPhillips consent to use the Maersk Gallant mobile drilling facility for plugging and abandoning a production well at Eldfisk 2/7 A. Eldfisk is an oil field lying due south of Ekofisk in 70-75m of water in the southern North Sea…
Wood Group has been awarded an offshore maintain potential program contract by Saudi Aramco for greenfield and brownfield engineering services, procurement and construction management support for new facilities in the Arabian Gulf. The six-year contract…
Wintershall, a 100%-BASF subsidiary, plans to optimize its portfolio by selling to Tellus Petroleum its interest in assets in four non-operated fields in a US$602 million deal. The fields include Knarr (where Wintershall owns a 20% interest)…
Cutting tools specialist Allspeeds has invested over US$316,000 (£200,000) in new product development facilities at the company’s headquarters in Accrington, Lancashire to increase the competitiveness and applications for the company’s Webtool cutting tools in the subsea…
ITC Global completed installation and commissioning of communications systems for 35 rigs in the Shelf Drilling, Ltd.’s fleet. Shelf Drilling is the world’s second largest contractor of independent-leg cantilever jackup rigs. Headquartered in Dubai…
Zamakona Yards’ Repnaval shipyard has increased its capacity by operating an additional slipway. Repnaval Shipyard. From Repnaval. Repnaval is located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria…
Peterson and UK-based Veolia announced a US$1.5 million investment in the development of a new, purpose built decommissioning facility in Great Yarmouth. The new site in Great Yarmouth port, operated with joint venture partner Veolia…
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