An inquiry into the 2009 North Sea helicopter crash, in which 16 men lost their lives, found that had three failures by aircraft operator Bond Offshore Helicopters not happened, the incident 'might' have been avoided. The Fatal Accident…
American Electric Technologies, Inc. announced that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to 1250 Wood Branch Park Drive, Suite 600, Houston, TX, 77079. AETI recently reported record 4th quarter revenues and more than 20% revenue growth for 2013…
Hoover Container Solutions acquired Container Company Ltd.,supplier of cargo carrying units (CCUs) for the offshore oil and gas industry. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, Container Company designs, supplies and services a full range…
Chevron’s leadership set out the oil major’s plans out to 2020 this week, including eying exploration opportunities offshore Greenland, to maintain its reserves hopper. Chevron is planning 20% production growth, from 2.6MMboe/d in 2013…
Atwood Oceanics, Inc., a global offshore drilling contractor, announced the move of its corporate headquarters to the Energy Crossing II building at 15011 Katy Freeway, Houston, to accommodate the company's recent record growth. The move…
Dutch spoolable thermoplastic composite pipe systems firm Airborne Oil & Gas and Dallas-based Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, have signed a strategic supply agreement for the development and supply of composite materials for deepwater pipe systems…
ExxonMobil Corp. announced at its annual investor meeting in New York on 5 March, that it will reduce its capital spending 6% in a continued effort to focus on profitability and returns on invested capital. Shares fell nearly 3%. Last…
Glacier Energy Services has bought Professional Testing Services (PTS), the provider of non-destructive testing (NDT) and inspection services to the oil and gas and offshore renewable sectors. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Glacier’s…
Bergen Group has decided to accelerate the process of reducing the group's future involvement in the shipbuilding business in favor of a more dedicated focus on offshore related activities. As a part of this process, Bergen Group…
Norway-based SeaBird Exploration announced that its Osprey Explorer vessel was awarded a contract in South America with a major oil company. The US $9million contract is expected to last about75 days and will commence in March. The…
McDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries was awarded a contract to provide the electrical power supply system for Saudi Aramco in the Abu Ali and Khursaniyah fields in the Arabian Gulf. This contract is included in McDermott’s 4Q 2013 backlog…
Total Chairman and CEO Christophe de Margerie (pictured) used his IHS CERAWeek keynote to encourage the oil industry audience to change the way oil and gas companies manage their assets. De Margerie discussed how the industry cannot tolerate rising capital expenditures…
Ophir Energy has entered into an agreement with Australian explorer WHL Energy to acquire a 75% operated interest in Blocks PEC-5B/1 and PEC-5B/2 offshore the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean (pictured). In exchange for the acquired interest…
Paradigm announced that Mexico seismic services company, COMESA, has incorporated the full Paradigm software suite for seismic processing and imaging, interpretation and modeling and reservoir characterization, including: GeoDepth, SeisEarthand Geolog…
Pharaonic Petroleum Company (PhPC) awareded OneSubsea an US$80 million subsea supply contract for the East Nile Delta END-3 development offshore Egypt. The contract calls for the supply of four well systems including subsea production equipment…
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