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DONG first to 1000 installed offshore turbines

Oct 27, 2016

​Danish utility and oil firm DONG Energy is laid claim to being the first company worldwide to have installed 1000 offshore wind turbines. Its offshore wind turbine number 1000 was commissioned at the German offshore wind farm Gode Wind 2…

NOV buys Fjords Processing

Oct 27, 2016

Norwegian oil services investment firm Akastor has agreed to sell Fjords Processing to National Oilwell Varco for US$145.7 million on a debt- and cash-free basis. Fjords is a leader in complete process support systems for gas, oil and water…

BP drills Amherstia with new jackup

Oct 26, 2016

BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) started drilling at Amherstia, offshore Trinidad, using the newest addition to its fleet, the Joe Douglas 240C jackup, with expectations to drill up to four new wells. The Joe Douglas…

Brazil an important market, says Sandvik

Oct 26, 2016

Sandvik presented its wide range of corrosion-resistant products including umbilical tubing, OCTG tubing, downhole control lines, hydraulic lines for drilling risers, tubing for sand screens, subsea piping material, welding products and slicklines…

Boskalis reveals new crane vessel, inks Hornsea work

Oct 26, 2016

Dutch marine contractor Boskalis revealed details of a new offshore transport and crane vessel to join its fleet. The vessel will be a conversion of one of its existing F-class heavy transport vessels. It is being equipped with a 3000…

Exxon's Liza-3 proves successful

Oct 26, 2016

ExxonMobil's Liza discovery, offshore Guyana, has upped its potential due to the company's successful run at the Liza-3 appraisal well, according to partner Hess Corp. The Steana Carron, from Stena…

Russia, Norway exchange Barents seismic data

Oct 26, 2016

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and Russian petroleum authorities (Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency, Rosnedra) have entered into an agreement to exchange seismic data from the areas around the demarcation line in the Barents Sea…

Fugro to probe US offshore wind development option

Oct 26, 2016

Fugro has been awarded the contract by Vineyard Wind, formerly named OffshoreMW, to perform a marine geotechnical site investigation within its wind development lease, offshore Massachusetts. Fugro’s state-of-the-art, 105m drilling vessel M/V Fugro Synergy will perform the study…

Saipem reveals new strategic plan

Oct 25, 2016

Saipem has revealed a strategic plan that will allow the company to face more challenging market conditions that will see the company split into five divisions.   The company said that recovery is expected to take longer than previously estimated…

MacGregor to axe 260 jobs

Oct 25, 2016

Cargotec is looking to save more than US$27 million per year with a cost saving program that will result in the loss of 260 full time employees at MacGregor. According to preliminary estimates, efficiency improvement actions seek the…

Sembcorp Marine cuts 8000 jobs

Oct 25, 2016

Sembcorp Marine posted a 26% loss in its group revenue that resulted in the rig builder to cut about 8000 jobs amid the tough operating environment, the company revealed in its Q3 2016 and nine month results. Image of the Safe Zephyrus…

GranEnergia, Prumo form JV

Oct 25, 2016

GranEnergia and Prumo Logística have formed the joint venture, Dome, to offer integrated service solutions for the oil and gas industry. Açu Port. Image from Prumo. Dome will be centralized in Açu Port in Brazil…

Statoil axes Stena Don contract

Oct 25, 2016

Statoil is cutting its contract short for Stena Drilling's Stena Don semisubmersible drilling rig, leading to about 180 job cuts. The Stena Don, from Stena Drilling. The rig has been on contract with Statoil since 7 February 2014…

CGG lands deepwater Perdido WAZ survey

Oct 25, 2016

Mexico’s national oil company Pemex has awarded French seismic firm CGG a major contract to deliver an orthogonal wide-azimuth integrated solution designed to optimize subsalt seismic imaging in the geologically complex deepwater of the Perdido area…

Block Island turbine installation

Oct 24, 2016

In this video, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier shows the installation of the first ever offshore wind farm in the US: Block Island. On 18 August, the Brave Tern jackup completed the installation of five GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines at Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm…

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