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Martyn Conroy Spreading the word

Mar 22, 2013

Martyn Conroy Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd., an Acteon company, named Martyn Conroy its new business development manager covering the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. Conroy previously worked for Ashtead Technology, FirstSubsea and Hydratight…

Neil Robert Brown focus on the Arctic

Mar 22, 2013

Neil Robert Brown, staffmember, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee I would point to the Secretary of Interior’s need to focus on the Arctic. It isn’t the highest near term potential energy source, but it has significant long term potential…

Randall Luthi talks exploration

Mar 22, 2013

Randall Luthi, president, National Ocean Industries Association Secretary Jewell will inherit an offshore US oil and gas leasing plan that is not new. It restricts the oil and natural gas industry to the same areas of exploration that we’ve been searching for decades…

Jack Gerard on the future of American energy policy

Mar 22, 2013

Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute. The Department of the Interior is key to the future of American energy policy. President Obama campaigned on implementing a true all of the above energy plan for America…

Susan Murray on drill explorations in the Arctic Ocean

Mar 22, 2013

Susan Murray, deputy vice president, Pacific, Oceana Given the disastrous attempt to drill exploration wells in the Arctic Ocean in 2012, the new Secretary should suspend all activities on Arctic Ocean leases and undertake a thorough…

Total launches Congo development

Mar 22, 2013

Total, operator of the Moho-Bilondo license, announced the final investment decision and EPC contract awards for the Moho Nord development, consisting of the Moho-Bilondo Phase 1bis and Moho Nord projects. First oil is expected in 2015, with output reaching 140…

New pump gives high pressure, high volume capability

Mar 22, 2013

HAWE’s V60N-130 pump offers a built-in controller to protect against overloads. HAWE Hydraulics, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of sophisticated hydraulic components and controls for the mobile, industrial, and renewable energy…

Offshore Europe reveals speakers, sessions

Mar 21, 2013

Eleven panel sessions will give visitors to the SPE Offshore Europe 2013 conference unprecedented access to hear the views of top industry executives, government ministers and discipline specialists.The panel sessions will all aim to respond to the conference theme…

GOM lease sale raises US$1.2B

Mar 21, 2013

The latest Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227 held Wednesday drew $1.2 billion in high bids for tracts spanning the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Statoil was the highest bidder on 15 leases, the company announced on 20 March 2013…

Cairn enters Senegal

Mar 21, 2013

Cairn Energy PLC announce it will farm-in as operator of three blocks offshore Senegal in West Africa. This transaction will add a number of drillable prospects to the frontier exploration inventory and drilling program in the next 18 months…

UK subsea sector looks to increase global market share

Mar 21, 2013

In his opening address, Subsea UK CEO Neil Gordon said that the global subsea market was set to double from £20 to 40 billion over the next fi ve years. The big challenge for Subsea UK and for the subsea UK industry was how to retain one-third of that market and grow its global share…

Total unveils new supercomputer

Mar 21, 2013

Total inaugurates its new high-performance supercomputer on Friday, March 22, 2013. The computer, located at its Scientific and Technical Centre in Pau, now ranks the Group among the top ten international companies in terms of computing power…

FMC scores subsea contract duo

Mar 21, 2013

FMC Technologies, Inc. announced it has won multiple subsea contracts this week. Subsea tree (Image: FMC Technologies)The Houston-based equipment supplier said on March 21 that it won a $30 million subsea equipment order from LLOG Exploration Co…

Montrose topsides under construction

Mar 21, 2013

Heerema Fabrication Group’s Zwijndrecht yard in the Netherlands officially started the construction of the integrated production Montrose BLP (bridge linked platform) topsides for client Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Ltd., the company announced on 21 March 2013…

MECO to build new desalination system

Mar 21, 2013

MECO to build a second prototype Prototype system for Office of Naval Research to produce 4,000 g/d. Louisiana-based MECO has been selected by The Office of Naval Research (ONR) to construct a new prototype advanced desalination system…

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