Joint integrity specialist Hydratight completed an upgrade project on a section of subsea pipeline for the John Brookes joint venture, on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Connector being lowered for John Brooke's project…
The design and technical features of Finland's newest icebreaker Polaris (IB Polaris) were presented in Helsinki as part of the CIMAC World Congress. IB Polaris is an environmentally friendly diesel-electric icebreaker. It will be powered…
Atlantic Petroleum entered into a US$1.1 million (DKK 7 million) sale and purchase agreement with Bridge Petroleum for its 25% interest in the Orlando development, offshore the UK. The deal also includes a deferred consideration in the…
Heerema Marine Contractor's Thialf heavy lift vessel lifted the new subsea pump control module (PCM) onto Shell's Draugen platform offshore Norway late last month. The 220-tonne control module is the topside part of the subsea pump system…
The platform deck for the Ivar Aasen project is now on its way to Norway after sailaway from the yard area in Singapore on Monday. The platform deck will be lifted in place on the field in July. The platform deck is being shipped the…
A Northumberland-based marine engineer has outlined plans for a new submersible that could change the way oil platforms are transported back to shore for decommissioning. Joe Glass from Rothbury has joined forces with Seaways Engineering International as Managing Director (UK)…
Petrobas' pre-salt production has reached 40% of all the state-oil firm's production in Brazil and 12 more systems are due online in the Santos Basin alone by 2020, the firm has said. The milestone was reached as over all pre-salt production set new highs…
Norwegian ship designer Havyard has won a contract for the design of a new multipurpose vessel to work for Hess under contract with Esvagt. Havyard will also deliver ship equipment system packages with a total value of more than NOK 100 million…
Aker Solutions is to supply its longest-ever umbilicals system to the Zohr offshore gas field in the Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement, with Petrobel, Egypt, is worth more than NOK 1 billion (US$120 million) and covers…
Mexico’s highly anticipated deepwater bid round set for the end of the year is getting registered bids from as many as 21 companies, with some of the oil and gas industry’s heavy hitters, including ExxonMobil and Chevron. Image from CNH…
Fourteen new licensing options have been granted to 11 companies in Ireland’s second phase of the 2015 Atlantic Margin Licensing Round, which has received the largest response in Ireland’s offshore history. Of the 11 companies…
Tullow Oil Norge (TONAS) has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in Block 16/5 in the North Sea. The well will be drilled in a prospect named Rome, with the designation 16/5-6.…
Schlumberger has acquired Omron Oilfield and Marine, a US-based OMRON Corp. group company, which provides automation technology and solutions. 'The addition of Omron Oilfield and Marine will enable us to strengthen our industrial automation…
UK-based marine and nuclear services group James Fisher and Sons has taken over Aberdeen-based R2S. R2S, or Return to Scene, developed visualization and asset management software based on forensic investigation technologies. Image…
Rosenberg WorleyParsons has been contracted to fabricate three bridges and two flare towers for the Johan Sverdrup field development. The contract, worth about NOK600 million, was awarded by Statoil. The fabrication and assembly will mainly be carried out in Stavanger…
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