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BOE achieves third Queen’s Award

May 06, 2015

Balmoral Offshore Engineering (BOE) was presented with the UK Queen’s Award for Enterprise. It is the third time the company has won the international trade award, the first success coming in 2010. BOE saw overseas income increase by £20 million in the period 2012-14 with profits doubling…

OTC15: SBM Offshore introduces ARCA

May 06, 2015

SBM Offshore released this video demonstrating its new ARCA (articulated rod connecting arm) chain connector. The ARCA won accolades at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference’s Spotlight on Technology Awards. SBM Offshore was…

OTC15: FMC, Total sign R&D frame agreement

May 06, 2015

FMC Technologies and Total signed a frame agreement for technology development on 5 May. The purpose of this agreement is to define the R&D relationship and to create a framework for collaborative and innovative projects. The goals of…

James Fisher acquires Mojo Maritime

May 06, 2015

James Fisher and Sons completed the acquisition of Mojo Maritime Ltd. (MML), a specialist provider of project management, engineering and consultancy services to the offshore industry renewable energy sector. Founded in Falmouth 10 years ago by Richard Parkinson CEO…

EFC Group in Weatherford MPD win

May 06, 2015

Weatherford awarded Aberdeen-headquartered EFC Group multiple multi-million dollar contracts for managed pressure drilling equipment supply to support the Weatherford Secure Drilling services business. The contract wins include the design and supply of direct hydraulic controls…

Aibel awarded Maria work

May 06, 2015

Aibel was awarded a US$114.3 million engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for work related to planned water injection from the Heidrun platform to the Wintershall Norge-operated Maria field. The Maria field is in the Norwegian Sea…

NPD considers Maria PDO

May 06, 2015

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) received a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Maria oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea. Maria. Image from Wintershall. The Maria discovery…

OTC15: Applus completes ANDT project in Malaysia

May 06, 2015

Applus RTD completed the latest advanced non-destructive testing (ANDT) project with its RTD INCOTEST technology which provides a unique solution for unpiggable subsea pipelines. The technology was developed by Applus RTD’s in-house research…

OTC15: Latest collision guidance notes

May 06, 2015

Lloyd’s Register has issued its latest Guidance Notes at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. The Guidance Notes for Collision Analysis assist owners, operators, and designers of offshore units in America and Canada with identifying potential collision scenarios…

OTC15: Preventing cyber attacks

May 06, 2015

An initiative to help protect the American oil and gas industry from cyber attacks has been launched by Lloyds Register Energy at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston.  Lloyds Register Energy says control systems…

M-I SWACO releases new fluid and cuttings separator

May 05, 2015

M-I SWACO, a Schlumberger company, released SCREEN PULSE fluid and cuttings separator. Easily installed onto new or existing shale shakers, the fully pneumatic system delivers drilling fluid recovery of up to 30 b/d and an average drill cuttings waste reduction of 20%…

Helix Q5000 delivery

May 05, 2015

Helix Energy Solutions’ subsidiary Helix Q5000 Holdings S.A.R.L. took delivery of the Q5000 semisubmersible well intervention vessel from Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard on 30 April. In conjunction with delivery of the vessel, Helix Q5000 Holdings S…

Ensco wins two jackup contracts

May 05, 2015

Ensco entered into a three-year contract with NDC for a new premium jackup, ENSCO110. This newbuild rig is scheduled to begin operations later this month offshore United Arab Emirates at a rate of approximately US$114,000 per day. NDC…

OTC15: New Houston company, UIS debuts

May 05, 2015

A new Houston-based subsea company, Underwater Integrity Solutions (UIS), was launched at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) on 4 May. The independent company will focuse on underwater integrity, production assurance and life extension for subsea fields…

The demand for standardization

May 05, 2015

In the first installment of a two part series, Elaine Maslin takes a look at what all the clamor is about on standardization, what the industry is planning to do about it and what the results have been to date.  Image from Statoil…

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