Fugro took delivery of the Hugin 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), the Echo Surveyor VII, in December 2014. Depth rated to 4500m, the new AUV now holds the record for the deepest Hugin AUV dive, surveying in water depths surpassing 4200m…
Solstad Offshore Asia Pacific awarded Norway-headquartered iSURVEY a marine construction support contract to provide positioning and survey support for its 2015 platform installation program in Thailand, on board the DLB Norce Endeavour. iSURVEY…
CNOOC Ltd. announced that its Qinhuangdao 32-6 comprehensive adjustment project has commenced production. The Qinhuangdao 32-6 oilfield is located at the central north of Bohai Bay with an average water depth of approximately 20m. The…
BP made its second gas discovery in the East Mediterranean Sea at its North Damietta Offshore concession in the East Nile Delta. Image from BP. The discovery was made at the Atoll…
Perth, Australia, based explorer Tap Oil has been awarded 100% of Blocks W14-7 and W14-16 in the Barrow and Dampier sub-basins on Australia's North West Shelf. The blocks were awarded as part of Australia's Work Program Round 1, which…
SURF contractor Ceona has secured a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the company’s newbuild flagship field development vessel, the Ceona Amazon in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract will be the Ceona Amazon's first as well as Ceona’s first…
Norway's Kvaerner has chosen Dubai-based Drydocks World to fabricate components for Statoil's Norwegian North Sea Johan Sverdrup riser platform jacket. Drydocks World will carry out the fabrication of pile clusters and floatation…
Statoil has chosen Sentinel Marine to provide a new multi-role emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV) to support operations on the Mariner field on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Aberdeeen-based Sentinel Marine owns and operates…
Axa Engenharia Submarina Ltda. (AXA), a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group, has been awarded a contract for the provision of geo-hazard surveys on the Libra Field from Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) led consortia, consisting of Shell Brasil Petróleo…
The low oil price is having major impact across the oil and gas industry. However, DW’s recently released World Floating Production Market Forecast 2015-2019 expects capital expenditure on FPS units to total $81 billion between 2015 and 2019…
Swedish heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling firm Alfa Laval has won a US$30.7 million order to supply Framo pumping systems for floating production (FPSO) vessel projects in Angola. The order, scheduled to be delivered in 2015-16…
Singapore-based KrisEnergy is increasing its stake offshore Vietnam by taking over operatorship and all of Eni Vietnam’s interest. Map of Block 105. From KrisEnergy. Block 105 that covers 7192sq km at 20-80m water depth…
Royal IHC (IHC) has integrated four of its business units – IHC Hydrohammer, IHC Handling Systems, IHC Sea Steel and IHC Fundex Equipment – into one new organization, operating under the name IHC IQIP. All four IHC business units have already proved their capabilities on a global scale…
Chevron Brasil extended the contract for Skandi Salvador and IRM services for the remainder of 2015. The extension is a direct continuation of the current contract. The vessel has been operating for Chevron on the Frade oil field since delivery of the vessel in 2009…
Scotland’s Paradigm Drilling Services is establishing its presence in Mexico by investing an initial US$5 million into the country and creating a Mexican subsidiary, Paradigm Drilling Services Mexico. Innes…
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