The challenges associated with the analysis and design of offshore engineering equipment will be discussed at the next SPE talk in Aberdeen. Offshore marine equipment can be physically complex, expensive, safety critical and required to operate in harsh environments…
Oslo’s Dolphin Geophysical announced that two high-capacity 3D vessels will be dispatched to shoot a seismic contract in South America as the company “to build solid contract back-log in South America.” The name of the company awarding the contract was not disclosed…
Greenpeace has said five of its 14 activists have scaled the West Alpha semisubmersible drilling rig offshore Norway in protest against ExxonMobil’s plans to drill in the Russian Arctic. The protest has been staged on the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill…
A collision between a barge carrying 924,000 gallons of fuel oil and a cargo ship over the weekend has left the Houston Ship Channel closed in efforts to contain and clean up the spill in Galveston Bay. The US Coast Guard reported that…
Australia-based Santos Ltd. announced that natural gas production has commenced ahead of schedule from the Peluang gas project offshore East Java in Indonesia. Sanctioned in February 2013, Peluang is a tie-back to the existing facilities…
Weatherford International Ltd. and Baker Hughes Incorporated have signed an agreement for the sale of Weatherford’s pipeline and specialty services business to a subsidiary of Baker Hughes for a total consideration of US$250 million, including…
Palantir Solutions has been selected by Shell to deliver a business planning solution for Shell’s global operations. The new enterprise planning software will connect data, functions and processes to provide secure data collection, economic/financial modelling…
Engineering and project management firm Royal HaskoningDHV and advisory firm 6 Alpha Associates have signed a contract with the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA), to be the research contractor for a project…
Maersk Drilling has named its latest ultra harsh environment jackup drilling rig, the Maersk Intrepid, ahead of its first deployment development drilling on the Martin Linge field offshore Norway. Maersk Intrepid is the first…
BP and Fletcher Technical Community College celebrated the grand opening of the college’s BP Integrated Production Technologies (IPT) building today. The new home of Fletcher’s IPT program, which the Louisiana board of regents recently designated a Deepwater Center for Workforce Excellence…
Take a look behind the curtain at Offshore Technology Conference with this exhibition time-lapse video, which captures the two-week move in period through day three of OTC 2013. This is the best way to watch the OTC exhibition floor…
Houston-based UTEC Survey Inc. provided survey services aboard the Ocean Spur jackup rig for rig move operations in Amistad Field, Gulf of Guayaquil, offshore Ecuador. The survey work was staffed and project managed from UTEC’s Houston headquarters…
The 2014 Rankine lecture was presented on 18 March at Imperial College in London, by Prof. Guy Houlsby, Oxford University. After the lecture the next year's Rankine lecturer was announced: Dr. Suzanne Lacasse, from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute…
Belzona has introduced its new high temperature process vessel linings. Having recognized the fact that linings can be a controlling factor in the vessel’s service life, Belzona has contributed to their protection by basing the development of the latest 1500 Series epoxy coatings…
Oil and gas asset integrity and corrosion management firm LUX Assure has established a sales and service agreement with Houston-based Brown Corrosion Services Inc. Brown Corrosion Services will be handling the business development of…
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