Rosneft partnered with Grubkin Russian State University of oil and Gas to develop a new training program for offshore drilling supervisors. The one-year program includes seven, full-time two-week modules. Courses will include expert lectures…
Pemex awarded Subsea 7's Mexican joint venture its second contract for work at the Line 67 Project in the Bay of Campeche, the E&C services company announced on 14 May 2013. The contract's value is estimated at US$90 million. The scope of work includes the engineering…
Marine Cybernetics AS (MC) recently signed its first contract for delivery of HIL testing (Hardware in the Loop) to a total of six mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) newbuilds to be hired by Petrobras in Brazil. HIL testing is a proven methodology that is used in many other industries…
Drilling firm Noble Corp. has been awarded a four-year drilling contract for work on the UK North Sea Mariner project using a new Cat J jack-up with Norway's Statoil. The contract is worth $655 million and includes a one two-year option…
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) has announced a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world. This decision sets…
Brazil's Petrobras awarded Toyo Engineering Corp. affiliate, Estaleiros do Brasil Ltda. (EBR), an EPCI contract for its P-74 FPSO, Toyo announced on 13 May 2013. The contract was awarded by Petrobras Netherlands BV. The scope includes…
Ulstein Verft delivered Blue Thunder, the fourth of six medium-sized platform supply vessels of the PX121 design from ULSTEIN to Blue Ship Invest, on Monday 13 May 2013. Owned by Blue Ship Invest, a wholly-owned company in Ulstein Group…
Independent E&P firm Ithaca Energy has said it has agreed a farm-out deal with Shell UK, reducing its exploration spending commitments in the UK North Sea by $45million. The deal relates to licence P1792 containing the Beverley prospect…
The Board of Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has announced that Svein Arild Killingland is to take over as Chief Executive Officer of the company group with immediate effect. He replaces Einar Gjelsvik, who Noreco said would be available for an interim period to the firm…
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) is to work on a subsea concept definition project for GDF Suez' Australian Bonaparte LNG project. The Bonaparte LNG project is made up of the Petrel, Frigate and Tern fields, located in the Timor Sea. They were previously stranded gas fields…
Songa Offshore has appointed Bjørnar Iversen as its new CEO just months after he joined the company as president of Songa Rig AS. Iversen will take up the new role, based in Cyprus, replacing interim CEO Jens Wilhelmsen, effective as of June 1…
Recognizing the needs of offshore rig owners and operators for reliable, smooth operations unaffected by safety equipment servicing requirements, leading marine and fire safety equipment manufacturer VIKING Life-saving Equipment A/S has…
With construction underway on the first ever Oblique Icebreaker, research specialist Aker Arctic Technology has unveiled a new version of a unique vessel type that will bring ice management and pollution control in thick, first-year ice to a new level…
Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of rotating equipment solutions to the oil, gas, petrochemical, power, and process industries, reached a milestone when it sold its 1,000th DATUM® centrifugal compressor—the new DATUM Icentrifugal compressor…
Trelleborg, has teamed with leading oil and gas industry contractor, Saipem, to develop a new LNG tandem offloading system. Derived from existing and proven technologies, the latest development in cryogenic LNG floating hoses is set to become…
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