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Video: Aker debuts Lean Semi concept

Oct 05, 2016

Aker Solutions has introduced a new lighter weight and faster to deliver semisubmersible platform that will help producers unlock more marginal oil and gas fields in harsh environments across the globe. Lean Semi…

Nearshore Mexico seismic completed

Oct 05, 2016

Searcher Seismic has completed acquisition of the Buscador Near-Shore 2D Seismic Survey, offshore Mexico. The Buscador Near-Shore 2D Seismic Survey was acquired by Searcher’s project partner, BGP and comprises 11,200km of long-offset…

CGG starts latest 3D Santos Basin shoot

Oct 05, 2016

CGG has started a large broadband 3D multi-client survey in the pre-salt area of the deep water Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Santos VII (Saturno) is the third phase in CGG’s most ambitious pre-salt project to date, collectively known as the Santos Basin Trilogy…

Seatools gets Seaway pile template instrumentation contract

Oct 04, 2016

Seaway Heavy Lifting has awarded Dutch subsea technology company Seatools a contract for the design and delivery of a piling template instrumentation and control system.  The contract includes the complete mechanical, electric, hydraulic…

NADL newbuild delayed again

Oct 04, 2016

North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) entered an amendment agreement with Jurong Shipyard that will extend the delivery deferral period of the West Rigel semisubmersible to 6 January 2017. The extension allows the parties to continue to explore commercial opportunities for the unit…

BP, Area 4 partners ink Mozambique LNG deal

Oct 04, 2016

BP and the Area 4 concession partners, Eni East Africa (EEA), Galp Energia (Galp), Kogas and Empresa Nactional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), entered into a sales and purchase agreement for BP to purchase 100% of the liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

Iberdrola awards WMO two newbuild contracts

Oct 04, 2016

World Marine Offshore has been contracted by Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland to provide two newbuild crew transfer vessels (CTVs) during the operations and maintenance (O&M) period for the Wikinger wind farm in Germany. “Building…

OAA 2017 - entries open

Oct 04, 2016

Following its launch during last month’s Intelligent Energy event, entries have now opened for the 2017 Offshore Achievement Awards. Hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section, with the support of principal sponsor TAQA and media partner OE…

Pemex sells US$4 billion in bonds

Oct 04, 2016

Mexico’s Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is looking to turn its financial structure around in 2017 by placing, repurchasing, and exchanging bonds. Image from Pemex. Yesterday (3 October)…

Oil & Gas UK names 4 new board members

Oct 04, 2016

Oil & Gas UK (Oil & Gas UK) appointed four new members to its board. Cory L. Loegering, region vice president and managing director for Apache North Sea; Robin Allan, Premier Oil’s director, North Sea and Exploration; and Bill Dunnett…

TGS completes Gigante seismic

Oct 04, 2016

TGS has completed the acquisition of its 186,000km Gigante seismic survey offshore Mexico.  The acquisition of this survey began in June 2015 with five seismic vessels contracted to acquire a dense, modern, long offset regional 2D seismic grid…

Aibel wins Dvalin modification job

Oct 04, 2016

Aibel was awarded the modification assignment to ready the Heidrun platform to receive the production from the Dvalin field (formerly Zidane). The Heidrun platform (image: Øyvind Hagen/Statoil)…

Aker inks double Dvalin work

Oct 04, 2016

Aker Solutions has secured two contracts worth at least US$112 million (NOK 900 million) from DEA Norge to deliver the subsea production system, maintenance and services at the Dvalin natural gas development offshore Norway. Dvalin illustration…

Seadrill disputes Tullow force majeure

Oct 03, 2016

Seadrill Partners received a notice of force majeure from Tullow Ghana for the West Leo drilling contract effective 3 October 2016 that the company is disputing. Seadrill said it will move to enforce all its rights as per the contract and governing law…

Amec bags Ichthys consultancy gig

Oct 03, 2016

Japan’s Inpex awarded Amec Foster Wheeler of a consultancy contract for the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, the largest discovery of hydrocarbon liquids in Australia in the last 40 years. The scope of work involves Amec Foster…

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