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Bush Library offers "Rigs to Reefs" discussion

Aug 13, 2014

Marine scientist Dr. Quenton Dokken will examine the 'Rigs to Reefs' program, an effort to transform oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico into artificial reefs, on 26 August at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University…

Petrobras strikes more pay at Jupiter

Aug 13, 2014

Petrobras confirmed more hydrocarbon pay was found at the Jupiter prospect in the Santos basin pre-salt block BM-S-24 offshore Brazil. Map of Jupiter area. Image from Petrobras News Agency The…

Aquatic relocates to Singapore

Aug 13, 2014

Aquatic Asia Pacific Pte relocated its regional headquarters to the east coast of Singapore, where all Asia-based aquatic equipment is stored and mobilized. The new office suite is part of the existing operations base. This move brings…

2H secures Kaombo contract

Aug 13, 2014

Heerema Marine Contractors chose 2H Offshore to engineer hybrid risers for Total’s Kaombo Block 32 project offshore Luanda, Angola in 1400-1900m water depth. 2H Offshore's scope of work includes performing part of the detailed engineering…

Repsol clear to drill off Canary Islands

Aug 13, 2014

Spain's Repsol could start drilling offshore the Canary Islands this year after the Spanish government gave the firm the go-ahead. The government's Industry Ministry approved drilling plans by Repsol in a resolution dated 11 August and published today (13 August) in the Official Bulletin…

Subsea 7 AIV completes trials

Aug 13, 2014

Subsea 7’s Autonomous Inspection Vehicle (AIV) has successfully completed its first test mission in the UK North Sea for Shell, the firm announced today (13 August).   A series of field trials were undertaken from Subsea 7 vessel the…

Alma/Galia start-up delayed

Aug 13, 2014

First oil from EnQuest’s Alma/Galia development in the North Sea is now not expected until next year, the firm said today (August 13).  First production from the field, due to be developed using the EnQuest Producer floating production…

Kongsberg wins Johan Castberg FEED

Aug 13, 2014

Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies has been awarded a contract for delivery of an extended concept study and pre-front end engineering design (FEED) on infield flowline and riser systems for the Statoil-operated Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea…

Maersk Supply orders up to 6 supply vessels

Aug 13, 2014

COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., a subsidiary of COSCO Corporation's 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co., has secured contracts worth more than US$470 million, excluding owner-furnished equipment, from Maersk Supply Service (part of the A…

Boskalis JV wins wind work

Aug 13, 2014

VSMC, a cable-laying joint venture between Royal Boskalis Westminster and VolkerWessels, has been awarded a contract by Sandbank Offshore Windfarm (a joint venture between Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München). The scope of work includes cable supply…

Keel laid at Barreras for Pemex flotel vessel

Aug 13, 2014

Last week, workers at the Hijos de J. Barreras SA shipyard (Astillero Barreras) in Vigo, northwest Spain, laid the keel for a new floating accommodation vessel for Pemex Exploration and Production. The Barreras shipyard was founded in the Galicia region in 1892…

Mexico's Pena Nieto signs reform into law

Aug 12, 2014

Mexico’s oil and gas industry entered a new era on Monday when President Enrique Pena Nieto signed the long-awaited secondary legislation of the country’s recent energy reform into law, opening the country to private investment. The signing…

Apache to exit high-profile LNG projects

Aug 12, 2014

US oil and gas company Apache says it will exit both Chevron-operated LNG projects, Kitimat and Wheatstone, in which the company holds equity interests in order to focus on its more lucrative onshore business. Apache’s Chairman and CEO G…

Ceona awards NCS Survey subsea contract

Aug 12, 2014

Ceona awarded NCS Survey Ltd. a five-year contract for positioning services, in which mobilization has been successfully completed on the first vessel, Ceona’s DP3 multi-purpose vessel, the Normand Pacific. Following initial work in the Gulf of Mexico…

Subsea 7, Tata Steel enter agreements

Aug 12, 2014

Subsea 7 and Tata Steel entered multiple contracts in which Tata Steel will supply undersea pipes to four separate projects in the North Sea. The contracts, signed in the last 12 months, are worth approximately US$13.4 million in total…

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