Hyperdynamics Corporationannounced today that Tullow Guinea Ltd., has appointed Gilbert Yevi as its country manager for Guinea. Yevi previously served a leading role in the success of Tullow's Jubilee Field in Ghana. The Consortium, through Tullow…
EOC Ltd. an Asian based provider of offshore oil and gas development and production solutions, today announced that it would be adding a new accommodation and support vessel to its fleet. EOC has entered into a memorandum of agreement to acquire a newbuild accommodation and support vessel…
First Integrated Solutions, an Aberdeen-based oil and gas service company, has seen significant transformations over the past six months due to the firms increasing investment activity. In February, First Integrated Solutions was created…
The Energy Industries Council (EIC) announced today that Azman Nasir is to become the EIC’s new Head of Asia Pacific. Azman, who has 24 years’ experience in the transport, railway, oil & gas and marine industry sectors, will be based…
An energy industry consortium set up to tackle the key challenge of enhancing oil recovery from reservoirs has started its mission by holding a kick off meeting to execute its plan of action. The €3.9 million project named OPTION – Optimizing…
Premier Oil is ramping up towards offshore installation work on its Solan field development in Block 205/26a, in 135m water depth, west of Shetland, in the UK North Sea. Construction and onshore commissioning of the four-legged Solan…
BATS Wireless (BATS) and specialist distributor Purdicom have announced a new offshore communications network project, with one of Purdicom's service provider partners, for a multinational oil company. The project calls for BATS to provide its state-of-the-art DVM-50 systems…
Activity offshore Myanmar is starting to increase, with a recent drilling contract announced and CGG opening a subsurface imaging centre in the southeast Asian country, formerly known as Burma. Today, UMW Oil & Gas Corporation subsidiary…
Weakening spending by E&P majors, particularly on seismic is being felt in the geoscience sector, with Dutch geoscience and geotechnical services firm Fugro revealing a potential Eur300-350 million non-cash impairment in its geoscience division today…
It is the first step in a long process. That is probably the best synopsis of the recent announcement by the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) requesting information on areas to be included in the next…
Aibel announced it has secured a contract from Statoil for FEED and Engineering & Management Assistance (EMA) of substructures for the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park offshore wind farm. The contract has an estimated value of approximately NOK$40 million…
New Jersey is moving to stop an ocean research project opposed by the state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), fishing groups, and environmentalists. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a permit on 1 July and the seismic surveys began…
Drydocks World announced the completion of a major refurbishment carried out on National Drilling Company’s (NDC) offshore drilling rig Al Ghallan. The project is part of a series of four rig repair and refurbishment projects signed with NDC in 2013…
Applus RTD announced it has launched an innovative research and development program to incorporate augmented reality systems into its industry-leading technology range. To demonstrate the value and capabilities of the system, the company has integrated the technology into its RTD IWEX system…
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) announced it has selected Kongsberg Maritime’s K-Sim Offshore simulation platform to enhance crane operator training and the safe, efficient implementation of heavy lift operations. The contract was signed on 21 May…
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