Walter Steedman has been elected Chairman of the Offshore Survey Division of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). IMCA represents the interests of nearly 1000 offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies in over 60 countries…
iSURVEY Offshore, a provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, has completed a contract with Bibby Offshore’s ROV division worth more than £500,000. The work was performed in the UK sector of the North Sea…
Mozambique's state oil and gas company, Companhia Moçambicana de Hidrocarbonetos SA (CMH) posted a profit of US$37.8 million in 2013, a year-on-year increase of 29%, according to the company’s report and accounts for last year. According to a CMH report cited by the Mozambican press…
Patricia Vega is the new president and CEO of GE Oil & Gas for Latin America. Vega will be responsible to maintain the prominent position assumed by the company in the oil and gas market, contributing to the development of customized…
Malaysia’s UMW Offshore Drilling Sdn. Bhd. and Frontier Oil Corp. signed a US$20 million agreement for Frontier to drill two wells in the Calauit oil field off northwest Palawan in the Philippines. The contract is for a 120-day period with an option to extend for an additional 180 days…
DeepOcean Group Holding B.V. added Henk van den IJssel and Peter van der Hak to their team, effective 1 October 2014. “We are pleased that Henk and Peter have decided to join the DeepOcean team,” says DeepOcean CEO Bart Heijermans. “Henk…
Jee Ltd. was awarded a three-year contract renewal from BP with potential value in excess of US$7.3 million. Trevor Jee, Managing Director of Jee Image: Jee The two…
Over US$30 billion will be committed in Mozambique to produce 20 million tonnes of LNG annually (mtpa), with the ports of Pemba and Palma to be redeveloped under a massive program. Mozambique's national oil company, Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH)…
German company RWE Dea has been awarded two offshore blocks in the Gulf of Suez in Egypt’s international bid round. The new RWE Dea licences in the Gulf of Suez Map from Dea RWE will become…
P&O Maritime, a subsidiary of Dubai-based global marine terminal operator DP World, has acquired a majority stake in Remolcadores de Puerto y Altura S.A. (Repasa), a Spanish operator of offshore support vessels. P&O and Repasa will form a new joint-venture company under the P&O Maritime brand…
Eni has discovered oil in Block 15/06, in the Ochigufu exploration prospect offshore Angola. ENI said the find was 'important' and would be fast tracked to production through the Ngoma floating production, storage and offloading vessel on the company's West Hub development…
US-based explorer Noble Energy has lined up a string of prospects in the Falklands with prospective resources totaling up to 1.6 billion barrels of oil. The firm has been assessing 2D seismic and new 3D datasets in the south and east Falkland basin…
GeoPartners, in partnership with Seabird Exploration Multi-Client and DownUnder GeoSolutions, has announced a new multiclient 2D (MC2D) seismic project in the Frontier UK Rockall Basin offshore the north west coast of Scotland. The Rockall…
Woodside Petroleum has awarded Lloyd’s Register Energy a three-year global inspection contract to help ensure components and equipment Woodside procures globally meet quality expectations. Woodside is the largest independent oil and gas company in Australia…
Maersk Drilling is selling its drilling barge activities in Venezuela to Barrystar Holding, an investment company based in Panama. The activities, registered in the company Maritime Contractors Venezuela (MCVSA), comprise the ownership…
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