The 2014 Rankine lecture was presented on 18 March at Imperial College in London, by Prof. Guy Houlsby, Oxford University. After the lecture the next year's Rankine lecturer was announced: Dr. Suzanne Lacasse, from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute…
Belzona has introduced its new high temperature process vessel linings. Having recognized the fact that linings can be a controlling factor in the vessel’s service life, Belzona has contributed to their protection by basing the development of the latest 1500 Series epoxy coatings…
Oil and gas asset integrity and corrosion management firm LUX Assure has established a sales and service agreement with Houston-based Brown Corrosion Services Inc. Brown Corrosion Services will be handling the business development of…
Norway-based DNV GL has opened a new office in Vietnam. The facility was officially opened by Prince Haakon of Norway and Henrik O. Madsen, president & CEO of DNV GL. The new office which is located in the heart of the business district…
More than 500 industry professionals came together at the sparkling 28th Offshore Achievement Awards ceremony in Aberdeen, last night. The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section organized and hosted the awards, “the industry Oscars”…
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (owned by Statoil ASA and Statkraft) has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting the contract for the transportation and installation of 67 foundations and 1 substation as part of the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project…
Subsea 7 has won a lump sum contract worth about US$110 million from Shell for the installation of jumpers, umbilicals and associated subsea structures for the BC-10 Phase 3 project in the Campos basin, offshore Brazil. Project management…
One of McDermott International’s subsidiaries has entered into an agreement with Petrobras for the supply of its subsea Lay Vessel North Ocean 105 (LV105). This contract is included in McDermott’s 1Q 2014 backlog. The LV105 will carry…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received 380 bids on 19 Mar 2014, for 326 blocks in the central Gulf of Mexico, totaling more than US$850 million. Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 231 attracted operators to bid on almost 40 million acres…
Subsea 7’s new heavy construction vessel, under construction in South Korea, is set to make a splash when it joins the company’s fleet in 2016. The company gave Elaine Maslin a look at the new vessel. As operators build larger and more complex subsea equipment in deeper…
Heerema Marine Contractors is planning a new semisubmersible crane vessel (NSCV), which, according to crane supplier Huisman, will have the world's largest cranes on board. At 214m-long and 97.5m-wide, the NSCV will become the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel…
The Shah Deniz and South Caucasus Pipeline consortia have awarded key contracts for the development of the Shah Deniz Stage 2 and South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion (SCPX) projects. The contracts, covering project management services and construction…
The National Assembly of the Comoros, a sovereign archipelago island nation east of Mozambiue, Africa, has ratified a production sharing contract with Bahari Resources. The PSC, covering offshore blocks 35, 36, and 37 (previously named blocks A…
A new tax break for high-pressure, high-temperature fields in the UK North Sea has been overshadowed by a move by the UK Government to change to taxes on drilling rigs. The move, relating to bare-boat chartering, “perplexed” industry…
OneSubsea™ has shipped its 100th subsea tree from its manufacturing facility at Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johor, Malaysia. The state-of-the-art facility has been operating since 2007 providing subsea wellhead systems, valves and trees across the globe…
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