This event aired on December 12, 2013 Click to AccessNo doubt advances in automation technology can help companies in the offshore oil and gas industry but integrating Safety and asset integrity to the operating strategy of the process…
Over recent months, IHC Merwede’s Offshore Division has been successful in securing orders for the design, engineering and construction of a total of 10 pipe-laying vessels. These vessels will be built in the covered hall at the IHC Krimpen facility…
Standard & Poors said that Transocean Ltd. (RIG) would replace computer maker Dell Inc. (DELL) in the S&P 500 index, effective 28 Oct 2013. The S&P 500 index one of the most commonly followed stock market (equity) indices and it is based…
Germany’s Raytheon Anschütz released its latest gyro compass, the Standard 22, which ensures accuracy and reliability under all environmental conditions. Operational safety was dramatically increased due to a patented data transmission technology that completely replaces the use of slip rings…
A high level of investment creates an opportunity for new entrants into the pipelay vessel market, says Douglas Westwood’s Singapore-based analyst Thom Payne. About 32,000km of offshore pipelines are expected to be installed over the next five years…
After two years of planning, BP is about to launch a major renewal program on its North Sea Magnus and ETAP facilities. BP explained the program—and its long term aims—to Elaine Maslin. Operators in the North Sea are tackling a thorny…
Rio de Janeiro-based AMEC Kromav, specialist company for shipbuilding and offshore activities, is urging the Russian industry to take full advantage of Brazil’s multi-billion dollar offshore industry opportunities. In a comprehensive presentation at NEVA in St Petersburg…
During the opening session of the annual SEG convention in Houston, Barry Smitherman, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) reviewed the improvement in Texas’ production. This had been created by the application of new oil industry technology: better imaging…
Serica Energy has said a drilling campaign will start offshore Morocco in October. Drilling will be carried out on the Foum Draa and Sidi Moussa blocks in October, and H1 2014 respectively. The well on the Foum Draa block (operated by Cairn Energy…
Wood Group has won new contracts in India worth more than US$10 million. Wood Group GTS has secured two contracts to supply its EcoValue gas turbine compressor water-wash systems. The first order is to supply the EcoValue technology,…
UK Trade & Investment offered a session on petroleum investment opportunities in Mexico on Wednesday, presented by Enrique Cornejo, head of energy & environment for UKTI in Mexico City. Mexico’s national oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)…
Craig Group announced the investment of £70million to build six new vessels at the Balenciaga Shipyard in northern Spain. Four D-class IMT 950 Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRV) and two F-class IMT 958 ERRVs will be delivered during 2014 and early 2016…
The Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline is now delivering hydrocarbons produced from the Bay of Bengal, offshore Myanmar, to China. The soon-to-be complete, parallel oil pipeline will transport Middle East and African oil. The pipeline projects have five investors from four countries: China…
Twenty years after it came online, the UK’s longest serving permanently-moored FPSO has been given a new lease on life. Elaine Maslin reports on the extent the UK’s largest offshore project in 2012. When production from the central North Sea Gryphon field came online in October 1993…
Dockwise provides this video, filmed in November 2012, regarding the launch of the SHP jacket, now located at the SHWE field in the Bay of Begal, off Myanmar. The 22,000-ton jacket was launched at a water depth of 110m, using the HYSY229 installation barge.