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Golder Associates appoints new CEO

Apr 28, 2015

Golder Associates has appointed Dr. Hisham Mahmoud as its president and CEO. He will be based in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Mahmoud’s career spans some 27 years, the majority of which has been in diversified global engineering and construction companies…

Lamprell lands latest jackup order

Apr 28, 2015

UAE-based rig builder and fabrication firm Lamprell has been awarded a jackup construction contract by Abu Dhabi's National Drilling Co. (NDC). Image of the Muhaiyimat for National Drilling Co…

BHI rig count not for the faint of heart

Apr 24, 2015

Baker Hughes Inc. issued its international rig count that showed 1251 rigs operating worldwide in March 2015 outside of the US and Canada. Unsurprisingly, global rig counts have dropped significantly due to an approximate 50% drop in crude oil prices since 2014…

Fleet dayrates drop in 1Q 2015

Apr 16, 2015

Drill rig fleet operators are dropping dayrates as the market is squeezed due to the precipitous fall in global crude price. Industry insiders say dayrate bargaining by upstream companies is the play of the day. Rigs operating in the Middle East are particularly exposed…

Drydocks record rig turnaround

Apr 09, 2015

Dubai-based Drydocks World has completed a rig refurbishment project on Abu Dhabi-based National Drilling Company’s (NDC) offshore drilling rig jackup Beynouna in record time. The work on rig Beynouna, which included dry docking, hull treatment…

Schlumberger debuts ACTive Straddle

Mar 26, 2015

Schlumberger released the ACTive Straddle coiled tubing real-time multiset inflatable packer, which provides all functions needed to isolate and treat multiple zones on a single run without coming out of the well, which reduces intervention time and optimizes production…

LR Senergy, EnergyOne form partnership

Mar 25, 2015

LR Senergy and EnergyOne formed a strategic alliance to support business development in Norway and internationally. LR Senergy’s Norway business, Senergy, has been acquired through a management buy-out and will now trade under the company name of EnergyOne AS…

KBR gets Saudi Aramco offshore contract

Mar 17, 2015

Saudi Aramco awarded KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) a six-year project management contract to provide project management services for Saudi Aramco’s offshore program. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide project management and engineering…

Iran fires up South Pars Phase 12

Mar 17, 2015

Phase 12 of the giant South Pars gas field has been brought online in a ceremony involving Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.  Phase 12, described as the biggest phase of the development of the South Pars field, officially launched operation…

Drydocks wins Johan Sverdrup contract

Mar 09, 2015

Norway's Kvaerner has chosen Dubai-based Drydocks World to fabricate components for Statoil's Norwegian North Sea Johan Sverdrup riser platform jacket. Drydocks World will carry out the fabrication of pile clusters and floatation…

Lamprell delivers India-bound jackup

Mar 05, 2015

Dubai-based fabrication and engineering firm Lamprell has delivered the jackup drilling rig Greatdrill Chaaru to Greatship Global Energy Services within budget and ahead of schedule. Construction of the rig was undertaken on a fast-track…

Atlas Copco opens expanded custom engineering workshop in Hemel Hempstead

Feb 23, 2015

Middle East orders are driving growth and filling newly built capacity at Sweden headquartered Atlas Copco’s newly upgraded and expanded UK systems facility. Atlas Copco Compressors’ largest ever UK designed and built custom engineered package…

Prosep launches oil-in-water JIP

Feb 19, 2015

Houston-based oil, gas and water specialist ProSep has launched an Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) joint industry project (JIP) with Qatar Petroleum and Petroleum Development Oman. The 12-month project, which started in December 2014…

Saudi Aramco hails heavy lift success

Feb 16, 2015

Saudi Aramco says it has set a new record for heavy lift operations in its Arabiyah-Hasbah gas fields project about 150km offshore Saudi Arabia. The heavy lift barge Lan Jing completed the installation of the Hasbah tie-in platform (TP) using its 7500-ton crane…

Boskalis introduces White Marlin

Feb 12, 2015

Boskalis announced that the Dockwise vessel White Marlin was named and christened during a festive ceremony in Guangzhou, China. Following the ceremony, the semisubmersible heavy transport vessel will be mobilized to Singapore for its maiden…

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