Mermaid Maritime’s Western Hemisphere business unit (MSSW) has been awarded seven different subsea projects in the Middle East with an estimated value of US$11 million. In addition, Mermaid has also secured extensions for three newbuild deliveries…
DeepOcean 1 UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching of a 42km power cable from the shore to offshore United Arabic Emirates. Work will be performed by DeepOcean’s recently upgraded T1 mechanical trencher…
DNV GL – Business Assurance USA, Inc. issued Noble Energy a certificate of compliance to the SEMS (Safety and Environmental Systems) standard, which represents the highest criteria for safe operations of offshore drilling platforms. This…
Singapore's Vallianz Holdings reported an 18.8% drop in its revenue in Q1, in addition to being awarded a US$63 million charter contract to supply two offshore support vessels (OSV) to a national oil company in the Middle East. The company's revenue dipped to $49…
The end of March saw a resolution reached between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for the resumption of production from the Khafji field – located in the Arabian Gulf. The project was shut-in by the Saudis in October 2014 due to environmental regulation breaches…
Weatherford’s Snorre Lutnes examines managed pressure drilling applications across key regions. MPD deployment. Images from Weatherford. Once reserved as a last resort for wells defined as undrillable…
Wood Group has won a new five-year contract with BP-operated projects, valued at US$500 million, to deliver services to eight facilities, offshore Azerbaijan. Effective immediately, Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will provide engineering, procurement…
PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has been awarded long term charters for eight offshore supply vessels with a combined value of approximately US$167.5 million by a Middle Eastern national oil company. POSH will supply eight anchor-handling…
Qatar-based Milaha has taken delivery of a new lift boat which will be deployed offshore, particularly in support of field maintenance efforts. Abdulrahman Essa Al-Mannai, president and CEO of Milaha, and Vivek Seth, CEO of Halul Offshore Services…
Offshore drilling firm Paragon Offshore has picked up two contract extensions, having reduced day rates. In the Middle East, a contract with ADMA OPCO for the M1162 jackup has been extended from mid-January 2017 to late January 2019 and…
Offshore rig count for March 2016 declined 33.4% when compared to March 2015, and 5% compared to February 2016. Image from Baker Hughes Twitter. According to Baker Hughes, there were a total of 241 vessels operating last month…
Saudi Aramco has extended a contract with Hercules Offshore for the Hercules 266 jackup, for work offshore Saudi Arabia. The contract extension will last until 30 June at a dayrate of US$63,650. The original contract was set to end this month…
Expro is currently collecting real-time data to support production optimization from brownfield wells using a non-intrusive wellhead surveillance technology. John McKay, Expro, explains. ActiveSONAR…
Vallourec, a provider of tubular solutions, has signed a contract with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) to supply oil country tubular goods (OCTG) during the 2016-2018 period to its three operating companies (ADMA-OPCO, ADCO, ZADCO)…
UAE-based global marine solutions provider Marsol International has been awarded two contracts offshore Oman. The first contract involves a single point mooring (SPM) change out, including the removal of the existing aging structures followed by installation of new buoys…
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