The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said it is to keep in place a ban on use of Super Puma helicopters despite a European move to allow the unit back into service. The ban on the Airbus Helicopters' Super Puma EC225LP and AS332L2 aircraft followed a crash at Turøy…
Sea Trucks was awarded a contract by an international oil major to West African Ventures, Sea Trucks’ principle Nigerian business, for the provision of an accommodation vessel to a deepwater field, offshore Nigeria. The scope of work covers accommodation support services for 250 passengers…
Frank’s International entered into a definitive US$321 million merger agreement to acquire Blackhawk Group Holdings, Inc., the ultimate parent company of Blackhawk Specialty Tools, a provider of well construction and well intervention services and products…
The Transocean Winner has been loaded onto the Hawk semisubmersible heavy lift ship, and is preparing for its journey to Turkey, according to the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). The Transocean Winner…
Canada's Suncor Energy has closed a deal to acquire a 30% stake in the UK North Sea Rosebank project from Austria's OMV. Suncor has made an initial payment of US$50 million. In the event the co-venturers approve the Rosebank project final investment decision and Suncor elects to participate…
ABB and Aibel have agreed a strategic partnership to deliver state-of-the-art offshore wind integration solutions. ABB will focus on its high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology, while Aibel will take turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) responsibility for the design…
Norway's Aibel has agreed to take on the role of partner EPC contractor for small pools focused firm Marginal Field Development Co. (MFDevCo)'s marginal field initiative and its future projects. Aibel initially joined MFDevCo's marginal field delivery consortium in February 2016…
The US subsidiary of Norwegian-based offshore high capacity and low latency communications provider Tampnet has acquired Broadpoint, an offshore communications provider to the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry. Through the acquisition of Broadpoint…
Oceaneering International is expanding its presence for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) survey services to the West African region. Oceaneering currently serves the US Gulf of Mexico with a fleet of state-of-the-art commercial AUVs…
Subsea services provider DOF Subsea said it has been awarded a contract by Ithaca Energy for phase 1 of the decommissioning of the Ithaca-operated Athena field in the UK North Sea. Athena is in UK Continental Shelf block 14/18B in the…
Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) is in negotiations with Karoon Gas Australia to sell its stake in the Baúna and Tartaruga Verde fields, offshore Brazil. The proposed deal will see the sale of 100% stake in the Baúna field, in the shallow waters of post-salt Santos Basin…
The first of two shipments of pile clusters and flotation tanks arrived at Kvaerner’s yard at Verdal earlier this week (4 October), which will be installed on the first and largest steel jacket for the Johan Sverdrup projects, currently under construction at Verdal…
FES International delivered nine diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSC) to the Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, operated by Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção (QGEP). The DBSCs, a part of a multi-million dollar contract between FES and QGEP…
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) seeking information related to the agency’s recently revised estimates for…
Joe Mullin gives an update on the Arctic Response Technology joint industry project. Workers conduct field trials of the first-of-its-kind aerial oil spill response system near Fairbanks, Alaska…
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