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Nordic Energy wants to wind up

Jun 23, 2016

UK-based small cap player Nordic has Energy has announced it is looking to wind up the company. The firm has instructed accountants Turpin Barker Armstrong to lead the insolvency proceedings.   The Company listed on the ISDX Growth…

Shell resumes Canada drilling after riser drop

Jun 23, 2016

Shell has been cleared to resume drilling offshore Canada following a review to its procedures after an incident saw a 2km riser section drop to the seafloor.  Shell was drilling the Cheshire L-97 well, in about 2000m water depth, in the Shelburne basin…

Wood Group Mustang chosen for Leviathan FEED

Jun 22, 2016

Wood Group Mustang has been chosen by the Leviathan partners to provide the front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for the Leviathan project’s production platform in a US$120 million deal. Image from Wood Group Mustang Twitter…

Hess, DNV GL renew asset integrity deal

Jun 22, 2016

Hess Denmark awarded DNV GL a contract to provide asset integrity inspection management of its South Arne field in the Danish North Sea. The agreement, which is estimated to be US$1.5 million (10 million DKK) per year, includes risked…

Delta SubSea, Boskalis enter GoM MoU

Jun 22, 2016

Delta SubSea and Boskalis Subsea Services have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide integrated diving and ROV solutions in the Gulf of Mexico. Image from Boskalis. The…

AccessESP appoints Asia Pacific manager

Jun 22, 2016

AccessESP, a provider of rigless electric submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions, has appointed Ed Sheridan as its Asia Pacific region manager. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he will be responsible for increasing market share in the region…

Franks runs first string weight reduction system

Jun 22, 2016

Frank's International deployed its patented 1250-tonne Buoyancy Module (BM) Spider along with ExPert Landing String Solutions’ (ExPert) Drill Pipe Buoyancy Modules to help Anadarko achieve a nearly 250,000-pound reduction in total weight…

Subsea 7: 1200 staff to go by early 2017

Jun 22, 2016

Subsea 7 will cut 1200 staff from its workforce, and five vessels from its active fleet by early 2017 amid the ongoing downturn in the oil and gas industry.  Subsea 7 said that the job and vessel cuts together with other cost savings initiatives started at the beginning of the year…

Proserv inks GOM contracts

Jun 22, 2016

Aberdeen, UK-based services firm Proserv has won two significant contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico. The deals with Talos Energy and Hess Corp. will see Proserv carry out work at the operators’ respective Phoenix and Conger field expansion developments…

A new way to P&A

Jun 21, 2016

In advance of the Deepwater Intervention Forum this 9-11 August 2016, Jerry Lee reports on a new approach to riserless plug and abandonment carried out by Wild Well Control in the US Gulf of Mexico. PA Tool component description and diagram…

Hilong bags Indonesia installation work

Jun 21, 2016

TIMAS awarded Hilong Petroleum Offshore Engineering a contract to use the Hilong 106 pipe-laying derrick barge to install jackets for the HCML Madura MDA - MBH offshore gas field development project, offshore Indonesia. The project, which is jointly funded by China National Offshore Oil Corp…

MeyGen connected to Ness of Quoys

Jun 21, 2016

Atlantis has unveiled a technical milestone for its flagship MeyGen project in northern Scotland, which is now connected to the 33kV Ness of Quoys distribution network, following the successful installation of one of the longest underground…

Bristow to launch Nigeria helicopter RRS

Jun 21, 2016

Bristow Helicopters Nigeria announced a new dedicated helicopter rescue and recovery (RRS) service for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry to provide critical life-saving assistance currently not available in the country’s aviation landscape. The new service is expected to launch in August 2016…

Sea Trucks in Malikai flotel win

Jun 21, 2016

Sabah Shell Petroleum Co. awarded Sea Trucks Group a contract for the provision of flotel services for the Malikai deepwater development project in the South China Sea. Image of the Jascon 34, from Sea Trucks…

Fugro inks three North Sea gigs

Jun 21, 2016

Fugro has secured three contracts using the company’s Q1400 trenching system, to be deployed in the North Sea over the next 12 months. Image of the Q1400 trenching system, from Fugro. At…

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