Rossshire Engineering News

 

Shrinking Numbers of Jobless Could Mean Engineer Scarcity

Nov 20, 2018

Norway’s overall, oil-fueled economic expansion may be hampering the offshore industry from recruiting the engineering talent it needs, just as signs of recovery appear from segment-to-segment.More openly than ever, a Norway-based offshore industry…

Chevron Extends North Sea Contract with Petrofac

Oct 03, 2018

Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services (EPS) division has secured a 12-month engineering services contract extension from Chevron North Sea Limited. The agreement, which has been held by Petrofac since 2014, commenced on September 30…

KBR, SOCAR JV wins Azeri work

Jan 16, 2018

Azerbaijan’s SOCAR and US engineering firm KBR’s joint venture will provide front-end engineering design services (FEED) for a new production, drilling and quarters platform, Azeri Central East (ACE), for the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in the Caspian Sea…

Wood Group inks Kazakhstan agreement

May 10, 2017

Wood Group has secured a new framework agreement to provide study engineering for North Caspian Operating Company’s (NCOC) offshore and onshore asset portfolio in Kazakhstan. The contract extends Wood Group’s support of NCOC. The company…

Kongsberg, Stress Engineering form offshore alliance

Apr 28, 2017

Kongsberg Maritime Inc., the North American division of Norway headquartered marine and offshore technology company Kongsberg Maritime, and Houston headquartered Stress Engineering Services have formed a strategic alliance to better serve…

KBR, Chevron ink master contract

Apr 14, 2017

US engineering house KBR has signed a multi-phase 10-year master contract with Chevron to provide engineering and procurement services for Chevron in multiple global locations. Under the master contract, KBR's engineering offices in multiple…

UH names engineering founding director

Apr 12, 2017

The University of Houston (UH) has named Phaneendra Kondapi as founding director of engineering programs at the University of Houston at Katy. Image of Kondapi, from UH. Kondapi…

Wood Group wins Tolmount FEED

Apr 10, 2017

Premier Oil awarded Wood Group a contract to deliver front-end engineering design (FEED) to the Tolmount offshore field development in the Southern North Sea.   Effective immediately, Wood Group will provide topsides, jacket, pipeline…

Aker bags Aker BP procurement, engineering deal

Apr 07, 2017

Aker Solutions secured a framework agreement for as many as 10 years from Aker BP to provide engineering and procurement services for new offshore field installations. The scope is for a range of fixed facilities from small wellhead platforms to complete oil and gas field centers…

An engineer’s engineer

Apr 01, 2017

Steve Hamlen catches up with Tony Trapp, executive chairman of Osbit, and subsea industry pioneer who recently won the MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). Tony Trapp Photo from Osbit…

Vryhof starts engineering unit

Mar 21, 2017

Vryhof, a provider of anchoring and mooring solutions, and its business unit Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), a provider of offshore mooring services, have launched a new engineering unit to support the company’s offshore oil and gas, renewables and aquaculture operations across the globe…

Wood Group wins global BP pre-FEED, FEED work

Feb 14, 2017

Wood Group has been awarded a three-year global agreement with BP for the provision of conceptual engineering services, pre-front end engineering design (pre-FEED) and FEED engineering services. The agreement has an option to extend for two additional years…

SMD founder made a MBE

Jan 04, 2017

Dr Tony Trapp, executive chairman of Osbit and leading figure in the north east England offshore industry, has been awarded the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year’s Honors. Trapp has been…

Arc Energy Resources acquires CLG Engineering

Aug 04, 2016

Gloucestershire-based Arc Energy Resources, the weld overlay cladding and fabrication company, has acquired precision machining company CLG Engineering, based in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Arc Energy Resources provides corrosion-resistant weld overlay cladding services…

Majors join forces in engineering JIP

May 18, 2016

Fifteen leading offshore companies, including Shell, Chevron, and McDermott International, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish engineering industry standards known as the Standardization Unified Joint Industry Project (JIP)…

Current News

TenneT Begins Drilling Under Dunes for Laying Electricity Cables on Maasvlakte

TenneT Begins Drilling Under D

Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition Announced in Collaboration With LNG Producer Consumer Conference 2025

Japan Energy Summit & Exhibiti

Three Dead in Chevron's Angolan Oil Patform Fire

Three Dead in Chevron's Angola

BW Opal FPSO Vessel set for Work off Australia

BW Opal FPSO Vessel set for Wo

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News

 
Offshore Engineer Magazine