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Heerema sends launch jacket to Gina Krog

Jun 22, 2015

With the sail away on Friday 19 June 2015, Gina Krog, the largest launch jacket ever built by Vlissingen yard of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), is ready for installation. The launch jacket for client Statoil and its partners began its journey…

Wärtsilä launches new PSV design

Jun 01, 2015

With new rules and regulations affecting the platform supply vessel (PSV) market, Wärtsilä is launching a new PSV ship design at this year's Nor-Shipping exhibition being held in Oslo from 2-5 June. The new design puts emphasis on cost efficiency…

OTC15: Baker Hughes introduces Hammerhead system

May 04, 2015

Baker Hughes announced the introduction of its Hammerhead system—the industry’s first fully integrated wellhead-to-reservoir ultra deepwater completion and production system. Hammerhead. From Baker Hughes…

Huisman wins Maersk crane order

Jan 26, 2015

COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard awarded Huisman a contract for the delivery of four customized 400mt rope luffing knuckle boom cranes and two 100mt knuckle boom cranes onboard four new subsea support vessels (SSVs) for Maersk Supply Service. MT 6027…

Hydrogen/CO2 FPSO design revealed

Nov 14, 2014

Classification society ClassNK has given approval in principle to a new H2/CO2 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) to a new design developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Chiyoda Corporation. FPSOs are used by…

DNV GL proposes three new JIPs

Sep 04, 2014

DNV GL is launching three new joint industry projects (JIPs) to advance the offshore pipeline industry. The three JIPs include free spans in trenches, pipeline repair and design of pipeline components. DNL GL says that with the oil and gas industry’s push into new energy frontiers…

Petrobras, Endeeper enter software development contract

Sep 02, 2014

Endeeper and Petrobras entered into a two-year contract for provision of services related to Endeeper's software package for petroleum geology. The contract allows the development of new modules for Petroledge, Hardledge and RockViewer systems in addition to software training…

Westermeerwind wind farm construction to begin March 2015

Jul 25, 2014

Westermeerwind BV reached financial close on 25 July for the turnkey construction of the Westermeerwind wind farm in IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Work can now start on building the 48 wind turbines. The Westermeerwind wind farm consists of…

Sercel launches QuietSea marine mammal monitoring system​

Jul 17, 2014

Sercel has launched QuietSea, its new passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) system designed to detect the presence of marine mammals during seismic operations. Totally different from other commercially available PAM systems, QuietSea is set to revolutionize PAM within the seismic industry…

Tri Tool launches counterboring service

Feb 24, 2014

Tri Tool Inc. introduced a new high production counterboring service for the offshore market. To meet the demand for deep counterbore machining of steel catenary risers and critical pipeline needs in the Gulf of Mexico, Tri Tool has designed…

2H Offshore contract for TEN

Sep 30, 2013

2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has been appointed by Tullow Oil as lead riser engineering consultancy for the delivery of the flexible riser system for its Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) field development, offshore Ghana. The TEN development is located in the deepwater Tano block…

New drilling fluid system

Jul 31, 2013

Baker Hughes launched their MPRESS™ drilling fluid system, which allows operators to reduce stand pipe pressure and apply more horsepower to the bottomhole assembly and drill bit, increasing rates of penetration and decreasing non-productive time…

Baker Hughes launches MPRESS drilling fluid

Jul 02, 2013

Baker Hughes announced the availability of a drilling fluid system that can improve drilling economics by enabling operators to manage circulating pressure more efficiently. The Baker Hughes MPRESS™ drilling fluid system allows operators…

Optimizing well placement

Apr 28, 2012

The iPZIG at-bit inclination, gamma ray and imaging service has been introduced by PathFinder, a Schlumberger company, to help optimize well placement in target zones through early bed boundary detection.Developed specifically for unconventional…

The economics of subsea sampling

Feb 01, 2012

The role of subsea sampling in securing maximum effectiveness from multiphase meters is reviewed here by Mirmorax chief executive Eivind Gransaether. He discusses how subsea sampling is addressing other crucial production management issues offshore…

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