Kongsberg CEO, Walter Qvam, will resign from his position in June 2016, according to the agreement he has for resignation at the age of 63. “Qvam has been CEO since 2008,” said Finn Jebsen, Kongsberg's chairman of the board. “The board…
US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Brian Salerno testified today (1 December) before a US congressional committee on Energy and Natural Resources defending a new well control rule, 30 CFR Part 250 released earlier this year…
Walter Oil & Gas announced the installation of the recently completed Coelacanth Field platform at Ewing Bank Block 834 (EW 834) in the Gulf of Mexico. Image of Coelacanth Field’s platform heading to sea…
Petrofac, Faroe Petroleum and Eni Hewett have established a cost saving partnership to drive efficiencies and commercial synergies across their UK operations in the UK southern North Sea. The tripartite agreement sees collaboration between…
A new report from the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) blamed the crew working Walter Oil & Gas’ South Timbalier Block 220 Well A-3, 55mi off Louisiana, for a well control incident that caused a blowout and fire onboard…
NorSea Group (UK) has established a new executive team to lead the company’s growth in Scotland. Walter Robertson has been appointed managing director while Mike Munro becomes the company’s first operations director. Walter has 30…
Ceona entered into a joint venture with Seaweld Engineering, which will act as a strategic partner for offshore deepwater construction projects in Ghana. The Ceona Amazon. From Ceona. The…
Rotterdam was home to three giants of the sea in early March – offshore industry flagships, not least Allseas’ newly renamed Pioneering Spirit. Elaine Maslin took a tour. Pioneering Spirit’s lifting beams loom from its bows…
SURF contractor Ceona has secured a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the company’s newbuild flagship field development vessel, the Ceona Amazon in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract will be the Ceona Amazon's first as well as Ceona’s first…
Abigail Ross Hopper has been appointed Director of the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), effective 5 January, the US Department of the Interior announced on 18 December 2014. Hopper, who will be the second director in the agency’s history…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) partners announced the award of a broad Arctic study that will investigate the interrelationship among the physical, biological, chemical and…
Walter Simpson joins Drillsearch Energy Ltd. as chief operating officer. Image of Brad Lingo, Drillsearch managing director. From Drillsearch. The most recent role in Simpson’s 30-year career…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) that predicts a higher exploration and production scenario than before for the Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193…
Petrofac has secured a duty holder contract for two assets in the southern North Sea, following their acquisition by Faroe Petroleum. Petrofac will continue to provide operations and facilities management to the Schooner and Ketch platforms…
McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a fast-track fabrication contract by PC Ketapang II Ltd., a subsidiary of Petronas. The contract is for the BTJT-A jacket, as part of the Bukit Tua development project in the Ketapang block off east Java…
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