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  • Malaysia: AET’s New Aframax Tanker ‘Eagle Texas’ Takes up Duties as MCV

    22 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Eagle Texas, the 61st Aframax to be delivered into AET’s rapidly growing fleet, will be the company’s second tanker to take up duties as a modular capture vessel (MCV). AET was recently awarded a 20-year contract with Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) to supply two MCVs to provide hydrocarbon capture and containment services for […]

  • OceanWorks to Provide Subsea Dispersant Fluid System to MWCC (USA)

    24 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    OceanWorks International has been awarded a design, manufacturing and test contract to provide Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) with a Subsea Dispersant Fluid System (SDFS). The system will further enhance MWCC’s existing dispersant injection system, also developed and manufactured by OceanWorks International. The SDFS is designed to sit on the seabed in the proximity of […]

  • USA: OceanWorks to Provide MWCC with Subsea Dispersant Fluid System

    24 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    OceanWorks International has been awarded a design, manufacturing and test contract to provide Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) with a Subsea Dispersant Fluid System (SDFS). The system will further enhance MWCC’s existing dispersant injection system, also developed and manufactured by OceanWorks International. The SDFS is designed to sit on the seabed in the proximity of […]

  • Apache Becomes Member of Marine Well Containment Company

    17 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Apache Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Apache Deepwater LLC, has agreed to join Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), a not-for-profit, independent organization committed to being continuously ready to respond to a well control incident in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. “Apache is committed to safe and responsible operations,” said G. Steven Farris, chairman and chief […]

  • Apache Deepwater LLC Joins Marine Well Containment Company (USA)

    17 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

      Apache Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Apache Deepwater LLC, has agreed to join Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), a not-for-profit, independent organization committed to being continuously ready to respond to a well control incident in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. “Apache is committed to safe and responsible operations,” said G. Steven Farris, chairman and […]

  • USA: Successful Demonstration of Capping Stack Deployment

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), Shell Oil Company and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) yesterday announced the successful demonstration of the industry’s ability to respond to a deepwater well control incident in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. At the direction of the Department of the Interior and BSEE, MWCC initiated mobilization of […]

  • BHP Billiton Joins Marine Well Containment Company as Member (USA)

    4 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) announced that BHP Billiton has joined as a member. Marty Massey, MWCC chief executive officer, said, “BHP Billiton, which has producing assets and a significant acreage position in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, has elected to join the Marine Well Containment Company. Our growing membership is taking a leadership […]

  • MWCC: New 10k Psi Capping Stack Available for Use in U.S. GoM

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) today announced the availability of a 10k psi capping stack for use in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The completion of the 10k psi capping stack – which stands 25 ft. tall including the necessary lifting gear and weighs approximately 50 tons – marks another step in MWCC’s commitment […]

  • Aker Solutions to Supply Subsea Containment Assembly to MWCC, USA

    6 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Aker Solutions announced today that it has been selected for the design, procurement, and fabrication of the subsea containment and diverter assembly for the expanded containment system being developed by Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC). Contract value is undisclosed. Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) is a not-for-profit, stand-alone organisation committed to improving capabilities for containing […]

  • MWCC opens two new shore bases for well containment equipment (USA)

    26 March 2014
    Equipment

    Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) today announced the completion of two new shore base locations to house its well containment equipment available for use in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. In addition, this year marks the three-year anniversary of MWCC’s Interim Containment System (ICS) becoming available for use in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. To […]

  • MWCC: Kiewit Offshore Services Elected for MCV Works (USA)

    23 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) announced that Kiewit Offshore Services (Kiewit) in Ingleside, Texas has been selected as the shorebase location to house equipment to outfit the company’s modular capture vessels (MCVs) in the event of a deployment to a deepwater well control event. The equipment, which includes modular processing facilities for the MCVs and […]

  • USA: MWCC Deploys Capping Stack in GoM as Part of BSEE’s Containment Exercise

    25 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) initiated the first ever drill designed to deploy critical pieces of state-of-the-art well control equipment to the ultra-deep seabed of the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to exercise the oil and gas industry’s response to a potential subsea blowout. The multi-week exercise, launched at 8:10 am […]

  • US Regulators Require Live Drill of MWCC’s Capping Stack

    25 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As part of the Obama administration’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the oil and gas industry’s ability to respond in the event of a deepwater blowout and ensure that offshore oil and gas production can continue to expand safely and responsibly, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar charged the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) with conducting […]

  • Malaysia: AET’s New Aframax Tanker Eagle Texas Takes up Duties as Modular Capture Vessel

    22 September 2011

    Eagle Texas, the 61st Aframax to be delivered into AET’s rapidly growing fleet, will be the company’s second tanker to take up duties as a modular capture vessel (MCV). AET was recently awarded a 20-year contract with Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) to supply two MCVs to provide hydrocarbon capture and containment services for containing […]

  • MWCC, Wood Group Form Offshore Reserve Response Team (USA)

    26 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) and Wood Group PSN today announced the formation of an offshore reserve response team. Made up of 100 select reserve operations personnel, the team will be activated should MWCC’s modular capture vessels (MCVs) be called upon to respond to a well control incident in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. […]

  • UK: Balltec Gets Project Recognition Award for MoorLOK Connectors

    11 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Balltec Ltd, has received a Project Recognition Award after successfully completing the supply of enhanced MoorLOK connectors for the Marine Well Containment System Project. The MWCS, which has been developed, maintained and operated by the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), will allow for rapid deployment into deepwater GOM in the case of a subsea well […]

  • Wood Group Engineers Two MWCC Modular Capture Vessels

    7 May 2015
    Equipment

    Wood Group Mustang (WGM) has completed engineering services for the two Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) vessels that can be deployed in the event of a deepwater well control incident in the US Gulf of Mexico. Services provided included the follow-on design engineering, on-site engineering, integration and testing of systems and components from multiple vendors, […]

  • USA: Balltec Receives MWCS Project Recognition Award

    11 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Balltec Ltd, has received a Project Recognition Award after successfully completing the supply of enhanced MoorLOK connectors for the Marine Well Containment System Project. The MWCS, which has been developed, maintained and operated by the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), will allow for rapid deployment into deepwater GOM in the case of a subsea well […]

  • Technip Praises Balltec for MWCS Work (USA)

    11 January 2013
    Equipment

    Balltec Ltd, has received a Project Recognition Award after successfully completing the supply of enhanced MoorLOK connectors for the Marine Well Containment System Project. The MWCS, which has been developed, maintained and operated by the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), will allow for rapid deployment into deepwater GOM in the case of a subsea well […]

  • MWCC and Wood Group PSN Form US Offshore Reserve Response Team

    26 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) and Wood Group PSN today announced the formation of an offshore reserve response team. Made up of 100 select reserve operations personnel, the team will be activated should MWCC’s modular capture vessels (MCVs) be called upon to respond to a well control incident in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. […]

  • BSEE Director: We are still having too many offshore incidents

    14 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Brian Salerno has completed a two-day trip to the State of Texas Friday where he met with stakeholders and viewed critical pieces of safety equipment. While in Texas, Director Salerno delivered a keynote address at the Second Annual Center for Offshore Safety Forum in Houston, […]

  • BSEE Initiates Multi-Week Oil Spill Response Exercise (USA)

    25 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) yesterday initiated the first ever drill designed to deploy critical pieces of state-of-the-art well control equipment to the ultra-deep seabed of the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to exercise the oil and gas industry’s response to a potential subsea blowout. The multi-week exercise, launched at 8:10 […]

  • USA: MWCC Selects AMEC to Design and Deliver Components for its Expanded Containment System

    15 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

      AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been selected by the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) to design and deliver components of MWCC’s expanded containment system. “I am pleased that AMEC’s track record of excellent execution, particularly of complex and challenging projects, has gained this recognition,” said Simon Naylor, president of AMEC’s […]

  • USA: MWCC’s Capping Stack Meets Requirements for Containment Operations in 10.000 Feet of Water

    15 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

      Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) announced that its capping stack has met the requirements for containment operations in water depths up to 10,000 feet, which is an increase from the previous water depths of up to 8,000 feet. “This increase in our capability demonstrates our commitment to providing a comprehensive deepwater well containment system […]

  • USA: Department of Interior Officials Visit Marine Well Containment Company

    28 February 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      The Marine Well Containment Company welcomed Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael Bromwich to Houston on Friday as part of ongoing discussions about the company’s interim well containment response system. The system will provide rapid containment response capabilities in the event of a […]