Business & Finance
UK: MCS Kenny Launches Cutting-Edge Riser Design Software
MCS Kenny, Wood Group Kenny’s riser engineering and software solutions company, has launched Version 8 of its industry-leading Flexcom™ riser design and analysis software. This new release will make it easier for engineering teams to model the characteristics of all types of oil & gas riser systems,
Wilhelmsen Opens New FRS Service Station in Gdansk, Poland
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has recently opened a new Fire, Rescue and Safety (FRS) service station in Gdansk, Poland, to serve vessels in the Baltic Sea. The service station is located in Gdansk and has the capacity to serve all ships in the Gdansk and Gdynia ports and repair yards. Roger Gunder
MCS Kenny Launches Flexcom V8 Riser Design Software (Ireland)
MCS Kenny, Wood Group Kenny’s riser engineering and software solutions company, has launched Version 8 of its industry-leading Flexcom™ riser design and analysis software. This new release will make it easier for engineering teams to model the characteristics of all types of oil & gas riser systems,
Norway: CGGVeritas Completes 3D Offshore Survey for Chevron
CGGVeritas announced today that it completed acquisition of a 3D survey with BroadSeisTM, its unique broadband marine solution, for Chevron Norge AS. The minimum commitment for the program comprised acquisition of a 3D survey over a 2,190 km2 area west of Bodø in the Norwegian Sea. Due to good progr
Norway: Det Norske Orders Aker Solutions’ Umbilicals for Jette
Aker Solutions has been selected to supply a subsea umbilical to Det norske oljeselskap ASA’s Jette field. The order is worth approximately NOK 60 million(USD 10.4 million). Subsea umbilicals are deployed on the seabed to supply necessary control and chemicals to subsea oil and gas wells, subsea man
Norway: Aker Solutions Secures Umbilical Contract for Det Norske’s Jette Field
Aker Solutions has been selected to supply a subsea umbilical to Det norske oljeselskap ASA’s Jette field. The order is worth approximately NOK 60 million. Det norske’s initial order is for six kilometres of static electro-hydraulic stainless steel umbilical. The umbilical will include electrical an
Norway: CGGVeritas Completes Acquisition of 3D Survey with BroadSeisTM for Chevron Norge
CGGVeritas announced today that it completed acquisition of a 3D survey with BroadSeisTM, its unique broadband marine solution, for Chevron Norge AS. The minimum commitment for the program comprised acquisition of a 3D survey over a 2,190 km2 area west of Bodø in the Norwegian Sea. Due to good progr
TGS Starts New Seismic Survey Offshore Sierra Leone
TGS has commenced the acquisition of a new multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore Sierra Leone. This survey marks over ten years of investment for TGS in the West African region and will add 1,038 km2 to the existing TGS data library. Upon completion, TGS will have over 6,200 km2 of contiguous mult
Statoil Gets Nod to Drill New Well in Norwegian North Sea
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/2-10 in the North Sea with the Transocean Leader mobile facility. Statoil has previously received consent to carry out exploration drilling of wells 16/2-8 and 16/2-9S with Transocean Leader. The new consent relates to drillin
Germany: Hamburg Hosts Meeting of Maritime Tourism Industry
When the Seatrade Europe Cruise and River Cruise Convention, the leading congress and trade fair for the European cruise industry, opens its doors tomorrow morning, it will be the sixth time that Hamburg has become the meeting point of the maritime tourism industry. More than 250 exhibitors from 50
Greece: Euromar Acquires Containership from Euroseas
Euroseas Ltd. announced today that its joint venture company, Euromar LLC, signed a memorandum of agreement to purchase the M/V TORGE S, a geared containership of 33,216 dwt and 2,450 twenty foot equivalent units (teu) built in 2003 in Japan. The vessel is expected to be delivered to Euromar in Octo
Odyssey Confirms Identity and Location of SS Gairsoppa Shipwreck (Ireland)
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. announced that it has confirmed the identity and location of the shipwreck site of the SS Gairsoppa nearly 4,700 meters below the surface of the North Atlantic, approximately 300 miles off the coast of Ireland in international waters. The SS Gairsoppa was a 412-foot
Russia: Shtokman Development AG, SCF Sign Cooperation Agreement
Shtokman Development AG and Sovcomflot signed Cooperation Agreement on September 20, 2011 in Saint-Petersburg at the 10th Annual Conference of Sovcomflot Business Partners. The document was signed by Alexei Zagorovskiy, Chief Executive Officer and Sergey Frank, Chairman of the Board of Sovcomflot. T
Azerbaijan: New Caspian Pipeline on the Horizon?
A BP Plc-led group may consider a another pipeline project to transit natural gas from the Shah Deniz deposit in the Azeri sector… By Stephen Bierman (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source: Bloomberg,September 26, 2011;