Leading international oilfield service company Expro announces today that it has secured 10 subsea contracts in its Europe CIS region for work in 2010 and 2011. More than $10million worth of new subsea business has been secured in the central North Sea and Norway with companies including Premier Oil
The board of directors of Ackermans & van Haaren NV announces that the consolidated net result (group share) for the first half of 2010 increased by 46% (compared to the same period in the previous year) to 73.5 million euros. • Contracting, dredging and concessions: increase of turnover (+37%) and
The Nomination committee in Statoil is recommending to the company’s corporate assembly to elect Lady Barbara Judge and Bjørn Tore Godal as new members of Statoil’s board of directors. The Nomination committee is recommending the corporate assembly to re-elect Svein Rennemo (chair of the board), Mar
AVEVA one of the world’s leading providers of engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, today announced the opening of a new oil and gas Centre of Excellence for Operations Integrity Management (OIM) in Stavanger, Norway. Addressing the compl
DONG Energy has sold 15% of the Svane and Solsort licences (4/98 and 3/09) in the Danish sector of the North Sea to VNG Danmark ApS. DONG Energy is reducing its licence interests as part of its portfolio optimisation. An appraisal drilling of the Svane field carried out in 2001 by the then operator
The Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental Group DEME, has been awarded a contract for dredging, transport over a distance of 120 km. and reclamation works to prepare the Imeretinskaya Lowland area at Sochi for construction of the Olympic village for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Th
BP, which has transitioned its individual and business claims program to the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), said today it made claim payments of nearly $400 million during the 16 weeks it managed claims related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP noted the following claims activity since
HB Rentals has secured a contract for four modules offshore Norway and announced a significant investment in its fleet. HB Rentals has agreed a long-term lease contract with Prosafe to supply four 20ftx8ft A60 Zone II Norsok office modules for the Valhall platform in a £250,000 deal. The company has
Saipem announces that Mr. Jacques Yves Léost will leave the company and resign as a board director of Saipem S.p.A. to pursue new professional opportunities. Mr Léost was appointed by Eni shareholder at the Shareholders’ Meeting of 28th April 2008. Saipem thanks Mr. Léost for his valuable profession
Grenland Group has received a letter of intent from FMC Technologies to fabricate and deliver one manifold and foundation, as well as two protection structures. The equipment is part of FMC’s recent agreement with Gazprom Dobycha Shelf LLC to manufacture and supply subsea production equipment for th
Sevan Marine ASA and E.ON Ruhrgas UK E&P Limited (“E.ON”) as operator of the Huntington project have made good progress in the commercial agreements for the lease of the FPSO Sevan Voyageur. Huntington is operated by E.ON with an equity share of (25%). The other joint venture partners are Premier Oi
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has announced that Acteon’s recently acquired subsidiary, IOS Offshore AS, will now be known as IOS InterMoor AS in a move which closely aligns the business with InterMoor’s globally recognized mooring business. Established in 1986, IOS Offshore is a leading supplier of
Norwegian Energy Company ASA has entered into an agreement with BG Norge to acquire a 10% interest in PL392 in the Norwegian Sea through a carry of drilling cost. The license contains the Dalsnuten prospect, which is scheduled to be drilled in September 2010. – The transaction provides Noreco with a
Technip announces today that it has agreed with MISC(1) and MHB(2), subsidiaries of the Malaysia National Oil Corporation Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) to establish a long-term strategic collaboration. The areas of collaboration would initially involve working jointly on onshore and offshore
