The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Marathon consent to carry out manned underwater operations on the Volund and Alvheim fields in the North Sea using the vessel DSV Seven Pelican. The consent relates to carrying out manned underwater operations (MUO) in 2010 and includes well work
Marine Subsea UK, a provider of subsea well intervention, decommissioning and construction support solutions to the global subsea… [mappress] Source: newstatesman, June 29, 2010;
ITALDRAGHE is specialized in manufacturing cutter suction and backflow dredgers, dredging systems with deep water submergible pumps,… [mappress] Source: ITALDRAGHE, June 29, 2010
TGS announces 1 July 2010 as the official start date for the company’s new Chief Financial Officer, Kristian Johansen. Kristian’s appointment had been announced earlier; however he has been prevented from fully engaging with TGS due to commitments with his previous employer. Robert Hobbs, Chief Exec
Noble Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which it will acquire privately held FDR Holdings Limited (“Frontier”) in a cash transaction which values the enterprise at $2.16 billion. Frontier is an independent drilling company consisting of th
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for wellbore 24/12-6 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 24/12-6 S will be drilled from the Songa Delta drilling facility at position 59° 3’ 54.3” north 1° 45’ 15.2” east afte
APM Terminals, the independent port operating division of the A.P. Moller Maersk Group, and the Virginia Port Authority today each… [mappress] Source: apmterminals, June 26, 2010
SBM Offshore NV (Amsterdam: SBMO) has successfully completed the refinancing and expansion of its existing revolving credit facility of USD500m to a new USD750m facility. The company said today that the targeted syndication to a select group of banks found very strong interest and resulted in a subs
Minister Conor Lenihan announced details of new exploration opportunities in Irish waters – the “2011 Atlantic Margin Licensing Round”. The Minister also announced details of a new joint Ireland/Newfoundland-Labrador research project involving a plate reconstruction of the North Atlantic. The 2011 A
A 2 billion US$ vessels new building program to renew the old and obsolete continental offshore fleet and meet demand in deepwater “With this plan covering 2011 to 2015, BOURBON wants to achieve leadership under the flag of excellence” ” says Jacques de Chateauvieux, Chairman & Chief Executive Offic
On Thursday 24 June, at 18h30 the Cutter Suction dredger ‘Fernão de Magalhães’ was launched at Uljanik Brodogradiliste d.d. shipyard in Pula (Croatia). The godmother of the ship is Ms. Marie Vyncke, daughter of Mrs. Katia De Sadeleer, niece of Jan Pieter De Nul and Dirk De Nul, directors of the comp
Dockwise Ltd. today announces 10 awards for Heavy Marine Transport projects and two for engineering assignments related to a float-over for CNOOC and to Wheatstone. Total revenues for these various commitments are expected to exceed $35 million USD. The relationship between the China National Offsho
Wärtsilä, a leading provider of power plant and ship power solutions and services, today opened new offices and a workshop in Panama. [mappress] Source: wartsila, June 25, 2010
Italdraghe, the Italian dredger builder, has designed a dredging bucket that is ideal for small scale dredging jobs in narrow canals and waterways involving the removal of only a few thousand cubic meters of material. This bucket can be fitted on to either land-based or floating excavators and featu
