Business & Finance
USA: FMC Technologies Becomes World’s Most Admired Oil and Gas Equipment, Services Company
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been named the 2012 World’s Most Admired Company in the Oil and Gas Equipment, Services industry by FORTUNE® Magazine. The rankings are based on a survey of approximately 15,000 senior executives, outside directors and industry analysts. Companies were ev
Japan: NYK Receives Sustainability Report Grand Prize
The 2011 CSR Report published by the NYK Group has won the Sustainability Report Grand Prize (the Environment Minister Award) at the 15th Environmental Communication Awards jointly sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment and the Global Environmental Forum, a non-profit organization based in Tok
USA: FMC Technologies Wins Prestigious Award
FMC Technologies, Inc. has been named the 2012 World’s Most Admired Company in the Oil and Gas Equipment, Services industry by FORTUNE® Magazine. The rankings are based on a survey of approximately 15,000 senior executives, outside directors and industry analysts. Companies were evaluated based on t
Denmark: DHI Reveals Long-Lasting Scour Protection for Offshore Wind Farms
Scour – the movement of sediment that can erode the seabed around a fixed structure – is one of the major concerns when designing offshore wind turbine foundations. Indeed, turbine foundations are more susceptible to scour than predicted, as shown by Anders Wedel Nielsen, who recently joined DHI tea
Petrobras: Production Starts at Cascade Field (USA)
Brazil’s Petrobras announced that, on February 25, 2012, production started at Cascade Field, U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Cascade 4 well is connected to the FPSO BW Pioneer, located approximately 250 kilometers of coast of Louisiana in water depth of 2500 meters. The BW Pioneer is the first FPSO to pro
GL Noble Denton Sets Up New DP Base in Norway
To meet the growing demand for dynamic positioning (DP) services in the North Sea and broaden the reach of the company’s global offshore offering, GL Noble Denton has established a dedicated DP team at its offices in Stavanger, Norway. The company already serves a wide range of clients from its DP c
Russia: OMS Completes Pipe Measurement and Fit-Up on Sakhalin Project
Specialist pipe measurement technology company for the oil and gas industry, Optical Metrology Services (OMS) Ltd, has successfully completed a pipe measurement and fit-up project for McDermott on the ExxonMobil/Neftegas-operated Sakhalin Arkutun-Dagi oil and gas field project in Russia. Using its g
FPSO BW Athena Leaves Dubai, UAE
Ithaca Energy Inc. revealed that the ‘BW Athena’ Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel (“FPSO”) has departed Dubai Dry Docks World to be met by a dedicated guard vessel. All FPSO production critical equipment was run and fully tested prior to vessel departure thus minimizing the period
USA: Nexans Finalizes Acquisition of AmerCable Holdings
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, confirms that it completed the acquisition of AmerCable on February 29, 2012. AmerCable is the leading North American producer of Mining and Oil & Gas cables, and is also active in other industrial cables segments including Renewable Energy.
UK: Coastline Completes Pre-Decommissioning Survey for Camelot CA Platform
Coastline Surveys has successfully completed a Pre-decommissioning Environmental Survey on behalf of Energy Resource Technology (UK) Ltd, a division of HELIX. The programme is in preparation for the decommissioning of Camelot CA production platform and associated sub-sea infrastructure, which is loc
Belgium: COMPIT 2012 – IT Trends in Maritime Industry
For the eleventh time the Conference for Computer and IT applications in the Maritime Industry (COMPIT) will take place in May in Liege, Belgium. 50 presentations from the maritime and IT industry as well as key research groups from academia will discuss the latest trends. The event expects more tha
UK: Coastline Completes Pre-Decom Survey at Camelot CA Offshore Platform
Coastline Surveys has successfully completed a Pre-decommissioning Environmental Survey on behalf of Energy Resource Technology (UK) Ltd, a division of HELIX. The programme is in preparation for the decommissioning of Camelot CA production platform and associated sub-sea infrastructure, which is loc
MSC Starts Construction of Container Terminal in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
In January, the Drachten transport company MSC started the construction of a container terminal in Leeuwarden. The sheet pile wall is already in place and the pile driving has begun. The terminal will be alongside the Van Harinxma Canal and will cost € 8.5 million. The canal will get a turning basin
Russia: USC to Spend USD 37.4 Bln on Constructing Vessels by 2020
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will spend RUR 1.1 trillion (approx $ 37.4 billion) on construction of civil vessels till 2020, writes Vedomosti on Feb 27 referring to plan of orders for civil ships and marine equipment drawn out by Ministry of Trade and Industry along with USC. According to t