Business & Finance
Ferguson Group Opens New HQ in Scotland, UK
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday (October 25) officially opened the global headquarters of The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of containers, accommodation modules and engineering modules to the offshore energy industry around the world. The Ferguson Group has operated out
Trident Energy Announces New Appointments (UK)
WAVE power developer Trident Energy yesterday beefed up its presence in Glasgow by appointing industry veteran Jonathan Armstrong as is firs… By Peter Ranscombe (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, October 26, 2011;
Scotland: Ferguson Group’s New Headquarters Officially Opened
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday (October 25) officially opened the global headquarters of The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of containers, accommodation modules and engineering modules to the offshore energy industry around the world. The Ferguson Group has operated out
UK: Kongsberg to Carry Out Underwater Noise Assessments for Oyster Device
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the UK subsidiary of global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime, has been awarded a contract with leading wave energy technology provider Aquamarine Power to carry out underwater noise assessments relating to its Oyster wave energy device. The Oyster device has been
Lundin to Drill Exploration Well in PL 501, Offshore Norway
Lundin Norway AS (Lundin) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling in the North Sea with the Bredford Dolphin mobile facility. The consent relates to drilling of exploration well 16/5-2 which is part of production licence 501 with Lundin as the operator (40%). The other licensees are S
Rockhopper Spuds 8th Well on Sea Lion, Offshore Falklands
Rockhopper Exploration plc , the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that the 14/10-9 well (the “Well”) was spudded at 10.45 hrs BST on 25 October 2011. The Well, situated on Licence PL032, which is 100% owned and operated by Rockhopper, is the eighth well to be drilled o
CNOOC 3Q: Penglai Incident Hinders Annual Production Target (China)
CNOOC Limited today announced its results for the third quarter of 2011. Having benefited from rising realized oil and gas prices, the total unaudited oil and gas sales revenues of the Company reached approximately RMB46.26 billion for the third quarter of 2011, representing a significant increase o
Rolls-Royce to Equip New Tugs for South Korean Coast Guard
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been selected by the South Korean Coast Guard to supply Azimuth thrusters for a new fleet of 15 tugs. The contract, worth around £12 million, will involve the supply of Rolls-Royce Azimuth thrusters (two per vessel) as the prime propulsion and steer
China: Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Delivers OSV SX130
On the afternoon of October 26, Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, China’s leading shipbuilding enterprise held the ship naming and delivery ceremony at its Zhejiang shipyard for SX130, the global first fabricated model of Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) built for Neptune Offshore AS. Gracing this occasi
China: Sinopacific Group Delivers Ulstein Design OSV to Neptune Offshore
In the afternoon of October 26, Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, China’s leading shipbuilding enterprise held the ship naming and delivery ceremony at its Zhejiang shipyard for SX130, the global first fabricated model of Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) built for Neptune Offshore AS. Gracing this occasi
China: Sinopacific Delivers First Fabricated Model of OSV for Neptune Offshore
On the afternoon of October 26, Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, China’s leading shipbuilding enterprise held the ship naming and delivery ceremony at its Zhejiang shipyard for SX130, the global first fabricated model of Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) built for Neptune Offshore AS. Gracing this occasi
USA: Welltec Announces Participation at ATCE
Mirroring the strong technical content which ATCE always provides at the conference, Welltec will be displaying and explaining a number of new technologies. You could meet them and let them explain how they’re doing things different. New Technologies In addition to showcasing the latest innovative t
Tunisia: Didon Unsuccessful for PA Resources
PA Resources has encountered complications during flow testing of the new production well on the satellite field Didon North in Tunisia. It has been decided to suspend the well. Despite good oil saturation in the reservoir, only small amounts of hydrocarbons have been recovered from the Didon North
NOAA Selects Tim Arcano to Lead Ocean Exploration and Research Office (USA)
Tim Arcano, an ocean engineer with extensive experience in naval submarine and submersible design and engineering was selected as… NOAA [mappress] Source: NOAA, October 26 , 2011