Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka held a working meeting as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2011. The meeting participants considered the prospects for bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, particul
Researchers who discovered a sunken Navy submarine in which 42 sailors drowned off Key West more than 60 years ago are beginning the next… (keysnews) [mappress] Source: keysnews, June 20 , 2011;
OSD-IMT, the UK arm of Offshore Ship Designers, has been chosen by Samsung and Boskalis-SMIT Engineering to develop the basic design, detailed design and production drawings for a 99 m cable laying vessel. Neil Patterson, managing director of OSD-IMT, says, “This project illustrates perfectly the st
Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard in Vlissingen has signed a contract for the conversion of jack up drill rig “GFS Labrador” into an accommodation rig. The project will commence when the rig arrives in Vlissingen at the end of June and will take approximately 4 months. Among other things the mai
Aker Solutions has secured a contract for subsea compression topside modifications of the Åsgard A and B platforms with Statoil. The contract value is approximately NOK 650 million. The purpose of the modification is to supply electricity to the Åsgard subsea compressor units, which will be installe
Aker Solutions has secured a contract for subsea compression topside modifications of the Åsgard A and B platforms with Statoil. The contract value is approximately NOK 650 million. The purpose of the modification is to supply electricity to the Åsgard subsea compressor units, which will be installe
RLI Corp. announced that its marine division has joined CargoNet®; a network that battles cargo theft through data sharing between private industry and law enforcement. As a CargoNet charter member, RLI Marine joins the national initiative centered on secure information sharing, education and traini
Sterling Resources Ltd. has filed a Notice of Dispute with the State of Romania under the Treaty for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments between Romania and Canada (the “Treaty”). The Notice of Dispute was filed on June 20th, 2011 as a result of deliberate and discriminatory actio
Parker Energy Products Division (EPD), a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion control technology, is introducing their subsea metrology and dimensional control services to the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas market. EPD has demonstrated their success with photogrammetry, s
Oil States International, Inc. announced that its Oil States Industries subsidiary has been awarded a contract from Subsea 7 to supply 27 FlexJoint(R) Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) terminations and 40 receptacle assemblies for the Guara and Lula NE oilfields in Brazil. This order represents part of one
The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. (G E Shipping) has sold its 1989 built suezmax crude carrier “Jag Lakshya” (about 152,000 dwt). This has also been now delivered to its buyers today. With the delivery of this vessel, the Company’s current fleet stands at 34 vessels, comprising 26 tankers (9 c
Seanic Ocean Systems has developed a unique subsea water blasting system (ECB) that incorporates cavitation technology capable of being used with most work class ROV’s. The ECB pump was built to solve an industry wide problem, where traditional 5K pressure washers are extremely inefficient for clean
In the wake of the recent disasters that have struck the offshore petroleum industry, the International Regulators’ Forum (IRF) will be organising an extraordinary safety Summit Conference in Stavanger on 4 and 5 October, hosted by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA). Background The disaster
EDB ErgoGroup has received notification that Statoil has exercised an option for consultancy services in the areas of SAP and Industrial IT for a further two years. The agreement entered into is an extension of a framework agreement that extends the current collaboration between Statoil and EDB Ergo
