Nautilus Minerals has completed its 2010/11 seafloor drilling program, with the vessel, REM Etive, having demobilized in Singapore on May 16, 2011. During the drilling program in the Bismarck Sea of Papua New Guinea, Nautilus completed a 99 hole diamond drilling project, for a total of 1475 metres.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released its work plan for the Army Civil Works program through the end of fiscal year 2011 (FY11). The work plan details how USACE will execute the $5.065 billion Civil Works appropriation it received on April 15 when President Barrack Obama signed Public La
PTTEP reports the drilling results of an exploration well, Aung Sinkha-2, located in the exploration block – M3 in Myanmar. The block is located in the Gulf of Mataban, south of Yangon. The well was drilled to a total depth of 2,891 meters on April 30, 2011 and encountered natural gas bearing format
At the Norshipping exhibition (24-27 May, Oslo) Imtech Marine will launch its modular and flexible concept “Multiflex”. On the basis of this concept, Imtech Marine works closely with ship owners and builders and offers them a system independent expert advice and selection from a wide range of techno
Pipeline engineering specialist, STATS Group, has completed a six-figure valued pipework maintenance contract on behalf of Dolphin Energy in Qatar. STATS carried out the planned maintenance on a 36” gas pipeline onboard the DOL-2 platform in the North Field, the world’s largest single gas field, loc
This is the first images to be released of the 77.70-metre Feadship Tango. Launched at a strictly private ceremony at Royal Van Lent in April, the yacht has a very characteristic exterior styling, including a daring combination of a white hull with a metallic grey and blue superstructure. Tango is a
Dominion Petroleum announced that it has signed the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block L9 in the Lamu Basin, offshore Kenya, giving the Company a 60% working interest and operatorship. The Company previously announced the award of L9 on 21st March 2011 and the PSC was signed yesterday by Do
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (FET) announced the acquisition of Specialist ROV Tooling Services, Ltd of Insch, Scotland, U.K. Specialist is a leading provider of intervention tooling and custom engineered product solutions for the subsea intervention market. The acquisition of Specialist and its
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, confirms that its Training Services business has acquired the trade, assets and people of SkillsXP, from Dutch company Tritanium, for an initial cash consideration of €1 million. A further cash consideration of up to €0.5 million is
Pipeline engineering specialist, STATS Group, has completed a six-figure valued pipework maintenance contract on behalf of Dolphin Energy in Qatar. STATS carried out the planned maintenance on a 36” gas pipeline onboard the DOL-2 platform in the North Field, the world’s largest single gas field, loc
At the Norshipping exhibition (24-27 May, Oslo) Imtech Marine will launch its modular and flexible concept “Multiflex”. On the basis of this concept, Imtech Marine works closely with ship owners and builders and offers them a system independent expert advice and selection from a wide range of techno
Statoil is to choose Samsung Heavy Industries for construction of the topsides for the Valemon platform. The contract is worth an estimated NOK 2.3 billion(USD 414 million) . The award has taken place in wide-ranging international competition among pre-qualified suppliers. “We’ve awarded the assignm
Stratos Global, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has been selected by The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) to deploy the Inmarsat FleetBroadband satellite communications service as part of an integrated maritime
The new Association Holland Home of Wind Energy has been established in Rotterdam. The goal of Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) is to promote the Dutch wind energy sector on existing and new emerging wind energy markets. The first target country will be China and the Southeast Asian region. The wo
