Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced the official opening of their new North Sea Service and Support Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland. The support centre includes a parts warehouse with over $3 million of ROV and manipulator inventory, comprehensive workshop facilities, and prof
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) announces the opening of a new office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Trading as BMT Scientific Marine Services Ltda, BMT will operate in Rio de Janeiro as an extension of its existing offices in California and Houston. The local presence provided by this new base in
GSP Orizont completed the preparative process in Lamprell Shipyard, Hamriya, UAE. The rig is heading onboard the semi-submersible heavy marine transport vessel Swan to Ciudad del Carmen, Gulf of Mexico, in order to enter the new contract. GSP Atlas is also subject of scheduled repair and reclassific
The Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG) has announced a significant enhancement to its subsea system capabilities, with the addition of a 15,000 pounds per square inch-gauge (psig) intervention capping stack designed to handle extremely high pressure, deeper wells in the deepwaters of the Gulf of Me
Aberdeen-based Maritime Assurance & Consulting Ltd (MAC) has enjoyed a successful first quarter in operation, having secured worldwide contracts totalling in excess of £200,000 (329 540 U.S. dollars). MAC, which was established at the start of 2011 by Graeme Reid – the former European Managing Direc
CAMAC Energy Inc. , a U.S.-based energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, announced a net loss of $28.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. This loss includes the remaining estimated Oyo well #5 intervention expenses
Songa Offshore, Cyprus-based offshore drilling company, provides fleet update for April 2011. Songa Venus achieved operating efficiency of 100% during the month. The rig continues to operate for Total E&P in Australia. Songa Mercur was awarded a 180 day contract with Gazflot LLC for work at Sakhalin
A&P TYNE is celebrating it’s first successful venture into a new business sector after two buoyant subsea structures bound for an African offshore oil field left the yard at the weekend. The Mid Water Arches – which support pipelines and control systems as they rise from the seabed to the surface –
Siemens Energy has been awarded several contracts for the supply of topside solutions including power generation, water injection and power distribution packages for a Brazilian FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) project. Purchaser for the power generators and power distribution sys
Tap Oil Limited has agreed to sell to Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd (“MIMI”) a 25% interest in the highly prospective WA-351-P exploration permit in Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin. MIMI will acquire the 25% participating interest for a cash consideration of US$30,154,000. After costs relat
At Nantong COSCO Shipyard, module hoisting operations for the SEVAN BRASIL, the semi-sub drilling rig, (including Drill Floor, lower and middle parts of the derrick, living quarters for 150 people, BOP carrier and Riser gantry cranes) have now been successfully completed. The top priority among them
GL Noble Denton has published a new Guideline for the certification of blow-out preventers (BOPs). The Guideline clearly defines the process to be undertaken by independent third party certification bodies in certifying the integrity of the asset, which monitors and controls the flow of oil and gas
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced today the official opening of their new North Sea Service and Support Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland. The support centre includes a parts warehouse with over $3 million of ROV and manipulator inventory, comprehensive workshop facilities, an
Emerson Process Management launched the Roxar Downhole Wireless PT Sensor System – Annulus B at OTC 2011. The new instrument will measure online and in real-time previously inaccessible pressure and temperature information behind the casing in subsea production wells, providing operators with an imp
