Equipment
Solar Solve Marine scores LNG order
Solar Solve Marine of the UK has recently won an order for their roller screens to be installed at the navigation bridge windows of an LNG tanker. Shell International placed the order in the middle of June for LNG Lagos, an LNG tanker built way back in 1976 at Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in F
South Korea: Hydrex Performs Underwater PBCF Installation
Last month Hydrex installed Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) on a 289-meter tanker during the vessel’s stop in Mokpo, South Korea. As a result of the underwater operation, the ship will not have to wait for the next drydock visit to start benefitting from the fuel savings the PBCF will bring. The Prop
DeepFlex, OIMO to set up new pipe manufacturing and testing site in Florida
DeepFlex has announced the signing of an agreement with Offshore Inland Marine & Services, Inc. (OIMO) to establish a new unbonded flexible pipe manufacturing and qualification testing facility to be located in the Port of Pensacola, Florida. The industrial complex will have direct access to the exi
BG Group Completes Sale of Interest in CATS Pipeline to Antin IP
BG Group announced it had completed the sale of its 62.78% equity interest in the Central Area Transmission System (CATS) gas pipeline in the UK North Sea and associated infrastructure to Antin Infrastructure Partners. Total proceeds from the transaction, announced on 17 June 2014, are up to £562 mi
Halliburton’s Baroid gets API Q2 Certification
Halliburton’s Baroid drilling fluids and waste management service line has received the American Petroleum Institute (API) Specification Q2 Certification – an advanced industry certification standard for oil and natural gas service companies – for its work in the Gulf of Mexico. API Q2 is a new, ris
Foreshore Technology Release Dredge Master Pile
Foreshore Technology have released Dredge Master Pile, a monitoring and guidance system specifically designed to improve operators efficiency on piling projects. Dredge master pile is based on Foreshore’s ground breaking Dredge Master platform and provides the operators with an intuitive system to h
Kongsberg to provide 24/7 support for OMV drilling ops
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS, has signed a four-year, multi-million dollar drilling data contract with Vienna-based OMV Group for all of its global drilling activities. The contract calls for KONGSBERG to equip OMV with the SiteCom® real-time operations support solution, which will provide 24
Chevron: Asset sales to boost 2Q numbers
Oil major Chevron expects its earnings for the second quarter 2014 to be higher than first quarter 2014 as a result of gains on asset sales and an absence of impairments in the prior quarter. Foreign exchange losses in the second quarter are expected to be higher than first quarter losses, the compa
MTCS, KBA announce ROV High Voltage course in Aberdeen
In commercial ROVs the voltage can be in the area of 48volts and can go up to 1000, so correct use when carrying out repairs and maintenance is imperative.
COSCO to build two more PSVs for Vroon
China’s COSCO Guang Dong Shipyard Co. Ltd is going to build a further two platform supply vessels of the ULSTEIN PX121 design for
Hyundai Heavy gets LoI for $1.94B ADMA-OPCO contract
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) has announced today that it received a Letter of Award for a USD 1.94 billion order for the second package of the Nasr Full Field Development Project to build the fixed platforms and to lay subsea cables from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) on
Technics wins Vietnam job
Technics Oil and Gas Limited, a supplier of compression systems and process modules for the global offshore oil and gas sector, has been awarded contracts worth a total of S$6.2 million in Vietnam The contracts involve supply of Gas Booster Compressor for Production Facilities and Gas Compressor Ski
Sparrows reports 25 per cent profit rise
Sparrows has announced annual results which show a 12% increase in turnover and almost 25% rise in profits. The Aberdeen headquartered company, which provides engineered products and services to the global oil and gas industry primarily in offshore lifting and mechanical handling, has also created o
Doedijns’ UCS for Gina Krog Launch Jacket
Doedijns has recently received an order to supply the complete Upending Control System (UCS) for the Gina Krog Launch jacket currently being fabricated at the Heerema yard in Vlissingen. Weighing 17.000 tons with a height of 142 meters, a footprint of 60 x 50 meters and a top of 40 x 30 meter, the G